tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70936459679227900742024-03-06T19:34:05.536-08:00Lockhart GardnerAn Inside Look at The Good WifePink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-44559237857758967242015-01-02T12:28:00.000-08:002015-01-02T12:58:05.060-08:00The Good Wife: 10 Things we can't wait to see in 2015<div class="MsoNormal">
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2015. Alicia is running for office, Cary
is headed to prison, Peter is canoodling with his personal attorney and Diane
is wondering what happened to her life over the last 12 months. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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past year, virtually everything on The Good Wife has changed. This time last
year we were all happily going about our days saying, ‘Will Gardner this’ and ‘Will
Gardner that.’ Now there is no Lockhart
Gardner (at least not really), there is no Will – only Will’s office, now known as Alicia’s
office (otherwise known as a strange twist of fate), there is no trendy brick-lined
loft space, no time when I can remember Cary’s life didn’t suck and no possibility
of me ever not being disappointed in Zach Florrick.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, a lot
has changed. But that’s not a bad
thing. It goes back to the old adage –
when one door closes, another one opens.
Let’s be honest: Who thought I’dever get over the loss of Will
Gardner? Over here, I still use my Team
Gardner mug and I’ve yet to turn my Team Gardner t-shirt into a polishing
rag. Things are different now, but I’m strangely
okay with that fact. Lemond Bishop is
getting a lot more screen time (aka, never a bad thing), Cary is finally securing
a terrific and dramatic storyline and Eli is making his political puppetry look
easy. And then there’s the addition of Matthew
Goode as Finn Polmar – the unexpectedly witty hero-lawyer who tried to save
Will but couldn’t, despite best efforts.
I didn’t think I could love again – but he’s proving me wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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it’s time to look at the top 10 things we’re excited to see on The Good Wife in
2015:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to jail. JAIL! What?!?!
Wasn’t it just yesterday he was competing with Alicia for a job at
Lockhart Gardner? Now he’s being locked
up for four years. I know there must be
a way for him to get out of this mess… but how? Could his freedom come down to
Kalinda’s last grand plot? Or what about
Elsbeth? Why hasn’t anyone hired her?</span></div>
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Alicia in a diner, late at night, with flickering lights and plates full of pancakes? Seriously.
What could be better? Pass me a
hot latte – I could watch this for H-O-U-R-S.</span><br />
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death. That would be sad, even for me
and my extreme distain for him. That said,
I’d like to watch his political implosion at the hands of this latest gigantic indiscretion,
otherwise known as “Ramona Lytton.”
Could this man BE a bigger liar?
I think not. Let’s all watch his
life go south. Please!</span></div>
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all heard Kalinda will be leaving The Good Wife. Of course I’m sad, but in a way, also exhilarated. We don’t know how, or when, or why it’s going
to happen, so each episode is like digging into a box of unmarked chocolates:
You don’t know what you’re going to get – but you hope it’s the orange cream. Let’s hope she leaves in a delightfully sinful
blaze of glory, but let’s also hope she doesn’t die. There’s something comforting in the vague
chance of her resurfacing…</span></div>
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race for State’s Attorney? Do we even
want her in office? Of course, she would
be amazing, because that’s who she is.
She’s fair, level-headed and less morally corrupt than a good number of
people on this show. Still, if she wins,
everything is going to change and, quite obviously, become more
complicated. Lemond Bishop is fueling
her campaign through her PAC and there’s little she can do about it. Her friends and colleagues won’t really be
able to associate with her, so what will she have left? Bible study with Grace? Tequila shots with…
Eli? </span></div>
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The Good Wife’s seasons, a number of great characters have come and gone, but
few as thoroughly enjoyable as Sarah Steele as Marissa Gold. Sharp, dry, clever and the one I’m voting
most likely to save Alicia from personal disaster at any point. I can’t wait to see what else is in store for
Marissa in 2015, but let’s hope her roll continues to increase.</span><br />
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secretly supporting Alicia, he’s tracking Kalinda’s every move and he’s having people
“removed” from his inner circle faster than a camel drinks at a desert oasis. Will he continue to evade the law,
Capone-style, or will his undoing come sooner than we could imagine? If he does end up in jail, one thing is for
sure: I’m going to miss his suit/tie/pocket squares. He may be a bad guy, but his fashion is impeccable. </span></div>
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I can’t wait to see more of this season?
Elsbeth Tascioni, Josh Perotti (preferably going head-to-head and then
for dinner) and, of course, the eerily creepy yet somehow enthralling, Colin
Sweeney.</span></div>
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How could he? He has tied himself
to the Florrick family and, quite frankly, they are a bloody disaster. Alicia is threatening teachers, Peter can’t
help but have affairs and Eli is dancing around trying to keep the yodeling goat
from falling off stage. Eli is a true
miracle worker, but in 2015, I think he has his work cut out for him, more than
ever before.</span></div>
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landed? Like cats, together these dastardly
snake oil salesmen have 18 lives, so we’re sure it’s somewhere not entirely
unappealing. Still, I hope they are
fighting vermin-infested walls between client meetings. Where are they now? Let’s hope we find out more in 2015!</span></div>
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-64765767328297233312014-03-24T22:48:00.000-07:002014-03-24T22:48:19.700-07:00The Good Wife: “Dramatics Your Honor” - The Shot That Changed Everything<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Season 5, Episode 15 | Original Air Date: Sunday, March 23, 2014</span></span><br />
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is huge. Gigantic. Epic. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They say it
is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. For this reason I’ll be thankful for the time
I had with the original Good Wife cast and not bemoan the fact I’ll never have
a Team Gardner Sunday again. Sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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everyone’ sorts of dead either. He was
murdered in a courtroom massacre, by a client he was trying to defend. He was shot in the neck and pronounced dead
at the hospital. It was one of the most
tragic things I've witnessed on a television drama, maybe ever. In fact, it is being touted as one of the
most shocking deaths in television history.
I have to agree. If I’d seen it
coming, I’m not sure that would have made it any less sad, but the fact no one
expected it brought a true sense of vulnerability to the situation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s not
just that Will is gone that has left me grieving, but what – and who – he has left
behind. Diane – his business partner,
cheerleader and ethical compass; Kalinda – his friend, confidant and drinking
partner; Alicia – his one true love, legal rival and lifelong friend. It’s about his sisters, the firm and the fact
he’ll never have to testify against Peter in the show’s third grand jury (which
I image should be aptly named <i>Another,
Another Ham Sandwich</i>). Selfishly, it’s
also the end of one of my favourite on-screen romances – the end of Team Gardner
and a love that deep inside, always stood a chance. There’s no accounting for a lifetime of bad
timing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and lived this quote a few times in my life and it’s always worked out for
me. This is the end of an era. It’s the end of Team Gardner. It’s the end of Lockhart Gardner. It’s the end of the Peter/Will rivalry. We’ve seen the last of Will and Diane dancing
in the halls. There will be no more
tumblers of Whiskey between Kalinda and Will.
I’m sad because I’m going to miss all of these things tremendously and
also because it means we’re going to have to watch David Lee lurking around
more than ever before and thusly I will have to shower twice on Sundays just to
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know how long the sadness will last. Saying goodbye to a character I've backed from
the beginning won’t be easy. While I can’t quite believe he is really gone, I
find myself thankful for the time we had with this dynamic character. I’m not yet angry we’ll never see him again,
though of course I’m disappointed Will and Alicia will forever be remembered as
a couple with perpetually poor timing.
Still, their chemistry was electric and we’ll always have the elevator,
a $7,800 hotel room and a butler named Jerome.
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that the writers didn’t back away from a challenging situation by taking the
easy way out. That’s what The Good Wife
has always been about – taking chances and challenging us on a weekly
basis. Whether Will had been killed by a
bookie, one of Bishop’s henchmen, a Florrick underling or an unstable client,
it wouldn't have mattered. Okay – a Florrick
underling would have been something different altogether – but the point is,
the writers took a stand and it was shocking.
It made all of us feel a bit more human, if just for a moment. The fact is, what happened to Will could have
happened to anyone on the show. He was
in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It’s a situation that is sadly played out in real life each day. The writer’s choice to have Will killed doing
the one thing he always did best and loved most – law – provides pause for each
of us to be grateful for the times when the right place and the right time
allowed us to say ‘I love you,’ hug our kids or mend broken fences before it's too late.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now we’ve
been left to grieve alongside Alicia, Diane and Kalinda. It’s going to be an emotional ride, and one
with a few flashbacks that might provide some kind of closure, or at least give
us some perspective on Will’s final moments. Seeing Diane cry breaks my heart and knowing
Alicia and Diane are going to cry together is almost more than I can bear. I have a feeling I’ll be digging into a fresh case of Kleenex, just to make it through. I better go to Costco this week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of Lockhart Gardner is anyone’s guess. It
will surely involve a new named partner (please Julius, come back!) and more
new stationery (this, on the heels of all that rebranding). Perhaps it will mean new characters. We’ve seen Louis Canning will be part of the
mix, but who else will come along for the ride?
How will The Good Wife rebuild from this loss? At the end of the day,
The Good Wife is about Alicia Florrick and her journey through life. While I will always ship Team Gardner, I hope
that Alicia is able to move on and find someone new to love. I don’t think it’s Peter – I think it’s
someone else entirely and I look forward to seeing Alicia move past this extraordinary
loss to find happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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your turn. How do you feel about the death of Will Gardner? What are you
going to miss most about him? What do you think is next for The Good Wife? Sound off below!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to everyone for so many thoughtful messages about me writing this post… and
also for the condolences. I have been a
huge Team Gardner fan and this is certainly a loss! I’m glad I have all of you to share in this
next adventure with me though. Cheers! </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-40035607646580617362014-01-14T18:18:00.001-08:002014-01-14T18:18:21.812-08:00The Good Wife: "We the Juries" - Two Game-Changing Developments<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Season 5, Episode 12 | Original Air Date: Sunday, January 12, 2014</span></span><br />
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looking for friendship in all the right places, Alicia is looking for answers
behind closed doors and Eli is hoping for a Governor-sized miracle. Basically, most things are a delicious mess
and I’m over here devouring every single second.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on: a bit of an interlude. After a brief, albeit not insignificant, hiatus from
Lockhart Gardner, I’m back – and thrilled to be so! In mid-October I gave birth to my first child
– a daughter – Baby E. I’ll be honest in
confessing it’s difficult to hold a baby, type, do jazz hands and cover my face
during those “I didn’t see that coming” moments. Trust me, I’ve tried. That said, I haven’t missed an episode and I’m
still as involved as ever. So now, with
my Team Gardner mug in hand, I bring you some thoughts from “We the Juries.” As always, please weigh in below – and thanks
for coming back to Lockhart Gardner – An Inside Look at the Good Wife!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Who doesn’t
want to be friends with Cary Agos? I’m
just saying – it’s pretty much impossible.
He’s kind, smart, quick on his feet, funny, a sharp dresser (his
tie/shirt combos this year have upped his fashion game big time!) and, let’s be
honest, not terrible to look at. Okay. He’s exceptionally handsome. On top of all that, he’s clever enough to
keep pace with Kalinda and even catch her in a trap that only she would think
of setting. Oh, and he is now the named
partner of an up-and-coming firm. Take a
number ladies, this man is on the move.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meanwhile,
it turns out Kalinda has come to the sad realization that she doesn’t have any
friends. It’s not surprising though - no
one else does either. Will? Nope.
He’s forced to hang out with a tattooed sex junkie (okay, I made that
up. I don’t know her deal, but it seems
fairly accurate based on the facts we’ve been given). Alicia? Super lonely.
Her only confidant is her brother, who, admittedly, I love, but he’s
still not a friend. Everyone seems to be
a lone wolf, with the exception of Diane.
In any case, Kalinda is suddenly in the market for a friendship
revitalization and who better to strike up a reunion with than Cary? Sure, Alicia would have also been a good
choice, but like Peter’s ethical compass, that ship has sailed. All of this does make me wonder how Alicia
will react when she finds out Kalinda and Cary have been canoodling after
hours. I’m guessing she won’t be overly
supportive. Not only is Kalinda working
for the enemy, she kind of <i>is</i> the
enemy. But then again, she is she? I’m always on the fence of whether or not to
trust K, which seems to be something everyone on the show struggles with, Cary
included. One thing is for sure. Kalinda is loyal. You just never know to whom. For now, I’m just excited these two are rekindling
whatever it is they are rekindling.
Friendship? Maybe. Something more? I wouldn’t be against it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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trouble. As Chief of Staff to Mr. “I’m
running the cleanest office in Chicago’s history,” things have been an uphill
battle. It could be because as much as
Peter tries to be good – and, to be fair, he has been trying – he always has
one foot lurking in a smoke-filled back alley.
I feel like Peter is the kind of guy who knows someone who knows someone
who has probably rolled a body into a ditch off the I-90 within the last three
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course, Eli’s hands aren't entirely clean either, but with Peter now in office, he is trying to keep
things a) legal and b) out of the public eye. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Enter a video of those darn ballots that may have been tampered with
during the election.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now Alicia knows
that Peter’s success may have been rigged and she’s mad – like ‘pack your bags
and sleep in your beloved campaign bus’ mad – because now Zach could have to
testify in front of the Feds.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alicia has
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could mean until Will arrives on the scene to chat with Marilyn.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Turns out, Will isn’t afraid to throw Peter
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Alicia, but rather, Diane.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Will is all, ‘why
did you take Diane out of the running for the judgeship?’ and Peter is like, ‘Ummmmm…
I can’t believe you’re bringing that up – I didn’t think anyone noticed’ and
Will follows up with, ‘well, I think I told you about all of those rogue
ballots on election night and I’m pretty sure you turned a blind eye kind of
like when you erased Diane from your memory’ and then Peter shoots Will an </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I could have someone kill you tomorrow</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">
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Will in the same room has to be one of my favourite things The Good Wife does
on a not-frequent-enough-for-my-liking basis.
These two are so juxtaposed in life, with their defined connection being
their relationship(s) with Alicia. To
Peter’s credit, I think he is heavier handed with greater propensity for treachery
– I think he would win almost any battle against Will. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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digress. Now Alicia is mad at Peter, Will isn’t talking to
Marilyn, Marilyn’s not talking to Eli because Peter told Will not to talk to anyone and
paper is flying because Peter is doing what he can to make it all go away, which means
doing nothing. As it turns out, dirty
laundry always manages to resurface at some point. I hope Eli has a fresh bottle of Scotch in
his office – he’s going to need it. My
question? If Peter gets kicked out of
office, what’s next?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Commodity” made me want to put my heels together and click with glee – this is
the rhythm I had hoped season five would have. In fact, episodes like this remind me why I
love The Good Wife so much. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Eli is busy
manipulating, Peter is trying to be good, Alicia is sticking to her guns, Grace
is doing everything she can to frustrate me (oh, and be pretty), Will is
rallying the partners and Diane is making payout demands and looking fabulous
in the process.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It’s pure Good Wife
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our worst
suspicions – that Diane threw Will under the bus in her Mandy Post interview
(not that David Lee secretly has a fashion consultant who purposely finds him
the worst ties possible) – has come
true. We don’t know exactly what the
article says, but it involves Will, the missing $45,000 and some sundry details
about Lockhart Gardner. While I give
Diane credit for coming clean with Will when she really didn’t have to, I will
confess to being disappointed that she sold him out at all, especially after
all the time she put into defending him.
That’s politics though. It’s the thrill of the chase and the thought
that opportunities like becoming a Supreme Court justice don’t come around
every day. And the truth is, they
don’t. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wasn’t it
Diane who told Alicia last season to walk through the doors that are opened for
you, even if the circumstances aren't ideal?
Indeed it was – in “<a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-good-wife-the-seven-day-rule-the-devil-wears-plaid.html" target="_blank">The Seven Day Rule</a>” – where we learned Diane made
partner because Stern was accused of sexual harassment. While Diane isn’t sitting around pouting
about the latest turn of events (rather, she’s looking statelier than ever
while keeping her fingers crossed the judgeship will pan out), she is quickly
losing the friends and colleagues who have helped build her career. She’s nothing if not stoic though, and why
not? If she becomes a judge, those at
Lockhart Gardner won’t want to have mistreated her. Despite the whole “betrayal” situation,
things for Diane stand a reasonable chance of working out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meanwhile,
with Diane getting ousted by the partners, Will is now making a pitch to bump
Alicia into a named partner role. With
her recent ‘wife of the Governor’ status upgrade, he thinks people will be
suitably impressed and not question the fact she’s a fourth year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A fourth
year… a fourth year. No, there’s
absolutely no flaw with this plan. I’m
sure David Lee will be happy to have Alicia on the letterhead while he sits
around makes the firm a kazillion potentially money-laundered dollars. Or not.
Still, it’s an interesting proposition, though not one that should
really even be entertained for fans of Team Gardner… or good business. That
said, we are apparently supposed to have forgotten entirely that the car kiss
of last season ever happened and ‘good business’ isn’t really a thing Lockhart
Gardner has hung its hat on in the past, so I’ll happily comply with the allure
they are creating. At least until next
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While
Alicia is juggling how to be fair and impartial in the great oust of 2013 – aka,
the upheaval of Diane – she’s also balancing her new ‘staff’ of fourth years
who have taken to drinking diet Coke, Red Bull and beer during team meetings in
her well-furnished living room. This new
firm is something Alicia seems ready for – Cary, too – but I’m mildly concerned
about the rest of those on board, aren’t you?
Maybe it’s because of the handful of people coming with them we only
know Robyn, or maybe it’s because they are trying to push Alicia to betray her
ties to the equity partnership at Lockhart Gardner in one breath and decide on
business card fonts in another. I can’t
help but feel as though Florrick Agos needs to find some more senior talent
before things turn into a playground rumble.
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is, Alicia is torn between two firms, and despite knowing the toxicity of Lockhart
Gardner is only going to increase with time, the doors being opened for her there
are seriously impressive. Named
partnership at an established firm as a fourth year? Why didn’t I become a lawyer? This career progression seems like no big
deal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is suddenly hot’ storyline continues this episode and I can’t help but wonder
where all of this is going. Apparently
Grace just wants to be pretty (which makes me want to start singing ‘I feel
pretty’ and therefore completely forget why we’re talking about Grace in the
first place. Oh, right – family drama. We love it).
Grace growing up means Eli is growing grey and Alicia is growing
increasingly more territorial over her young.
It’s mildly entertaining to watch the reactions of those around but at
the same time I’m having flashback visions of Grace getting napped by Internet
Jesus and wondering if she’s going to run off with her new youth pastor only to
have Kalinda or Robyn find her making out behind a dumpster. All I know is they are setting us up for
trouble. And by ‘us’ I mean Grace. And by Grace I mean the entire fate of the
show, because in the end, doesn’t everything seem to tie back to this junior
Florrick?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Marilyn back from the Transit Authority.
In the case of ‘too pretty vs. the state,’ too pretty has won
handily. Peter can’t look unfairly biased
one way or another (especially when it comes to lovely blondes who are sure to
cause him political misfortune down the road).
Eli is playing his cards close to the chest while Peter is busy trying
to keep his eyes at, well, eye-level. To
be fair, it’s an unenviable position. It’s
a shame that’s where my sympathy for Peter begins and ends.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Once again, where did Peter get money for that size of diamond? Eli – pull the accounting on this! I think we’ve got ourselves a Gerald Kozko
situation on our hands. It’s like the tennis
bracelet debacle of 2009 all over again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Up Next: "Outside the Bubble"</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elsbeth Tasioni returns to represent Lockhart Gardner, which can only mean one thing: Magic! Also returning: Diane's (maybe?) finance, Kurt McVeigh. Oh, this is going to be good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-90760482975763259502013-10-07T12:28:00.002-07:002013-10-07T12:28:46.637-07:00The Good Wife: The Bit Bucket and a Thousand Sugar-Covered Webs<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Season 5, Episode 2 | Original Air Date: Sunday, October 6, 2013</span></span><br />
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Grandma Veronica, Chumhum, the brief appearance of Patrick Edelstein and the
surprise resurgence of a conniving Becca and a crying Nessa, “The Bit Bucket”
spent the entire episode overflowing with story lines built atop a sticky web of
personal/professional connections. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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being perfectly candid, I’ll confess this episode left me thinking I need to
take more notes – and build more flowcharts.
Am I alone here? Did everyone
else get everything that was happening?
We had Chumhum looking to sue the government who, as it turned out, is
tapping the phones of Alicia and Diane, only to find out that some terrorist
group is calling the Florrick house 12 times a day. The terrorist group is none other than Nessa,
who is actually just upset that Becca is back and stealing gavels, which makes
it seem like Zack is cheating (are they even still together?), which of course
he isn't – it’s the world’s most annoying sister, Grace, who is getting makeup
tips from Eli’s 21 year old arch nemesis.
Unfortunately, this means Peter is now being looked at for connections
to terrorism and the government is more in the loop than Kalinda… which just
seems wrong. Confused? This was strangely the least complex plot web
of the entire episode.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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did we learn? Grace is undermining the
government, Chumhum and the state of Illinois without even knowing it. Of all the things I didn't see coming over
the last five seasons, this doesn't make the list – it’s just the cherry on
top. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Drip:</b> I’m not one to side with David on much (especially his horrible choice of
ties), however, there’s no denying his shrewd instincts when it comes to people
and the firm. “The absence of bad news
is not good news” he says to Diane, who seems somewhat oblivious of the soldier
ants slowly moving the grains of sand from her kingdom. While Diane is worried about her seat on the
Supreme Court, she’s missing what David is catching – and that’s a mutiny. It’s a slow drip that she’s not seeing
between her meetings with Mandy Post, but it’s there. If only Julius were around. He and David would fight about the lack of
fourth year texts and life would be grand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to a closet filled with boxes and brooms and saying it was her new office. Having followed Cary through some seriously
unappealing work spaces, this was especially fun to watch. The best part? He thought so, too. If ever I’m having a sad day, I think I’ll
put this scene on repeat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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dish of M&Ms and candy scattered across the boardroom. My questions: 1) Who eats candy off a
boardroom table? 2) What does Veronica
see in David? I mean, really – who knows
where that candy dish has been. 3) This line: Veronica: “You’re a
carnivore. You’re a jungle cat.” Me: “Ewww.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Gavel:</b> Two things about these scenes: 1) Peter has a ‘gift room?’ This seems like the best and funniest place
on earth, especially with Eli lurking around and trying to sleuth items put
into storage. It’s like finding out
relatives are coming over and having to go into the basement to track down
Great Aunt Judy’s crystal ashtray to put on display, even though you don’t
smoke and it actually makes no sense you would have this out anyways. What I’ve learned here: meetings at the
Governor’s office and family gatherings aren’t all that different. 2) Becca is
back! Now that “Don’t Trust the B in
Apartment 23” is over, Becca is back as the “B” of Illinois, which is fun and
surprising development. She’s just as
evil as before which means we’ll get to see Eli upping his game. I guess that’s what comes with being Chief of
Staff. Sometimes you have to play in the
mud… and sometimes that means paying a price for your golden gavel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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seeing Uncle Owen. This week, Grandma V
was in fine form as she took Grace shopping and came home uttering the words, “Jesus
has no problem with Grace looking her best.”
Even Zack is concerned – but that probably has a bit to do with last
week’s findings that Grace has made the list of hot politician’s
daughters. This year, I sense, is going
to be a family disaster. The best
part? We haven’t even seen Owen or
Jackie (or Jackie’s caregiver/lover, Cristian!) yet. Once these three resurface, anything could
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backing Diane who is backing Will. It’s
a strange yet comfortable place for everyone, as individually, each of these
characters have connections with each other.
Though, when push comes to shove, I’m not sure they would if the roles
were at all reversed. For now though,
everything is bliss as Peter tries to get Diane elected to the Supreme
Court. Well, bliss for everyone but the
Chief Justice, who it now seems Peter has something on… and maybe for Diane who
has avoided selling Will out for the last year, until maybe now. Okay, so it’s not bliss for anyone, except
maybe Will who doesn’t seem to know anything is happening with Diane, the
missing gavel, the firm or Alicia. I
sense a rude awakening coming and the only good that can come of that is the
hope Will’s sisters will once again surface.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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like a young Colin Sweeney. She’s one of
those characters you love to hate and that’s what makes her so compelling to
watch. Of course, the fact she could be
the undoing of Eli’s sanity is always an entertaining plus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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good things come to those who wait.
Well, I've been waiting patiently since the end of April for this season
premiere and I didn't show up to be disappointed. Luckily, I wasn't. Mostly.
There was that whole, ‘we’re off the merry-go-round’ commentary and,
yes, the kids still appear to be around… so it wasn't everything I had hoped,
but I’m willing to put in more time to see where this goes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Good Wife’s strongest premiere? In my
opinion, no. But was it
entertaining? Yes. Did it set the stage for what’s sure to be an
exciting first quarter? Absolutely. And did it make me want more? You bet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this season, I’m going to look straight at the heart of the matter – the five
things that are changing the face of The Good Wife. As always, please feel free to sound off in
the comments below!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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says, “We could have had it all…” but at Lockhart Gardner I’m not sure that’s
the case with anyone. Well, that’s not
entirely true. David Lee might have it
all, what with his smarmy antics, his Bluetooth and his bowl of candy. Everyone else is left with a piece of a pie
that always seems a day or two away from expiration. I mean, look at Monica from litigation, wheeling
around as a robot in an attempt to telecommute.
Alicia is there opening doors, carrying in Monica’s stick stand and
peeling off the paper happy faces someone stuck to her screen. The more things change at Lockhart Gardner,
the more they stay the same... like a clown car driving in the narrow lane of
crazy at the intersection of total destruction and prosperity. Still, I love this firm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the upheaval of Lockhart/Gardner is now a rolling simmer, breaking the surface
like a sauce that hasn’t been stirred quite enough, and Alicia has been put in an
awkward position that I don’t think her other fourth year colleagues are mature
enough to understand. Alicia is coming
into this new partnership with more experience – and not just in age – but in
life. She is the Governor’s wife. She has raised a family. She is an equity partner at Lockhart
Gardner. The other associates just want
their bonuses… and maybe a nice bottle of Scotch. For Alicia, leaving the firm that gave her a
chance at a second career – leaving Will and Diane… and Will… did I mention
Will? – means more than almost any other choice in her life and a rumble in a
parking garage – like a Westside story Jets/Sharks showdown – isn’t going to
change that fact. With David Lee on the
prowl (and now signed to a full-time acting gig on The Good Wife, I might add),
things are going get worse before they get better, and Alicia is going to be
the one left in the crossfire. People
will be disappointed in Cary. But it
will be nothing compared to how they feel about Alicia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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few things I enjoy more on The Good Wife than Cary and Alicia sharing a drink
and talking. Cary is sort of like the
new Kalinda. He’s also sort of like Will
in this new firm marriage. Basically, Cary
is the new everything and I can’t get enough.
Apparently he’s also the *first* Cary, as a random fourth year, also
named Carey, has surfaced. I’m not entirely
sure why they felt the need to confuse the Cary/Carey situation (which is made
slightly more complicated in my life as my name is also Kari… yet I rarely
write in third person – a decision that is saving us all at this point) – but they
did. Speculation on this dramatic device
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finally out of his campaign bus and back in an office. I can’t say I’m disappointed in this upgrade
of surroundings as all the bus shenanigans were making my eyes bleed. As someone firmly on the ‘Florrick for
Governor, Gardner for Life’ bandwagon, I’m glad to see he’s in cushy quarters,
reviewing important documents on a comfy couch and getting caught up in all
kinds of things that are bound to explode/turn ugly/ruin his marriage again in
what can only be assumed will be a few short episodes. Did I mention her name is Marilyn? Eli is already concerned, Peter has already
admitted she’s “too pretty” and now Marilyn has been bumped from the ethics
commission over to the transit department.
Eli is painting it as an upgrade, but let’s face it – buses aren't as
fancy as ethics. Not even campaign
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Peter is Governor, he’s looking to fill out his administration with the
best-of-the-best. It’s likely to involve
a little back scratching here and there, but now he’s in, things should mostly
be on the up-and-up. Oh sure there is
that little thing called ‘ballot tampering’ and yes, Will Gardner has some
evidence in his back pocket that might surface at some point this season… and
then there’s Marilyn, whose looks could be compared strongly to those of Amber
Madison… but aside from these small annoyances, the Florrick camp has
everything going for it. The only thing
that could make things better? Adding
Eli to the payroll as Chief of Staff. If
Obama has McDonough, why shouldn't Florrick have Gold? Eli’s smart, well-versed in the family
Florrick and can spot a scandal a mile away.
He’s the perfect fit. Also, he’s better
when he’s not at Lockhart Gardner stirring up trouble, throwing tantrums with David
Lee and drinking the firm’s espresso. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The idea of
Eli as Peter’s Chief of Staff is something I hadn’t considered but I think it’s
a fabulous development. It’s either that
or hiring Geneva Pine. I wouldn't be
against that either. She’s super sassy
and it’s a move that would definitely help all the speculation around Peter’s
racial bias. Also, she rocks a suit/pony
tail combo better than anyone. I’m not
saying that’s a reason to hire her, I’m just saying I think she can probably
get ready at the drop of a hat, which in a crisis can be handy. Perhaps some office Olympics, “Geneva vs. Eli”
is in order. I’d watch that, wouldn't you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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honest. I was more than a little
disappointed with the Team Gardner situation in this premiere. When last we saw these two, they were having
an epic moment in Will’s car. For those
of you who need a reminder, it looked something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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like the car never happened, the kiss never happened and Will never said, “to
hell with bad timing – we talk.” It’s
like I made it all up. Which I didn't. I swear.
Things seem more off the rails than ever before, especially now Will has
thrown out this ‘we were on a merry-go-round and now we’re not’ crap. Remind me why we aren't on the merry-go-round
anymore? Weren't we just there… like last night? I’m confused. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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think things are going to get worse for these two before they get better. With the impending firm
implosion, Will is set to lose his cool with Alicia. That said, in “Red Team, Blue Team,” that
worked to the Team Gardner advantage, so maybe all bets are off. Until I know more, I’ll happily sip tea from
my Team Gardner mug and hope that Alicia leaving the firm will give her the
distance she needs to make this “Will thing” happen. Come on Kings – you can do it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is ending…”<br /> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cary: “…Beginning,
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ahhhh. Every time I read this quote I feel inspired
and warmed (unlike how I felt when this whole 'Grace is suddenly on the 10 Hottest Politician's Daughters list' story surfaced) – like Christmas shopping while sipping something drizzled in
cinnamon syrup. The best part? It’s appropriate to the premiere and my
life. Within the next four weeks the firm
of Florrick, Agos and Associates will begin to take shape, Lockhart Gardner won’t
ever be the same… and I’m going to have a baby.
On The Good Wife, everything
seems like a new beginning – and it’s always Cary who likes to remind us that
change can be good. Personally, I agree,
and not just because I’m about to grow the Team Gardner fan base by one (yes,
the baby knows it has to pick a side – and that side is Gardner). With that, I’m going to do my best to keep
this blog as timely as possible. I mig</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ht
not always be able to post within 24 hours of the episode, but I’m going to
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season five – where, I have a feeling, anything goes!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-2849270145223360462013-04-29T19:20:00.000-07:002013-04-30T05:00:08.340-07:00The Good Wife: "What's in the Box?" - Top Four Scenes and their Impact on Season Five<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Season 4, Episode 22 | Original Air Date: Sunday, April 28, 2013</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It seems
like yesterday when Zach was driving down the interstate with Alicia relaxing
in the backseat; Kalinda was sitting at her front door with a gun tucked in her
white arm chair and Will was getting ready to come off of suspension. Remember those days? Things were so… so… up in the air. Somehow 21 episodes have passed since then
and now we’re back to living with what’s sure to be an unbearable hiatus. Oh yes, and things are more uncertain than
ever. I love how the more things change
the more they say the same.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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part, in my opinion, is that “What’s in the Box” delivered on everything it
promised to, including rendering me speechless on more than four occasions. A few weeks ago, a friend coined the hashtag,
#TeamPaperBag and I was quick to jump aboard that ship. Hyperventilating aside (because we all know
that happened), “What’s in the Box” was the perfect set-up to what I’m already
anticipating will be an electric season five.
Now, if only we didn’t have to wait until September. Oy vey.
What am I supposed to do until then?
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that’s a problem for another day. Let’s
dive into “What’s in the Box” by looking at this episode's <b><i>four best scenes and how they’ll
impact season five</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the Box” yet, you need to – and on repeat.
A minimum of three times is recommended.
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not going to do a full recap. Why? Because I’m assuming everyone has seen the
episode. If you haven’t, see above
warning. There are dozens of great
recaps out there, so if you need a play-by-play, check out my <a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.ca/p/the-good-wife-news.html" target="_blank"><b>April 29 news feed</b></a> for some suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For this
year’s finale, I decided to make things memorable by watching it over in
London, UK. Okay, that wasn’t planned,
per se, but it happened and now I’ll always have that ‘where were you when’
moment to look back on fondly. It’s like
how people remember where they were when world events happened - like Will and Kate's royal wedding (Disney World) or the Toronto Blue Jays winning the World Series (at home, in front of the television). Of course, I
would have been happy with ‘couch’ being my answer, but instead I have ‘hotel
room in London.’ Not a $7,800 hotel room, mind you
(oh season two finale, how I still love you), but I’ll take it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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comes to the best and most memorable moments/scenes from “What’s in the
Box,” I struggle not to write, ‘everything,’ though don’t think I’m not
tempted. It’s for this reason I waited
hours before writing this, as my initial discussion would have read: “I’m sorry
what? Wait. No. Really?! No. Yes. What?
Where?! That did not just… what the?” See, we all win with me taking a breather.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Will + Car = pure magic! Lately, we’ve
watched Alicia struggle with her feelings for Will, and now, in the calm of a
late, misty night, she brings everything back up. Her feelings, she admits, she can’t escape,
but she doesn't know what to do. The
logical answer is to kiss. And they
do. From my little corner of the world,
fireworks are flying and I’m over the moon.
After the world’s most adorable forehead touch, Alicia asks, “what do we
do?” Before Will can answer, Diane
knocks on the hood of his car.
Thankfully, Will’s windshield is fogged up to the max (like the car Rose
and Jack found themselves canoodling in aboard Titanic) and Diane seems to have
missed everything. While I’ll confess I was
looking forward to her fist of furry and a rage-filled speech, there’s
something nice about knowing everything doesn't have to be a complete mess for
these two each step of the way. Before
they exit the car the following, what I hope will eventually be monumental,
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To some,
this conversation might not mean much, but I feel as though I could get my Ph.D
in “Gardner/Florrick Communication.” I’ve
studied these two for four long years. I've earned it. The key here, from my perspective, is Will taking the lead. Back in season one, Alicia told Will she
needed a plan. Unfortunately, through it
all, that’s the one thing he’s never delivered.
While I’m not dismissing Alicia’s sometimes <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spazztic">spazztic</a> decision-making </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">when it comes to Will, she gave him the Lincoln Logs and he has yet to build
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season five – a season with some good timing and maybe, just maybe, some new
developments to inspire Will to conceive a plan. Come on Team Gardner, we’ve got this!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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awhile since we saw Jackie’s caregiver/lover/special friend, Cristian, and I
can safely say I’ve missed him. While I’m
not entirely sure what his relationship with Jackie is, that’s part of why
I enjoy him. Really, I like him more
than I ever liked Jordan, and I saw him much less. He’s mysterious but charming and has an air
of whimsy I can’t help but appreciate. The
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Peter for $25,000 to get lost, but what Jackie wants, Jackie gets and Cristian
isn’t going anywhere. He just happened
to get a nice bonus. After shaking hands
with Peter and announcing that he’s staying, I had a feeling of impending doom
for our new Governor. Is Cristian really
bad news? Is he working his way into the
Florrick family for more than just the benefit of Jackie (because, let’s face
it…)? I would love to see more Cristian
in season five - on a cruise ship, as a life guard, or locking death stares
with Peter and Eli. I feel as though
Cristian could be the genie in the bottle I've been looking for when it comes
to Jackie and Peter – is it possible he could bring them both down? I don’t know… yet… but I’m willing to
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh Jim
Moody, campaign cronie and devious political navigator. He has skills, I’ll credit him that, but when
it comes to flying under the radar, he needs a little training from
Kalinda. Starting the episode, he plans
to send a rogue septic tank truck into a neighbourhood high on Kresteva to
deter them from heading to the polls. I
mean, he has a point – only the most dedicated voter would preserver through
the smell of raw sewage to cast a ballot.
Oh, and New Yorkers. Having been
one, I can say, ‘that’s a day in the life.’
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which included a tampered-with box of ballots.
Our favourite 18-year old spotted the issue-laden box while getting his
first taste of democracy and quickly documented it on his phone. Before long, it was off to an emergency trip
to court with the entire Lockhart Gardner team in tow. Remembering I’m not here to do a recap, all I’ll
say is this: the ballots were in, they were out and they were in again. Oh, and Patti Nyholm was representing
Kresteva because apparently drug manufacturers like Republicans. Jordan resurfaced to be annoying and was
quickly caught in a lie (because no one messes with Eli Gold and Zach Florrick –
no one!). The case was solid and I
thoroughly enjoyed how it tied to the foundation for the episode:
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is, everyone has a vested interest in Peter becoming, or not becoming,
Governor. By now we all know he won
(and if you didn’t, now you’re caught up), but the story doesn’t end there. Will Diane be given the opportunity to become
a Supreme Court Judge? Are her ties with
Will still too strong? Who will be the
next State’s Attorney? Could it be the
esteemed Wendy Scott Carr (can you even IMAGINE?) or someone new altogether?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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most intriguingly is the fact Will was given video footage showing Jim being
the one behind the fraudulent ballots.
Will had the chance to seal Peter’s fate… but he didn’t. Why?
Will Peter now owe him something?
The fact is, the ballots – the actual numbers – don’t matter. It’s the fact a campaign worker was willing
to rig the election. That Eli Gold was
behind it and the Peter Florrick would allow it to happen. Will has the chance to be the whistle blower
on Peter’s ethical compass. Like Kalinda’s
husband, this footage could be gone forever, but then again, maybe not. If you were Will, would have thrown Peter
under his own campaign bus, or would you have done what was best for your
client for the meantime? Either way, I
see this as leverage. For what I don’t
know, but that’s not important now. I’m
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one scene in four years that has made my head explode, it would be this one:
Alicia dialing the phone from the bathroom and asking the person on the other
end if they still want to talk. The
answer, we learn, is yes, and Alicia heads to her apartment to meet her
caller. At this point, I was losing my
mind. Sadly, there’s an actual picture
of this – my head in my hands, gasping and covering my face while peeking
through my eyes. My written reaction? “I’m
shaking! She escaped! The campaign… Please tell me he shows up!” Once again, it’s a good thing I’ve taken a
few hours to process.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I was wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and prayin’ that she had called Will, but
in hindsight I can see the flaw in my plan – we were already gifted with a
perfect Team Gardner treat and another would be like Santa coming twice in one
night. I mustn’t be so scene-greedy in the future. No, this was, dare I suggest, an even more
perfect moment. Cary was at the door and
all Alicia had to say was “I’m in.” The
firm of Florrick, Agos and Associates is no longer a dream – a dream I’ve
thought about for years – it’s a reality that will be born in season five. My question? What made her finally decide to make the move? Was it not wanting to be *just* the 'first lady of Chicago?' Was it about opening or closing (bah!) the door on Will or was it about something else altogether?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this mean? First of all, Alicia has to
leave the firm and so does Cary. That’s
going to be a disaster – but, let’s face it, completely amazing. David Lee is going to lose his mind. I hope he’s in a costume when it happens –
that would be the icing on the cake. Diane
might not care that much if she’s gone, but I anticipate Will might have
something to say about things. That
said, Alicia leaving the firm eases some of the complications surrounding Will,
specifically when it comes to him being her boss/colleague. Once he gets over things though, good timing
might stand a chance for once. These two
have a history of getting heated in the courtroom (flashback: <b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.ca/2013/02/the-good-wife-red-team-blue-team-the-elephant-is-back.html" target="_blank">Red Team, BlueTeam</a></b>) and part of me thinks that might translate into other rooms, too. Blast!
I just made a promise not to be greedy.
But… right?!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that’s that. We’re out for another
season, and what a ride it has been. Thank you to everyone who has joined me on the
adventure this year – I’ve enjoyed every minute. To new friends and old, I appreciate your
support and readership. Each of you has
truly made my season four magic. As for
me, I plan to keep writing and speculating on The Good Wife throughout the
summer, so stay tuned and, as always, please sound off with your comments. Your passion for the show fuels my passion
for the show and I have to say, I think we've got a great thing going on here. Dare I say, 'good timing?'<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-64639985317004541322013-04-22T21:10:00.001-07:002013-04-22T21:11:41.251-07:00The Good Wife: “A More Perfect Union” – Mixing Business with Pleasure<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Season 4, Episode 21 | Original Air Date: Sunday, April 21, 2013</span></span><br />
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election season. Grandma Veronica is in
town and has brought stuffed puppets with her.
Zach is 18. Peter has a ring. Alicia’s partnership paychecks are clearly
rolling in and making their way straight to her closet. Lockhart Gardner admin staff is on the verge
of striking. Grace is saying crazy words
like ‘porn.’ Owen is giving out favours in the form of campaign analytics. Charlie
Rose interviews Alicia. Kalinda fights
for a raise (again) and Cary continues to recruit for his new firm. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you’re all caught up, I’m calling it quits for a more official recap. Why?
Because there are so many other things to discuss! Take, for example, the intrigue behind David
Lee’s obsession with Veronica or how (and why) the campaign bus has become the
‘it’ spot for dinner. If only someone
had a nice car we could kick back and dine in.
I know, I know, I’m such a dreamer…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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there’s the big question: When does the idea of ‘it’s not personal, it’s
business’ go from an excuse to something more?
All of our main characters like to dip their toes into the watery
unknown where the line between personal and business is blurred. Diane is marrying Kurt (I mean, right? I
think that’s still happening), Will and Alicia are… well, whatever Will and
Alicia are, and Peter is drawing closer ties to Diane, Owen and yes, even
Alicia. What’s business and what’s
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with which most people are familiar.
Okay, not everyone. People have
their issues and their reasons for making the choices they do. Peter is a good example of vows gone wrong
(which is different than Girls Gone Wild, but not by much). I’ll confess that season four Peter is a
pretty decent guy. Punching Krestiva
upped his overall merit; however, that wasn’t enough to get me to join Camp
Florrick. Sure, I think he would be the
best Governor (I have the campaign signs and coffee mug to prove it
#FlorrickForGovernor), but that doesn’t mean I’m on the Florrick for Husband
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popped the ‘will you renew our vows with me in Hawaii?’ question over a
campaign bus dinner of pizza and wine, I was strangely intrigued – half because
I wanted to hear her answer and half because I wanted to see someone storm off
that blasted bus. The resulting
conversation after the popped question was, I have to admit, one of my
favourite parts of this episode:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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don’t know. Because things are good
right now, but that doesn't mean they’ll stay that way.”</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I
first listened to this, I thought, “oh Peter, you are *so* destined to screw
this up,” but then I realized Alicia’s rationale might not have to do with
Peter at all. If Alicia goes through
with the vow renewal, she wouldn’t be following her heart, which means an
inevitable crumbling of this relationship.
She could be the one to bring down the house of cards. Alicia Florrick – it’s time to get off the
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then,
of course, there’s the whole idea behind a vow renewal. We all saw how well that went for Jon and
Kate (Plus Eight) – didn't they renew their vows in Hawaii and then have the
biggest divorce on the planet? I didn't watch, but I’m pretty sure there’s a life lesson there… and it’s not that
Hawaii is a bad place for vacation – it’s that it’s cursed for vow
renewals. Hmmm… on second thought, maybe
this isn’t such a bad idea. I’m seeing
this plan unraveling already.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I digress further, here are my two main concerns (minus the whole Hawaii
thing):</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1) I’m
feeling uncertain as to whether Peter is trying to secure last minute votes by
being able to announce that he’s recommitting to family… or not. I’m hoping that’s not
the case… but this is business. Wait. This is personal.
Wait. What is this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2) Alicia is
having some seriously competing feelings when it comes to which side of the
fence she’s on. One day it’s Florrick the next it’s Gardner. While
I’m sitting comfortably on the greener side of the fence – Team Gardner –
Alicia can’t separate what happens at work with her personal feelings. She’s
a mess. Which makes Will a mess. And both of these things make me a mess. Even David Lee’s a mess, but that doesn't have to do with Will and Alicia, but rather Veronica who he is potential
canoodling with in his corner office. Ewww. That’s all if have to say about that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When it
comes to the ring, I’m not the one you should be asking about specifics – not
because I don’t like jewels, but because I spent that entire scene with my head
in my hands like an inconsolable fool. For those of you on Team Florrick,
I understand the appeal of a vow renewal – I mean, they are, well, married
(insert sigh). This development would mean the family is back on
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Technically, it shouldn't fundamentally change things. That
fact is, it will though. As Veronica so astutely pointed out during her
dead-pan chat with Will:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“You have a
window, but it’s closing. That schmuck
of a husband of hers wants to renew their vows and I know my daughter – if she
does that, you’re never going to pry her away from him. So you've got to move
now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And breathe. That just happened. I think my heart stopped. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This scene
was for the record books. The awkward
beauty of this interaction paired with Will’s thoughtful and deep stare was
telling before words were even spoken.
The final moment of silence said, 'I understand' - and it's what every Team Gardner fan has been
thinking since season one’s “Heart.” “Make
a move she can’t refuse.” It’s not only
catchy, it’s accurate. You've got this
Will Gardner. Maybe. It
might involve tequila and two plane tickets, but I know there’s a plan out
there that could work… I just don’t know what it is yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Side note:
Am I the only one loving that Will is now on a first-name basis with
Veronica? Sometimes it’s the little things
in life that lead to happiness. This is
one-such example.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A love since Georgetown – Will Gardner<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Damn you,
unrequited love. I’m sure that’s what
Alicia is thinking, too. While her romantic
shuddering subsided this week (thank goodness – that was bizarre), it was replaced
with something entirely different: rage and disappointment. When it comes to Alicia at work, she tries to
take the high road. I’m not saying Will doesn't but he seems to be focused on it less often. This week, with the administrative staff of
Lockhart Gardner up in arms over salaries and benefits, Will and Diane had some
tough decisions to make. In the end,
they gave the admin ringleaders new titles and salary bumps, as a show of good
will. Well, sort of. It was a borderline payoff to keep the others
at bay, but that’s part of the game. Who doesn't know of someone who has been paid off every now and again? Okay, me, but that’s not the point. They did what they had to do. It’s business.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But, not
for Alicia. Upon hearing of the
decision, Alicia looked at Will with disappointment, while I looked at them
both with frustration. Once again, I
discovered that yelling at my TV is completely pointless. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, she
looked at him; he looked at her; they never made eye contact, but they knew
they'd failed each other in some way (and me in all kinds of ways). Alicia’s problem here is that she can’t
separate the business decision from her personal feelings. Will let her down with the admin vote, so she
immediately jumped to the conclusion that all of the feelings she’s been having
– all of that shaking nonsense – was a blip on the radar and that yes, Peter is
the most stand-up chap of her suitor pool, so she will, indeed renew her vows
with him. Say what? This is a bloody disaster. The worst part is, it doesn't even make
sense. Her saying “I don’t know” to
Peter was logical. This... this is
absurd. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the
words, “I’ve loved you since Georgetown” running through my head I can’t help
but be heartbroken for the third time this season. Why can’t things go right for Team Gardner
ever? Like ever. Now I’m quoting Taylor Swift. Oy vey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cary is off
to the races. His firm is coming together and he’s slowly <s>picking
off</s> recruiting the best of Lockhart Gardner. Alicia is thinking
about Cary’s proposal and now Kalinda is contemplating her next big move.
Of course, if there’s one thing Kalinda likes more than Alicia, it’s money, so
she’s out to get the best deal between these two competing firms. Game on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While Will
seems as sick of these ‘I need more money’ conversations as I am, he’s willing
to play along – at least for the short term.
Part of me really wishes I could see Kalinda’s pay stub, because I can’t
imagine they’d be underpaying her by that much, especially given the value she
adds to the firm. Not only that, Alicia
has a $10,000 office decorating bonus – how can Kalinda be missing out on important
things like health care? There goes my
aspiring career to be a PI – it sounds like a rough life, even if I can run in
stilettos (which, by the way, I can). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When it
comes to keeping business and personal relationships separate, I’m not sure
where Cary is going to fall on the spectrum.
Sure, he likes Kalinda, but he’s out there starting a new firm and he
knows she’s the best. He doesn't want to
go up against her again… but she’s not lured by any kind of loyalty to
anyone. For Kalinda, business is
business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Peter
“I don’t want to get caught with my pants down, if you know what I mean.” Oh yes, Peter, we know what you mean.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Owen helping
Peter with his campaign analytics – I didn't see that coming.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, was Owen turning a Peter corner this
week, or was it some reverse psychology in action?</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I love Owen, but I also love that he lures
Alicia into the areas I most want her to be…</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Veronica –
Always so crazy, always so entertaining, always left wanting more.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alicia
giving David Lee the stink eye when he started talking about her Mom.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I’ll take ‘Priceless’ for $500 Alex.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nancy Crozier at the top of her game, always willing to tell Alicia how much of a Mom she is. Somehow her 'I'm just an innocent girl from Michigan' routine is still working, but her legal acumen is definitely increasing. Might Cary find a good legal partner in Crozier down the road? </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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the Box” marks the final episode of the season and it looks like we’re in for a
real treat. It’s election night, there’s
voter tampering, Alicia may or may not get a little tipsy and something steamy
happens with her in Will’s car. Who
needs a campaign bus when you’ve got a back seat? Oh yes, and Peter wants to punch Will. So there’s that. Let the season finale drama begin!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-13049079736186675042013-04-14T23:16:00.000-07:002013-04-15T13:53:15.873-07:00The Good Wife: "Rape: A Modern Perspective"<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Season 4, Episode 20 | Original Air Date: Sunday, April 14, 2013</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This episode – number 20 of the season – marks the set up to the final two shows before the summer hiatus. While we’re being positioned to be shocked and entertained from now until the end of April (if you haven’t seen the previews, trust me on both counts; and if you have, I know you agree), this episode did all it could to put 50 shades of doubt in our minds about basically everything: The colour of the sky, the maturity of Grace, the science behind gravity, the length to which Kalinda will go to win a case, etc, etc, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the end of it all, I was left with four big ‘what just happened there?!’ moments, which is where I’ll be focusing this week’s analysis. As always, I encourage you to take to the comments section and let me know your thoughts. Is David Lee really as bitter and terrible as I make him out? Is Robyn up to no good? Why does Will look so good with rolled up cuffs? Is Diane’s judgeship officially out the window? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Let’s back up this carousel of crazy for a minute. When last we saw Diane and Kurt, she said she thought waiting for their next encounter would mean waiting forever and she didn’t want that to be her life. I get it. She’s always put her career first. Now she wants more. But that was it. That’s all we knew. Now we find out she’s secretly engaged – so secret in fact, that even super-sleuth, Kalinda, </span><span style="line-height: 17px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> know about it? I’m both shocked and excited by this development. At the same time, I have a few concerns, not the least of which is why she looked so downtrodden when Jim left the room to share the news and continue his investigation. It was almost as though she had sadness or regret weighing her down, but I can’t figure out why. Did Kurt actually accept her proposal?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Flash forward. Diane arrived at the Supreme Court for an interview and quickly found herself daydreaming about sunnier times when she’d have a gigantic leather swivel chair and a gavel close at hand. Before long, reality arrived in the form of the Chief Justice who was quick to explain that the only thing preventing her from getting to the top of her work mountain was her partner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Color me confused. With phrases like, “your partner’s a scoundrel” being bandied about, Diane’s face said, ‘I didn’t see that coming,’ and so did mine. If anyone else is having flashbacks to Wendy Scott-Carr circa season three, confessing the charges against Will were actually about Peter – you’re not alone. It’s as though everyone thinks Will has all of these amazing things going on, when really he’s the biggest disaster out of the bunch. And, apparently, the biggest scapegoat. This man spends 80% of his life underneath the bus, 15% running behind it and 5% winning. It’s not an awesome average.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While her symptoms are a bit of a head-scratcher, I believe what we’re beginning to see is mixed emotions with a heaping helping of regret. She has pushed Will away for years, despite not really wanting to, and now all of her repressed emotions are beginning to surface. Now we’re left to wonder how all if this is going to pan out. Even Grace has given Alicia permission to be a little selfish by saying, “sometimes it’s good to think about yourself” (PS Thank you, Grace – this redeems you at least 3% in my eyes. That brings you to a solid D-) and in every way Alicia knows what that would mean for her reality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What The Good Wife has taught me: If you want insider information from your colleagues, meet them in parks, by fountains or around unmarked corners and ask them for a stroll. At first they will lie to you, but eventually all of the meet-cutes will make them confess their secrets. I know this sounds crazy, but there’s proof this works. Take Cary, for example. All of this casual walking has him spilling the beans to a partner. Okay, partner/friend. The lines are tres blurred here and I think we all feel it. Anyways, Cary’s on the move. He’s planning to leave Lockhart Gardner in one month and take the other fourth years with him. If Alicia wants in, there’s a named partnership opportunity waiting. Florrick Agos and Associates. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-47091672999877477902013-03-31T23:18:00.001-07:002013-03-31T23:19:06.028-07:00The Good Wife: "The Wheels of Justice" - Season Four’s Piece de Resistance<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Season 4, Episode 19 | Original Air Date: Sunday, March 31, 2013</span><br />
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put into words how much I loved “The Wheels of Justice?”</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One simple phrase: Best episode of the
season.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I know not every episode can be
my favourite (right?), but if I have to pick one on the season, this would be
it.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As I sit typing this week, I find
myself at a loss for words… and also freaking out.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> It's like season three's "Feeding the Rat" all over again. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not only am I going to struggle to fall
asleep tonight, I foresee a very restless summer coming my way, as this week we were given the incredible news The Good Wife is back for season five.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The best part?</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Like a fine glass of wine, these episodes
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way I can think to organize my thoughts and provide thoughtful commentary this
week, is to pull out all the reasons this is the episode to which all others
should be measured.
Feel free to pop by the comments section at the bottom of this piece and
let me know how you feel about “The Wheels of Justice.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reason #1 this episode had me jumping for joy:
An amazing opening sequence<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Opening
scene: Alicia’s new office is revealed and so is her decorating budget of
$10,000 (which makes me wonder, what would Clarke Hayden say? How can the firm afford this? Where is David Lee with his calculator?). Cary’s new office is similarly shown off, but
he’s forced to build a couch out of three folding chairs. Poor Cary.
The upside is that Diane has given him a golden carrot – the thought a
partner might be leaving in the next six months and that if he does what he can
to make the firm succeed, he’ll be picking out a nice leather swivel chair
before long. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meanwhile,
Diane is hiring Kalinda to investigate a partner at the firm: her. Being up for Supreme Court Justice means
Diane needs to know what kinds of things have the potential to be dug up from her past. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In other
news, it’s Colin Sweeney time – pretty much the best time ever, if you ask me –
and that means he has done something terrible.
Allegedly. Okay, he’s guilty 98%
of the time, but in this case, he really seems innocent. Also, his creepy factor has increased
exponentially since the last time we saw him, as he’s now sporting a goatee and
comparing Alicia to Mary Poppins. In any
case, Alicia is going up against Laura (which is making Sweeney strangely
jealous) and through a weird quirk of fate, Cary realizes why the State’s
Attorney’s office won’t settle on this case.
Sweeney is one strike away from life in prison based on his two other
offences. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reason #2 this episode was epic: Everyone had a
role… especially Cary <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like pieces
of a puzzle, the beauty of The Good Wife is how well the cast fits together, especially
when given the opportunity. Cary and
Robyn have a new-found synergy; Cary and Alicia continue to be each other’s
better half when it comes to work; Laura, Alicia and Will are muddling their way through a
bizarre work/love triangle; Kalinda is out investigating for Diane; and
somehow, for the first time in a long time, everyone is working together. Even the sinister (and, let’s face it, eerie)
Sweeney is in on things, by using his knowledge of Will’s relationship with
Laura to fuel the fire in the courtroom.
At no point in this episode did I think, ‘I wish I’d seen more of
<insert here>'. Everyone had a
perfect role AND we didn't have to look at the inside of the campaign bus. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reason #3 this episode blew my mind: Diane,
Kurt and things I didn't see coming<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The only
way to prove Sweeney's innocence, given a trial prep of less than 24 hours? Bring in the world’s best ballistics expert,
Kurt McVeigh. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ahhhhh,
Kurt. We haven’t seen this handsome face
since “Gloves Come Off” in season three, and let’s just say: he’s been
missed! The political banter, the way he
can calculate a bullet’s trajectory and the way he gets thrown off by the mere
sight of Diane – he’s the best of all worlds when it comes to being a love
interest. Not only that, Diane’s lack of
after-hours prospects this season has been more than a little disheartening,
especially because last year she was juggling both Kurt and Jack. This year has been like the Atacama Desert:
nothing but dry.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, I’ll
admit my list of <i>things I didn't see coming</i> is a little shorter this year
than last. Kurt coming into back into
town? Not shocking. Watching he and Diane fall back into old
habits without any need of small talk? I’m
all over it. Tackling the Sweeney case
by day and sharing drinks by night? I’m
blissfully accepting. Having Diane
propose to Kurt, having him respond “I’m not rejecting it… I just need time to
think” and then having Diane cut him off at the door after saying, “I’m worried
we’ll always be waiting?” What?! I’m not sure what just happened, but I think
Diane might be getting married in six months.
Of course, who can be sure? The
scene cut and I was left with my hands over my face shrieking an inaudible “whhhhhhhat?!?!?’
The only thing I’m sure about is the fact I can’t get the lyrics of “Marry
You” out of my head.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’re looking
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moving on, can we stop and talk about this development for a minute? Can you even imagine how different season
five would be if Diane got married and became a Supreme Court Judge? What an incredible thing to think about for
the next few months. Of course, I’ll be
staying tuned to any tidbit of casting news possible: let’s hope for more Gary
Cole!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reason #4 this episode made me scream with
delight: The Team Gardner bus is back on the road<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Somehow, I’ve
waited until point number four before mentioning the fact some seriously
amazing Team Gardner things are beginning to brew. How did that happen? I’m beginning to show major restraint! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lucky for
me, the writers are ending the season by baiting me with the promise of things
to come (and don’t worry – I've already sent the thank you tweet expressing my
gratitude). With Laura and Will in dating mode for the last seven days, Will is
already having to confess his new-found girlfriend to Diane, who seems fairly
pleased he’s pursuing someone besides Alicia.
Laura, however, seems hesitant to move things forward until she can talk
to Alicia… again. Outside the courtroom
hosting the Sweeney case, and before they go head-to-head, Laura stops Alicia
and asks, “Do you have a relationship with Will.” Looking around, Alicia answers ‘no,’ but that
she did, a long time ago, so there’s nothing to worry about. If Laura’s looking for a blessing, she’s got
it. My question? Why would Laura think these two have anything
going on? The only time she’s seen them
together was the night of the Shamrock Dinner when Alicia was in for
questioning. Sure they laughed behind
closed doors, but there was nothing else.
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forward. Alicia’s in bed, sipping a
glass of red wine (which is one thing I love about her character) when she gets
the urge to call Will. This, of course,
on the heels of her last night’s sleep when she was dreaming about she and Will
and then imagining Laura in her place. While
I was waiting for her to pick up the 'Chicago’s Most Eligible Bachelor’ photo spread (which, let's be honest, we all know she still has), she opted to pick up the phone and dial Will’s number. Of course, he answers. It’s Alicia.
He always answers for Alicia (and I always cheer!). Under the guise of a ‘work question,’ she
starts fumbling through some words before hearing Laura in the background. Time
to hang up and forget anything ever happened.
While we know she won’t forget, and neither will we, it looks as
though that could be the end of things, at least for the night. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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as Will hangs up the phone, Laura asks if it was Alicia on the other end. He says yes and then moves in for a kiss. Immediately, Laura backs away. Say what?
No one backs away from a Will Gardner kiss! Claiming honesty, Laura confesses someone she
dated while in the military is back in her life… and then she hastily makes her
exit. The scene ends with Will staring out his office window while sipping scotch and Alicia sitting in bed, staring into space, sipping wine. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, I don’t
know about you, but I don’t believe for a second that Laura has another suitor
waiting at her door – I think she can smell the Team Gardner vibe a mile away
and doesn't want to get in the way. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Strangely, I feel as though my master plan involving Laura might actually be coming together, albeit more quickly than I had anticipated. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She
values Alicia as a friend and respects Will as a stealthy courtroom opponent –
Laura is a seriously upstanding character and one which, no matter what happens
in her dating life, I hope stays around well into season five. She might just be my favourite long-term addition to the cast.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Judge
Politi yelling about not being phased by a courtroom of raised voices.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He may not be the quirkiest judge on the
bench, but I think he’s quickly becoming one of my favourites.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, he has no known history of playing
basketball on Wednesday nights, so he’s probably safe for episodes to come.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Diane being
set up as secret writer of Vampire Diaries fan fiction.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What can I say?</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My face was as shocked as Diane’s.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, it got me thinking.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If ever I become a lawyer, and later a judge,
will this blog come back to haunt me?</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hmmmm…</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Colin
Sweeney re: Will telling him he has a relationship with Laura: “Yes I sign off –
as long as I get details.”</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ewwwww.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I now need to shower.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And so does Will.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Robyn jogging back to the office, drunk, after a night out with Greg, the associate stolen from under Lockhart Gardner's noses. What can I say? This girls cracks me up.</span></li>
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weeks, we can look forward to the new episode: “Sex, Dolls and Videotape.” It sounds like something in which Colin
Sweeney could likely be involved, but as it turns out, there’s an anonymous
hacker and guest start Jason Biggs.
Also, the campaign for Governor is down to the wire and we’ve been
promised election results before the season is through. Most importantly, at some point between now
and the end of the season, Dallas Roberts is back as Alicia's brother Owen, and we have this little exchange to salivate over:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This week,
there’s no time for small talk. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Death
of a Client” was the much anticipated party episode with more twists than a
Sherlock mystery.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I laughed, I cried, I
covered my face and let out audible bursts of elation… and then of rage.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oh, and I decided my new morning alarm should
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about everything?</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Okay, that’s a little
vague, I know, but this episode was all over the map.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">However, there was one uniting factor: The
number of gasp-worthy moments.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I counted
five – but then again, I like to spend my Sunday night’s on the edge of my seat…
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will and
Alicia. Love them or hate them (wait,
who am I kidding? No one can hate these
two!), they have undeniable chemistry. Whether they’re sharing an elevator, a
beer or a late lunch with some peeled grapes for dessert, it’s impossible not
see what these two have. With flashbacks
to a time when we were all a little happier – me especially, as I was riding a
Team Gardner high – Alicia couldn’t help but think back and daydream about
those secret moments when they were hidden from life’s complexities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in a tux, James Bond-style, coming to Alicia’s aid because, let’s face it, that’s
what he loves doing. Maybe not more than
Kalinda, but I’d be willing to watch these two duke it out over who loves
Alicia more. But I digress - K will be in the picture before long anyways.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So there’s
Will, at the police station meeting with Alicia (who’s floor-length two-toned ruby
gown is really classing up the joint), and once again, they find themselves
alone together. This ‘let’s not be in
the same room’ thing has gone off the rails about 12 times in the last three
episodes. Horray! In any case, after seeing Will dressed to the
nines, Alicia can’t help but share exactly what she’s thinking: “You really
look good.” And he does. We all know it… not just because it’s nearly
impossible to look bad in a tux, but because there’s something so sincere about
why he came to the police station and how sad his eyes look when Alicia says
things like, “We were good together, weren’t we?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I’ve
learned, screaming answers back at my TV to questions like this are futile; however, it doesn't stop me from doing it at least once an episode. In “Death of a Client” this was my
moment. “Yes! You were good together! I
have the Team Gardner mug to prove it!” Spoiler alert: My yelling didn’t help…
and neither did my beloved mug. Alicia
and Will are trapped in an invisible (well, sort of) circle where they can’t
escape their feelings for each other. We’ve
been here before: That moment when Alicia says something along the lines of, “This
has to end” and Will comes back with “Can you just decide that?” and Alicia
says she “can,” she “has to,” even though everyone knows that’s
impossible. This isn’t the clapper – you
can’t control your feelings like a late night infomercial light. Somehow in this place though, it makes sense.
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just when I
think my heart couldn't be broken any further for the evening, I hear the noise
that has haunted my dreams since “<b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.com/2011/12/parenting-made-easy.html" target="_blank">Parenting Made Easy</a></b>.” 'Mom, pick up the phone.' Are you kidding me? This did not just happen. Grace’s heinous ringtone has reared its exhaustingly
ugly head back into the centre of Alicia and Will’s relationship. Didn’t Alicia delete this from her phone last
season? Now I’m sad because Will’s eyes
look devastated, Alicia is saying things she doesn’t mean and somehow, the
world’s most annoying ringtone still exists.
This is like a Shakespearean tragedy… but worse.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I’m loving Amanda Peet as Laura Hellinger… and while I’ll forever
ship/love/dream about/champion Will and Alicia, I get that we need a slight
diversion… at least for awhile. A dating
arch for Will and Laura seems inevitable at this point, so I’m going to ride
the wave, at least until the beginning of season five. My ultimate hope is that Laura and Will’s relationship
will bring Will and Alicia back together.
This means I need Laura and because I like her, it’s a win-win for
everyone, right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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having bailed on a date with a lovely massage therapist, is off investigating to
keep Alicia and her brood safe. Knowing
Alicia could be in danger, Cary jumps on board to help K as she rushes from the
Shamrock dinner to get back to the mean streets of Chicago. Before she can leave, Cary says, “be careful”
and then reaches up and takes Kalinda’s hand.
It’s a gesture that’s riddled in friendship and romance and drenched in
a delicious query dating back to whether or not they went home together after sharing
drinks at the bar a few weeks ago. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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would whip this phrase out for Jackie, but this week, Grandma Veronica is in
town and let’s just say: she’s crazy. I
mean sure, she’s entertaining, but she took the Florrick kids to a bar on St.
Patrick’s Day and told them stories of Alicia’s past that were heavily weighing
on the side of inappropriate. I’m all
for drama, but having Grace call Alicia (*the* call, by the way, that
interrupted the Team Gardner talk) to ask if she was a “mistake” was awkward
and terrible. Also, the guy barfing next
to Veronica at the bar during this exchange was disgusting. All of that said, I commend Grace on her
ability to see beyond her own sphere and be able to understand that Alicia had
a life before the kids and that if things had been different, she may not have
ended up with Peter. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sociopath, master manipulator, drunk.
Even though this is the first time we’ve seen Mike “live” this season,
his ability to infuriate is admiringly remarkable. The one thing I didn’t see coming? Even though Mike claims not to drink and only
orders club sodas or waters while in the vicinity of those he’s wary of, he still
managed to fall down, drunk, in the bathroom at the Shamrock Dinner. Even if someone – say… Peter Florrick – had punch
him out, I’m not going to be the one to blow the whistle. No, not a chance. Because if there’s one person on this show
who needs a quick dose of reality, it’s Mike Kresetva. While he’s off dabbing his wounds, I’m thrilled
to share in the simple of pleasure of watching Alicia and Eli bond over a scene
that was, in one word, epic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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something intriguing about the new relationship we’re seeing form between Peter
and Diane. I’m not sure if it grew from
Eli working at the firm, or from Peter having seen Diane’s work through the
years, but it’s interesting to watch.
Diane helping Peter with the campaign was a turn of events I didn't anticipate. While I don’t support Alicia
and Peter as a couple, I *do* support Peter in the race for Governor. What could be better for the campaign then to
have Diane ‘I can’t help but vote democrat’ Lockhart on his side? Nothing.
She’s smart, stealthy and does a killer impression of Maddie
Hayward. There’s no losing here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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it’s interesting Peter wants Diane appointed to the role of Supreme Court
Justice. This would mean leaving Lockhart
Gardner (could they be called Gardner and Associates?) and being on the other
side of the fence. This is not the first
time Diane has been offered such a carrot, but this one doesn't involve
Victoria Adler (a definite plus!). The
downside? If something happens to Peter
(which it inevitably will), she’s going to be tied to him in what could turn
out to be an I Owe You type of situation.
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creepier than ever. Well, it does until
he pulls out the quote, “Alicia Florrick… you feed my Mary Poppins obsession”
and then follows it up with a purring sound.
Ewww. But also, yay! He’s so sketchy I can’t help but be intrigued
by his every move. We can also look
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<span lang="EN-US">It’s the
plight of every fan of The Good Wife: To buy into those magical previews given
to us at the end of each episode. They
are impossible not to watch and even more impossible not to get sucked into… at
least for me. While I thoroughly enjoyed
“Invitation to an Inquest” (including the plentiful moments of Team Gardner
merriment), I couldn’t help but get frustrated by the fact the Chicago Shamrock
Dinner was yet another week away. I’ve
been baiting friends and co-workers with the must-watch morsel of Peter
punching Mike and yet again, we must wait another seven days. Well played, preview ninjas, well played. It’s like I’m Jordan and Eli just threw me
under the ‘getting too involved in the family business’ bus. And while that’s better than being under the
campaign bus (or, quite frankly, <i>in</i>
the campaign bus), knowing I have to wait another week for the white-tie
shenanigans is almost unbearable. Thankfully,
next week we’re headed to the party and for that, I can’t wait.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we’re left to look at what went down in “Invitation to an Inquest” and because
I’m all about counting down right now, I’m going to focus on the five best
moments of the episode. Join the
conversation below and sound off with your favourite scenes and moments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I never
thought I would like Kalinda matched up with another investor. She has her limited pockets of friendships
and is happy to chase down witnesses without a sidekick. I kind of like her in solitude – or maybe it’s
just that Blake left a bad taste in my mouth.
Either way, Robyn’s changing that, and fast. These two Cagney and Lacey-style
investigators (not sure which one Kalinda would be, but I’m guessing Tyne Daly)
have a strangely similar thought process that seems to be working, not just for
them, but for the firm. In the case of
the mysterious skid marks due to black ice, these Nancy Drew’s never once
divided in their theories. They are both brilliant. The only difference? Kalinda’s not giving up any of her trade
secrets to our new favourite spy-in-training. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Team
Gardner is on the mend! I’m shouting it
from the rooftops and planning an official reunion for season seven. Okay, maybe five. Optimism for a love-connection reconciliation
aside, this move towards friendship has been a long time coming… and that’s
just this season. Step 1: Yell at each other and then, in a fit
of passion, kiss. Step 2: Chat awkwardly
in an elevator. Step 3) Avoid each
other, even though you have the same cold.
Step 4) Get put on the same legal case.
Step 5) Work late hours, until no one is left in the office except the
two of you. Step 6) Decide to be
friends, because you miss it, and if we’re really being honest, you were both
pretty good at it and you could both use a friend. Step 7) Team Gardner friendship activated!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alicia have been through a lot over the last year and a half, and if there’s
one thing I’m missing, it’s their friendship.
Okay, sure, I want them to be more than friends. But they can’t get back there if they’re
scared to be in the same vicinity. Now
they have to answer the age-old question: If you can’t be together, can you at
least be friends? In the case of Team Gardner,
I certainly hope so. It’s the only way
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be Jordan’s ultimate undoing? At first,
I thought it might be the fact his storyline is bizarrely non-existent, but
then I realized it would more likely be some kind of campaign flub. What I didn’t see coming was that it would involve
our dear, sweet Neesa. Remember
her? She surfaces every six or so months
just to remind us that a) Zach has a girlfriend and b) he likes to “study.” Unfortunately for Jordan, his sleuthing over
Neesa’s Twitter feed led him to a picture he thought could be damaging to the
campaign. His next stop? Sitting young Florrick down for ‘the talk.’ Neesa, he says, is bad news. Or her Dad might be. Or a guy her Dad knows might be. No matter the case, Jordan paints a picture
where Neesa is basically a terrorist and Zach is left with one option: to break
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of shock), Alicia’s furious and Eli is doing a happy dance in the corner… and
so am I. The icing on the ‘Jordan’s been
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thinking twice about the fact they took him off the partnership track… at least
for this year. As Cary moves to his
office to take a quick account of what just happened, he sees his father (who,
later in the show, is wearing a mustard-coloured jacket I swear was Will’s from
last season’s “<b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.ca/2012/03/gloves-come-off.html">Gloves
Come Off</a></b>”). Even though this is
just his second appearance, I’ve come to detest Mr. Agos. It’s a wonder Cary turned out to be nearly as
amazing as he did, because this man is a disaster. He belittles, he degrades and worst of all, I’m
not sure he knows he’s doing it. There’s
nothing like a little divine retribution, as when Cary pulled the case out of
the fire to win back the client his father was working to lose. But it’s of only moderate consolation. His father has a Mike Krestiva-like quality
about him and until Cary can break out from under the thumb of everyone around
him, his father will forever be insulting Cary’s every ability.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alicia, in a flowing red strapless gown with her hair swept up from her
face, looked completely stunning – even if she got her whole ensemble for 60
per cent off. I can’t wait until this
dress makes its way to the Chicago Shamrock Dinner. All eyes will be on her… including those of
Will Gardner, her new bestie, and master of the campaign bus, Peter
Florrick. Game on in a red dress? I think so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other times it’s an action that’s thrust upon you. No matter what, betrayal makes you question
those things you’ve always known – like who you are and how far you’ll go – and
sometimes it makes you question those things of which you’re just not sure –
like employment or friendships. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In ‘Runnin’
with the Devil,’ betrayal is the main ingredient in a juicy tale that starts in
a partnership meeting and ends in a courtroom.
This week, I'm looking at how trust and disloyalty perform an intricate dance together and how they're beginning to play a larger role on The Good Wife. Don't forget to stop by the Q&A at the bottom of this article to share your thoughts on this week's developments!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh David
Lee. Less than three minutes into the
show and I've already got a quote I love to hate. If there’s one thing I can say about David,
it’s not that I like him – no – it’s that I can’t get enough of his smarmy quips. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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goes against the grain in her first partnership meeting (she doesn't mind
having the firm look like a Burmese tent city… and neither does Diane), she
stands alone in her resolve to not hire a second investigator. Alicia’s in a difficult position because she’s
friends-on with Kalinda again and the last time the firm brought in a second
investigator, glass repair shops were operating on full cylinders to keep up
with K’s bat-wielding ways. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Still, no
one seems to care and as Alicia stands alone in the forested wilderness known
as covert friendship, she gets herself tasked to the hiring committee. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Flash
forward. K finds out new investigators
are being interviewed and she’s anything but pleased. Even Will, who has had Kalinda’s back since
season one, seems particularly emotionless about the new team that’s being
formed. Maybe it’s time for these two to
go for drinks and for K to punch Will in the leg again, because that’s the one
thing he seems to be missing: tough love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With a
parade of ex-cops running around the 28<sup>th</sup> floor, the ‘Investigator
Hiring Squad’ went with an unexpected choice: Robyn Burdine (Jess Weixler) a
former treasury enforcement agent, turned babysitter. She’s a quirky dynamo who seems just a bit
out of her element when it comes to working in a law firm. Strangely though, this just might work. She’s Kalinda’s 360 degree opposite, but it
could make them a formidable team.
Everyone needs a sidekick… and if Batman could make it work, so too can Kalinda. I hope.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally! Lemond Bishop is back – albeit in shackles –
to fight for his innocence. When last
we saw Bishop, in ‘<b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-good-wife-waiting-for-knock-aka.html" target="_blank">Waiting for the Knock</a></b>,’ he was being carted away under with
the charge of murder hanging over his head.
As Chicago’s biggest drug lord, it never really made sense to me as to
why he could be charged with killing one of his employees and leave her for
dead in a trunk – not because he wouldn’t want to, but because he has people
for that kind of thing. I mean, right? For
Chicago PD I don’t think it mattered though.
It was like catching Al Capone on tax evasion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The more I
think about it, the more I feel they've crafted Bishop into a modern day
Capone. Sure, he doesn't wear a fedora
or smoke cigars, but he deals in cash, is a master at creating plausible deniability
and no one will testify against him… at least for long. This is especially the case when we start
looking at Bishop’s second attorney on retainer: Charles Lester (aka Blair Waldorf’s
step-father Cyrus Rose, aka Wallace Shawn). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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around with Alicia and talking to witnesses, we find Lester jumping into
conversation with seemingly simple questions.
To a guy at the gym: What are the hours here and are you interested in
body mass? To a man at a bowling alley:
How old are your little girls? Alone,
these questions seem innocent, but the result is always the same: a recanting
of testimony. Charles Lester, as it
turns out, reminds me a bit of Louis Canning, only unlike our plaid-loving
attorney nemesis, Lester has an almost sweet demeanor. It’s like he doesn't realize Bishop is the
master puppeteer and using him to threaten witnesses, but at the same time, we
know he’s aware of what he’s doing – he’s been at it for the last 10 years. Lester isn't afraid to betray his oath as a
lawyer: who says threatening witnesses is wrong? </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course, then there’s Alicia, who assumed the role of innocent bystander with ease
because, well, who saw this coming? This
guy looks like a kind old man who eats prunes for breakfast and writes thank
you notes to the kids down the street who shovel his snow. He doesn’t look like Lemond’s confidant and
co-conspirator. That’s why I was
especially worried for Judy Bishop, Lemond’s sister, when she decided to
testify against her brother. A)
Seriously? Who testifies against their
drug lord brother who had their wife offed? And B) See A. When Lester said “you know what you need to
do,” I thought Judy was a goner, but maybe for Bishop blood really is the tie
that binds. He won’t betray Judy,
because Judy won’t betray his son, Dylan.
It’s the circle of life, even when you’re a kingpin. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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man who has been passed up and looked over, is plotting his next moves, one of
which is in a play to start his one firm, the other of which is to finally hook
up with Kalinda. While the latter
continues to be a bust, Cary’s aspiration to reach for something better is both
inspiring and promising. Just think:
Cary could branch out and start Agos and Associates… and soon. For those of you waiting for Cary’s big
break, I’m hoping this is it. While my
personal preference would be for Cary and Alicia to team up, that’s not in the
cards, at least for now. In fact, last
week I read an article with Robert and Michelle King that said the last half of
the season would be characterized by a Lockhart Gardner civil war. Could Cary be at the crux of the mutiny? Who would he recruit over to his new
firm? Could this finally be Cary’s
chance?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, it
might be if Kalinda has anything to say about it. Having been out investigating with local restaurateur
and cheese-lover, Seth DeLucca, Kalinda found out Cary had been talking to him
about a higher level of personalized service.
With Robyn in the mix and Kalinda more uncertain about her job at
Lockhart Gardner than ever, she’s let Cary know she’s up on his plan but that
he needs to keep his nose clean. She’s
can’t lie forever. Wait. It’s Kalinda.
Yes she can. But betray his
trust? No way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you think of “Runnin’ with the Devil?” Was
Alicia’s law school rival, Liz Lawrence, right to ask Alicia when she sold her
soul to the devil? Are you excited at
the prospect of Cary going rouge and starting his own firm?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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better than formal wear and fisticuffs? The
answer? Nothing. In “Invitation to an Inquest” my two
favourite things come together in an episode that’s promising to feature the
demise of Jordan, the reappearance of Mike Kresteva and a fistfight. Did I mention Alicia in a floor-length red
gown, Will putting the moves on Laura and Alicia and Will having not one, but
two, heart-to-hearts. Oh for the love of
Sunday. I can’t wait.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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admit this isn’t usually a motto I live by.
Colds are annoying, but in the case of The Good Wife, I’m jumping on the
bandwagon, carrying a sign and writing a jingle: Bring on the spreadable germs!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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they were, my two favourite star-crossed lawyers, Will and Alicia, sneezing and
coughing up a storm while standing in Diane’s office. Alicia looked at Will looking at Alicia, both
from the corners of their eyes, hoping Diane wouldn't notice they had come down
with the same pesky bug. “You two need
to say away from me” is all she could say, while backing away from them both. Lucky for Diane, she’s probably safe as she hasn't made out with her inter-office colleagues… ever.
Well, maybe not ever. We’re still
not sure what happened between she and Stern, but that’s a story for another
time. So, as Diane was sliding out of
her office, trying not to breathe, I was sitting there exclaiming: “They gave
each other that cold – Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!’
Seriously. When the world gives
you lemons, you make lemonade. The joy
of watching people sneeze in unison is the best I've got in my campaign for
Team Gardner. It’s not much, but I’ll
take it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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out of the way, it’s time to jump into the rest of the show (because, believe
it or not, the sneezequence only lasted one minute and sixteen seconds…
ish). This week I’m going to skip the play-by-play
recap and go straight to the highs and lows of “Going for the Gold.” Feel free to jump in on the comments below
and share your thoughts!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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can I start accept with Elsbeth Tascioni?
She continues to amaze and amuse – she’s nothing short of extraordinary. While her back and forth with Josh in ‘musical
co-conspirators’ was inspiring (more about that later), it was her clumsy
escape from the Indian lunch that made me love her even more. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sliding away from Josh, a giant cup of mango juice, his compliments about her ‘pillow-ie
lips’ and a basket of naan, Elsbeth popped over to Alicia’s office to ask for
help. This gave way to one of the best
quotes of the episode: “You want me to
play act a lawyer in your sham defamation suit?” Why yes, yes she does. And, of course, Alicia agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Alicia and Will have a pact to avoid being in the same place alone
together. Of course, a rule like that is
meant to be broken (hopefully multiple times).
While I sense a great bit of foreshadowing with that pronouncement, this
week, these two found themselves on the same elevator, alone, behind sliding
doors. Will, standing behind Alicia and
looking awkward, calmly asked about the state of Alicia’s cold and then reiterated
the kiss was a moment of weakness and that they aren't going to act on it…
again. It was a moment of honesty that I
love seeing between these two. So often
we note these characters as pillars of strength around each other and in life,
but together they are vulnerable and think about things in different ways. While I sincerely hope we get to see them
have a more evolved relationship going forward, I’m thankful for these moments
of honest but awkward interplay. It’s
real. It’s life. And yes, it’s complicated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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do. Especially when there are multiples
from which to choose. What’s great about
watching Elsbeth and Josh is that they have so many similarities they can
predict each will be outdone by the other, they just don’t know when, where or
how. This week, Elsbeth was determined
to beat Josh at his own game and that meant doing battle in two courts. The same issues were at play: the idea that
Eli bought votes for a discount of his services. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. That quickly turned into a defamation case
when an article hit the press about this controversy thanks to Eli’s old pal,
Frank Landau. Enter the co-conspirators
as dreamt up by Josh: Hugh Saxon, CEO of
Greengate Retirement Centre; Diane Lockhart (because she initialed a receipt)
and, my favourite, Jackie Florrick. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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going to go into details here (it’s better to watch the drama unfold… and see
how the quote “She’s easily confused… like a blind donkey” comes into play),
but what’s terrific about this scene is watching how Jackie knows how to play
Eli (and the system) like a finely tuned piano.
She can’t throw Eli under the bus because she knows that will hurt Peter’s
chances of winning the election.
Suddenly Jackie Florrick has to side with he who has been her arch nemesis
for months… and it’s wonderful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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it: Peter’s great in the hot seat. I can’t
imagine the press throwing a question at him that he couldn’t answer. With Maddie facing off and waving the race
equality card in Peter’s face, there was nothing left to do but school her on
the ways of televised debate. With help
from Eli, Maddie could barely speak in coherent sentences. It was bliss… or better yet, gold.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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part? Eli’s back in business. The second best part? Unlike the Alicia of old, who simply stood by
Peter, Alicia 2.0 is giving him advice and helping him win. Perhaps her career in politics isn't so far
off after all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Gardner is after the State’s Attorney’s civil business… again. Will was sent in to bat and hit a fly ball
caught by Geneva Pine for the out. It
was a disaster, made worse only by Laura probing Will with questions about
Lemond Bishop and Chinese Walls – Lockhart Gardner’s two favourite
subjects. In the end, Will couldn't save
the day, but not for lack of trying.
Geneva Pine just really hates drug dealers. Really, who can blame her? Sure she’s probably getting her suits dry
cleaned at one of his legit businesses, but that’s beside the point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Will took Laura’s questioning very personally and came at her with the kind of verbal aggression he saves for Alicia on a late night at the office. If he didn't have that
cold, he might have kissed her. Instead,
he tried to make up for his rage by purchasing an expensive bottle of wine and
using his ‘come hither’ Tammy voice to woo her back to his side. I’m not sure what’s going on here, but I know
I don’t like it. And not just because I
don’t like Will’s ‘I’m trying to pick you up voice,’ which by the way, I don’t
(and, for the record, which he has never used on Alicia), but because I
strangely think Laura could do better. I’m
a huge fan of Will, but Laura doesn't deserve to be yelled at over ridiculous
things. She’d do better catching the eye
of one Mr. Agos who might just have some extra time on his hands if the
partners have anything to say about it…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the new boss in town… and I’m not sure I like it. Correction.
Alicia’s the new boss in town… and I don’t like it. She’s suddenly having to cut hours of the
people she was an equal to only one episode ago. People are willing to turn on
her in a dime and throw out nicknames like ‘Saint Alicia’
like it's going out of style, which, by the way, it is. Alicia’s name to the associates is quickly
becoming mud. Of course, Alicia likes
Cary and doesn't want to drag him down, so in order to cut hours, she trimmed
her own schedule. Endearing to the associates? Yes.
To Diane? No. Alicia’s between a rock and a hard place and
Diane is laying the smack down on Alicia not acting like a peasant. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the outside and looking in isn't a place I see Alicia thriving. She does, however, seem to take Diane’s
suggestions to heart, whether she likes it or not. Isn't that the saying though? “Don’t hate the player, hate the game.” Alicia’s there to play the game so the game doesn't play her. I just hope she doesn't lose all of her friends and allies along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Karahalios for $100 Alex”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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replacement and supposed campaign dynamo.
What am I missing? This man doesn't seem to know a thing about working with Peter or winning a debate, let alone an
election. While I understand different
strategies work for different situations, it seems as though Jordan doesn't have his head in Peter Florrick game. I’d
love if they threw us a curve ball and revealed he’s a plant of Wendy
Scott-Carr’s… but that’s unlikely.
Delicious. But unlikely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that, I’ll be honest: I’m kind of rooting for Peter. Even as a devout Team Gardner fan, I feel
okay about admitting this because as a politician, I think Peter is a reasonable
candidate, especially given the others on the ballot. Also, if he’s elected as Governor, maybe he’ll
finally stop preaching about his time in prison. Oh,
and he’ll move away. Even with those
last two points aside, I still feel as though he’s the right person for the job. Thank goodness Peter still has Eli on speed
dial and that Alicia has the smarts to encourage him to use it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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won’t miss about election season: 1) The campaign bus.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) The campaign bus.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3) The – wait for it – campaign bus.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don’t mind when this vehicle is parked on a
lot and Peter is out shaking hands and kissing babies in front of it while Eli
is crunching numbers in the passenger’s seat.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can get behind all of that.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It’s
when the bus turns into the sex wagon that it drives me crazy.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alicia can’t keep her cloths on when she’s in
that blasted bus and now Peter’s all, “do you want to have dinner tonight… like
a date?”</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ahhhhhh!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This
thing has fancy TV’s, comfortable recliners and apparently magic powers,
because no one can say ‘no’ while aboard the Florrick bus of love.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What’s Next?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cary puts
the moves on Kalinda, Peter gets into a fist fight, Alicia’s Mom resurfaces and
Mike Kresteva returns. These next four
weeks are going to be excruciatingly exciting.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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them – but not before I celebrate a little first.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because Team
Gardner FINALLY got a reunion kiss! I've been waiting for this moment for 24 episodes.
But who’s counting? Oh wait. Me. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was like
“Heart” and “A New Day” rolled into a delicious passion-infused package… and it
was amazing.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Like ‘pass me a paper bag I’m
losing my mind’ amazing.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But before
I get into my dream scene, I must first back-up, because this story’s too good
not to share.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a
chilly day in February. Actually,
no. It wasn't. Well, maybe it was, but who are we to
know? All we’re given at the beginning
of this episode is a laundry list of clients who seem to be paying their bills
to Lockhart Gardner… in gold bars. Chum
Hum? That was a win. Cha-ching.
Sweeney? He and his turkey baster
secretly (or not) love Alicia, so they’re paying their invoices. Bishop?
Sure, his legit businesses are money pits, but the illegal dealings are
handsomely paying the bills. What this
means? Lockhart Gardner is out of debt. Not only that, they've got $113 million in
the bank.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm sorry. What? </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When did
this happen?</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I feel like I missed six
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, don’t
get me wrong, I know the Chum Hum win was big and that Sweeney and Bishop are
high-rollers (and both deliciously diabolical and definitely on my ‘must-see
again before the end of season four list’) but seriously. How could they get this far out of debt in
one episode? Yes, we had a three week
hiatus, and I’m willing to be somewhat lenient on their timelines, but being
debt-free after having an entire season built on the drama of the firm’s
survival is this side of crazy town. Now,
I love The Good Wife writers – I think they do an incredible job – but I can’t
help but wonder why they ended this arc so abruptly. Was it because things weren’t going to be fun
without Clarke lurking over Cary’s shoulder?
Or was it because everyone is a little sick of Lockhart Gardner being
unable to manage any of their finances?
Either way, nothing prepared me for David Lee unofficially assuming the
role of resident accountant. I imagine
him sitting at his desk calculating profits by moving M&Ms from one column
to another. He’s dastardly… and evil…
and I’m not sure why he hasn't been overthrown.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In any
case, all the equity partners are high-fiving and talking about all the
champagne they’re going to drink when the beloved lover of early-bird specials,
Howard Lyman, stands up and mentions all of the offers of equity partnership
they threw out in an act of desperation.
Diane, in an attempt to be loyal to those she used only days (months?
Who knows, I’m confused) earlier, says the offers should be honored. Will agrees – no takesies backsies. No one else cares though; Time to go crush
some dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to break bad news than David Lee? All signs
point to this being his favourite time of day – the time when he shatters
people’s realities and then offers them chocolate like it makes up for anything he’s
ever said. Heading into Alicia’s office,
we knew he was going to drop the bomb: Alicia’s offer for equity partnership has
been delayed a year. Why? Well, why not? The firm needs some “time.” Great.
He didn't even bring his germ-covered candy dish to this meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I’m
mad. This was the worst decision the
equity partners could have made, proving the firm has zero loyalty to anyone. While I found myself yelling at my TV, “this
is garbage!” I realized this is the game of The Good Wife. It’s all about how far the characters can be
pushed until they fight back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With Cary,
Alicia and the other fourth years all out of luck, there was nothing left to do
but hold a mutiny meeting in Alicia’s living room. With Grace and Zach eavesdropping like two
pesky flies, the five associates decide to band together and take all of the
firm’s high net-worth clients out for lunch.
It’s all about business development, seeing if the clients are happy and
stirring the pot. Genius!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Alicia could hand Cary a Tupperware filled with tomorrow’s lunch (which, by the
way, I LOVED that she packed him leftovers!), Cary suggested the one thing I've been
thinking for years: They go into business together. If they pooled their equity partnership
funds, they would have money for a start-up firm. They could almost surely secure some of the
Lockhart Gardner’s top clients and in a flash they’d be the eighth biggest firm
in Chicago. Pa chow! Cary Agos, I didn't think I could like you any more… but I was wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meanwhile,
back at the office, Cary and Alicia are teamed up against Diane and Will for a
mock trail surrounding the death of a girl who drank “Thief,” a hyper-caffeinated
energy drink. With the mandate to ‘give
it your all’ and ‘come at us hard,’ Alicia and Cary put all of their energy
into winning. Of course, this meant
hiring Kalinda for $400/hour and channeling the rage from the partnership deferral
into the courtroom. The result? A resounding win for Florrick and Agos, but
not before an epic encounter between Alicia and Will…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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off the heels of having his ego handed to him on a silver platter in court,
headed to the office for some late-night business. Or Scotch.
Either way, he got off the elevator (my favourite set) in a flurry and
headed down to Alicia’s office. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia:
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will: We
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia: I
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will: You’re
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia: That’s
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will: It
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia: Well
then take us off of it! Fire us! Get rid of us!</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will: Oh,
is that what you want, huh? That’s what these meetings with clients – is that
what this is about?!</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia: Oh my
god. Listen to yourself Will. You are <i>not</i>
the injured party here.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will: Oh
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best decision he will have made all day b) he loves her c) he feels bad about
the equity partner schmaz-fest and d) it’s been 24 freaking episodes and Team
Gardner fans deserve a little love, too!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is if Will leaning in wasn't good enough, Alicia 100% kissed him back. Take <i>that</i>
“Mom pick up the phone” ringtone. Take
that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, Alicia
ran out of her office and somehow made it home without grabbing her purse or
keys. Meh – the details aren’t important
here because we should all still be reeling from the gloriousness of that kiss
and the face we’re (I’m) still hyperventilating… and also that we've (I've)
watched that scene six (or more) times already.
Let’s flash forward. The verdict
in the mock case was unanimous: “Thief” didn't have a leg to stand on and was off to settle for $12 million. That left Will and Alicia with some time to
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will: I don't know. It was a weak [but amazing] moment.</span></span></blockquote>
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together and Alicia is sorry… for basically everything in life. Will, with his sad, but understan</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ding eyes, knowingly
agreed that this was just another example of bad timing.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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hope. The elephant is back in the room
and that’s all we need.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Alicia Florrick</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next
day, David strolled into Alicia’s office with a new offer: Of the five
fourth-year associates, she was the one they were picking to take the single
new equity partner spot. Alicia
accepted. Cary congratulated her and
said it was the right move. Alicia, now
strong allies with Cary (and not just because he has her Tupperware) made the
bold move of saying now they can get what they want – she can work to sway the
other partners. Could Alicia be working
to further her own interests with Cary while taking Lockhart Gardner along for
the ride? It’s what they've done with
her… and I for one am definitely open to her playing the game. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In other
news, Elsbeth and Eli are busy fighting with the FBI over wire taps, dirty
calls and cutting a few political deals.
New on the scene is Josh Perrotti (the ever-handsome Kyle MacLachlan),
whose character is strangely matched by Elsbeth’s whimsical brilliance. In the minefield of bizarre, these two dance
around like nimble woodland creatures in search of the next song to sing or
petticoat to fluff. It’s an intoxicating
match-up as they both one-up each other’s last move. Even the offer of biscotti won’t sway
Elsbeth, which was good news for Eli as he strapped on a wire and pretended to
lure Jordan into a trap. Instead, Eli
ended up at David LaGuardia’s office (Remember him? The accordion-playing agent
who raided Eli’s office after they met in a diner and shared a bottle of hot
sauce?). The result: A confession that
Josh had forged documents to get Eli’s phone tapped… which means the taps they
have are inadmissible. Poor Josh. All he wanted was a dinner date, but instead,
he was Tascionied. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have another hiatus for the Academy Awards, March is looking to be fully
stacked with four new episodes. Of course,
this means there’s plenty of opportunity to ponder and predict how this season
is going to play out. Here are a few
things that have crossed my mind:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1) The window
of romance for Will and Alicia has once again been opened. Word on the street is we’re going to get some
flashbacks to their relationship from season three, which is sure to please any
Team Gardner fan. I am, however, doubly intrigued
by Will’s comment about not being allowed to end up alone in the same
room. Prediction: A case will throw
these two together in an unexpected way.
I don’t know when and I don’t know how, but with chemistry like this,
Team Gardner could be back in business.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was all about dropping names in “Red Team Blue Team” which always provides a
meaningful nudge to the audience as a way of saying, ‘don’t forget!’… as if we
could ever erase the image of Sweeney’s smarmy smile from our minds.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've read that both he and Bishop will make
the rounds in the last half of season four – I can’t even imagine what Sweeney
will have done… and as for Bishop, here’s hoping they spring from prison.</span></div>
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Cary will continue to grow as friends and colleagues (working late nights on
the floor, exchanging addresses… it’s almost like Cary is Alicia’s second
Kalinda, no?) and her loyalty will now secretly defer to him rather than Diane
and Will.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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to you! What did you think of “Red Team Blue Team?” Do you think Alicia was right to accept the
offer of equity partnership? What do you
think of the Team Gardner reunion? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-40586617531544614362013-01-27T22:16:00.000-08:002013-02-10T10:31:35.480-08:00The Good Wife: "The Seven Day Rule" aka The Devil Wears Plaid<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Season 4, Episode 13 | Original Air Date: Sunday, January 27, 2013</span><br />
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episode changes everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’ve been
sitting here, trying to come up with a better opening line, but I can’t, no
matter how hard I try. Why? Because tonight, four amazing things
happened:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1) I
discovered the devil wears plaid</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2) For the
first time in four years was truly disappointed in Will</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3) I became part
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4) I finally realized
that I don’t blame her for any of it</span></span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week I’m
going to explore why “The Seven Day Rule” is the episode that, in my opinion,
has changed the course of The Good Wife forever. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">If there’s
one thing I know for sure, it’s that I </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">wouldn't</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> want Alicia Florrick’s life. Do I admire her legal acumen and compassionate
nature? Yes. Do I adore her wardrobe and take notes when
it comes to her home décor? Who </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">doesn't</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">
(Right?!) These things, and countless
others (her moxie, her wit, her laugh – to name three) are all qualities and
characteristics to love. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But, at the
end of the day, I think there’s one thing on which we can all agree: Alicia’s
life is a hot mess. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Her
personal life is a disaster and her children have (on more than 12 occasions) made
me want to go the way of Silvia Plath. Work is complicated, her friendships are
intermittent and the only thing she can count on is the hope that one day
things will get better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then, they
did. They got better for 18
seconds. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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it went:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia,
walking down the hall hears a beckoning call from Diane and Will. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Why don’t
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia
slowly takes a seat, her eyes pacing between the two named partners. Sitting with baited breath, Alicia listens to
Diane’s speech which includes a flashback to Jonas Stern (whose family, I fear,
is still eating potato salad from his wake), a nod to hard work and then the
offer every associate dreams of: the invitation to join the firm as an Equity
Partner. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia’s
thrilled, I’m thrilled and the world is a happy place. Before Alicia trips on her chair (an action which
elicits an adorable smile from Will and a squeal of appreciation from me),
Diane passes along some famed words of wisdom: Go home, take the phone of the
hook and think about the offe</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt;">r. Then go
to the track, smoke a cigar or go windsurfing as Will did (apparently
unsuccessfully, which, strangely, adds to his charm and mystique).</span></div>
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leaves Diane’s office and heads for the elevator. As the doors close, we can almost hear her scream with joy. Next stop? Campaign
headquarters. With no Peter to be found
and the topic of religion killing her buzz, Alicia has no choice but to go
shopping over lunch. Then it’s back to the
office to meet with the David Lee because, the hoodie-wearing Chum Hum exec,
Neil Gross, is back and debating a pre-nup.
Everything’s coming up roses until David Lee drops his first bomb of the
episode: Buying into the equity partnership
is going to cost (and not in a Debbie Allen “this is where you start paying… in
sweat” kind of way). Equity Partnership
= $600,000. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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stricken, Alicia rushes to return her shopping purchases and gets on the phone
with her banker in the hopes of securing a loan. All we hear is “blah, blah, blah, co-signer,
blah, blah, blah, Mr. Florrick.”
Click. Peter has suddenly become
Alicia’s gateway to the legal fast-track.
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long, Alicia’s at the campaign bus spreading the good news (and hopefully
nothing else). Yes, I just went there because,
quite frankly, I’m tired of what the bus and all bathrooms have come to
represent recently. But I digress. While aboard the bus, Alicia mentions Peter
co-signing on her loan. His
response? “How about I just give you the
money? It’s a business decision.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Now I have 58 questions, the most important being: How does Peter have
$600,000? He’s the one who had to borrow
money from Cosco pre-season one to buy Alicia a diamond tennis bracelet and
then he went to prison… which </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">isn't</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> particularly lucrative unless you’re somehow
smuggling contraband. Since he was
friends-off with Kalinda at that time, that theory’s out. Next, we know he spent all his money on his
season two campaign (flashback to the jokes about making photocopies at Kinkos). He’s
the State’s Attorney, not Midas. Color
me confused. Also, who does he think he’s
fooling when he throws out phrases like ‘it’s business.’ It’s not business. He wants another tie to Alicia. Case closed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now it’s
not just Alicia’s life that’s a hot mess – it’s mine, too. Oy vey.
I’m exhausted. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The Good Wife writers know how to throw a glass of cold water in the viewers’
face. The next big surprise? Cary was also asked to be an Equity Partner. It seems </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">they've</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> been handing out these
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this point I know something is up. Even
though Alicia being invited into the partnership as a fourth year was a
surprising choice, I understand it from a strategic perspective. She’s the State’s Attorney’s wife, she has
strong billable hours, she politically connected – she’s the ace up their
sleeve. While Cary is a great lawyer,
his firm offering is different. The
decision to ask Alicia makes sense. To
ask Cary? I’m starting to question
motives. To find out </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">they've</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> extended
the offer to three more associates? We’re
suddenly swimming in a pit of murky water that’s 50 shades of grey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The worst
part is that Alicia seems to have become a pawn in the game of debt repayment, and what’s even more heartbreaking, is that Will is partially to
blame. To add salt to the wound: Louis Canning is the one who pointed it out to
Alicia. Even though Canning (who could
certainly star in his own feature film: The Devil Wears Plaid) exposed the
truth, he’s sadly not the one who orchestrated the grand ‘Equity Partner
pyramid scheme plan.’ Alicia knows she’s being played, not only by her
mentor, but by one of her best friends.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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felt this terrible about Team Gardner since “Parenting Made Easy.” Will is supposed to be Alicia’s friend, and,
to be honest, we all know he’s more. Or,
at least he used to be. Lockhart Gardner
has become so desperate to dig their way out of debt, they’ll do anything to
make that happen. Will knows he’s hurt
Alicia and it’s the first time </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">we've</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> seen it.
Him standing up to offer her a chair was a feeble attempt to mend a
fence that’s beginning to crumble in the eye of the storm. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While
Alicia has a strong ability to weather inclement tides, there’s only so far a person
can be pushed. I know down the road she’ll
forgive Will for using her to save the firm (if she can forgive Peter and
Kalinda, she can forgive Will (and so can I) – of that I have no fear), but now
it’s about something more. It’s about
whether or not she wants to be a part of Lockhart Gardner at all. Canning has dropped a ‘get out of jail free’
card (aka yet another business card) on Alicia’s desk, and while he’s conniving
in the courtroom, he has a side that’s alluringly caring. It’s not an entirely terrible option to
consider, if you ask me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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won’t miss it”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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has been granted another five months to pay back the remainder of their debt –
$29 million to be exact. If everyone
agrees to their Equity Partner offers, it will be down to $26 million. With the
train chugging merrily along, it’s time we say goodbye to the most level-headed
occupier of Lockhart Gardner space </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">we've</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> ever known: Clarke Hayden. While he won’t miss the drama of the firm, I
know well miss him. The good news is he’s
off to write the bar next week, so it’s quite possible we could see him again
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boarding the elevator, Clarke stops in at the Lockhart Gardner celebration,
where champagne flows and glasses clink happily. Although Diane and Clarke have butted heads
since their initial meeting in September, in “The Seven Day Rule” they now part
as friends. Why? Because, as Clarke so humbly notes: “You paid
me the compliment of assuming I’m not for sale.” It’s just a shame Diane
thought Alicia was...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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there is Alicia… tucked in her office while the rest of the firm celebrates. Noting her absence, Diane enters with an
attitude that’s entirely unbecoming of the sophistication and polish for which
she’s known. But there’s reason. In finding out she’s but a piece in the firm’s
game of chess, Alicia is understandably peeved… and Diane calls her on it. “You’re pouting. It’s unbecoming” notes
Diane, “No one is here to appreciate your moping.” Diane’s advice? Suck it up and get out to the party and thank
the Equity Partners for their invitation.
The road is bumpy – Diane’s offer came because Stern was being accused
of sexual harassment – but none of it matters as long as you take the carrots
you’re given and never look back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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what she does. Sort of. Alicia puts on a smile and starts making the
rounds to thank everyone (with the exception of Julius, because apparently he
has gone the way of Nick… whatever way that is), but while actions are one
thing, meaning is another. You see,
Diane was wrong about one key thing. One
person was there to appreciate Alicia’s moping.
Louis Canning. As Alicia makes the rounds, Diane suddenly realizes Alicia's answer might not be yes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Hayward is back and the question this time is around religion. She’s an Atheist and apparently that’s a
problem for voters. Too bad Alicia told
the press she is, too (wink, wink, Eli). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Karahalios (whose name, I recently found out, means ‘bird of prey’ in Greek)
continues to lurk in the wings and I’m left scratching my head as to why I don’t
care. Is it just me, or is Jordan not
adding much (if anything) to the campaign storyline? While characters on The Good Wife seem to be
well-defined and purpose-driven, Jordan (who dresses like Andrew Wiley but is
trying to be like Eli Gold) is simply window dressing on campaign
headquarters. Perhaps when Eli’s judgment
day surfaces Jordan’s role will become clear as mud. Or, it will become irrelevant because we’ll
all be cheering the praises of Elsbeth and forget Jordan is trying to get Peter
elected. Unless he’s not… and that’s why
he’s a bird of prey? Could he be a plant
from anther campaign? Oh. Wow. Is that
what </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">I've</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> been missing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt;">Should
Alicia accept the offer to join the firm as an Equity Partner?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt;">Should
Alicia leave Lockhart Gardner to join Louis Canning?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt;">How is
Peter affording the $600,000 loan?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt;">Would you
like to see Clarke working for Canning?</span></li>
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-78411497455715336522013-01-15T00:20:00.001-08:002013-01-15T00:20:34.342-08:00The Good Wife: "Je Ne Sais What?" - Let's Make Some Lemonade<strong style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><em><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Je Ne Sais What?"</span></span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This week I
find myself writing from San Diego, and while I should be focusing on the last
hours of my vacation, I can’t help but think of the phrase, “You've</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> been
Tascionied.” Ahhh. I feel so much better now - I've</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> been waiting to say that all season. Oh look, a palm tree.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For this
enchanting episode, “Je Ne Sais What?” I could focus exclusively on how much I
adore Elsbeth Tascioni, but I won’t, mostly because it’s beginning to look a
lot like another story arc for our beloved, bubbly and brilliant red-haired
litigator. This means I, and fans
everywhere, will have plenty of time to shower this character with the love and
admiration she deserves. Which, by the
way, is a lot. But more about that
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Let's dive
right in and take a look at the top six things that made this week’s episode
so memorable (hint: my definition of memorable doesn't</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> always mean ‘things that
made me happy). Read on, weigh in and
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are few
characters on The Good Wife who are so accomplished at making the best out of a
bad situation. Elsbeth Tascioni, I would
suggest, is one of the most experienced and delightful lemonade makers I have
ever seen. Peter breaking his parole or
Zach injured in a rogue skateboarding accident?
Alicia’s caught up in a mess with the Treasury? Will’s accused of judicial bribery? Pa chow!
Not when Elsbeth is around. She
can make lemonade out of petunias and it’s incredible to watch. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In “Je Ne
Sais What?” the Tascioni lemonade stand rolled into town and straight into
jail. The upside is that Elsbeth never
looked worried, on the downside her cell-mate looked experienced in living
hard. Thankfully, when Elsbeth found
herself in a squeeze, she went to the one lawyer she mightily respects (and,
let’s face it, whose family has kept her in ‘new purse money’ for the past
three years): Alicia. Needing backup,
Will and Diane quickly got on board to save Elsbeth from a weekend in
jail. Suddenly, all was right in the
world. I’m not sure if it’s strange or
not, but I’m grateful for the loyalty Alicia, Will and Diane have towards
Elsbeth, not only because I’m scared for Tascioni’s ability to make a shiv on a
dime, but because she’s earned it. Also,
I’m not sure her concentration could handle all the whittling prison items
need. Not like I’m an expert, but I've watched Kalinda enough to know the kind of dedication escaping takes. I,
myself, will take an ice cold glass of lemonade. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Je Ne Sais
What?” was a prime example of strong story advancement with a robust case of the
week. So rarely do the cases we’re privy
to involve characters with whom we have a relationship. Of course, there are exceptions (my two
favorite examples being 1) Lemond Bishop and his handsome, swindling ways and
2) Colin Sweeney, who’s brand of crazy is impossible to replicate), so when we
found out Elsbeth had been arrested and called Alicia for assistance, the look
on my face said, “amazing” while my voice simply squeed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week's case dealt with a runner who was banned from an
upcoming race for using boosters. An
endorsement deal gone awry surfaced and Elsbeth, from the comfort of her psych
exam (which, sadly but not surprisingly, quickly went off the rails), realized
the whole booster mix up had to do with pregnancy termination drugs. My husband, like Elsbeth, called it. While I've simplified the case to the very
basics, it was an especially thoughtful case.
Throw in the fact much of the show took place on a running track and
that the French judges secretly call Tascioni “Rambo” and it is, in my books,
one of the most entertaining episodes of season four. I’m seriously in love
with this show.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">FINALLY! I've been waiting for the race card to be
played in the Florrick campaign since last season. In my opinion, if anything is going to be
Peter’s downfall in the race for Governor, it’s going to be the fact he does
show racial bias. While I think it’s
unintentional, I also feel as though his decisions can be seriously questioned
by his opponents. Geneva Pine’s examples
are right on: Cary being promoted over both she and Maton, Wendy Scott-Carr
being fired, Dana Lodge being demoted.
Sure, there was cause for each of these decisions, but at the end of the
day, Peter has exposed himself (hopefully just figuratively, but one never
knows). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With Eli
and Jordan (the new political dynamo and, likely, Eli’s arch nemesis) at the
helm, I think Peter has as good a shot as any to escape anther ‘question of
character’ debate. That said, he’s up
against squeaky clean Krestiva, who while absent from our screens, we know is
working hard in the background to be as perfect as possible. Throw in the maven feminist, Maddie Hayward,
who seems to appeal to all races, ages and genders, and Peter is in a tighter
race than ever before. Eli better get a
discount at Kinkos – I think the campaign’s going to need more posters. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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flaws are his selling feature. He’s made
mistakes and continues to do so, but that’s what makes him popular. While my full support is behind Team Gardner
when it comes to love, I’d likely vote for Florrick when it comes to the race for
Governor. Of course, a win means he’d be
spending more time in Washington, which wouldn't be bad for my other interests
either (insert a friendly nod to those who have highlighted this in the past!).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seriously. This woman is brilliant. As Elsbeth wasn't afraid to point out, she’s elegant, too. And it’s true. When I grow up, I want to BE Diane Lockhart. The
icing on the ‘Diane speaks French’ cake was when she said, ‘Merci, Mademoiselle’
to Kalinda, who, while wearing one of her shortest skirts to date, caught the
eyes of all the “judges.” Pure
brilliance. Also, for the record, I’m
pretty sure Diane could have landed a date with the Fenchman in the center of
that panel. Who’s with me?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is
Alicia Florrick thinking? Just when I
thought her moving to Highland Park was going to be the worst decision she
could make, she started randomly sleeping with Peter again. I’m glad he’s confused too, because it makes
me feel like I’m not the only one. While
I loved listening to Edith Piaf’s “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” I have to say
that I do, in fact, have regrets, to go alongside my strong reservations, about
all of this on-bus canoodling. Eli’s
look of horror and dismay was second only to my own. I know season four was going to be lacking in
Team Gardner goodness, but this, THIS, this is getting out of control.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lawyer and Elsbeth is out of jail. This
could be a match made in heaven.
Maybe. I’m not sure how these two
are going to work, but I’m willing to jump on this bandwagon, big time. Elsbeth has proven herself to be one of the
best lawyers in Cook County (having represented Peter, Alicia and Will), so Eli
retaining her council is a sound decision, and he knows it. What I’m fairly certain of is that he’s
unaware of is how truly unconventional she is when it comes to the defense of
her clients. As Judge Poloti said
though, “When the law’s an ass, someone has to kick it.” Tascioni’s just the woman to do that kicking. Eli and Elsbeth = 2013's dynamic duo.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This week, I'm writing from a hotel room in Los Angeles. I'm here on vacation, and while I've embraced a life without deadlines<span style="background-color: white;"> for the next</span> 10 days, the reappearance of Louis Canning and Wendy Scott-Carr has forced me throw my Zen out the window. These two are shaking up just about everything on The Good Wife. Toss in Clarke Hayden and it has suddenly turned into the doomsday trifecta.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For "Boom De Ya Da," I'm looking at the four most gasp-worthy moments, all of which are still sending me through the roof. Once I get these off my chest, it's back to vacation, while humming Houaida Goulli's rendition of "I Love the Mountains."</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Disease: Found in Pools and Law Offices Nation-wide</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Personally, I love when The Good Wife takes things out of the courtroom. Other offices? Love them. A character's home? Can't get enough. This week, we found ourselves at a not-so-little hotel on the prairie. Deep in the Minnesota woods, Alicia and Louis Canning went head-to-head over some foreclosed property containing vacant swimming pools serving as breeding grounds for West Nile-infected mosquitos. As someone border-line terrified of contracting this insect-borne disease, I was both intrigued and horrified about this case. What I learned: Never jump a fence into a yard with a pool. Message received.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But I digress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Alicia (clad in what can only be described as a stunning cherry red blazer) and Louis (buttoned up in a brown three-piece number), spent the majority of the episode waiting around for a client who was missing in action 90% of the time. Fortunately, with Alicia and Louis, there's never a dull moment. As creatures of habit, these two fall into old rhythms better than best friends at a reunion: Louis lies, Alicia buys in and then figures out Louis foiled her (again), at which point she turns things around and serves him a juicy slice of humble pie. It's deliciously predictable in the lease predictable way possible... if that makes sense. I mean, there's nothing Louis says that I believe, no matter how convincing. I only make one exception, and that's when he discusses his ridiculously lovely wife, Simone. He seems completely genuine about her. Everything else is a bust. The only part I never see coming when it comes to Louis is why exactly he lied and how he always seems to get away with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Stick with me here. Remember in "Parenting Made Easy" when he stole paperwork from Alicia's briefcase when she was dealing with Grace's disappearance? First, he pretended to care and then he blatantly stole files. Win, lose or draw, Louis Canning never fails to surprise me... or creep me out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Of course, that's why he's amazing. And, also, apparently how he's managed to acquire ALL of Lockhart Gardner's debt. Say what?! I did not see this coming at all. I feel as though I'm more prepared for the zombie apocalypse than I am for Canning to be the firm's new creditor. Forget the "De Ya Da" - let's just go with "Boom."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span id="goog_1236433551"></span><span id="goog_1236433552">Side note: Did anyone else wonder why the woodland hotel was surrounded by trees donning their brilliant autumn colors? Don't get me wrong, I love to watch leaves change, but I'm pretty sure it's winter in Minnesota. If there's one thing I learned from watching the Ingalls homestead for nine years, it's that snow falls in that state in January.</span></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Clothes, Incidentals and Sleepovers</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Kalinda stands at the door with Alicia's clothes in one hand, a wine bag in the other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Alicia: "I miss drinking red wine at three in the afternoon."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Kalinda: "I miss this."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Me:"Eeeeeeeeee!" <insert clapping></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Kalinda: "I'm sorry."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Alicia: "I know."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Me: *Sigh* "We're all sorry..."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Next morning, Kalinda is on the phone to Will while Alicia puts on her coat</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Me: "They just had a sleepover! They just had a SLEEPOVER!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Okay, maybe not ever-ever, but definitely one of the best of season four. Thank you, Good Wife Writers, for giving me one relationship for Alicia I can get behind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">She's back. Wendy Scott-Carr. We knew she would be - she's too good/evil not to lurk in the wings. How she got another contract to work in Cook County is beyond me, but she's smart, resourceful and most of all, determined to end corruption in the government. Like Canning, I'm skeptical of her intentions. Her battles often go from a business objective to a personal vendetta overnight. Also, while she postures about unbiased practices, I'm pretty sure she's still after Peter (and maybe Will for that matter). As it turns out this week, she's also after Eli Gold. It was only a matter of time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">While Diane tried to scare WSC, it backfired like a car making a getaway in a dirty alley. Wendy saw the threat and raised her by filing a warrant to seize all of Eli's files from the firm. Now Eli's looking for a new lawyer and Lockhart Gardner is tangled in what's sure to be another scandal, as though Clarke Hayden needed another reason to hate the whole lot of them...</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cary Agos: Tutor</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Okay, hate might be a strong word. He doesn't hate Cary. Or, he didn't, until Cary told Will, Diane and the faux-judge with the gavel, he was tutoring Clarke for 10 hours a week for the Bar exam. Once again, color me surprised. Clarke looked immeasurably hurt when he found out Cary felt he had to tutor Clarke for the security of his job, not out of the genuine friendship he thought they had forged.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I felt terrible for both Clarke and Cary. First off, Cary is always placed in these situations where he has to testify for someone at Lockhart Gardner. It's a good thing he's honest and loyal. For Clarke "you use illogical passion for winning at all costs" Hayden, he was under the impression he and Cary were building a serious friendship. The truth is, I kind of thought that, too. While what happened was unfortunate, I worry Clarke won't be able to forgive Cary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now the firm has five short weeks to figure out their finances and rid themselves of pesky Clarke forever. It's just too bad the new creditor is Canning... and that their landlord is Maddie Hayward. Who thinks these two are going to give Lockhart Gardner a break? It looks to me this business just got personal.</span>Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-16691808329794251632013-01-01T18:15:00.000-08:002013-01-01T18:16:07.424-08:00New Year, New Hopes, New Reasons to Love The Good Wife<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Good Wife: Things We'd Love to See in 2013</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With 2013 upon us, it's time to look forward to the next 365 days and what might be in store for the year ahead. Last year I wished for a Florrick family Thanksgiving (and it came true!). With that good fortune fresh in my mind, this year, I'm throwing caution to the wind and laying everything on the line, because if there's one thing I've learned over the past year on The Good Wife, it is to expect the unexpected. Here's to 2013: A new year, with new hopes and new reasons to love The Good Wife. </span></div>
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Agos</i></b> – It’s what everyone’s talking about: Needing more Cary Agos. This
season has been a bit of a roller coaster for this fourth year associate – from
juggling the leather-clad nightmare, otherwise known as Nick, to seeing the
true colors behind his father, Cary has been put through the ringer, but in a
most ‘supporting actor’ kind of way. Of
course, Cary is the apple of Clarke Hayden’s eye, but that’s only good for getting
an office upgrade, not for getting a date, or a storyline. Here’s to a new year and a new beginning for
Cary Agos. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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–</i></b> This almost goes without saying, but a fifth season of The Good Wife is
mandatory for making 2013 pure magic. Typically, CBS announces show renewals in
March, and with great ratings abounding, all signs point to fans having reason
to break out the celebratory Scotch. I’m
not just saying this because I’d be crushed without the promise of another
season, but, let’s face it, I would be. Season five? We've got this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Alicia Save the Firm</i></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> – Lockhart Gardner is in trouble.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Like global warming, it’s not news anymore,
but rather, something everyone has</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> come to live with while figuring out a
solution.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Years of poor management have
led the firm down the rabbit hole of debt, and as it turns out, a $60 million
deficit just </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">doesn't</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> disappear.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While we
don’t know how things are going to unravel, we do know Wendy Scott-Carr is
going to be lurking in wings while Clarke Hayden threatens to pull the plug on
our beloved named partners: Will and Diane. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2013 is going to be turbulent which is not
made better by Julius gallivanting around Chicago, David being a loose cannon
and Howard Lyman searching for early bird breakfast specials.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">However, with </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alicia and Cary working so closely (from
enemies to frenemies to friends), it’s not much of a long shot to wonder if
Florrick and Agos have the potential to save Lockhart Gardner from total ruin. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here’s hoping!</span></div>
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Reunion</i></b> – Okay, I don’t think it will happen in season four, but half of 2013 will (yes WILL) boast season
five, so I’m pulling out all the stops with this wish list. The thought of a Team Gardner reunion is
impossible to resist. Also, it has been
over a year since these two shared anything more than a ‘thank you’ ear whisper. We've had a few great moments of friendship –
and for those I’m grateful – but as a diehard fan of Will and Alicia, I can’t
help but long for a glimmer of hope for these soul mates. I’m tired of bad timing… let’s get these two
together already!</span></span></div>
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of Julius Cane</i></b> – As perhaps the most level-headed Equity Partner at Lockhart
Gardner, Julius Cane (Michael Boatman) is quickly going the way of Justice,
Diane’s beloved four-legged friend: Extinct.
We haven’t heard a word from Julius yet in season four and with the firm
in dire financial straits, it doesn't make any sense. Sure, I've imagined a variety of situations
where his disappearance would be acceptable (my favourite options being a)
Julius sneaking out under the cover of darkness to join Louis Canning or b)
Julius taking a sabbatical in the Cayman Islands and writing a personal manifesto
focused exclusively on undermining David Lee), but at the end of the day, we've been left to believe he’s working quietly in the background. With Michael Boatman now staring on Anger
Management, the most we can hope for are some strategic guest spots in 2013. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Lockhart Playing the Field </i></b>– Whether she’s sharing wine with Jack the Process
Server or agreeing to disagree with Kurt the wilderness-loving Ballistics
Expert, there’s no denying Diane is a hot commodity when it comes to
after-hours get togethers. Two words for 2013: More dates. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-51344984664166928312012-12-02T23:11:00.001-08:002012-12-02T23:11:55.743-08:00The Good Wife: "Battle of the Proxies" <b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt;"><i>Episode Title: "Battle
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cover my face, laugh, scream and add to my ‘I didn't see that coming list.’ In fact, I’m almost at a loss for words with
this episode. Almost.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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office was raided, Will duked it out with Laura in court (and then went drinking
with her…), Alicia was having sex talks with her kids and Kalinda found out
Nick really was smuggling heroin under the guise of a tow-truck business. Oh.
And then she may have killed him.
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reviewing campaign stats and playing the air piano. It’s less glamorous than then air guitar,
but we’ll forgive him that because he’s brilliant… and also because we can’t
picture him playing the guitar. In the
midst of a concerto, Eli is interrupted by a man looking for hot sauce. The man, David, seems harmless at first – he likes
spicy food and enjoys chatting about accordions – and then he drops a bomb. Wostergraph Industries. We don’t know why, but Eli starts to
sweat. David knows something and he is
also working at the Department of Justice, so things are beginning to look a
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phone. After finding out his lines had
been tapped in season two, he’s taking no chances this time around. Up next? Showing Diane the picture Kalinda had given
him that Nick had stolen from Lana’s apartment.
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first ‘I didn't see that coming’ moment of the night, just three minutes
in. Could Eli be the next scandal on the
Florrick campaign? Why did Diane feel
the need to wear her sunglasses to the meeting with David in the diner (see below)? Was she trying to conceal her identity or
does she not want to be seen at a place that serves eggs after 1pm? How does the photo of Eli and Kalinda tie
into what David is after? I have so many
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Wostergraph Industries ties back to his ex, Vanessa (remember, she’s the one
who slept with the Bin Laden) and the question of campaign financing. I love how even though we haven’t seen Vanessa
in what seems like a year, she has come back to haunt. I also love that Eli seems panic stricken. David is definitely on to something and it
looks as though it could be seriously damaging to Peter’s campaign. The icing on the cake is that since David works
for the Department of Justice, apparently he can issue warrants. So, he does.
He has confiscated the entire Florrick campaign office. Okay, I <b>really</b>
didn’t see that coming. Phone taps are
the least of Eli’s worries now. Do I
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search for types of condoms. Thrown off,
she decides to head to the source: her kids.
First up: Zach. Is he dating
Neesa still? Yes. Okay, good.
We actually had no idea what was happening with their budding romance,
so it’s nice we’re back in the loop. Are
they sleeping together? Zach says no and
I tend to believe him. Next up:
Grace. Generally, I trust her
less, but the look of horror on her face when Alicia asked her about Conner was
genuinely priceless. Also, apparently
Conner wants to live in Thailand and play with water balloons after
graduation. Alicia now has multiple
things to worry about: sex and Thailand. Okay, make that one thing. After picking up a stuffed horse from Grace’s
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close at hand. He’s as intrigued as
anyone to find out who has been using the Florrick home computer for condom
searches, so he decides to clean their cache.
The result? It all comes back to
Thanksgiving and Grandma. But not
Veronica, oh no. Jackie. Hello ‘things I didn't see coming.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Oh. My. Goodness. These scenes
were a smooth blend of hilarious and horrifying and I loved every minute! First off: Jackie?!?!??! I have no words. This is me.
NO WORDS! I do, however, have two
questions: 1) Will Alicia tell Peter about Jackie’s internet searches? 2) Am I
the only one to be delighted by the irony that Jackie tried to spy on Alicia’s
computer last year and now she’s been found out because she can’t clear her
search history? Oh sweet justice. Next:
How is Neesa only 15? Why is she Zach’s
study partner… isn’t he preparing to head to college soon? Color me confused. Also, why does Grace have a movement lamp (I’m
sure that’s not the technical term) above her bed? Is she three? I’m not saying I don’t want one – I mean, she
really was sleeping like a baby – but still.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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screen time, this episode was unlikely to help the situation one bit. That said, I like to take what I can get, so
I’m choosing to focus on how much I love that Cary can swivel around in his
chair and talk to Alicia whenever he wants.
I adore these two hashing out cases together – I just wish we got more
of it. On the upside of Cary’s lack of
story again this week, he wasn’t replaced or upstaged by Alicia’s new giant
giraffe. Also, his name was dropped and
resulted in the beginning of the end of Nick, so, things are coming up roses in
the land of Agos. Well, ish.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Goodbye Nick Savarese<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nick wants Cary off his case. Alicia wants Nick out of the office. Cary wants a love interest, a story line and
maybe a law firm with Alicia. But back to Nick.
Apparently he didn’t like Cary coming to his tow yard and dropping words
like ‘smuggling’ and ‘heroin.’ It’s too
bad for Nick that Alicia has Cary’s back on this and doesn’t want him for a
client. After saying Lockhart Gardner
will no longer represent him, things get personal. Nick threatens Alicia and tells her not to go
to the State’s Attorney’s Office with anything she’s been told. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia: “Am I not in danger?”</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kalinda: “You won’t be.”</span></span></blockquote>
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Badass Kalinda time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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playing in the background, Kalinda hops in her car and heads to the industrial
park where Nick, henchman Bill and a few other random people work. Gunning it, she drives her car and t-bones a
vehicle and nearly some guy. He ends up
on the ground, so she takes him out, grabs his gun and shoots open the truck of
another car. Inside? Bundles (bricks?) of heroin. I’m not up to speed on the lingo, but I can
tell you it’s a lot of drugs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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suspected of being, she takes matters into her own hands. Let’s face it: She can’t have people
threatening Alicia. When it comes to Kalinda, that’s the worst
possible thing Nick could have done. She’ll
put up with abuse, theft and drug trafficking, but she won’t stand for threats
directed at Alicia. Everyone has a line –
this is Kalinda’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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face-to-face with Nick. She tells him to
go and gives him a map as well as a key to a locker filled with $10,000. He basically says, ‘meh’ when it comes to
getting out of Chicago and challenges her by asking what she’ll do if he doesn't go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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herself, waiting for Kalinda while the song, ‘Where is my Mind’ plays in the background. Kalinda surfaces. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kalinda: What did I miss?</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia: Not much, where were you?</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia: You look relieved.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia: And you’re safe?</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kalinda: Ya. You are, too.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alicia: Good.
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kalinda: He’s not coming back.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kalinda: Ya.</span></span></blockquote>
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already and it’s the only possible way I can calculate his guaranteed
disappearance. But how? She was in Lockhart Gardner’s offices. Also, her vehicle has to be damaged after
using it as a weapon. We’ve seen the
size of hole in her apartment wall and there’s no way a body is fitting in
there. Plus, hiding a body in your
apartment seems like a bad idea. Could
she have killed him, taken him back to the tow yard and torched
everything? She has escaped him with
fire before, could she do it again? Would
she actually kill someone? WHAT’S
HAPPENING?!?!? Am I a little impressed
that she got rid of Nick and was only a few minutes late for drinks with
Alicia? Yes. I’m also thrilled that in one foul swoop,
Kalinda is back to being deliciously mysterious. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Verdicts: Guilty<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will is in court against Laura, who is turning out
to be a formidable opponent. The
case? A young woman was murdered at a
music festival and her body was dumped 50 miles away. What’s fascinating here is that the case was
being tried in Chicago and Minooka County, which means two potential murderers
were on trial. While Alicia was
monitoring things in Minooka, Will was holding his own in Chicago. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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told Alicia to drive safe and she smiled (the smallest of Team Gardner moments,
but I’ll take it!) and not even that Maton Brody was back (I was beginning to
think he and Julius had made good their escape), but that we had a meticulously
scripted dance between two courtrooms and two cases, both which led to the same
questions. How do you represent someone
when you know they’re guilty? Where is
the line between truth and justice? As
Alicia continues to struggle with these moral dilemmas, Will has no trouble
drawing a line in the sand: He was hired to do a job. Guilty or not guilty, he’s there to do the
best he can for his client. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Gardner lose to the State. With their
client off to jail, Will headed to the bar, where he found Laura. They had a drinking buying bet going this
week, so Will made good on his debt. He signaled for two drinks (which, by the way, I never understand. If I were to go into a bar and give the
infamous Will point, I’m pretty sure I wouldn't end up with two shots of
tequila) and started chatting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strike>play it cool</strike> pretend to play it cool, when it comes to Team Gardner,
but these two actually seem to have some chemistry. This is a horrifying development! Team Gardner can’t become Team Gardner Hellinger. Terrific double name aside, I’m seriously
upset about where things are going here.
I had liked Laura, but now I might be forced to vote her off the
island. What’s more, I can foresee a
scene where Laura goes for drinks with Alicia and says something like, ‘So, I’m
dating this guy… and you know him.’ The
only saving grace here is that Amanda Peet isn't slated to be around
forever (which <i>does</i> make me sad and yet...). </span></span></div>
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this? Oh drama. It’s good when it’s happening to Jackie, not
so much when it’s happening to me. And
by me I mean Alicia and Will. Oh for the
love of Team Gardner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-37719829275997312942012-11-26T00:44:00.000-08:002012-11-27T21:32:21.447-08:00The Good Wife: "A Defense of Marriage" and Giraffes<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt;"><i>Episode Title: "A Defense of Marriage”</i></b><br />
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-85411681784264760682012-11-18T23:53:00.000-08:002012-11-19T21:23:48.861-08:00The Good Wife: "Here Comes the Judge"<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 17.77777862548828px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><i>A Battle of the Suits</i></b><br />
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be part of the solution” said no Florrick child ever. Until now.
Zach has decided to use the name ‘Jay’ and work undercover on Peter’s
campaign in IT, while Grace has fallen for a bad boy at school whose ex-girlfriend
recently committed suicide. You know,
regular kid stuff. Alicia truly deserves
a medal – these kids are a hot mess.
Granted, not more of a mess than usual, but I’m sure it’s coming. To be fair, however, they entertained me this
week, so I’ll cut them both a little slack… but only because Thanksgiving at
the Florrick’s is coming up next and I’m already excited!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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midst of a number of sensitive situations – Judge Creary showing bias against Will,
Cary trying to manage Nick’s tow truck dealings and Eli juggling Peter’s </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">roller coaster</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> results. It was a true
battle of the suits this week - let’s get straight to the highlights.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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from the fact that when last we saw the beloved Cary Agos, he was left for dead
in a rain-soaked parking lot. I can only
imagine what he will look like come next week (by the nature of the attack, I’m
guessing a number of fractured ribs and a lot of bruises, if not some internal
bleeding). Of course, the heinous and dastardly
Nick was behind it and all because he has a jealous streak longer than the
Nile. I had hoped The Good Wife’s
preview ninjas had deceived us just a little last week and that the attack </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> going to be what it seemed, but when Nick is in the picture, all bets
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getting pulled into Nick’s dirty dealings (especially because he has been
nothing but kind and professional to this leather-clad scum bag), I’m glad Cary
is playing a bigger role each week on The Good Wife. Also, this attack is going to provoke a lot
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Who is going to find Cary in the parking lot?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Will he be able to make it to his car to call
for help?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">If so, who will he call?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">What is this “random act of violence” going to do
to the firm? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">A ‘buddy system’ for
walking to your car at night?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">(This could
be a win for Team Gardner.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Just saying.)</span></span></li>
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happened to Cary?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Will Cary remember what happened?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Will he recall the comment about his suit?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Will Kalinda suspect Nick?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">(Please say yes! </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Like the break-in happening at Lana’s
apartment, this parking lot accosting has Nick’s name written all over it)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will Alicia put the pieces together and affirm her
fears of Nick being dangerous?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">How will this change Alicia and Cary’s
relationship?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">(Stronger than ever, I
hope!)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Might Will start to cut Cary a break now that he
has been through greater life struggles?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">
</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Getting beat up in the parking lot of your law firm shows a serious
level of commitment to one’s job.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Is anyone else thinking about these things or am I
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sleep tonight with all of these questions running through my head, I’m left
only to wonder if this might just be the push Kalinda needs to make Nick a
distant memory. How she will get rid of
him is anyone’s guess. Of course, I have
theories (some of which involve Lemond Bishop, some of which involve the FBI
and some of which involve her burning her apartment to the ground), but it’s
all purely speculative. For now, I’m worried
about Cary and perhaps a little thankful he </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> wearing his <b><a href="http://www.brioni.com/" target="_blank">Brioni</a></b> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">suit on the night of
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Giada. Remember her? The independently wealthy student who was
arguing the Hansel and Gretel witch debacle in moot court? The one who made Will recuse himself? If none of this rings a bell, know this: It was Giada’s wine Will was drinking from a
coffee mug when he called Alicia in the season one finale. Ahhhh
yes. Giada. Talk about characters I never thought I’d see
again! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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friendly with the very biased Judge Creary and Will just happened to need her
to testify on a rather scandalous bar conversation. The obvious next step was for Will to seduce
her… or her him… I’m not really sure in what order things happened, but before
long underwear was on briefing documents and they were sharing spoonfuls of ice
cream. Of course, Giada didn’t give in
when Will asked for her help (she’s always been a bit of a tough customer), but
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with one question: What happened to Callie?
Sure, she </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> buy him $180 glasses of wine, but that’s not
necessarily Will’s style anyways. Callie
was more like Tammy –with not quite as snappy of wardrobe. In any case, whether it’s Giada, Callie or
Tammy, no one is Alicia. And for that I’m
grateful. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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tequila with Will is one of my favourite things. These two have such an interesting
friendship. It’s based on a solemn
respect and admiration for one another and while they both have secrets, they
don’t judge each other for the decisions they’ve made. A drink with these two is a bit like
Christmas morning. With each sip a new
treasure is revealed. Sometimes it comes
in the form of satire while other times it is pure honesty. That’s what we were treated to this week when
Kalinda popped the question: do you ever get jealous? This wasn’t like past conversations (read: “You
need a dog. Kalinda and pooch, out investigating”) because Will could sense
Kalinda has been experiencing a significant life event. He may never find out Nick is Kalinda’s
husband, but somehow that seems okay.
Maybe it will come out, maybe it won’t, but the trust these two have in
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Gold – All Suits on Deck<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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are to blame… errrr… reward. Hired! But wait, the one responsible for all of this
good work is a guy named Jay… errrr… Zack Florrick. Wait.
What? Zach is working undercover
to help out his Dad’s campaign? Finally,
something good! Okay, it’s not as
impressive as when Zach was using his iPod to record videos of his front door,
but this is, without question, the best thing he’s done in three years. Eli might just have an ally in young
Florrick, if only they can convince Alicia to sign-off on this volunteer
project. Considering Grace has befriended
her school’s resident bad boy, Alicia has bigger things to worry about. Zach – welcome to the team. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">I have been waiting for a holiday episode of The
Good Wife for the last 76 episodes. If
you do the math, yes, that means </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> been waiting since season one episode
one. Literally. My level of excitement is hitting a high equal
to that of the anticipation leading up to “<b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.ca/2012/01/another-ham-sandwich.html" target="_blank">Another Ham Sandwich</a></b>.” For fans of this blog, you know this is
big. I mean business.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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everyone comes together (especially when Owen is around!) and I can’t get
enough of the prospect of having Alicia’s mother join the drama. In “A Defense of Marriage” David Lee becomes
counsel for Alicia’s Mom’s latest divorce, while Peter is lectured with a ‘let
her go’ speech. Oy vey, this is going
to be good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Catching up: <b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-good-wife-anatomy-of-joke-aka-cary.html" target="_blank">“Anatomy
of a Joke”</a></b></span><b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-good-wife-anatomy-of-joke-aka-cary.html" target="_blank"> - Cary Agos Goes to Washington</a></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Special Feature: <b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-good-wife-eli-gold-on-campaign-trail.html" target="_blank">Why We’re Glad Eli Gold is Back on the Campaign Trail</a></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week in news: <b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.ca/p/the-good-wife-news.html" target="_blank">The Good Wife’s latest briefs</a></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Food Inspired by The
Good Wife: <b><a href="http://lockhartgardner.blogspot.ca/p/food-inspired-by-good-wife.html" target="_blank">Beet and Dark Chocolate Muffins</a></b></span></span></li>
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-3996974071047635962012-11-12T21:29:00.002-08:002012-11-12T21:31:30.585-08:00The Good Wife: "Anatomy of a Joke" aka Cary Agos Goes to Washington<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 17.77777862548828px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><i>Cary Agos Goes to Washington While Peter Florrick Avoids Brazil</i></b><br />
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Good Wife that is not only deliciously intriguing, its humorous undertones echo
long after the final credits roll. Any episode
starting with “I smiled at my lawyer because he’s cute” is destined to be a
winner in my books. </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> Throw in conveniently timed car horns to cover
up ‘indecent’ language and the question of Brazil-shaped birth marks, and </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">you've</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> got a recipe for success. “Anatomy of a
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leave my reactions up to your imagination, but let’s just say, I was seriously
entertained. This week, I’m taking a
look at all the things that made my love of The Good Wife grow. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As “Anatomy of a Joke” opened, we found ourselves
watching a late night program – Jimmy Fallon style – with a doe-eyed comedian,
Therese Dodd (Christina Ricci) chatting about breast health. Before we knew it, her blouse was off while
the footage was paused and we were quickly transported into the courtroom where a
battle between the esteemed Burl Preston brewed against the stealthy pair, Alicia and Will. The best part of this scene came in the details though. This is what makes The Good Wife so smart. One of Alicia’s arguments hinged on the fact
the network the late show was being shown on, had readjusted time slots to accommodate
football. If ever a real life situation
were to echo in a show, this would be it. East coast viewers of The Good Wife
know the one thorn in the show’s side, is its placement in proximity to Sunday
night football. It was coy commentary on
their situation and, I feel, served as a statement to the fans and maybe also
CBS. Thank you, The Good Wife Writers –
we know you’re frustrated, too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the road rage-filled Chicago drivers whose horns kept </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">interrupting</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> the
courtroom drama in a most strategic fashion.
Instead of having words bleeped out, horns sounded as a court clerk
worked tirelessly to close the window.
While entertaining and, let’s face it, pretty funny, these honks kept
the show ‘network friendly.’ This seems
like an on-going battle for The Good Wife as it continues to be compared to cable
dramas, where swearing and graphic language </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">doesn't</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> seem to have any governing
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The more I think about it, the more I realize this
opening sequence was almost its own commentary on the state of The Good Wife at
home on CBS. I’m not the only one who
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biases. When the opportunity to travel
to Washington DC surfaced, Will was the first to say Alicia could handle the
case (awww, Will!), while Diane was the first to advocate for Cary to
help (go Diane!). Alicia and Cary are the epitome of
a dynamic duo, so I was sitting there couch cheering for them to go
together. While it seems Will is still holding a grudge
against Cary for the whole grand jury debacle, Diane’s voice of reason might slowly
be having an impact on Will’s decision-making.
We’ll have to watch that going forward, but for “Anatomy of a Joke,” I’m
sure glad Cary and Alicia were tag-teaming things. And no, not just because Therese was wearing the scent, '</span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">accommodation</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">' while planting a gigantic
kiss on Cary, but I mean, sure, I’ll take it.
And so, apparently, will he.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My favourite scene of this episode, and perhaps favourite scene of the season so far (yes, I liked it THAT much), was Alicia and Cary sharing a drink in his hotel room. After watching Cary’s interaction with his cold-blooded father, Alicia ventured the room next door to talk to the one person who knows more of her secrets than anyone else on the show. Cary knows about her affair with Will, and yet when he found out, he was almost apologetic about having been privy to that kind of detail surrounding Alicia’s life. He holds no judgement and is really just doing his best to be a great lawyer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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defended in “The Art of War”) needed a job and Peter needed Alicia to say he </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">doesn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> have a Brazil-shaped birthmark on his penis. Well, it seems like a fair trade to me. With life being a little like Let’s Make a
Deal, these two struck an agreement: Alicia would talk to the press (while
keeping her laughter under control) and Peter would hire Laura to take over the
job Cary had last season. The good news
is, Laura and Alicia seem like they could be great new friends and with Laura
at the SA’s office, we’re bound to see a lot more of her, in the courtroom and,
if we’re lucky, over a glass of wine </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">after-hours</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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closely with a stunning brunette who has befriended Alicia? Yes.
But there’s precedent. Even
Geneva Pine is suspicious, but then again, I don’t think she’s Peter’s biggest
fan. Also, based on what we saw of
Geneva last year, she might have a torch out for Peter when it comes to racial
bias. While I don’t believe any of Peter’s
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friendly or flirty, but either way, watching these two lurk with a camera in
K’s SUV was worth the price of admission.
Side note: Did anyone else notice
Kalinda’s hair in a curled ponytail?
While this is a small detail, it definitely signals some kind of
transformation for her. We’ve never seen
her in curls, let alone with her hair not pristinely pinned. I’m adding this observation to my radar list,
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second. Am I the only person who totally
missed that Maddie would turn out to be a conniving politician and also a
lesbian? Somehow I missed all of the
warning signs for this entire story line.
Sure, I could see her running against Peter. But planting the story about “Brazil?” Befriending Indira Star? Maddie Hayward, while a great new character,
seems also to be a bit of a disaster.
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courtroom against Laura, and this time with a client everyone believes is guilty. Also, the moment we've all been waiting for
(or not): Grace gets a boyfriend. I have
no idea how I’m going to react to this story when it finally surfaces on my
screen, but I have to say I’m moderately intrigued. Let’s be honest though, I’m outrageously
excited for episode nine: Thanksgiving at the Florricks. Alicia’s Mom (played by Stockard Channing)
will be in town and enjoying the holidays with Owen (yay!), Jackie, Peter and
the kids. I hope Eli’s invited and maybe
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-48357839217806810682012-11-10T20:21:00.000-08:002012-11-11T12:03:17.344-08:00The Good Wife: Eli Gold on the Campaign Trail<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 17.77777862548828px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><i>Reasons why we're glad Eli Gold is back on the Campaign Trail</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">I’ll confess: I spent most of season
three pining for Eli Gold.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">It </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> in some </span><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">doodling</i><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">our names in hearts </i><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">kind
of way, but in something else altogether.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">I missed the fresh, vibrant, sometimes conniving, always hilarious,
sit-on-Alicia’s-couch Eli we had come to know and love.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">I missed campaign Eli.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">In honor of my one-year Lockhart
Gardner blogiversary (22 episodes and a total of 36 posts – thank you to
everyone who has joined me on this adventure!), I have decided to celebrate
with an ode to our favourite political strategist and PR mastermind.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><i>1) He’s busy again</i></b> – Eli Gold (Alan Cumming) is at rallies and
fundraisers, strategizing on the campaign bus and squeezing into Alicia’s
over-crowded office.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Gone are the days
of longing for an espresso machine and wondering where his jellyfish
paperweight had mysteriously migrated (first guess: David Lee’s office). He's back to booking public appearances and crafting carefully scripted sound bytes 'a woman's right to choose.' He's like the <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Penn" target="_blank">Mark Penn</a></b> of The Good Wife and when he's busy, he's brilliant. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/eli-gold-reacts-to-stuff" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank">RoomInTheCastle</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> on Tumblr</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><i>2) He’s weaving things tighter than a
basket-maker</i></b> – So far in season four, Eli has woven a tight web of enemies and
allies, with a very hazy middle ground separating the two.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">The foggy zone between friend and foe is
becoming palpable, especially to Peter who is watching Eli tread a fine line
when it comes to favours. </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">With Kalinda
investigating and Will calling the media, Peter is quickly being put in a
position of owing a lot of people in Alicia’s close circle.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">In Chicago, where the mentality hinges on
‘you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours,’ Eli is setting Peter up to make good
on some pretty major ‘I owe yous.’</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">And
the last person he wants to owe is Will Gardner.</span></span></div>
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– Finally Eli is back to using his smarts for political domination rather than
office domination.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">His brief stint of
trying to overthrow Will and send Diane to a soup kitchen was not only unsuccessful,
it was completely flawed (especially considering he was busy flipping coins
with Julius in the back room).</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Now,
Eli’s back doing what he does best: using his political acumen to manage campaign debauchery and win Peter the Governorship.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span></span></div>
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management mode’</i></b> – I imagine having Peter as a client would like having Bill
Clinton circa 1998 as a client.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">You
would always be wondering who was hiding under his desk or what past
indiscretion might surface at an inopportune time.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">While the media continues to be Eli’s
greatest challenge, watching him throw reporter’s under the wheels of other
reporter’s is oh so sweet and oh so Eli.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><i>6) He gets to hangout in Alicia’s office
again</i></b> – What can I say?</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">I love this man
chilling out on Alicia’s couch or occupying a random office chair.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">In
season one, it’s like he was an expectant mother nesting in there.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">This year, he’s practically bunking with
Cary, despite having his own space.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Oh,
wait.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Now 15 associates are camping out in
his office and leaving coffee-stained fingerprints on his polished pens.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">I’m
sure Clarke Hayden can arrange a third desk in the office of Florrick and Agos,
right?</span></span></div>
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– I know we haven’t seen the contract Eli has with the Florrick campaign, but
I’m pretty sure if we did, we would find a robust paragraph outlining the hefty
bonus paid at the end of it all if Eli can manage not to kill the family matriarch.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">So far we’ve already seen him suggest using a
2 x 4 to get Jackie to stop talking, so it’s anybody’s guess if he can survive
the rest of the season with her.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Eli’s
saving grace might just be in the form of the Cuban Mambo dancer.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Hmmm.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><i>8) He’s a master at turning the tables on
those who try to cross him</i></b> – Exhibit A: Becca.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Remember her?</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Zach’s troublesome
first girlfriend was pure evil in a delicate strand of pearls. After tweeting
insider details about the Florrick’s life and weaseling her way into campaign
headquarters, Eli had enough.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">The
result? A high school scandal worth of the year book: Becca’s abortion.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Dun, dun, duuuuun!</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Exhibit B: Mandy Post.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">With all of this Indira Star (a stripper name
if ever I heard one) business floating around, Eli had no choice but to head to
the media opposition in Peggy Byrne and spill the beans on Mandy’s past.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">The result?</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">One more person on unemployment.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Eli’s
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– There are few people in life Eli truly likes.
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Alicia, Peter and Natalie Flores (the nanny/day trader I kind of wished would
come back…) are the three best examples I can think of.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">I guess that comes with the territory of
politics and PR. You keep your friends close and your enemies closer.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Unfortunately in his line of work, he has
more enemies than friends.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Team work </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">isn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> necessarily his strong suit, as was made abundantly clear in season three when
he </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> find an office ally to save his life.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">Now he’s back where he’s most comfortable:
pretending to like people.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">That’s not to
say Eli is entirely without friends, that’s just to say we have yet to see them.</span></span></div>
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It’s that simple. The level of in-fighting at the firm has decreased by a solid 94% since Eli started working out of the bus with Peter. As if that weren't enough, the Eli </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 17.981481552124023px; text-indent: -18pt;">we've</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;"> come
to love and hate (read: the great “I love you” message interception of season two) is at the top of his game and stealthier than ever. He’s superbly </span><span style="line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">entertaining and </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 13.5pt;">he’s full of
unexpected drama. I just hope he gets
invited to the Florrick’s Thanksgiving feast, because it’s time to
celebrate. </span></span></span></div>
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Pink Peperkornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967482192421937278noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093645967922790074.post-14689485991803997832012-11-05T00:08:00.001-08:002012-11-05T19:34:42.533-08:00The Good Wife: "The Art of War" and the Mambo<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 17.77777862548828px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><i>"The Art of War"</i></b><br />
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furniture. A room full of people. Chatter is becoming increasingly loud and sidelong
glances are being exchanged from one person to another. It’s like the waiting room in a dental office,
only slightly more ominous because a sleazy tow-truck driver/potential ax murder is chatting up the clientele. <i>This
is what happens</i>, I can’t help but think, <i>when you go from three floors to two. Madness</i>.
Remind me to never verge on the edge of bankruptcy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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understanding that The Good Wife knows how to make everyone exceptionally uncomfortable
at least three times a year. “Throw
everyone together and watch what happens” is becoming a tried-and-true formula
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directorial debut, this episode of The Good Wife churned up more questions than
it did answers. Who made the decision to
have the Florrick campaign posters feature Peter in a casual JFK-style, ‘look
at me with my coat thrown over my shoulder’ pose? Where did Alicia get her new watch? Is the FBI tracking Eli or Kalinda and either
way, what are they after? Will Nick
Savarese ever leave Chicago? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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time, it’s best to get right down to business.
In honor of Charles’ new title of ‘director,’ this week I’m featuring
the Top 5 scenes from “The Art of War.” Let
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couldn’t leave you hanging (what was the real beauty of the opening?!) – There’s
nothing I like more than watching Will squirm.
Okay, correction. It’s one of my
favourite things about him, when he’s not trying to woo Alicia or plot world
domination with Diane. Clearly there are
a few things I adore about this eligible bachelor. For today, I’m focusing on the squirming part. <br />
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For a man who usually exudes confidence, we’ve only ever see a few situations
truly rattle him. Flash back to season
three’s, ‘Feeding the Rat,’ when Celeste approached Peter with Will by her side
and started probing for answers surrounding Alicia working for Lockhart
Gardner. It was one of my favourite
moments of all time, maybe because I like to see Will dance to the beat of a different
drum, or maybe because I’m addicted to the drama. Either way, it was gold. <br />
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In “The Art of War” we found Will power-walking off the elevator, only to
stumble into the powder keg known as the Lockhart Gardner waiting room, where
he found his arch nemesis of the judicial community waiting: Judge Lorna Kuhn
(insert gasps and cheers – I love character!).
From steadfast leader to babbling mess, Will continues to be rendered
virtually speechless in her presence. It’s
awkward and outstanding… and I’ll probably watch this scene another six times
before the week is through. 10 times if
I’m being really honest. This is getting
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tequila shots circa season one, but in a way it was even more delicious because
of the journey to this point. It was the
moment we’d all been waiting for: Alicia and Kalinda sitting
shoulder-to-shoulder, sipping drinks and sharing stories. After last week when Alicia told Kalinda to ‘stay
safe’ before K ended up sniffing out a dead body like a crime-fighting
bloodhound, the thought of a refreshing libation was clearly the next logical
step. As is usually the case with these
two, the conversation turned personal, but this time, for the first time,
Kalinda wasn’t the least bit dodgy about her answers. Is it possible that for Alicia, K has turned
over a new leaf? Let’s take a quick
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Alicia: “If only you knew how right you were.
One day I’ll have to tell you about Will, because frankly, I’m dying to
talk to someone about what happened [and how hot it was], but for now, because
I’m feeling especially creeped out by him, I have to ask: Is Nick dangerous?”</span></span> </blockquote>
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Kalinda: “Sometimes.”</span></span> </blockquote>
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Alicia: “Can you be more specific, because today he threw a fit in the office
of Florrick and Agos over his Bishop-style tow-truck operation and now I have
to get my desk repaired.”</span></span> </blockquote>
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Kalinda: “I have a hard time staying away from him.”</span></span> </blockquote>
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[insert Alicia’s I really have no idea what to say right now because he’s
astonishingly dodgy and I’m still wrapping my mind around you having a husband
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Kalinda: “I know it doesn’t make any sense.
I’m so much more mysterious when he’s not around. Also, he’s cramping my style and drinking all
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Hayward, Mike Kresteva and Peter Florrick are all vying for Governor while Eli
Gold is spending his time running to keep up.
If ever there was an Olympics for managing hot messes, this man would be
the winner of multiple gold medals. His
office has being taken over by Lockhart Gardner associates and Clake Hayden has
taken exception to Eli’s snide attitude about what’s rightfully his. In Hayden’s defense, Eli does have a campaign
bus in which to work while some people (read: Cary Agos) have been spending
months working like gnomes under stairwells and behind bookshelves If
there’s one thing we know about Eli though, it’s that he doesn't like sharing…
even if it is his mostly-vacant office. </span><br /><span style="color: #222222;">
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Peter to join her on the campaign trail that much more interesting. While overhearing Maddie’s proposition, Eli
lurked in a dark corner (where, by the way, he looked especially evil (see picture below) and
almost as though he could be twirling a dirty mustache) and only surfaced when
the coast was clear. Eli isn't one to
partner on a campaign and he’s keen enough to know Peter is no fool – at least
when it comes to decisions surrounding a running mate. Eli doesn't want to share Peter’s win with
anyone else and with the straw poll results so strong (96% approval, let’s not
forget), camp Florrick is going to be difficult to beat. Who needs to share when you've got it all?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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reason, Clarke Hayden has taken a liking to Cary. It’s a bromance at its finest – the only
thing missing is an after-work beer.
This love-in has not gone unnoticed and so the logical next step was for
Diane to recruit Cary to investigate why Hayden couldn't find another word
besides “crap” to describe the Lockhart Gardner month of September. The answer?
Steve Jobs’ biography. Oh
sure. Apparently crap is the new
pink. </span><br />
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With an ‘I owe you’ pending with Diane after his bout of sleuthing, Cary was
handed two criminal cases on which to work.
For whatever reason Will has been shy in passing along work (which could
be a result of Cary’s past involvement with the grand jury, or it could be
because he only recently found out Cary had a desk), but as Diane has always
been pro-Agos, she’s willing to play the game:
You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.
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At this rate, it’s just a matter of time before Cary gets bumped from Alicia’s
office and put in Eli’s leather chair.
Granted, watching Alicia and Cary share an office and play the ‘twos a
party, threes a crowd’ game is a lot of fun.
Also, I’m not ready to say goodbye to these two tag-team cases like they
are with Nick and his tow-truck company.
Without saying too much, Alicia and Cary are able to read each other’s
minds. It’s fascinating and delicious. Did I mention I want more? Two scoops of Cary Agos, please.</span></span></div>
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involved Captain Laura Hellinger (Amanda Peet) who was sexually assaulted while
in Afghanistan. In a case where everyone
knew the accused should have been convicted, he walked free. Even his own lawyer, Bucky (not to be
confused by the Chum-Hum mascot, Chummy), wouldn't shake his hand at the end of
it all. While the case was full of
intricate details and more than a few outstanding sound bites (take Judge
Abernathy’s, “global warming – one; skeptics – zero” quote as merely one
example, only because I can’t do justice his commentary surrounding ‘LOL’ and ‘LMAO’),
the most meaningful part of the case came not in its loss, but rather, for what
was gained. Alicia and Laura had an
instant bond – a mutual respect – that could possibly turn into a friendship
down the road. Alicia was strong and yet
comforting, two traits I find to be most admirable in her character. Perhaps most significant were two lines to
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Alicia: “Start up again.”</span></span></blockquote>
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If anyone knows anything about having to rebuild, it’s Alicia. No two truer lines have ever been uttered on
The Good Wife. </span></span><br />
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life. His name is Christian, he’s Cuban
and he’s going to teach her how to Mambo.
Sure, Peter is paying him $40/hour to keep an eye on her, but that’s
hardly the point. Christian could have
the potential to turn into The Good Wife’s next greatest character. The best part? He makes Peter very uncomfortable. I’m in complete and total love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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but based on her secret photo stash of Kalinda, my bet is that Eli might just
end up being a casualty of war. If Lana
brings Kalinda down because of Lemond Bishop, that’s not going to look good on
Eli, who, for the most part, enjoys the benefits of being an equity partner of Lockhart Gardner. Working with David Lee is just a nasty irritant. Next stop: A blow-up in Peter’s campaign. For someone who doesn't like making friends,
Eli is certainly good at weaving complex relationship webs and all of his ties leading back to the firm might not end up working in his favor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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welcomes Christina Ricci to its ever-growing slate of guest stars, in an episode
that looks like it’s about to take dramatic hilarity to the next level.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With Eli fending off questions about Peter’s lower half and Alicia defending a vulgar comic, all bets are off with where the
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