IF you look at the body of work; the villains and even some changeable characters make a noticeable climb to moments of no return. Some go over the cliff and others pull back. They have a whole set of storylines for Alicia mapped, of that I have no doubt. So,they can take her ANYWHERE depending on how far in advance…

The viewers who like Alicia want her to be on the side of good; of course they'll cheer her. Castro is purposely villainous and unredeemable.

You are technically correct, No doubt, it's been done in real life by risk takers but, a lawyer who taped another lawyer and leaked it to the media; would get sanctioned, disbarred and killed by clients the likes of Mr. Bishop. Kalinda, who walks way out of the bounds of things;she'd do it but, not Alicia.

Alicia has her own intensely personal means of evaluating good and bad. Peter hurt the children and her :he is not as good as she once naively thought and she doesn't want to be fooled by him again- ever. Will was also a mixed character but, he was victimized in a horrible unjust shooting and cannot hurt her, so she…