Gary isn't married.
Gary isn't married.
Kayla, thank you for these wonderful weekly reviews of The Good Fight! Any idea if AV Club will continue to cover Season 2?
When Diane brought ChumHum to Reddick, Boseman, & Kolstad, she negotiated with the partners that her capital contribution would come out of her retainer, so I don't think they're going to revisit that issue (even though it would be a good way to bring David Lee and Howard Lyman back into the fray).
It does seem like the perfect way to bring David and Howard back into the fold, but perhaps the Kings are weary of going back to "The Good Wife" characters and settings too much during this formative season. Outside of the first episode and series regulars Diane, Lucca, and Marissa, the characters who have made…
I could see Gary Cole signing on to this show full time when "Veep" concludes its run, but no sooner. I'm sure he has given priority to "Veep" and makes time for "Good Fight" when his schedule allows. What a lucky guy, to star opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus on one show and Christine Baranski on the other!
HBO would never cancel their reigning Best Comedy Series Emmy winner and arguably second most-buzzed-about series just because the season finale felt like a series finale… They'd better get on it fast, though, because Mandel and the writers are starting work on Season 6 today!
Iannucci often blended moments of genuine emotion throughout his four seasons, though, especially since Louis-Dreyfus plays it so damn well. How about that wonderful scene she has opposite the refugees in "Crate," when she's crying for her failed campaign while listening to their story of survival? That has the same…
"You've gotta be freakin' kidding me!"
Scott Bakula did play New Christine's dad, who Christine dated and slept with throughout the run of the show. I have to say the always found great actors to play opposite Louis-Dreyfus romantically, especially Dave Foley, Tim DeKay, and Blair Underwood.
You should definitely revisit the show, in particular Season 3. It's a shame it got cut short due to the Writer's Strike, because they were truly hitting their stride in those 10 episodes.
Great point about how Christine's life and personal, familial relationships always interfered with her new romantic relationships. What I loved most about how the show played the conflict was its emotionally honesty: Christine very rarely resented Matthew or Richard for ruining her relationships because they were too…
I wholeheartedly agree that the show got zanier as it went on, although I think Season 4 was the perfect blend of somewhat outlandish humor grounded in some form of reality. Season 5, on the other hand, did veer off to some ridiculous and implausible places, like the episode where Christine is trapped in the subway…
I wish Hamish Linklater would find show to settle into like he did on "Old Christine." I thought "The Crazy Ones" would be a huge success for him, but sadly that wasn't the case - even though the show was great and he was great in it.
The first season of the show, when it was single-cam and confined to 22 minutes playing out in real time, is truly fantastic! And what an ensemble, too, many of whom went onto bigger roles and stardom afterward (Steve Carell).
I was so hoping ABC would pick up the series, but in hindsight I'm glad they didn't because we may not have gotten "Veep" as a result. Even if HBO and Armando went forward with the series without JLD, I can't imagine any other actress in that role!
I completely agree, "Old Christine" is such a phenomenal, underrated show, certainly one of the best multi-cam sitcoms of its time. While I initially checked it out just to see Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a new series, the show evolved into a great ensemble show, especially with the additional of Wanda Sykes as a series…
One of the series' best episodes, "One and a Half Men," also features one of Julia Louis-Dreyfus's best performances in her entire career, in which Christine finds out she's peri-menopausal and starts using testosterone creme. Absolutely brilliant, balls-to-the-wall performance!
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Kings mentioned a four-season plan, with the locale switching every season (Wall Street was mentioned, amongst others) and they hope the cast will carry over in some capacity. It sounds like an anthology concept, but they didn't describe it as such.
Jonah's uncle wants his better nephew Ezra to occupy that seat, but having him campaign against the widow would look too negative (plus he's overseas serving the country). So they turned to Jonah as a viable option for someone so self-servicing to campaign hard against the widow and win and therefore keep the position…
I loved seeing K Callan pop up as Jonah's lovable adversary for Congress. She's such a wonderful and underrated character actress!