In the newest episode of CBS' The Good Wife, Lockhart/Gardner's future is at stake when a couple whose divorce was overseen by the firm accuses them of encouraging the breakup for financial gain. Elsewhere, Will hires Elsbeth Tascioni as his lawyer for the judicial bribery investigation.
In the legal drama's first new episode of 2012, we saw all the pieces move to their fighting places in Will's bribery investigation, Diane caught by the eye of a new man and the firm was sued for $44 million dollars.
It was nice to see the legal case of the week sort-of in reverse this week as the firm itself was the defendant and everyone scrambled to come out on top. Julianna Margulies played doubtful well in this episode as she was unsure of what she as a first-year associate did in this situation. The program also touched on the theme of perjury with our characters but nevertheless it never amounted to anything substantial. The suit was dropped when the firm produced sufficient, but maybe not real papers from the divorce and pictures of the husband being unfaithful again after their reunion.
Frankly, this show has done the "David Lee is an arrogant prick but can't be fired since he brings in the most money" angle to death. In the majority of his appearances, he somehow agitates one of our favorite characters and they in turn really don't do anything back at him. The idea of Eli Gold being the catalyst to try and get rid of him was very plausible but lacked the succeeding material. Diane's bluntness when she sat the two of them down and told them to stop acting like they would leave the firm was fun to see. However, it feels as if we just got a water-downed version of what could have been a good (small) plot arc.
This episode also toyed with the idea that there may be a new man in Diane's life. The two bonded over artwork until he had to serve her (plus Alicia, Will & David Lee) a subpoena. The sparks were definitely there between these two people and moving forward it could be interesting to see how a personal life could change the ideals in Diane's character as she is all work. He, magically, works in the same building as the firm offices so expect him to pop up again in the not so distant future.
All of the chess pieces are ready for the battle that is the States Attorney's investigation into Will for judicial bribery - which we know is a facade for Wendy Scott-Carr to attack Peter. Foreseeing a grand jury indictment, Will hired Elsbeth Tascioni, the great returning guest star Carrie Preston, to assist in making the investigation disappear. Preston once again shined with her frantic yet very functional antics but I felt that they only gave her in small doses. The episode concluded with Will being served with the indictment notice so I am hopeful that as this case heats up we'll see much more of Preston's Elsbeth as well as a more mentally cracking Will.
Side Notes:
In the legal drama's first new episode of 2012, we saw all the pieces move to their fighting places in Will's bribery investigation, Diane caught by the eye of a new man and the firm was sued for $44 million dollars.It was nice to see the legal case of the week sort-of in reverse this week as the firm itself was the defendant and everyone scrambled to come out on top. Julianna Margulies played doubtful well in this episode as she was unsure of what she as a first-year associate did in this situation. The program also touched on the theme of perjury with our characters but nevertheless it never amounted to anything substantial. The suit was dropped when the firm produced sufficient, but maybe not real papers from the divorce and pictures of the husband being unfaithful again after their reunion.
Frankly, this show has done the "David Lee is an arrogant prick but can't be fired since he brings in the most money" angle to death. In the majority of his appearances, he somehow agitates one of our favorite characters and they in turn really don't do anything back at him. The idea of Eli Gold being the catalyst to try and get rid of him was very plausible but lacked the succeeding material. Diane's bluntness when she sat the two of them down and told them to stop acting like they would leave the firm was fun to see. However, it feels as if we just got a water-downed version of what could have been a good (small) plot arc.
This episode also toyed with the idea that there may be a new man in Diane's life. The two bonded over artwork until he had to serve her (plus Alicia, Will & David Lee) a subpoena. The sparks were definitely there between these two people and moving forward it could be interesting to see how a personal life could change the ideals in Diane's character as she is all work. He, magically, works in the same building as the firm offices so expect him to pop up again in the not so distant future.
Side Notes:
- Loved how Cary was brought back into the firm's fold with this investigation. It showed that the writers remembered the character arcs from before. His closing "people change" remarks was very cunning.
- Will's lawyer interviews were cringe-worthy as everyone had a different opinion on how to handle things. Added points for the visual head nod 'no' to Diane.
- The sarcastic kids were bearable in their small appearances.
