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shallownessThe Good Wife 4.12 Je Ne Sais What?
So, I have been mis-spelling Tascioni’s surname (I thought it was Tassione). And 4OD states that her first name is Elsbeth. There are some character names that I don’t check and guess at, okay?
Because of her general brilliance, this episode was fun, even if it was more about winning (competitive athlete asks competive Will to win for her, of course he will lovey) via the law than getting justice done really. So we had flummoxed!Will, Diane Frenchily coming in to assist by playing up to stereotypes about continental Europeans (two of them with ridiculously long hair.) The German cyclist was pretty, but what I learned from the Olympics was that cycling belongs to Britain and Australia, not Germany and France, show.
Meanwhile Tascioni and her arrest and Alicia having to handle it was also great fun. I do not think that Geneva would appreciate knowing that she was in court during le weekend because Peter gave Alicia a tip. And as they navigate their new relationship (yes, you are kind of being used for sex, Peter. Deal.), suddenly all the personal favours that Alicia could count on for most of the years of her marriage have a new dimension that they’re still working out. The point about who Peter listens to and why is a valid one, and I loved that they took a step back and showed a pattern in his treatment of white and black staff, and while we know there were individual reasons, this was the meat of the episode. And after seeing Peter wrong-footed so much during the episode, it was good to see him knowing the truth about Eli being investigated and putting the wedge between them.
I am delighted at the prospect of Eli-Tascioni scenes. She is Rambo and totally one of my favourite recurring characters on this show, which is so very good about recurring characters.
I tried to catch up on Nashville last night on 4OD, but it was so skippy, I gave up in disgust and will try again today. Anyway, I managed to post the recs that have been building up for a while, so that was good.
The Mentalist 5.17 Red, White and Blue
I was hoping that Jane would be in entertaining mode – and he was! Although nary a reference to the events of the last episode? So, we had a military victim and suspects.
I was glad that Jane made a gesture to make up to Cohen for taking advantage of him, seeing as he was incredibly vulnerable, although I thought they sailed close to the wind in that Jane’s tactics were meant to be therapeutic for someone who’d lost their memory because of a brain injury.
Cho was awesome (what was that salute though, was he in the armed forces or was it just part of the show’s attitude through the team's attitudes and the choices about the military characters to them in this episode, which I found problematic in its general assumptions – even with some acknowledgement of the mental and physical fall-out for some combatants have and of the mistreatment of women soldiers - but I’m not going to go into all that. This is, after all, a procedural crime drama, mainly produced by Americans for a mainstream American TV network.) He wouldn’t take any bluster, stood his ground and his argument about backing up Rose was just right.
So, I have been mis-spelling Tascioni’s surname (I thought it was Tassione). And 4OD states that her first name is Elsbeth. There are some character names that I don’t check and guess at, okay?
Because of her general brilliance, this episode was fun, even if it was more about winning (competitive athlete asks competive Will to win for her, of course he will lovey) via the law than getting justice done really. So we had flummoxed!Will, Diane Frenchily coming in to assist by playing up to stereotypes about continental Europeans (two of them with ridiculously long hair.) The German cyclist was pretty, but what I learned from the Olympics was that cycling belongs to Britain and Australia, not Germany and France, show.
Meanwhile Tascioni and her arrest and Alicia having to handle it was also great fun. I do not think that Geneva would appreciate knowing that she was in court during le weekend because Peter gave Alicia a tip. And as they navigate their new relationship (yes, you are kind of being used for sex, Peter. Deal.), suddenly all the personal favours that Alicia could count on for most of the years of her marriage have a new dimension that they’re still working out. The point about who Peter listens to and why is a valid one, and I loved that they took a step back and showed a pattern in his treatment of white and black staff, and while we know there were individual reasons, this was the meat of the episode. And after seeing Peter wrong-footed so much during the episode, it was good to see him knowing the truth about Eli being investigated and putting the wedge between them.
I am delighted at the prospect of Eli-Tascioni scenes. She is Rambo and totally one of my favourite recurring characters on this show, which is so very good about recurring characters.
I tried to catch up on Nashville last night on 4OD, but it was so skippy, I gave up in disgust and will try again today. Anyway, I managed to post the recs that have been building up for a while, so that was good.
The Mentalist 5.17 Red, White and Blue
I was hoping that Jane would be in entertaining mode – and he was! Although nary a reference to the events of the last episode? So, we had a military victim and suspects.
I was glad that Jane made a gesture to make up to Cohen for taking advantage of him, seeing as he was incredibly vulnerable, although I thought they sailed close to the wind in that Jane’s tactics were meant to be therapeutic for someone who’d lost their memory because of a brain injury.
Cho was awesome (what was that salute though, was he in the armed forces or was it just part of the show’s attitude through the team's attitudes and the choices about the military characters to them in this episode, which I found problematic in its general assumptions – even with some acknowledgement of the mental and physical fall-out for some combatants have and of the mistreatment of women soldiers - but I’m not going to go into all that. This is, after all, a procedural crime drama, mainly produced by Americans for a mainstream American TV network.) He wouldn’t take any bluster, stood his ground and his argument about backing up Rose was just right.
