By Samantha Highfill on Nov 9, 2014 at 11:00AM
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Lemond Bishop has been a Good Wife staple since its first season. He’s been the drug-dealing client who Will and Diane took on for monetary reasons, and he’s been the drug-dealing client who has managed to connect with Alicia on a parental level. And in season 6, his role has been larger than ever as he’s become the drug-dealing ex-client that the state is trying to take down by first taking down Cary. And let’s not forget that he recently started raising money for Alicia’s State’s Attorney campaign.
So what’s next? We talked with Mike Colter about Bishop’s motives, the role he might play in Kalinda’s departure, and more.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: At this point, Bishop has told Alicia that he’s raising PAC money for her campaign. Is it safe to assume that he sees Alicia as State’s Attorney as a big opportunity for himself?
MIKE COLTER: Oh yeah. I think you look back at Kennedy days, there was the theory that Kennedy won the election because of the unions and the mob and stuff like that. Anytime you’re talking about organized crime, and they get their foothold into the political arena, then they have favors and they have people they can call and things like that and people they can manipulate. It’s only going to do him good if he can get her elected and then ultimately, how bad does she want to be elected?
So moving forward then, will we see him most interacting with Alicia?
I think ultimately he knows that he has to keep somewhat of a distance. Obviously he stepped back and changed law firms as they suggested. He thinks that if he can keep a distance enough where he can allow her to become the elected official, then he’ll still be able to have her ear. I think that’s the plan. I see that’s what the overall picture is, but he’s definitely involved because he still has the thing he’s dealing with Cary. Cary’s situation is not going to go away so easily. People get used to court cases being closed out rather easily, especially in TV drama, but court cases are never done that easily. Any major court case, it goes for years! These things take time to draw out. It’s not going to be that kind of drawing out but it’s going to be more realistic in the sense that, in the span of a season, I think we’re going to see the case take a front seat and then take a back seat. They’ll tease, but eventually it’s going to come to a head sooner rather than later.
Will we see more of Lemond and Kalinda? They have one of my favorite dynamics on the show.
Yeah, [you’re] definitely going to see more of her and him. Kalinda’s very annoying. I think she gets under his skin and she’s a bit of a pest, but she’s very formidable. She brings her own sense of danger and resourcefulness and I think, when the audience sees her, they feel like there’s always something that could go on with them, and I think it will be interesting to see because there will be some moments where Lemond and Kalinda will be sharing screen time. I think ultimately it will surprise some fans, some of the developments.