oh, kalinda (aka stream of conciousness good wife meta)
I had an extremely long, horrible day. But you want to know what? I have about as much interest in writing about that as you do in reading about it.
Instead, let's talk about something awesome, or rather someone.
Oh, Kalinda. I suppose there is more to say than that, but holy hell, Archie Punjabi rocked the hell out of this ep.
If you had asked me last season if I would have watched/believed/loved a scene of Kalinda breaking down in an elevator I would have flat out denied it. The great strength of Kalinda as a character hasn't been her investigative skills, BAMFness or even her sex appeal. It has been the restraint.
She epitomizes the strong and silent type. She plays her cards close to the chest and doesn't let anyone in, even the viewer. It was one of the reasons why the Blake sub-plot failed so miserably. It was too brash and blunt and too much in general.
Kalinda is subtly.
But there has been a slight softening since the pilot, somewhat with Cary and Will, but mostly due to Alicia. They became friends. Two strong independent women (from a world populated by them, god I love this show) bonding over work and relationships and booze.
One of the few things I liked about the whole Blake plot was the revelation that Kalinda was from the (Canadian) suburbs. That she had been a bored suburbanite who needed a different life. That revelation, to me, perfectly explains why she would be drawn to Alicia even besides the fact that she was Peter's wife, and, in fact, explains how she was able to compartmentalize it.
The Alicia who Kalinda became friends with had left behind her old life, just like Kalinda had. Kalinda therefore treated Alicia how she wanted to be treated herself. She ignored the past, the tangle of Peter, because that is not who Alicia was. She wasn't 'the housewife' anymore, she was Alicia, and that made all the difference in the world.
Enough of that. I liked the breaking of the fourth wall, especially the way it tied Will and Nancy's trying to win over potential jurors with Jackie's attempts to woo the Florrick kids. (Who I still really want to the show to send to college/boarding school/off with Peter so we don't have to pay attention to their plot-lines anymore.) I also really really loved Lee in this, the mix of professional and personal. I generally haven't liked that character, but this ep really sold him to me.
But the CotW was too on the nose and not twisty or well executed enough to seem like anything but the C-story. I would much rather have had no case and more Diane (who was sadly lacking this ep) and maybe even Eli.
But all in all, the one-two punch of the past two eps has been amazing. The Good Wife hasn't been renewed for next season (yet) but it, along with Parks and Rec (which will be back next season \o/) have been by far my favorite shows airing this year. (With the minor caveat of Treme, which just started up again and has aired two few eps this season to judge.)
This entry was originally posted at http://kristin.dreamwidth.org/43538.html. Feel free to comment where you feel more comfortable.
Instead, let's talk about something awesome, or rather someone.
Oh, Kalinda. I suppose there is more to say than that, but holy hell, Archie Punjabi rocked the hell out of this ep.
If you had asked me last season if I would have watched/believed/loved a scene of Kalinda breaking down in an elevator I would have flat out denied it. The great strength of Kalinda as a character hasn't been her investigative skills, BAMFness or even her sex appeal. It has been the restraint.
She epitomizes the strong and silent type. She plays her cards close to the chest and doesn't let anyone in, even the viewer. It was one of the reasons why the Blake sub-plot failed so miserably. It was too brash and blunt and too much in general.
Kalinda is subtly.
But there has been a slight softening since the pilot, somewhat with Cary and Will, but mostly due to Alicia. They became friends. Two strong independent women (from a world populated by them, god I love this show) bonding over work and relationships and booze.
One of the few things I liked about the whole Blake plot was the revelation that Kalinda was from the (Canadian) suburbs. That she had been a bored suburbanite who needed a different life. That revelation, to me, perfectly explains why she would be drawn to Alicia even besides the fact that she was Peter's wife, and, in fact, explains how she was able to compartmentalize it.
The Alicia who Kalinda became friends with had left behind her old life, just like Kalinda had. Kalinda therefore treated Alicia how she wanted to be treated herself. She ignored the past, the tangle of Peter, because that is not who Alicia was. She wasn't 'the housewife' anymore, she was Alicia, and that made all the difference in the world.
Enough of that. I liked the breaking of the fourth wall, especially the way it tied Will and Nancy's trying to win over potential jurors with Jackie's attempts to woo the Florrick kids. (Who I still really want to the show to send to college/boarding school/off with Peter so we don't have to pay attention to their plot-lines anymore.) I also really really loved Lee in this, the mix of professional and personal. I generally haven't liked that character, but this ep really sold him to me.
But the CotW was too on the nose and not twisty or well executed enough to seem like anything but the C-story. I would much rather have had no case and more Diane (who was sadly lacking this ep) and maybe even Eli.
But all in all, the one-two punch of the past two eps has been amazing. The Good Wife hasn't been renewed for next season (yet) but it, along with Parks and Rec (which will be back next season \o/) have been by far my favorite shows airing this year. (With the minor caveat of Treme, which just started up again and has aired two few eps this season to judge.)
This entry was originally posted at http://kristin.dreamwidth.org/43538.html. Feel free to comment where you feel more comfortable.