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The Good Wife..."Hitting the Fan"
The Good Wife this season is kicking butt - it's sooo good. This episode, one twist after another, and hilarious in places. A perfect satirical take on politics on various levels.
Also a realistic one - folks, lawyers and law firms are really like that. There's a great non-fiction novel entitled The Partners that shows some of it. I certainly saw games like that played in law school.
Now, I really, really want Michael J Fox to pop up.
One of the best hours of television that I've seen this year.
Peter's actions, subtly in support of his wife, are interesting. And it's hard to feel sympathetic towards Will and Diane, mainly because they used Alicia to get Peter's favor and Alicia's position as wife to the DA and the Governor's Wife to their own advantage. Alicia got the job over Cary because of Peter. So ...that old adage what goes around, comes around...
Will and Diane's power politics come to bite them in the ass. Peter warns Will that he does not want him as his enemy. But Will ignores him.
Diane niavely asks Eli if her actions or Will's towards Alicia will adversely affect her chances to become a Supreme Court Justice. Of course they will. It's ironic. The interview she gave two episodes was unnecessary - Peter got her a pass. But her support of Will and attack on Alicia...does result in Peter considering other candidates. It turns out it wasn't the Chief Justice she needed to worry about, but Peter Florick and by association Alicia.
The fact that Diane has played similar games in the past...well, has a nice karmic feel to it. (Don't get me wrong I love Diane.) That said, it makes sense that Diane would fight for her former firm and for Will. I just hope they'll let her back in when the judgeship falls through.
There's so much in this episode to unpack. The writers do a marvelous job of showing everyone's motivations and points of view. There really are no good guys or bad guys here.
My only quibble? Is can the 4th year associates be any more annoying? But I get their complaints - they are the worker bees, they do all the work.
This season is turning out to be one of the best to date. And it works, it tracks to the beginning, not only that it makes all the seasons before crunchier and even more ironic.
Almost want to buy them and do a re-watch. But can't afford it - time-wise or financially at the moment.
Also a realistic one - folks, lawyers and law firms are really like that. There's a great non-fiction novel entitled The Partners that shows some of it. I certainly saw games like that played in law school.
Now, I really, really want Michael J Fox to pop up.
One of the best hours of television that I've seen this year.
Peter's actions, subtly in support of his wife, are interesting. And it's hard to feel sympathetic towards Will and Diane, mainly because they used Alicia to get Peter's favor and Alicia's position as wife to the DA and the Governor's Wife to their own advantage. Alicia got the job over Cary because of Peter. So ...that old adage what goes around, comes around...
Will and Diane's power politics come to bite them in the ass. Peter warns Will that he does not want him as his enemy. But Will ignores him.
Diane niavely asks Eli if her actions or Will's towards Alicia will adversely affect her chances to become a Supreme Court Justice. Of course they will. It's ironic. The interview she gave two episodes was unnecessary - Peter got her a pass. But her support of Will and attack on Alicia...does result in Peter considering other candidates. It turns out it wasn't the Chief Justice she needed to worry about, but Peter Florick and by association Alicia.
The fact that Diane has played similar games in the past...well, has a nice karmic feel to it. (Don't get me wrong I love Diane.) That said, it makes sense that Diane would fight for her former firm and for Will. I just hope they'll let her back in when the judgeship falls through.
There's so much in this episode to unpack. The writers do a marvelous job of showing everyone's motivations and points of view. There really are no good guys or bad guys here.
My only quibble? Is can the 4th year associates be any more annoying? But I get their complaints - they are the worker bees, they do all the work.
This season is turning out to be one of the best to date. And it works, it tracks to the beginning, not only that it makes all the seasons before crunchier and even more ironic.
Almost want to buy them and do a re-watch. But can't afford it - time-wise or financially at the moment.