As for Alicia going "that far," I really think the creators wanted this to be Alicia stepping over the line. Not only that, it suits their fetish for narrative symmetry that the slap is provoked by a marriage destroyed—only now she is the destroyer.

The Good Wife: ultimately a story about why Grace took a gap year.

OMG the video AND the letter. They so badly want to explain their logic to us. And it's like, I get it, there was a slap then, so you want a slap now, blah blah symmetrycakes. But they didn't tell a story that ends on the moment they wanted it to, and yet they used that ending anyway.

I totes agree about the meaning of the slap. But I seem to recall Lucca specifically saying that Kurt cheated. Maybe I misremember. We didn't see any proof (we also didn't hear Kurt say he *didn't* have an affair), but I don't know how his credibility was undermined unless he confessed under oath or there was some…

Big props to Kayla for writing about these last couple seasons! I know they were a low point for the show, and folks weren't always receptive to your takes, but I've enjoyed reading your recaps.

We should have just ended on that party episode. Nothing in the last two episodes made for a compelling story or a satisfying end.

So, did Kurt cheat? I assume so, right? Otherwise Lucca couldn't get the bullet evidence thrown out.

Bob at casting, on the last day of shooting: "Is there ANY Tony winner we've left out? Sutton!?! I could have sworn she did a guest in season 3. Well, surely we can do something…"

I'm kind of stunned the creators saw the series-long arc for Alicia as one of victim to victimizer. It certainly explains this season and this finale, but nothing before it.

It would mean more if they didn't give Grace that same resolution.

I mean… yeah?

Aw, I've always liked Grace, but then again, I started watching very early in season 3, and have never gone backwards except a few reruns I've caught in syndication.

I hope this isn't the last we see of Grace, but if it is, this was an unexpectedly strong episode for her to go out on. Her easy affection with her mother and grandmother was something you don't see often with the characters on this show. (I also loved Veronica's unintentionally backhanded "Now who's the smart one!"…

The TV show was DVRed! Alicia was pausing it and playing whenever she had a moment to rest in her bedroom. As for Jason's BAMFing around Chicago… You got me there.

To be fair, it is just like Jackie not to look into anything too Jewish and treat it like a low-key wedding instead.

So, I assume i'm not alone in thinking that Mike Tascioni was only introduced because Carrie Preston is off on her sitcom. My question is, if Elsbeth had been used instead, would the writers have forced her to drop out at the last moment as well?

I'm with Kayla on how weird Zach's fiancée was as a character. We just didn't need her little speech. Even weirder, there was an obvious solution: let Zach make those points! It would at least demonstrate how Peter and Alicia's strained relationship have warped his view on monogamy.

Self-referential. If anything, the Darkness at Noon stuff was the show pointing out how it's *not* going to end the series. It was the writers saying, "We could do a purple prose, bloody death in a field, but instead here are two characters drinking wine and politely discussing their impending divorce."

I think it is *kind of* accurate. There's a fairly high floor to the quality on this show.

The most meta Good Wife episode ever? We literally got a bunch of recurring characters saying goodbye to Alicia. Jackie even explicitly says she'll never see Alicia (and us) again.