|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Wednesday, 01 May 2013 09:52 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
 A viewer comes into a season finale with certain expectations depending on the show. Most often, finales give closure to the myriad of storylines and maybe set up one or two storylines as a cliffhanger for next season. The Good Wife is not short on storylines that need to wrap up. The main one in the finale being Peter winning the battle for the governorship against Mike Kresteva. The legal case that occupies much of the episode’s time is devoted to voting patterns for the gubernatorial race. Stewing in the background are primarily Cary ramping up efforts to start his own firm and the lingering romantic sparks between Will and Alicia. Surprisingly, the season finale chooses not to close any of these storylines. Instead, there is a great deal of time spent setting up the pieces on the chessboard for next season.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Monday, 22 April 2013 07:55 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
This episode was just a little off-kilter. There was something about it that I couldn’t readily identify. The show is set as a legal procedural so much so that one becomes used to certain patterns and a rhythm within a particular episode. For much of this one, that rhythm feels disrupted. Personally, I think it’s the prospect of losing a case. The firm has been winning for so long that they fear losing. They can’t handle it, at least not without some outside help.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Wednesday, 03 April 2013 11:10 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
Exonerated (but secretly guilty) killer Colin Sweeney returns to wreak creepy havoc on this show. He’s just a little more interesting than the show’s other long-term client, Lemond Bishop, but it can only go so far. The guy oozes creep, if that’s somehow possible from a person, and seems to delight in getting away with whatever he can. So yes, once again, the outcome of the Case of the Week is going to favor Lockhart-Gardner. It has occurred in nearly every episode so I really shouldn’t harp on it, but it does rob whatever tension the episode has in its favor.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Thursday, 28 March 2013 08:50 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
The experimentation into different case formats continues. Honestly, I think it would be a shock at this point to see the standard courtroom battles again. “Death of a Client” keeps its central focus on Alicia, which is where I believe the strength of the series lies. It’s framed around the “Shamrock Dinner”, mentioned in the previous episode, and all of the episode’s events spring forth from the apparently uber-important party. It gives the series an opportunity to address the political storyline that has lasted throughout this season.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Thursday, 21 March 2013 07:59 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
The Good Wife is on a network where the procedural mystery is its bread and butter. So there shouldn’t be any surprise when even a show built around a legal framework plays out a mystery from time to time. I do have to admit that I was sucked into solving the mystery for a few brief moments, but in the end, the resolution was so simple that it undercut the more insidious theory I had in my head as the episode was playing. That’s not to say that it really mattered. In the long run with this show, the Case of the Week’s resolution matters very little (unless it’s a long-term thing like the Lemond Bishop case).
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Wednesday, 13 March 2013 07:30 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
There is rampant paranoia going on throughout this episode, which was a return to good form for the show. I understand that being a lawyer is a stressful, time-consuming job. That kind of thing is a perfect fount for drama. It helps also that the episode’s story threads aren’t spread around to cover every little thing. But the characters never seem to take a break from the action.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Friday, 22 February 2013 08:33 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
So often with this show, there has to be manufactured stakes for the Case of the Week. It’s often ignored for the more serialized elements because it doesn’t last longer than one episode. Leave it to a mock trial to somehow increase the stakes for everyone here. The beautiful thing is that it’s all telegraphed from the start. Normally, that would be cause for concern because it would make the complications and resolution predictable, but everything that was happening was so engrossing that the episode overcomes that.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Thursday, 06 December 2012 09:49 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
Ten episodes into the season, and it marks the end of the Nick-Kalinda storyline. Producers had apparently intended for the storyline to go longer were it not for fan backlash that prompted the swifter conclusion here. I can't see how that would've worked, which makes the ending here make even less sense. This is because everything about Nick and his relationship with Kalinda made little sense. But he's gone now, thankfully, and the show can move on to other things involving Kalinda.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:28 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
This was one of those patented busy episodes that this show does from time to time that could have easily ended up a mess. For the most part, the episode kept true to its busy, complicated schematic, with the subplot involving Kalinda keeping it from being a great one. It centered very much on Alicia and what she is able to handle.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Television
|
|
Written by John Keegan
|
|
Tuesday, 02 October 2012 07:59 |
By John Keegan and Henry Tran
There is a striking amount of familiar material with this season premiere of "The Good Wife". I feel like I've seen these storylines on the show before. It's almost as if the writers were checking off a list in order: The firm is having money problems because the firm always has some kind of money problem. Peter is in a race for governor that's heating up with every passing day. Kalinda has to deal with associates of her psycho ex-husband. Topping it off is one of Alicia's kids running into hot water once again.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 Next > End >>
|
|
Page 1 of 2 |
Prize courtesy of Fox Home Entertainment
Prize courtesy of Syfy
The Good Wife
