I think the writers addressed this in interviews after the time jump. Basically, the time jump happened for the characters, but it still is in "the present" for the sake of real-world relevance, and so on. I think the text indicated that by following "Three Years Later" with "The Present Day" (or something).

Very good ep, albeit with some baroque plotting. I finally and for the first time have a sense of why Alicia is running for office, which has been my major sticking point all season: it's not to be a politician (which would have been so far out of character), but to prove that she's better than her husband at it.…

I was going to post the exact thing: it looks like an LA version of The Great Beauty. I'm not entirely sure that's necessary, but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.

Well, I agree that it's ludicrous that Alicia and Kalinda never speak, but in this case it was bc Cary can't be in the same room as Kalinda. It's funny to imagine the writers devising entire plots around not having Kalinda in the office—-

Not to nitpick, but Grace on The Good Wife found Jesus before Paige did, and it also baffled and alarmed her mom. I mention it only because when Paige's storyline began, I thought how weird it was that my two favorite dramas had this storyline, and pulled it off so well (when it could have been so clunky).

He actually returned to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour the following spring and his performance of "Waist Deep" made the air that time. The brothers made CBS's censorship public and there was an outcry that eventually garnered him a second appearance…probably the best segment that ever aired on that show; it's so…

These are all solid choices.

I was just about to post this, but I should have known someone would beat me to it. I like that they kind of either made him an off-screen character more or less by accident, or they didn't want to build up the kind of mythology that off screen characters (Norm's Vera, Phylis's Lars, etc) have. Rather it seemed kind…

It's very funny, probably among the top five or so eps of the series. But it always seemed to be a bit too much about comedy writers patting themselves on the back about the Work of Comedy, in that Sullivan's Travels sort of way. And I am not arguing that that Work is not real and vital…

I thought maybe the reason they had Clarke do the cross is that the argument was that the retainer agreement with Lockhart Gardner was also witnessed by the escort, and so maybe since Cary and Alicia were both working for L/G (ugh) at the time, they were concerned about arguing against the validity of their own…

The writers' twitter account said that for the memory scenes, they changed the dress color in post. That there's a great detail.

If he dyes his hair blond and hires Robert Palmer girls to follow him around, I am going to be highly, highly disappointed.

Fantastic premiere and that scene of Alicia with the partners was extremely suspenseful in the best way. I loved that there's another Cary (which seems like something that happens in real life all the time but never on TV) and that he's gonna give Alicia trouble. And I also loved the music.

they don't seem to allow them to say "no, i will not answer," so since every team challenge involves this question, a smart team would make a pact that each person will say him- or herself as a way of not allowing any net gain one way or another. i think gretchen's team attempted that during THAT episode, but…

they don't seem to allow them to say "no, i will not answer," so since every team challenge involves this question, a smart team would make a pact that each person will say him- or herself as a way of not allowing any net gain one way or another. i think gretchen's team attempted that during THAT episode, but…