The Good Wife Review: One Murder, Two Convictions
I have to ask: were the trials happening in "Battle Of The Proxies" actually permitted in real life?
Can two separate people be on trial for the same murder in neighboring counties? It seems most places can barely eek out one suspect, but Illinois somehow managed to find two with enough evidence to put on trial. There should be a law against that. I'm not kidding. There should be one.
Keeping a suspect on the list is just groovy, but arresting two people for the same crime seems silly, especially trying them at the same time and then inter-evidencing within their trials. I just made that word up, but it fits, right? Inter-evidence. Evidence used at two trials, at one to claim guilt and the other to prove innocence. Inter-evidence.
Generally, the trials seemed like a three-ring circus. I didn't like the defense attorney in the case outside of Cook County and I've come to the conclusion that I do not like Laura Hellinger, who was the prosecutor in the Cook County case. She is being utilized so much that I'm starting to wonder if she is going to get married so Juliana Margulies can leave the show and Amanda Peet can take on the role of The Good Wife. I daresay I liked Mamie Gummer's Nancy Crozier a lot more.
The kicker here is, and this is only speculation, but I am thinking they're ramping up the witty repartee between Laura and Will because they will engage in a romance. If someone thinks we are interested in such a thing, I can only hope they read this and take heed. We do not want Will dating Laura Hellinger. She was interesting when first introduced, but has become a pain in the arse since joining the State's Attorney's office.
With every case, Will and Laura get a little closer. It's something to keep an eye on.
With the addition of Laura, we also got a loss for Lockhart/Gardner. It was convenient that Alicia was working with the secondary case and learned that man was innocent and Will's client was guilty so viewers wouldn't feel cheated when the almighty Lockhart/Gardner went down. The most confusing part of the episode and the greatest miscarriage of justice? Both suspects were found guilty. Of the same murder. Someone please tell me that can't happen. If Will and Laura being friendly helps the innocent guy in his appeal, then everything about their friendship isn't bad.
Thank you, Alicia, for finally telling Nick that Lockhart/Gardner can no longer represent him. Of course the idiot would threaten her. The State's Attorney's wife. He was such a sleaze bag and I was cheering out loud when Kalinda took matters into her own hands, ran down Nick's partner and found drugs in the trunk of the cars, just where Cary said they would be.
It was a pity that Kalinda felt she had to pay Nick off to leave her. The question is: did he take the money and run? Or did Kalinda have to bury something else in the walls that will come back to haunt her? Would you put it past her to kill someone, especially someone like Nick who was an imminent threat to her and all of those around her? I wouldn't. While I hope that wasn't her last resort, I do have to say: welcome back, Kalinda.
A few things of note:
- I had the same phones they used at Lockhart/Gardner at my office, and I can tell you they were not plugged in. The lights on the console were amber, indicating there was no power. Details are important!
- I thought that Grace's continued to use ChumHum to research her sex life indicated to me that she was definitely too young to be participating in the act. Except for the fact it was JACKIE searching for condoms. Um...yuck!
- I guess we learned who was being investigated, and it wasn't Kalinda. It's Eli? For offering discount crisis management services in return for political donations? I tried to think of him doing that, and either he never did it on screen or he's innocent.
What did everyone else think of the midseason finale?
Carissa Pavlica is a staff writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter and on Google+.
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December 13th, 2012 4:32 AM
Pit these outstanding group of actors no longer entertain. The writer seems to be creating a more convoluted plot--and the more convoluted it becomes, the less appealing it is.
This season has gone over the top: Kalinda and macho/sadistic sex scenes with her mentally disturbed boyfriend were entirely unnecessary. The best sex scenes were those between Alicia and Will. Actually, I believe Will and Alicia end of their affair was the turning point in the plot. The positive tension of that relationship would have endured. Alicia's role as the good wife has become utterly meaningless. Will's near relationships with other women are
void of reality. There hasn't been a believable trial this whole season...and now they have two people on trial for the same crime.
This is not a day time soap. Get the depth, creditability, and interaction between characters back--or let this be your final season.
December 10th, 2012 7:36 PM
She could care less about him, she sees all of his BS backstabbing and after the last episode when he told her to lie for their client it hit home. There is no deeply for him only for Peter.
December 9th, 2012 9:56 PM
glad to see Nick go. That story line did not contribute to the show. I like it when Kalinda is mysterious and strong. Do not like the Laura/will story line. They are both too smug. Have never liked Amanda Peet as an actress. She's too predictable and always ultimately seems like she's playing the same person. Will and Alicia may be done, but they still care deeply for each other. Don't really see him being insensitive enought to go for Laura.
December 9th, 2012 6:21 PM
Be back on 01/06/2013 Happy Holidays
December 9th, 2012 5:50 PM
Why did the finale come so early? When will it be back??? I'm already having withdrawal symptoms.
December 5th, 2012 10:59 AM
This show really sucks now!!! Why can't Kalinda and The FBI lady get together?
December 4th, 2012 2:42 PM
1) The Cary and Andrew Wiley photo - it's on TGW website and now here - and that scene never played out. Maybe in Jan?
2) Glad about Will and Laura - they have chemistry. I always saw Alicia as older than Will, maybe cause she's married and a mom. I see Will and Laura together - and we have to remember that Laura knows nothing about Will-Licia.
3) Was very hopeful when Marc Warren was cast as Kalinda's husband - he was awesome, but hated the storyline. And we know very little more about her than we did two seasons ago - except that she valued Alicia's friendship enough to help her find her missing daughter which slowly united them back together in Season 3. Dont know if she killed Nick, but if she did - I can see an awesome legal battle coming up for her.
4)I will be glad when football is over - sick of the overruns.
5)I wish the Kings go easy on the guest stars and focus on the sterling regular cast and storyline. Guest stars are fine in small doses - a judge, a guest att
December 4th, 2012 10:57 AM
This was just a "meh" episode. My main complaint with "The Good Wife" is too many guest stars resulting in too many characters and too many subplots.
How about focusing on interesting cases and the main characters, which is how the show started and won a big fan base. It seems to me, the writers of the Good Wife are out-of-control. Although you can't blame the writers if the producers are signing up boatloads of guest stars.
December 4th, 2012 9:08 AM
Finally... as a mid season finale for me it dropped short.
As a season for me it's dropping short... hope to se all these input make sense before the end of the season.
But... still, this is my favorite show. I wont' even take into account cancellation.
I think viewers are treated poorly by networks.
I hope they ponder a lot before signing a contract, sudden cancellation has become common
but so is our power to stop following your programing.
Let shows find a decent closure or meet our absence in engaging in whatever they offer in the future.
December 4th, 2012 9:07 AM
The woman has loads of time on her hands, she has an email account, so she (realistically) owns a computer. Why would she feel the need to check her email on thanksgiving night with her family and the man she is supposedly interested in having sex with present... is beyond me. Why she would search for condoms in a full house is too much.
This is the type of woman that would close the curtains before typing condom even if it wasn't for her use. Come on.
I must say, I hope that the show has become sloppy for forced reasons (end a story arc sooner than expected) and will pick up after this hiatus.
For now, as a precedent fan am still engaged, but perplexed.