When "The Good Wife" returns in March, Alicia will find out who tampered with the ballot box during Peter's election. 

Before the hit CBS series went on hiatus, an incriminating video surfaced that suggested that Peter (Chris Noth) rigged the election to ensure his victory. Series executive producer and co-creator Michelle King told TVGuide that his alleged crime will stir up old feelings of betrayal for Alicia (Julianna Margulies). 

"We wanted to be true to the idea of the relationship and what started at the beginning of the series, which was this incredible betrayal," King said. "Then, yes, they came together, but even when there's a whiff of something for her to lose her trust, she reacts a lot because of that initial betrayal."

To make matters worse, Alicia's son Zach (Graham Phillips) is involved in the growing scandal, because he discovered the unsealed box of ballots. 

"There's a problem there," executive producer and co-creator Robert King told TVGuide. "[Alicia's] cynical enough or pragmatic enough to not mind that there's some dirty work to be done with the job. What she's really against is when the dirty work throws back on their kids. And that's one area that she will draw the line [on] no matter what."

Now, it will be up to Eli (Alan Cumming) to get Peter back on the right path. 

Robert King said that Peter's newest political scandal will mirror a real-life scandal that is currently making headlines. 

"It's all about Chris Christie," he said. "It's so much about people in charge trying to deflect things on their underlings," Robert King says. "When investigators follow things, do they follow the smoking gun or where the money goes? Does it always go up higher and higher? Peter's in a lot of trouble, actually."

The producers also said that Alicia and Will's (Josh Charles) heated storyline will die down a bit, and the two will have to learn to live with their complicated relationship. While Will won't go head-to-head with Alicia in court for awhile, he will go up against a new court room foe. Matthew Goode is joining the series as a prosecutor who is the legal counsel for Jeffrey Grant. 

"He's a witty intellectual who is very much Will's peer. They compete against each other in the court with the Hunter Parrish case," Robert King said. 

"Weeds" alum Hunter Parrish guest-starred earlier on in the season as Jeffrey Grant, a college student who is arrested on a fake DUI then accused of murdering a female classmate. After his DNA was found to be a 100 percent match for the killer, the case was sent to retrial, and he is now waiting in jail. 

When "The Good Wife" returns, Jordana Spiro's Detective Villette will also be sticking around, but she may not be Kalinda's (Archie Panjabi) romantic destiny. 

"I wouldn't necessarily say that [Jenna] is 'the one and only' [for Kalinda], but there's definitely chemistry there," Michelle King said. 

Kalinda will be given a bigger story arc when the series returns. 

In addition, Michael J. Fox will most likely reprise his role as Louis Canning later on in the season. 

"The Good Wife" returns on Sunday, March 9 at 8 p.m. on CBS.