The Good Wife 4.09
Nov. 28th, 2012 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakIn which we finally meet Alicia's mother, who is played by Stockard Channing made up to look like 80s Elizabeth Taylor.
Though I have to say, Liz would consider Veronica's measly number of husbands (only three?) as hardly worth giving Alicia the anti divorce complex she has. Anyway, Veronica is like one imagined after Owen's and Alicia's references to her, and if the "hedonistic mother/dutiful daughter" juxtaposition is a cliché after since Shirley McLaine and Debra Winger, it's one that's still entertaining to watch if well acted. Ditto for Veronica hitting it off with David Lee and siccing on Will as perfect for either one of her children. (Not that Will and Alicia haven't it broken off already a good while ago, but even if they hadn't, Alicia's mother championing his cause would doom him.) Veronica squaring off with Jackie is the type of scene I should disapprove of out of feminist principle but can't because I enjoyed watching it anyway, and I must say, Jackie won that one fair and square. Veronica versus Peter was interesting for other reasons; it's the one point where Veronica isn't used as the comic relief of the episode, where we see her as a believable concerned mother, because while the Alicia and Peter relationship (and the fact they still have one) is more complicated than due to a single reason, of course she's right that one reason for Alicia's attitude towards divorce is herself, and that it would free Alicia if Peter divorced her. However, between it being political suicide for Peter (divorcing the wife who stood by him through scandal and prison? He wouldn't get elected dog catcher) and him still having feelings for her, he'd never do it.
Owen and Alicia were fun to watch as always, and the fact he just perjured himself for their mother gave Alicia a genuine reason to be angry with Veronica beyond the embarassment (and the fact Veronica didn't show up for years). And Jackie's Cuban companion/nurse is good looking, I must say. Hadn't noticed that the last time. Awkward family dinner scenes chez Florrick are always golden.
Case of the week: that was a somewhat interesting dilemma, except that the famous liberal lawyer was played a little too full of himself to make it a genuine one. In theory, it should have been a juicy "good of the many versus good of the few" scenario, plus of course the lawyerly obligation to one's client in the balance, but in practice, he gave the impression of wanting to overturn DOMA for his own fame's sake, not to help gay rights, and so it wasn't a dilemma at all.
Cary and Nick scene: you know, I suddenly did not mind Nick's existence, because Cary responding to having gotten beaten up not with outrage or macho posturing, but by messing with Nick's mind with lawyer-fu under a smile and the whole trust-me-I'm-your-lawyer spiel, the iron in velvet glove approach, was a great Cary scene. It only leaves one question: if he really used his contacts at the State Attorney's office to check out Nick's past, how come he still doesn't know Nick is Kalinda's ex? (Or maybe he does now know, and we'll get that confirmed the next episode or something.)
Lastly: Peter must hope for people to piss off Alicia more often. He gets great sex out of that every time they do.
Though I have to say, Liz would consider Veronica's measly number of husbands (only three?) as hardly worth giving Alicia the anti divorce complex she has. Anyway, Veronica is like one imagined after Owen's and Alicia's references to her, and if the "hedonistic mother/dutiful daughter" juxtaposition is a cliché after since Shirley McLaine and Debra Winger, it's one that's still entertaining to watch if well acted. Ditto for Veronica hitting it off with David Lee and siccing on Will as perfect for either one of her children. (Not that Will and Alicia haven't it broken off already a good while ago, but even if they hadn't, Alicia's mother championing his cause would doom him.) Veronica squaring off with Jackie is the type of scene I should disapprove of out of feminist principle but can't because I enjoyed watching it anyway, and I must say, Jackie won that one fair and square. Veronica versus Peter was interesting for other reasons; it's the one point where Veronica isn't used as the comic relief of the episode, where we see her as a believable concerned mother, because while the Alicia and Peter relationship (and the fact they still have one) is more complicated than due to a single reason, of course she's right that one reason for Alicia's attitude towards divorce is herself, and that it would free Alicia if Peter divorced her. However, between it being political suicide for Peter (divorcing the wife who stood by him through scandal and prison? He wouldn't get elected dog catcher) and him still having feelings for her, he'd never do it.
Owen and Alicia were fun to watch as always, and the fact he just perjured himself for their mother gave Alicia a genuine reason to be angry with Veronica beyond the embarassment (and the fact Veronica didn't show up for years). And Jackie's Cuban companion/nurse is good looking, I must say. Hadn't noticed that the last time. Awkward family dinner scenes chez Florrick are always golden.
Case of the week: that was a somewhat interesting dilemma, except that the famous liberal lawyer was played a little too full of himself to make it a genuine one. In theory, it should have been a juicy "good of the many versus good of the few" scenario, plus of course the lawyerly obligation to one's client in the balance, but in practice, he gave the impression of wanting to overturn DOMA for his own fame's sake, not to help gay rights, and so it wasn't a dilemma at all.
Cary and Nick scene: you know, I suddenly did not mind Nick's existence, because Cary responding to having gotten beaten up not with outrage or macho posturing, but by messing with Nick's mind with lawyer-fu under a smile and the whole trust-me-I'm-your-lawyer spiel, the iron in velvet glove approach, was a great Cary scene. It only leaves one question: if he really used his contacts at the State Attorney's office to check out Nick's past, how come he still doesn't know Nick is Kalinda's ex? (Or maybe he does now know, and we'll get that confirmed the next episode or something.)
Lastly: Peter must hope for people to piss off Alicia more often. He gets great sex out of that every time they do.
