The Good Wife 3.14 Another Ham Sandwich
In which Will is the case of the week and I'm not sure how I feel about a lot of things.
Starting with Wendy Scott Carr. Because I rather prefer it if the show's antagonists get to be competent; see my complaint about Celeste's first two outings as opposed to her third, though of course she wasn't an antagonist in her third. And Wendy was so easily flustered, blindsided and what not in this episode that it is hard to believe she went through a hard compaign for State Attorney. Mind you, some of her mistakes can be explained by her long term goal; for example, asking Alicia about her extra marital sex life is absolutely pointless and counterproductive for the purpose of the case at hand since it has nothing whatsoever to do with Will potentially corrupting judges (and Wendy's question as to how Alicia got hired had already established it was via Will in a way that far more effectively demonstrated bias on Will's part for a jury), but given that Will never was Wendy's final goal but a stepping stone on the way of targetting Peter, it does make sense again. Sort of. She had to know Peter would end her assignment at that point even if she'd gotten the indictement. I would have preferred it if the show had made clear going to the next higher authority was what she had planned for as well - see: competent antagonist - instead of presenting it as an emergency solution.
As I had assumed, Kalinda had set Dana (and Wendy) up with the folder, and that's the other thing I'm not sure how I feel about. Otoh, it's ic, as expected, otoh, that's just it. Too expected. I'd have loved it if I had doubted for a bit whether or not Kalinda would turn Will in.
Incidentally, Cary appears not to have known about the whole blackmail attempt but didn't appear surprised when Will delivered the real emails, either. In fact he looked downright amused. Of course Cary had been shown as sceptical about the entire investigation from the get go and increasingly irritated at Wendy's tactics, but again, maybe I'd prefered it if the show hadn't spelled it out via letting Elsbeth and Diane confer they're going for Cary as the audience. I don't know.
Note of place: this show is great with the psychologies of power games. So of course when Alicia decides to talk to Peter, she changes her mind when she's at the state attorney's office (his territory) and instead arranges it so the conversation takes place at her apartment (her territory). (BTW, their argument had the raw emotional messed upness that I appreciate about the show's marriage scenes in general.) In the subplot, we get the same thing with Eli and Stacy sparring, and Eli & David Lee. I must say, I am developing an increasing soft spot for the shady David Lee because attempting to use Caitlin was a dick move of Eli's, and he so deserved David Lee's countermove.
I'm still waiting for an explanation why Will hasn't told anyone about Wendy's goal, but I start to believe I will never get it.
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Starting with Wendy Scott Carr. Because I rather prefer it if the show's antagonists get to be competent; see my complaint about Celeste's first two outings as opposed to her third, though of course she wasn't an antagonist in her third. And Wendy was so easily flustered, blindsided and what not in this episode that it is hard to believe she went through a hard compaign for State Attorney. Mind you, some of her mistakes can be explained by her long term goal; for example, asking Alicia about her extra marital sex life is absolutely pointless and counterproductive for the purpose of the case at hand since it has nothing whatsoever to do with Will potentially corrupting judges (and Wendy's question as to how Alicia got hired had already established it was via Will in a way that far more effectively demonstrated bias on Will's part for a jury), but given that Will never was Wendy's final goal but a stepping stone on the way of targetting Peter, it does make sense again. Sort of. She had to know Peter would end her assignment at that point even if she'd gotten the indictement. I would have preferred it if the show had made clear going to the next higher authority was what she had planned for as well - see: competent antagonist - instead of presenting it as an emergency solution.
As I had assumed, Kalinda had set Dana (and Wendy) up with the folder, and that's the other thing I'm not sure how I feel about. Otoh, it's ic, as expected, otoh, that's just it. Too expected. I'd have loved it if I had doubted for a bit whether or not Kalinda would turn Will in.
Incidentally, Cary appears not to have known about the whole blackmail attempt but didn't appear surprised when Will delivered the real emails, either. In fact he looked downright amused. Of course Cary had been shown as sceptical about the entire investigation from the get go and increasingly irritated at Wendy's tactics, but again, maybe I'd prefered it if the show hadn't spelled it out via letting Elsbeth and Diane confer they're going for Cary as the audience. I don't know.
Note of place: this show is great with the psychologies of power games. So of course when Alicia decides to talk to Peter, she changes her mind when she's at the state attorney's office (his territory) and instead arranges it so the conversation takes place at her apartment (her territory). (BTW, their argument had the raw emotional messed upness that I appreciate about the show's marriage scenes in general.) In the subplot, we get the same thing with Eli and Stacy sparring, and Eli & David Lee. I must say, I am developing an increasing soft spot for the shady David Lee because attempting to use Caitlin was a dick move of Eli's, and he so deserved David Lee's countermove.
I'm still waiting for an explanation why Will hasn't told anyone about Wendy's goal, but I start to believe I will never get it.
This entry was originally posted at http://selenak.dreamwidth.org/748857.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.