The past two years (and especially now) they are on the precipice of asking the audience to accept some fairly preposterous story lines.
The arrest of Cary and his treatment in the jail is one of several examples. There is NFW an attorney would be treated that way during and after his arrest, or held incommunicado for the time they imply. The arresting officers would be putting themselves in line for serious disciplinary actions or even lawsuits. Nor would any prosecutor go along with arresting an attorney like this to get him to "turn" on a million-dollar client. It is nonsense.
And there is NFW a senior partner would be able to walk out of a major Chicago law firm and take 38 million in annual client billings to another, startup, firm. The very idea is ridiculous.
The idea that Diane would change her mind about switching firms if F/A doesn't hire her preferred INVESTIGATOR? It is laughable; they would hire Sherlock Fucking Holmes if it made her happy.
Eli and Kalinda have become cartoon characters, acting in ways that no professional would ever act.
As with all such shows, the writing deteriorates year after year, as they struggle to come up with new ideas for story lines, when all of the good ideas are used up. By the time they finally go off the air the audience just says, Good Riddance.