I hate to say it but The Good Wife is becoming a watch later show on DVR. My sister and I agreed that this season has been boring and repetitive. The childish fights with David and Louis Canning, the one note writing for Kalinda, the stupid decision making by Cary Argos and constant bickering with Alicia, the run for State's Attorney by Alicia which mays absolutely no sense and how a political wife of 20 years is so naïve about how things are done in the political arena, they go into court and then do discovery after the fact, Diane not knowing the details of a lease she negotiated, love Elsbeth but her story arc is silly and many more issues. I almost fell asleep during the last episode waiting for something new to happen and not the usual Alicia will gave a great performance in her interview and everything will be positive for her team. The show has no real tension and is underutilizing most of the actors.
I must say I wholeheartedly disagree. I think there are good reasons why Alicia is runnings for state's attorney, even if they are incoherent. First of all, there is a strong personal element. Will died. He died in the court room. The current state's attorney almost made fun of that situation. And he is the strongest contendent for the job if she doesn't run. Apart from that, people believe in her, they think she really does have a chance. And those are people she admires, not just her friends or her family, but political figures who believe she has a shot. But I think the question on "why are you running?" is purposefully not fully answered. She might not know it herself, but the entire season, IMO, aims to answer that. Which means we won't have an answer till next year. I also believe there is a lot to do with her relationship with Peter and her path to emancipation, if you want to call it that. But, as I said, it is an open-ended issue.
As for other conflicts, I like Cary's storyline this season. I also think that, yes, the bickering with David Lee and Canning has to stop, but, c'mon, it's fun, they no longer resort to it as the main plot in the story, it's mostly just comic bits. And I think much of the feeling of "I've already seen this" is due to the fact we have been watching these people for six years. We obviously know too much. I still believe, however, they were very effective in changing the pace and adding new lawyers to the story. Take the last scene in yesterday's episode, for instance. That was amazing, it was perfect acting, it had no lines, yet you understood everything that was going on.
Well, it's already a way too long comment, but my point is simply that I still believe TGW is way way above average a show.
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hmmmm....this seems interesting. I love David Hyde Pierce!! Miss him and Fraser.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say it but The Good Wife is becoming a watch later show on DVR. My sister and I agreed that this season has been boring and repetitive. The childish fights with David and Louis Canning, the one note writing for Kalinda, the stupid decision making by Cary Argos and constant bickering with Alicia, the run for State's Attorney by Alicia which mays absolutely no sense and how a political wife of 20 years is so naïve about how things are done in the political arena, they go into court and then do discovery after the fact, Diane not knowing the details of a lease she negotiated, love Elsbeth but her story arc is silly and many more issues.
ReplyDeleteI almost fell asleep during the last episode waiting for something new to happen and not the usual Alicia will gave a great performance in her interview and everything will be positive for her team. The show has no real tension and is underutilizing most of the actors.
I must say I wholeheartedly disagree. I think there are good reasons why Alicia is runnings for state's attorney, even if they are incoherent. First of all, there is a strong personal element. Will died. He died in the court room. The current state's attorney almost made fun of that situation. And he is the strongest contendent for the job if she doesn't run.
ReplyDeleteApart from that, people believe in her, they think she really does have a chance. And those are people she admires, not just her friends or her family, but political figures who believe she has a shot.
But I think the question on "why are you running?" is purposefully not fully answered. She might not know it herself, but the entire season, IMO, aims to answer that. Which means we won't have an answer till next year. I also believe there is a lot to do with her relationship with Peter and her path to emancipation, if you want to call it that. But, as I said, it is an open-ended issue.
As for other conflicts, I like Cary's storyline this season. I also think that, yes, the bickering with David Lee and Canning has to stop, but, c'mon, it's fun, they no longer resort to it as the main plot in the story, it's mostly just comic bits.
And I think much of the feeling of "I've already seen this" is due to the fact we have been watching these people for six years. We obviously know too much. I still believe, however, they were very effective in changing the pace and adding new lawyers to the story. Take the last scene in yesterday's episode, for instance. That was amazing, it was perfect acting, it had no lines, yet you understood everything that was going on.
Well, it's already a way too long comment, but my point is simply that I still believe TGW is way way above average a show.