Heh heh, there aren't many of us watching this but if TWOP is anything to go by, other people have also noticed that the show has improved as it goes.
Normally in this kind of love triangle, the best friend is a patient saint who's always been faithful to his true love. You're right and I like Will a lot just because he is so interesting and realistic. There's a scene in a very early episode where he snaps at Alicia and then is totally fine later - almost dismissive of his snappiness. That's just so what it's like working in a law firm. :P People can be so hard and abrasive in a work context and then switch it off and be charming as can be, particularly after work etc.
It's odd though because I never got the sense that Alicia was attracted to Will before the last episode. Before then it always seemed to be Will who'd give her lingering looks but she'd be all business. I'm still mega-grossed out by the fact that she jumped Peter in the last episode! Gross!
I know that there is some speculation about in our woefully small fandom that Peter could be brought in as the third partner but he certainly wouldn't have the capital and I'm not sure how easily his political contacts would turn into clients. The States must be quite different from Australia because I think it could be difficult for Peter to get his practising certificate back and have the right to be a principal in a law firm when he's been charged and convicted of a crime and been imprisoned. Normally the ability of such people to practise law again is heavily curtailed.
Those quibbles aside, how do you find the portrayal of the office politics? It's very realistic. The passing of good work to 'preferred' associates. I saw it particularly during the recent economic downturn when the powers that be were using hours as a reason to sack certain people - it meant that bosses were trying to filter work to preferred lawyers to keep them as safe as they could. The competition between Cary and Alicia is also very accurate. Also the line from Will in the early episodes about Diane mentoring women until they become in a position to be a threat to her and she cuts them down. That's not just a woman thing, though. I saw a LOT of instances of lawyers being mentored but when they were on the cusp of partnership, their previous mentors would turn on them. Then again, I saw it go the other day, too!
The legal cases are a bit nonsensical but the acting is all so good that I kind of don't mind how silly the cases get sometimes :D
Normally in this kind of love triangle, the best friend is a patient saint who's always been faithful to his true love.
You're right and I like Will a lot just because he is so interesting and realistic. There's a scene in a very early episode where he snaps at Alicia and then is totally fine later - almost dismissive of his snappiness. That's just so what it's like working in a law firm. :P People can be so hard and abrasive in a work context and then switch it off and be charming as can be, particularly after work etc.
It's odd though because I never got the sense that Alicia was attracted to Will before the last episode. Before then it always seemed to be Will who'd give her lingering looks but she'd be all business. I'm still mega-grossed out by the fact that she jumped Peter in the last episode! Gross!
I know that there is some speculation about in our woefully small fandom that Peter could be brought in as the third partner but he certainly wouldn't have the capital and I'm not sure how easily his political contacts would turn into clients.
The States must be quite different from Australia because I think it could be difficult for Peter to get his practising certificate back and have the right to be a principal in a law firm when he's been charged and convicted of a crime and been imprisoned. Normally the ability of such people to practise law again is heavily curtailed.
Those quibbles aside, how do you find the portrayal of the office politics?
It's very realistic. The passing of good work to 'preferred' associates. I saw it particularly during the recent economic downturn when the powers that be were using hours as a reason to sack certain people - it meant that bosses were trying to filter work to preferred lawyers to keep them as safe as they could. The competition between Cary and Alicia is also very accurate. Also the line from Will in the early episodes about Diane mentoring women until they become in a position to be a threat to her and she cuts them down. That's not just a woman thing, though. I saw a LOT of instances of lawyers being mentored but when they were on the cusp of partnership, their previous mentors would turn on them. Then again, I saw it go the other day, too!
The legal cases are a bit nonsensical but the acting is all so good that I kind of don't mind how silly the cases get sometimes :D
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