The Good Wife 5.11.
Jan. 7th, 2014 06:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakThis one was a bit silly, until the ending, but I didn't really mind.
My main problelm with the main plot was that the "Will and Alicia use things they know about each other against each other in court psychologically" premise, which is sound, was clumsily executed at first. I mean, Alicia getting flustered at many interruptions in her opening statement as the result of her having confided in Will re: that particular irritation - really? We've seen other opponents use that tactic without the benefit of being Will and having years of backstory with Alicia. Otoh Alicia's countermove was believably personal and effective. And I always like to watch Cary being competent and supportive of Alicia, which this this plot gave me.
Meanwhile, Diane's stuck with a partner who is still hellbent on proving how much he doesn't care Alicia lefthim the firm by expanding like a madman. I cannot see all these branches in New York and Los Angeles going anywhere good, and neither can Diane, but to my disappointment, she gave in when Will guilttripped her with the "you left and you came back, but I never left, so why shouldn't I get my chance to lead?" ploy.
Kalinda and Jenna the cop (and Damian): this actually was more interesting than I'd expected in that Jenna thinks Kalinda is hot and would like more than a one night stand but otoh values her friendship with Damian because "lovers come and go, friends stay" and won't give him up for Kalinda. This display of friend loyalty (and that Damian has inspired it) seems to have Kalinda both discomforted and intrigued.
The whole "who is the father of Marilyn's child?" plot seemed like comic relief throughout - because it was obvious it wasn't Peter (Florrick), if it had been their previous scenes would have been filmed differently, that it was a set up for a gag reveal of another Peter as the father, though I didn't expect the Peter Bogdanovich cameo. (Hey, the Good Wife does RPF!) What I ALSO hadn't expected was that the whole baby daddy plot was a distraction, or rather a fake lead-in, to a genuine bombshell being dropped, and not one related to sexual indiscretions. Kudos, show, that was smooth. Also fairly played, because the bit of surveillance video about the stolen votes isn't new; we last saw it when Will Gardner did last season, while calling Peter on the phone, which makes me wonder whether Will is the anonymous source providing said video now to the Tribune, because we know he has it, and given the state of things with Alicia, he has absolutely no reason anymore to hold back on her account. But poor Eli. He walked away from hearing this looking absolutely shattered, and this is the first time in a long while where I could really feel for Eli.
My main problelm with the main plot was that the "Will and Alicia use things they know about each other against each other in court psychologically" premise, which is sound, was clumsily executed at first. I mean, Alicia getting flustered at many interruptions in her opening statement as the result of her having confided in Will re: that particular irritation - really? We've seen other opponents use that tactic without the benefit of being Will and having years of backstory with Alicia. Otoh Alicia's countermove was believably personal and effective. And I always like to watch Cary being competent and supportive of Alicia, which this this plot gave me.
Meanwhile, Diane's stuck with a partner who is still hellbent on proving how much he doesn't care Alicia left
Kalinda and Jenna the cop (and Damian): this actually was more interesting than I'd expected in that Jenna thinks Kalinda is hot and would like more than a one night stand but otoh values her friendship with Damian because "lovers come and go, friends stay" and won't give him up for Kalinda. This display of friend loyalty (and that Damian has inspired it) seems to have Kalinda both discomforted and intrigued.
The whole "who is the father of Marilyn's child?" plot seemed like comic relief throughout - because it was obvious it wasn't Peter (Florrick), if it had been their previous scenes would have been filmed differently, that it was a set up for a gag reveal of another Peter as the father, though I didn't expect the Peter Bogdanovich cameo. (Hey, the Good Wife does RPF!) What I ALSO hadn't expected was that the whole baby daddy plot was a distraction, or rather a fake lead-in, to a genuine bombshell being dropped, and not one related to sexual indiscretions. Kudos, show, that was smooth. Also fairly played, because the bit of surveillance video about the stolen votes isn't new; we last saw it when Will Gardner did last season, while calling Peter on the phone, which makes me wonder whether Will is the anonymous source providing said video now to the Tribune, because we know he has it, and given the state of things with Alicia, he has absolutely no reason anymore to hold back on her account. But poor Eli. He walked away from hearing this looking absolutely shattered, and this is the first time in a long while where I could really feel for Eli.
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Date: 2014-01-07 03:13 pm (UTC)I suppose "throw them all out the airlocks!" is not a good enough solution, either. Sigh. What is democracy even coming to?