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The Good Wife
Taking Control
Original Air Date: Sep 28, 2010
Patricia Morris Buckley —Sr. Staff Writer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com
We spent months wondering who Alicia would pick — Will or Peter — and it is over in one minute, and without any real choice made. At least there was some amazingly hot sex to get us over the disappointment. That always helps!
That’s right, the action picked up right where it left off. Alicia is fielding a call from Will who is making a play for her. She asks him to come up with a plan. But when he calls back, she’s going to the podium with Peter, who is announcing his reelection campaign.
Will leaves two messages. One saying that he doesn’t have a plan and they should drop it. But then he calls back and says he loves her, but if she doesn’t feel the same way, to ignore the message. And here’s where it gets frustrating with a capital “F.” Eli, Peter’s smarmy campaign manager (played by the brilliant Alan Cumming), deletes the second message and so Alicia thinks everything is off between them.
OK, we knew it was too soon in the life of the series for these two to get together. But still… (Beats head on the sofa arm a few times.) (Then a few times more – I don’t feel better, but I have an excuse for a terrible headache.)
So the action picks up a month later. The firm is in the middle of a merger with Derrick Bond, which means new ways of doing business. Some good, some bad. More on that later.
Alicia is in court when judge (the wonderful Christopher Guest, who will hopefully return — please, please, please) asks her to help Vance Salle, a murder defendant that is determined to represent himself with the defense that the government framed him. So she does, although it takes a while for her to convince Vance she can help. Meanwhile, Kalinda gets on the case and here is where the episode really starts to get good. Turns out, Bond’s team also has an investigator – Blake — and he’s pretty good (and pretty, period). But of course they clash. Umm.. that’s going to end up with some good tussles down the road.
Speaking of strange teams, Eli and Peter’s mom make a weird truce and she agrees to give him advice. He works hard not to roll his eyes and smile, but that’s got real potential too.
Alicia is able to find a few chinks in the prosecution’s case (all the sweeter when Cary is made first chair) and it as if she’s going to get Vance off. But then she discovers that a murder weapon has been found, so she rushes the cases to the jury, then convinces Vance, who really did do it, to take a plea.
Speaking of doing it, Peter is in court watching Alicia and gets really turned on when she challenges the judge. Oh my! Then he gets her alone in the bathroom and despite her protests, disappears down out of the frame — and she’s not protesting any more. My, my, my! Talk about a steamy bathroom mirror…
What an episode. It set up many potential conflicts (like Derrick naming himself Alicia’s mentor), gave us an interesting case (I had no idea that someone with Lupus could change blood type) and one major water cooler moment (still fanning myself).
What did you think? Would you imagine the same bathroom scene, only with Will? Is Peter’s vow to keep the campaign positive a sign of change? Are Kalinda and Blake doomed to be enemies or frenemies? Give us your TwoCents…
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The judge was played by Chris Sarandon not Christopher Guest. He was good though, so I hope he comes back again as a judge.
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