The Good Wife 2.13 Raw Deal
In which Michael J. Fox is back, and Lockhart & Gardner does the kind of lawsuit Patty Hewes specializes in.
With one caveat, a thoroughly enjoyable episode. I even, shock, gasp, enjoyed a scene between Alicia and Will in it, admittedly not least because he had his romantic intentions directed elsewhere. But the confession of not knowing what he wants and wish for a beer buddy was oddly endearing, and I don't say that usually about my least favourite regular character.
On to the core of the episode: the return of Louis Canning was great, not least because, since he had beaten Alicia once already, we were on our toes, so to speak, and because the show kept the window of ambiguity open in his last scene with Alicia instead of making him a one dimensional villain. Michael J. Fox continues to be excellent in the part, and I hope we haven't seen the last of him. Note that he even had Kalinda swaying and giving him the benefit of the doubt for a while. He's good.
So was the case. I really appreciated that the clients weren't treated as a uniform mass to be manipulated but that they made up their own minds, and that one of them was in fact crucial because she secretly recorded Canning, not because anyone told her to but because of her own distrust.
Judge of the week: the blood donor thing - and all the lawyers appearing with blood donor badges in the next session, as well as him calling them out on it - amused the hell out of me.
Partner schemes: and here we get to my caveat. Lampshading the fact it's the white partners versus the black partner does not make it less so, show, especially since Bond continues to get little in the terms of characterisation. I mean, Louis Canning in only two episodes while being somewhat enigmatic still got far more of a sense of personality than we got from Bond who shows up in every episode this season; it's not just that he's now in the antagonist position but also that he's the most flat character other than Blake. You can do better, show.
Peter's campaign: otoh I continue to love the way this show does politics. Not just the idea of using Peter's time in prison to make him more hip among young and/or disadvantaged voters, but that the face-palm inducing vid got a backstory and a character who in a few minutes went from cliché to three dimensional and immensely moving. (And actually gave a good reason why he's on Team Florrick.)
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With one caveat, a thoroughly enjoyable episode. I even, shock, gasp, enjoyed a scene between Alicia and Will in it, admittedly not least because he had his romantic intentions directed elsewhere. But the confession of not knowing what he wants and wish for a beer buddy was oddly endearing, and I don't say that usually about my least favourite regular character.
On to the core of the episode: the return of Louis Canning was great, not least because, since he had beaten Alicia once already, we were on our toes, so to speak, and because the show kept the window of ambiguity open in his last scene with Alicia instead of making him a one dimensional villain. Michael J. Fox continues to be excellent in the part, and I hope we haven't seen the last of him. Note that he even had Kalinda swaying and giving him the benefit of the doubt for a while. He's good.
So was the case. I really appreciated that the clients weren't treated as a uniform mass to be manipulated but that they made up their own minds, and that one of them was in fact crucial because she secretly recorded Canning, not because anyone told her to but because of her own distrust.
Judge of the week: the blood donor thing - and all the lawyers appearing with blood donor badges in the next session, as well as him calling them out on it - amused the hell out of me.
Partner schemes: and here we get to my caveat. Lampshading the fact it's the white partners versus the black partner does not make it less so, show, especially since Bond continues to get little in the terms of characterisation. I mean, Louis Canning in only two episodes while being somewhat enigmatic still got far more of a sense of personality than we got from Bond who shows up in every episode this season; it's not just that he's now in the antagonist position but also that he's the most flat character other than Blake. You can do better, show.
Peter's campaign: otoh I continue to love the way this show does politics. Not just the idea of using Peter's time in prison to make him more hip among young and/or disadvantaged voters, but that the face-palm inducing vid got a backstory and a character who in a few minutes went from cliché to three dimensional and immensely moving. (And actually gave a good reason why he's on Team Florrick.)
This entry was originally posted at http://selenak.dreamwidth.org/653079.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.