sometimes you have to try to get along
I just watched this week's episode of The Good Wife, and man, what a SATISFYING hour of television. That scene with Will and Alicia in his office? Dear god, THE HOT.
Plus, Diane and Gary Cole being hilarious and flirtatious in a completely respectful yet entirely skeptical of the other's views way. I hope we see more of him.
Plus! Kalinda! Being awesome and turning down the Feds. And also calling Alicia on her passivity. *♥ Kalinda*
And on top of all that, ALAN CUMMING as what is clearly meant to be some sort of RAHM EMANUEL analogue. I APPROVE, FUCKNUCKLES!
The show is on the cover of EW this week, and it well deserves to be, because it is AWESOME. Well-written, interesting women who drive the action, an intriguing ongoing arc investigating what actually happened, and how the characters all deal with the fallout not only on their careers, but in all their relationships.
Plus, fantastic guest stars - Titus Welliver, Joe Morton, Dylan Baker, Gary Cole, Sonja Sohn, ALAN CUMMING. Jen's grandma from Dawson's!
I also really like the rotation of judges they've got going - David Paymer, Peter Riegert, Joanna Gleason. Hopefully we'll see Peter Gerety again too.
Not to mention the regular cast. Let's face it, I was going to give anything with Josh Charles and Christine Baranski a chance, and since I always liked Hathaway on ER (I was a total Doug/Carol shipper), Juliana Margulies was also a draw for me. Plus, Chris Noth. I was skeptical of the premise and the courtroom drama thing, but the show totally makes it work. And it's given us Kalinda Sharma, as played by Archie Punjabi, who is probably the best new character on tv this season (well, possibly tied with Vince Howard on FNL).
I'm not good at pimping shows out, because the things I like are often not the things fandom likes (or, the things fandom likes are frequently things that leave me cold), but this show is fantastic, and it offers many pairing opportunities (both het and girlslash - I suppose you could make a case for boyslash, but why would you when the women are so fantastic?) and political intrigue and adults acting like adults and mostly being good at their jobs and trying to do the work of relationships as well.
I was also amused to read the producer say something like, "We try to figure out how little of the actual cases we have to show," because that's how I write casefiles. *snerk*
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In other news, Die Hard was on, and I couldn't turn it off, even though it was full of commercials and bleeped swears. YIPPIE KI YAY MOTHERFUCKER! One day I'll actually have to watch Die Hard 4.
Now, I'm trying to decide what to bake, and if I need to go to the grocery store and pick anything up. Oscars tonight, so I'd like to have some tasty snackage.
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Plus, Diane and Gary Cole being hilarious and flirtatious in a completely respectful yet entirely skeptical of the other's views way. I hope we see more of him.
Plus! Kalinda! Being awesome and turning down the Feds. And also calling Alicia on her passivity. *♥ Kalinda*
And on top of all that, ALAN CUMMING as what is clearly meant to be some sort of RAHM EMANUEL analogue. I APPROVE, FUCKNUCKLES!
The show is on the cover of EW this week, and it well deserves to be, because it is AWESOME. Well-written, interesting women who drive the action, an intriguing ongoing arc investigating what actually happened, and how the characters all deal with the fallout not only on their careers, but in all their relationships.
Plus, fantastic guest stars - Titus Welliver, Joe Morton, Dylan Baker, Gary Cole, Sonja Sohn, ALAN CUMMING. Jen's grandma from Dawson's!
I also really like the rotation of judges they've got going - David Paymer, Peter Riegert, Joanna Gleason. Hopefully we'll see Peter Gerety again too.
Not to mention the regular cast. Let's face it, I was going to give anything with Josh Charles and Christine Baranski a chance, and since I always liked Hathaway on ER (I was a total Doug/Carol shipper), Juliana Margulies was also a draw for me. Plus, Chris Noth. I was skeptical of the premise and the courtroom drama thing, but the show totally makes it work. And it's given us Kalinda Sharma, as played by Archie Punjabi, who is probably the best new character on tv this season (well, possibly tied with Vince Howard on FNL).
I'm not good at pimping shows out, because the things I like are often not the things fandom likes (or, the things fandom likes are frequently things that leave me cold), but this show is fantastic, and it offers many pairing opportunities (both het and girlslash - I suppose you could make a case for boyslash, but why would you when the women are so fantastic?) and political intrigue and adults acting like adults and mostly being good at their jobs and trying to do the work of relationships as well.
I was also amused to read the producer say something like, "We try to figure out how little of the actual cases we have to show," because that's how I write casefiles. *snerk*
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In other news, Die Hard was on, and I couldn't turn it off, even though it was full of commercials and bleeped swears. YIPPIE KI YAY MOTHERFUCKER! One day I'll actually have to watch Die Hard 4.
Now, I'm trying to decide what to bake, and if I need to go to the grocery store and pick anything up. Oscars tonight, so I'd like to have some tasty snackage.
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people have commented there.