Law is just a hobby for these girls. In law firm couples, the women are always younger, and for this reason, when one half of the couple must leave, it is virtually always the woman. If the fling goes bad, the female associate often leaves - so as not to have to face the sourness of the entrenched male partner. If it goes well, she leaves to have his children and stay home. This is how a J.D. is converted into the fabled M.R.S. Degree.
Guys are luckier.
Georgia leaves in the wake of a bad breakup. Ling considers leaving, in the same situation. They don't have to. It's their firm . Fish and Cage can stay, and have a midlife crisis - as John does when he realizes his compulsive stuttering, exploding shoes, and the mammoth boxing gloves he dons to address the aforementioned problems, make him, well, strange.