TGW and Revenge
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shallownessThe Good Wife 4.02 And the law won
This felt like the show settling into its groove a little. I felt for Alicia having two personal/professional conflicts blow up right when she didn't need them. For all that Not!Abby Lockhart and The Trustee were depending on her opinion, or seeming to - I LOVED the questioning of Peter. At least he's better at being sincere than Eli - Alicia was in a jam, and Diane and Kalinda put her there in various ways.
I loved Diane's interactions with and assessment of Will. I also cracked up at Will and Alicia responding in sync in the court; I enjoy the occasional dip into comedy double act for those two. Of course, if Kalinda had had her eye on the ball (although this doesn't entirely track time-wise, because they obviously'd been prepping the case for a while), she should have noticed the missing engagement ring. 'Ware witnesses 'trying to help'. The case felt somewhat ripped from the headlines (dare you to do an episode about guns this season, show), but reworked for the show's purposes. Even the quirky Harvard judge didn't entirely lose the dignity of his position, and I hope we get more episodes with questions from the jury. Of course, Will did end up trying to impress that one juror - to the point where I thought 'well, you have to convince the other 11.'
Meanwhile, Cary had very little to do.
I am tending to think that Kalinda was right the first time in getting away from her ex.
Half the tension of Diane and Will's conversation/exposition about the firm's position was from wondering if they remembered that Alicia was in the room.
At the end, I enjoyed the Peter-Alicia-Eli dynamic, and again, the thrumming tension came from Peter's steady regard of hers and knowing that Alicia didn't know either what she wanted to do with it.
I watched that on 4oD because I'd missed it live. The TV situation is that I have a temporary solution with fewer channels than I used to have and no way of removing the subtitles. Subtitles are less annoying than automatic Audio Description, but I'll be glad to sort it. I'm waiting to see whether the only way of doing so is to buy a new set top thingy.
So I watched Revenge 2.05 with subtitles live.
Lots of JJ-L's Kara - always interesting to watch. More than a match for Victoria because she has surprise on her hands, but just that little bit intrusive.
I suppose I was a little harsh on Emily, because everyone's entitled to an emotional response to such a traumatic memory resurfacing, but, again, it always seemed obvious to me that Kara was suffering from mental illness when she tried to drown her daughter, and Emily/Amanda knew she was mentally ill. (Ironically, there was an ad about beating the stigma around mental ill health.)
Fortunately, Amanda/Emily got to act without manipulation and forgave her to keep her around (because she's a better person?) I hope she and Jack had had a naming conversation before and that he didn't unilaterally decide on Carl - his father's name, right?
Nolan doesn't expect much from his Ems, does he? My dad died and it was emotional. Patented Emily Thorne apology, which lasts five seconds and- well, again, in fairness, her later actions did show it meant something.
I'd misunderstood what Padma had seen last episode, so apparently her behaviour was well-meaning, but is going to cause Nolan all sorts of trouble. Oops.
Nolan's outfits this episode were causing me all kinds of trouble.
Jack's lack of sleep and sweet presumption that everyone is as decent as him will get him into trouble. I am glad that Carl seems fine, because Declan is enough to be worrying about. He still thinks he can/should get to college, whereas I doubt he could graduate.
Shippingwise, for all the sadness of Emily/Amanda holding Jack's baby that was not hers, and having to say what she had to say to Amanda/Emily about not breaking Jack's heart again - for whatever that's worth, and however long it lasts - Cara talking about her first love not being her true love was instructive.
Of course David forgave her, while Emily is no longer the Amanda who wouldn't kill spiders...
Before I forget, can I just say that this show is ace at one thing - the use of flashbacks. One of its top strengths.
So, Mason is back and now knows Amanda/Emily is not who she claims she is. HOWEVER, he got the Emily/Amanda death glare at one point; he might not be whistling so chirpily if he realised that. (Thanks to the subtitling, I got the 'Strangers in the Night' reference.
And I haven't really got round to the Graysons yet. The secateur moment was pure camp. The moment where Victoria grasped Conrad's point about the value of being married was gold (although I still think he loves her, in his own way, a ton more than the other way around).
Meanwhile, it is a sign of the times that I watched any scene with Daniel and/or Ashley talking shop to Aiden, and thought of children playing grown ups.
This felt like the show settling into its groove a little. I felt for Alicia having two personal/professional conflicts blow up right when she didn't need them. For all that Not!Abby Lockhart and The Trustee were depending on her opinion, or seeming to - I LOVED the questioning of Peter. At least he's better at being sincere than Eli - Alicia was in a jam, and Diane and Kalinda put her there in various ways.
I loved Diane's interactions with and assessment of Will. I also cracked up at Will and Alicia responding in sync in the court; I enjoy the occasional dip into comedy double act for those two. Of course, if Kalinda had had her eye on the ball (although this doesn't entirely track time-wise, because they obviously'd been prepping the case for a while), she should have noticed the missing engagement ring. 'Ware witnesses 'trying to help'. The case felt somewhat ripped from the headlines (dare you to do an episode about guns this season, show), but reworked for the show's purposes. Even the quirky Harvard judge didn't entirely lose the dignity of his position, and I hope we get more episodes with questions from the jury. Of course, Will did end up trying to impress that one juror - to the point where I thought 'well, you have to convince the other 11.'
Meanwhile, Cary had very little to do.
I am tending to think that Kalinda was right the first time in getting away from her ex.
Half the tension of Diane and Will's conversation/exposition about the firm's position was from wondering if they remembered that Alicia was in the room.
At the end, I enjoyed the Peter-Alicia-Eli dynamic, and again, the thrumming tension came from Peter's steady regard of hers and knowing that Alicia didn't know either what she wanted to do with it.
I watched that on 4oD because I'd missed it live. The TV situation is that I have a temporary solution with fewer channels than I used to have and no way of removing the subtitles. Subtitles are less annoying than automatic Audio Description, but I'll be glad to sort it. I'm waiting to see whether the only way of doing so is to buy a new set top thingy.
So I watched Revenge 2.05 with subtitles live.
Lots of JJ-L's Kara - always interesting to watch. More than a match for Victoria because she has surprise on her hands, but just that little bit intrusive.
I suppose I was a little harsh on Emily, because everyone's entitled to an emotional response to such a traumatic memory resurfacing, but, again, it always seemed obvious to me that Kara was suffering from mental illness when she tried to drown her daughter, and Emily/Amanda knew she was mentally ill. (Ironically, there was an ad about beating the stigma around mental ill health.)
Fortunately, Amanda/Emily got to act without manipulation and forgave her to keep her around (because she's a better person?) I hope she and Jack had had a naming conversation before and that he didn't unilaterally decide on Carl - his father's name, right?
Nolan doesn't expect much from his Ems, does he? My dad died and it was emotional. Patented Emily Thorne apology, which lasts five seconds and- well, again, in fairness, her later actions did show it meant something.
I'd misunderstood what Padma had seen last episode, so apparently her behaviour was well-meaning, but is going to cause Nolan all sorts of trouble. Oops.
Nolan's outfits this episode were causing me all kinds of trouble.
Jack's lack of sleep and sweet presumption that everyone is as decent as him will get him into trouble. I am glad that Carl seems fine, because Declan is enough to be worrying about. He still thinks he can/should get to college, whereas I doubt he could graduate.
Shippingwise, for all the sadness of Emily/Amanda holding Jack's baby that was not hers, and having to say what she had to say to Amanda/Emily about not breaking Jack's heart again - for whatever that's worth, and however long it lasts - Cara talking about her first love not being her true love was instructive.
Of course David forgave her, while Emily is no longer the Amanda who wouldn't kill spiders...
Before I forget, can I just say that this show is ace at one thing - the use of flashbacks. One of its top strengths.
So, Mason is back and now knows Amanda/Emily is not who she claims she is. HOWEVER, he got the Emily/Amanda death glare at one point; he might not be whistling so chirpily if he realised that. (Thanks to the subtitling, I got the 'Strangers in the Night' reference.
And I haven't really got round to the Graysons yet. The secateur moment was pure camp. The moment where Victoria grasped Conrad's point about the value of being married was gold (although I still think he loves her, in his own way, a ton more than the other way around).
Meanwhile, it is a sign of the times that I watched any scene with Daniel and/or Ashley talking shop to Aiden, and thought of children playing grown ups.
