I was definitely overall disappointed with this ep too. It just felt out of place after the rest of everything. And maybe it's me but I just don't get the whole point of this NSA plot??? I just found it so dull. And I feel like those idiot guys at the office got more screen time than Kalinda and Diane combined
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And Jamie, I agree with you about Alicia. We've seen her have this whole attitude even before Will's death, and while it IS fitting for her to kind of keep that as a mechanism of pushing away any grief during the workplace, I am much more interested in seeing how it has affected her in other ways. Maybe that's coming. I know that JM likes to keep Alicia bottled up but in my opinion, something like this (as opposed to her reacting to the scandal) is where Alicia would WANT to reach out to people.
I also want to see a lasting effect and resulting change. Maybe it's going to be a build up to the last ep of the season. We saw a little hint with Cary that perhaps people might start calling her on stuff.
The Missus and I were underwhelmed. I was really appreciating the emotional follow-through for all three female leads and this seemed so "moving on" in comparison to last week
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Out of lurkage comes I, northeastcasey (i'll figure out how to sign in later), to holler a "hang in there!" to the herd. As a headwhacked veteran who, to my surprise, came dancing out alive on THIS side of ptsd, this ep plus last looks like a solid set-up for delayed psych reaction.
Them that process disturbing events immediately do far better than those, like Alicia, who compartmentalize themselves into the extremes of a) "i look smashing, and send judges and opponants hopping through hoops" and b) i am under the covers not eating, not hydrating, not talking, and ignoring my responsibilities." Trust the writers to know that there's a fulcrum preparing to snap in there.
I also trust that our crew are being naive that the NSA is so easily rerouted. May Sweeps are what they are bc what looks like resolution in April gets the audience relaxed and take-able offguard in May. If, of course, the audience doesn't just give up on the show and take up evening kickboxing classes or some other crazy Kalicia-starved overcompensation.
Northeastcasey adding: last week one commenter remarked that Kalinda was having bloody visual hallucinations during attempts at sex w both Cary and the cop. In my experience that's from 2 things. First is heartrate. If sex ups the pulse to the high ramge, the body seems to default to "hey, last time I was at 120 bpm, there was blood all over and loved ones were dying and I was helpless, so I guess I'll flash back to that
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Welcome Casey! Thanks for your perspective. I agree that there is certainly room for possibility that all these things that seem disappointingly sidelined now COULD come back in a satisfying way. My faith in tv hasn't done anything good for me lately, though, so I stubbornly continue to hope for the best and expect the worst. I am prepared to live happily in my own headcanon if I have to!
I appreciate the fresh dose of optimism! Three years ago, I would have been ALL OVER this totally prime set-up for greatness. Because it IS pretty great. And does have so so much potential. But they've screwed the pooch with Kalinda way too many times before and dropped the ball in other narratives just enough that I no longer give the writers/Kings the 'yeah, they've got this' benefit of the doubt.
It would make sense that the NSA storyline was packaged and wrapped up just a little too easily for that to be the end, but sometimes they just do that. Or things get dropped (like that random phone call between Peter and Cary way back in S3 that never amounted to anything) and they never return to it. I'm not saying that's what will happen -- they might have a plan. And you make a good point about May sweeps. But I need more convincing because, as they've shown with Kalicia, follow-through on the long-game resolution to plots is really not their forte.
Guys...someone needs to help me get me my Good Wife mojo back. I'm still watching. And I still mostly enjoy. But all my urgency is gone. As evidenced by the fact that - sparkly orgasm motivation aside - I didn't even make it to BC last week because I didn't watch till Saturday
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Can we swing back to RK for a moment and his promise that K was going to "pop" in the second half of the season and her story was going to really "crystallize". I get that I'm whining (and if only you could hear the voice in my head as I type this), but correct me if I'm wrong when I say that the definition of "crystallize" is "to make or become definite and clear." Anyone in BC clear on Kalinda's direction right now?Funny you should mention RK's comments about Kalinda's storyline! I may or may not have tweeted the writers in a state of some annoyance while Leonard Dick was live-tweeting the episode
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On a rational level, I feel like I should be immune to all this by now. It's nothing new. We've rolled down this dead end road before. But in some ways I almost feel like KNOWING (as opposed to just *knowing*) that some terribly bitter backstage shenanigans happened to cause the Kalinda character assassination and Kalicia destruction would make me feel better. At least then, I could still assume that the super talented writers and creators who gave me my show are still super talented writers and creators who are just being forced to navigate through muck. My faith in that is dissipating and I'm left wondering if they ever knew how to write Kalinda at all...
I am so with you on this! I really want to know. I want to know who to blame and what for. And if JM is the cause I want it known that she is, so people know how freaking unprofessional she is. (It coming out just before she needs to look for a new job would be helpful!)
Bitter kitten indeed!
There's some comfort to the idea of writers' incompetence. Like they freaked out so badly about JC leaving, they dropped all the balls, then thought "hey, let's have a Kalicia drought and then when Will carks it, it will be even more moving when the friendship soulmates reconnect!" It almost seems plausible...
Then I remember that Jace almost definitely knows what happened, puts his little Kalicia mention in every article in order to poke, and then says mournfully on Twitter "I doubt we'll ever see these two in a scene again."
Hello all, just wanted to throw my 2 cents in here - I have found that lately I hate the episodes the first time I watch them (due to extreme kalicia letdown over and over again) but the second time I watch I enjoy them greatly (with still background disappointment over lack of kalicia or kalinda in general). Still hanging on to hope that this will change but my faith that it will is dwindling. It is nice to have company in all of you with this :)
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I also want to see a lasting effect and resulting change. Maybe it's going to be a build up to the last ep of the season. We saw a little hint with Cary that perhaps people might start calling her on stuff.
I'll cross my fingers.
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Them that process disturbing events immediately do far better than those, like Alicia, who compartmentalize themselves into the extremes of a) "i look smashing, and send judges and opponants hopping through hoops" and b) i am under the covers not eating, not hydrating, not talking, and ignoring my responsibilities." Trust the writers to know that there's a fulcrum preparing to snap in there.
I also trust that our crew are being naive that the NSA is so easily rerouted. May Sweeps are what they are bc what looks like resolution in April gets the audience relaxed and take-able offguard in May. If, of course, the audience doesn't just give up on the show and take up evening kickboxing classes or some other crazy Kalicia-starved overcompensation.
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It would make sense that the NSA storyline was packaged and wrapped up just a little too easily for that to be the end, but sometimes they just do that. Or things get dropped (like that random phone call between Peter and Cary way back in S3 that never amounted to anything) and they never return to it. I'm not saying that's what will happen -- they might have a plan. And you make a good point about May sweeps. But I need more convincing because, as they've shown with Kalicia, follow-through on the long-game resolution to plots is really not their forte.
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Bitter kitten indeed!
There's some comfort to the idea of writers' incompetence. Like they freaked out so badly about JC leaving, they dropped all the balls, then thought "hey, let's have a Kalicia drought and then when Will carks it, it will be even more moving when the friendship soulmates reconnect!" It almost seems plausible...
Then I remember that Jace almost definitely knows what happened, puts his little Kalicia mention in every article in order to poke, and then says mournfully on Twitter "I doubt we'll ever see these two in a scene again."
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We aren't always the most cheery group, but we're still having fun in some way, shape, or form!
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