...would there be a show left without the soapy elements?
― horseshoe, Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
were the non-soapy elements originally supposed to be (a) the arc of peter's re-entry into politics, and (b) the question of whether peter and alicia would reconcile, and (c) alicia's self-fulfillment-through-professional-success narrative?
― j., Friday, 16 March 2012 05:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm not disputing that the show is built on soapy elements, but it's seemed more blatant about it lately, not just w/ the Alicia master plot getting hammier recently, but the Matt Czuchry stuff, bringing back maybe-wife-killer Dylan Baker super quickly (with a sexual harassment suit!)...they're just laying on the draaahma a little thicker than usual.
though thankfully the Sedaris/Cumming stuff is gone for now I guess? thank christ. (that was objectionable on diff't grounds.)
― Simon H., Friday, 16 March 2012 05:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
i thought the cary bit at the end this week was pretty righteous. until he had to say something about the perception his going unpunished would create. but still.
eli has really been diminished as a character since his initial run as a foul-mouthed mastermind operator.
― j., Friday, 16 March 2012 06:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe a different way to think about the proliferation of chaotic subplots is to look at the characters that are around and the relationships and interactions they can plausibly have given the larger-scale plot developments. the first season had a really marvelous nexus between alicia's work relationships and home relationships, and both of those were pretty complex and shifting (because of her prior relation to will, her parity with cary at the beginning, but her affinity with diane, at work; and for obvious reasons at home but especially in light of peter's mother's role in the family). alicia has moved in and out of proximity to different people since then, with the same kind of dynamic that's constrained by the relationships and power interests of the others, but it seems like the frames have rarely been drawn as definitely or as stably since, i dunno.
― j., Friday, 16 March 2012 06:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/movies/finding-the-right-wig-for-the-role-on-screen.html?ref=movies
apparently juliana margulies wears a wig on this show. i just thought she had been having her hair straightened for three years.
― j., Sunday, 25 March 2012 05:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
a couple great moments this ep, i thought. the scene with "look more worried" and the fakeout with the recusal.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jackie is the evilest person on the show, btw.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Loved the episode. Interestingly, during the episode, I'd been wondering where Jackie had gotten to.
― Office Tebow (Leee), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 03:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
'so you're the woman... i'm the black.'
― j., Thursday, 5 April 2012 05:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Posey and Cumming again -- awesome chemistry.
― s.clover, Monday, 16 April 2012 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
So much deliciousness this week.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 00:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
now that was a proper episode.
― j., Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
The idea of someone taking the ankle clips was pretty bogus though. And how did they get back to their proper place (assuming they did) if the bike didn't get back? Who the hell wears ankle clips in the first place?
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, when you take ALL of someone's clothing, I guess the ankle clips would go too.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
What's wrong with Matthew Perry? He sounds terrible.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can see how it's a matthew perry role but i want matthew perry out of my good wife
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
he is the worst
― mizzell, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's not even remotely good at being a slimy terrible person.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
being totally insufferable is like the point of that character though.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's not even insufferable, he's just a bunch of bleh, adding nothing
― mizzell, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
i thought it was great, i just want to punch him in the face while running away cringing
― j., Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I really liked the complete barefacedness of his lying. He's not as good a sleaze as Jackie, though.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
jackie is a great villain of our time
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, when you take ALL of someone's clothing, I guess the ankle clips would go too.― Johnny Fever
I meant before the murder. What kind of person "borrows" a bike and leg cuff clips
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't follow the case at all, waaay more interested in the campaign and Jackie subplots this week.
DNC dbag crushing Parker Posey's dreams has me considering voting for Ron Paul now.
― Trienne of Barf (Leee), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 04:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
that episode was pretty bad, but PREZ!
i don't know why the writing was so dumb and obvious. like when alicia turned to kalinda and was like. "lana's going to get you killed!" thanks for spelling that out, show.
― horseshoe, Monday, 23 April 2012 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, this wasn't great. Also, it's already Season Finale Time? WTF. I guess so, but it doesn't seem like it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 15:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
This season is 22 eps, whereas the first two were 23.
― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Lots of twists! None of them terribly good. Sorta dud for a season finale imo, but at least it's already been renewed iirc so that's a good thing.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 April 2012 03:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
There was nothing really cliffhanger-ish about the episode, just lots of threads left hanging. Felt more like the episode before a finale.
― s.clover, Monday, 30 April 2012 04:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Premieres 9/30 (or 30/9 to you Euros/programmers).
― R=J-L (Leee), Saturday, 8 September 2012 21:46 (9 months ago) Permalink
'i don't like people who quit.'
― j., Wednesday, 3 October 2012 00:31 (8 months ago) Permalink
Scene with Alicia at the office at night is DARK.
And... Uncle Junior! I mean, Judge Junior.
― Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Monday, 15 October 2012 04:49 (8 months ago) Permalink
'i'm a blogger'
― j., Tuesday, 16 October 2012 17:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
bodie!!!
'you said to be... entrepreneurial...'
― j., Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:11 (7 months ago) Permalink
Wee-Bey made a cameo, too, as a photograph.
Srsly tho Boadie wouldn't have tolerated the hijinx Dex was trying to pull.
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 05:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
Am I in need of some mansplanation on how professional women are capable of solidarity regardless of relatedness, or was Amanda Peet's character obviously the Colonel's daughter?
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Monday, 5 November 2012 17:02 (7 months ago) Permalink
i thought you were a dude. you have to give the mansplanations if you are.
― j., Monday, 5 November 2012 18:39 (7 months ago) Permalink
I need someone to explain mansplaining. #genderfail
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 02:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
<3 judge abernathy
― j., Tuesday, 6 November 2012 06:43 (7 months ago) Permalink
Amanda Peet's character obviously the Colonel's daughter?
If that was the case, it passed me by. I thought it was just female solidarity because it's tough to be a woman in the military.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 23:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
i forgot alicia even had kids
― j., Tuesday, 20 November 2012 00:42 (6 months ago) Permalink
how is this the first time alicia ever heard of cutting?
― j., Tuesday, 20 November 2012 01:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
haha yes i was seriously lolling at that. but the "they like how it feels to heal" line was pretty good. liked eli's manipulations too. seriously don't understand kalinda at all at this point.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 01:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
she's in THRALL
and boooooring
the main plot was kind of truncated. i suppose that was just setup for something else later in the season, either an unexpected fail/win on the murder case, or something to do with judge hirsch?
― j., Tuesday, 20 November 2012 04:35 (6 months ago) Permalink
I thought the case was essentially resolved (as a fail) with the adultery twist. I'd imagine the tension with judges is the sort of thing they'll pursue though. I like internal firm intrigue, but will v. the entire justice system really bores me.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 04:40 (6 months ago) Permalink
Felt like they're going to resume the case next week or soon, while also involving some romantic intrigue between Amanda Peet and Peter, or at least more allegations of impropriety. We could call them Peeter!
― Khaleeesi (Leee), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 17:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
alright, now THIS is a courtroom episode
― j., Tuesday, 4 December 2012 02:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
those are pretty good sunglasses to wear for running someone down.
― j., Tuesday, 4 December 2012 02:06 (6 months ago) Permalink