The Good Wife 3.08
Nov. 14th, 2011 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakIn which I actually find myself invested in a triangle. No, not that one.
Damm it, show, I am so torn. Kalinda and Cary have chemistry and their scenes are always great. Dana and Cary have chemistry and their scenes are great as well. Kalinda and Dana have chemistry and their scenes, judging by this episode, are great. Whom to root for? Well, the answer is obviously a Kalinda/Cary/Dana threesome, but Dana probably wouldn't go for it, so...
With less kidding now: I am more invested in how this works out than in how Alicia's love life works out right now. (I am invested in how Alicia's professional life works out plus her relationship with Kalinda, but that tiny scene last week aside we haven't been getting updates on this for eons, so...) And I continue to be glad Dana is still on the show, and enhancing the ranks of smart, competent women. Loved how she handled the Kalinda encounters, and you could see Kalinda respected a fellow player, too. Meanwhile, I'm amused though not surprised Cary thinks everyone is Kalinda-sexual (well... he has a point, wouldn't you say?), and that mutual bitching followed by immediate protective life saving of course pushed all my buttons. Also their final scene together went into "awww" territory for me, because it underlined, as if it needs underlining, that he's seriously in love with her and convinced this is the worst idea of all time, while Kalinda just might be ready for a relationship again that's about more than give and take.
Hold your horses: I'm not getting a dig in at Will this week. Kalinda offering to help him (or rather telling him to ask her for help) made for a rather sweet scene.
Something else I appreciated: the episode showing us how deeply Alicia was affected by the case of the week, the idea of the dead girls, and how she connected this to her own children. Earlier this season I thought the show had a bit lost sight on how the cases affect their supposed main character, but not here. Very well acted by Julianna Marguilies, too.
Eli, Mickey and their Santa-fellating client: I would say "only in the US" but then I immediately remember Silvio Berlusconi, so. And I was intrigued that Eli's wife decided to run anyway (also, thanks for clearing up she and not another ex is indeed the mother of his daughter, after everyone told me the actress is only three years younger than Alan Cumming), Bin Laden cousin not withstanding. Methinks given Eli sort of represents the other guy the question as to whether or not to expose his ex wife's one night stand will be coming up soon. Also, loved the return of his daughter and the fact Marissa hits it off with Zach to Eli's discomfort. (Why do I suspect Eli is thinking "son of Peter" rather than "son of Alicia" here?)
Jackie-as-stalker is way over the top, show; I'm not pleased by the fact they devolved her into the bad mother-in-law. (In s1, the show made a point about Jackie's prejudices but they also showed her genuinenly helpful and intelligent.) You can do better, show.
Damm it, show, I am so torn. Kalinda and Cary have chemistry and their scenes are always great. Dana and Cary have chemistry and their scenes are great as well. Kalinda and Dana have chemistry and their scenes, judging by this episode, are great. Whom to root for? Well, the answer is obviously a Kalinda/Cary/Dana threesome, but Dana probably wouldn't go for it, so...
With less kidding now: I am more invested in how this works out than in how Alicia's love life works out right now. (I am invested in how Alicia's professional life works out plus her relationship with Kalinda, but that tiny scene last week aside we haven't been getting updates on this for eons, so...) And I continue to be glad Dana is still on the show, and enhancing the ranks of smart, competent women. Loved how she handled the Kalinda encounters, and you could see Kalinda respected a fellow player, too. Meanwhile, I'm amused though not surprised Cary thinks everyone is Kalinda-sexual (well... he has a point, wouldn't you say?), and that mutual bitching followed by immediate protective life saving of course pushed all my buttons. Also their final scene together went into "awww" territory for me, because it underlined, as if it needs underlining, that he's seriously in love with her and convinced this is the worst idea of all time, while Kalinda just might be ready for a relationship again that's about more than give and take.
Hold your horses: I'm not getting a dig in at Will this week. Kalinda offering to help him (or rather telling him to ask her for help) made for a rather sweet scene.
Something else I appreciated: the episode showing us how deeply Alicia was affected by the case of the week, the idea of the dead girls, and how she connected this to her own children. Earlier this season I thought the show had a bit lost sight on how the cases affect their supposed main character, but not here. Very well acted by Julianna Marguilies, too.
Eli, Mickey and their Santa-fellating client: I would say "only in the US" but then I immediately remember Silvio Berlusconi, so. And I was intrigued that Eli's wife decided to run anyway (also, thanks for clearing up she and not another ex is indeed the mother of his daughter, after everyone told me the actress is only three years younger than Alan Cumming), Bin Laden cousin not withstanding. Methinks given Eli sort of represents the other guy the question as to whether or not to expose his ex wife's one night stand will be coming up soon. Also, loved the return of his daughter and the fact Marissa hits it off with Zach to Eli's discomfort. (Why do I suspect Eli is thinking "son of Peter" rather than "son of Alicia" here?)
Jackie-as-stalker is way over the top, show; I'm not pleased by the fact they devolved her into the bad mother-in-law. (In s1, the show made a point about Jackie's prejudices but they also showed her genuinenly helpful and intelligent.) You can do better, show.
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Date: 2011-11-16 06:41 am (UTC)I actually giggled at Jackie staring suspiciously at the computer. I don't think that it's out of character - she's concerned about her grandchildren, and suspicious because there is something going on. To not investigate would have been more out of character, because she's always put the grandchildren ahead of Peter, then distantly Alicia.
I liked the case this week as well - that is was done as a ploy to serve a for-profit case, that the Catholic priest was brought along as a red herring - I expected a last minute teary confession of abuse/cover-up - and to have him turn out to simply be a vicious psychopath made sense. Especially the plaintive "He was spoilt?" when they realised that he had no nasty childhood excuse.
One really nice thing about TGW is that chemistry isn't widespread - Eli and Alicia, Cary and Alicia, no real sparks, compared to Alicia and Kalinda or Alicia and Peter. You have a lot of mixed-gender friendships, so when there is chemistry, it feels realistic.