Thomas, the thing is that the law already exists to protect people from violence of this sort—sexual or racial. That's where the "conspiracy to commit" charge comes from, and it's where a lot of new ground is being covered w/r/t death threats against, say, female gamers (GamerGate). The point is, whether I'm…

If you said that he shouldn't go to jail, I apologize for missing that. That said, I understand you when you state that "it's understandable if jurors would be tempted to jail someone for being really into rape fantasies." I'm just pointing out the danger of going down that route. Because while I can totally…

Isn't that exactly my point, though? Your skepticism should have no legal impact on what I actually practice, so long as it's not (a) against the law and (b) harming anybody. By your logic, the ADA who brought this case should be prosecuted, since by calling attention of this fantasy to the woman in question, he may…

Well, the "correct" thing didn't happen—either here, or in the real world. In both cases, the jury found the person to be guilty, at least at first. An appeal down the road might get you *out* of jail, but it doesn't make up for time initially spent there, and the implication of this episode is not that the doctor was…

I don't know how much time has actually passed on the show, so they might still be finalizing contracts. Also, unspoken, is the fact that Alicia's "firm" can't actually absorb all four of those clients—while they might leave L/A (and Diane did have a throwaway line to Cary about winning those clients back, especially…

Problem is, nothing we've seen about the judge this entire season has given us reason to believe he has a code of ethics. He's constantly screwed over Alicia's bail clients based on bias against her, he takes perceived slights against him very personally, and doesn't seem to care about certain people at all—though if…

I was merely clarifying my position, since Thomas's reply seemed to imply that I was saying it was weird to be unnerved by the guy. I also still think it's worth discussing, both here and in my other response to Thomas's post above, the danger that comes from being unsettled by him at all when the law is involved. You…

Florrick/Agos had larger cases from the get-go, largely because they'd brought clients with them from Lockhart/Gardner. They also had staff and an actual office—it may have been scrappy and rough, but it was far more funded than the sort of business that Alicia's currently running out of her home, with investigators…

I disagree that they've exhausted the premise of the show, because Alicia is still finding different dynamics: as an associate, as a partner, as a large-firm founder, as an independent bail lawyer, and now in a small-scale partnership. She's run for one office (and been mired in scandal) and she's still finding the…

"If he gets drunk or too stressed or otherwise has his compartmentalization "down" what could happen?"

Nothing wrong with being unnerved by the *guy*—I'm talking about being unnerved by the *case.* There are plenty of people who make me uncomfortable, but that's not grounds to have them arrested or otherwise inconvenienced (see the recent stories about Arabic-speaking Americans being taken off of flights because of…

Yeah, and that cop actually went several degrees further than this doctor, in that he used databases for non-work purposes, whereas the character from The Good Wife didn't alter his behavior at all, unless you don't buy the reasoning behind him having work product in the trunk of his car.

Out of curiosity, what exactly was troubling about the KSR case, aside from the fact that the jury actually found the doctor to be guilty of something he hadn't done, and to which all evidence suggested that he never actually would act on? This wasn't a fantasy he shared with the supposed victim, nor did he alter his…

The information doesn't really matter, though. The CIA had access to those documents (and still does); Carrie is the only person who might have made a connection between them, Allison, and the supposedly dead asset. What convinced her to spare Carrie, in my mind, was the fact that Carrie seemed absolutely at a dead…

And yet, Carrie hadn't even *seen* the hacked information when Allison tried to kill her the first three times, and if we believe the show, Carrie's the only person who could've made the personal connection between Allison and that asset.

Sure, although I do miss Krypto.

You might consider checking out Hulu or Netflix if you have a fast enough bandwidth for streaming. And yes, I agree that they are intentionally playing up those things—I'm just saying that they're doing so because of the demographic CBS is trying to reach. That said, Madam Secretary and The Good Wife both have strong…

Which is exactly my point. Instead of simply showing Supergirl as a hero—taking it as an obvious point that a woman can be a hero—the show insists on emphasizing the fact that she's a woman. And a hero. "How Does She Do It?" as an episode title, really? As I said, it's trying too hard, hence the sloppiness.

I didn't say anything about "hardcore" messaging, nor did I imply that there's something wrong with feminism. I'm just talking about the effect of catering to a demographic—this happens with sci-fi shows that overindulge the so-called Nerdom, too.

Because it's trying to cater to a different demographic. Instead of simply allowing Supergirl to be a hero, it has to get a feminist message across. It is, in other words, the model of a show that's trying too hard.