<P> `` Bang '' is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the American legal drama television series The Good Wife . It aired on CBS in the United States on March 2 , 2010 . In the episode , ex States Attorney Peter Florrick ( Chris Noth ) is released from prison to his home . He is confined by house arrest and starts working on restarting his legal career . His wife Alicia Florrick ( Julianna Margulies ) has conflicted emotions about his return and distracts herself with a legal case , in which she defends a man of killing a mutual fund manager who assisted in Bernard Madoff 's investment scandal . </P>
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fifteenth episode of the first season