Specifically, she thinks she might have given up her chance to be with someone she loved and who loved her. But in a broader sense, it feels like she gave up her privacy, her agency, her ability to do what she wants without concern for how it would affect other people. Being the good wife means she hasn't really been…

I don't doubt that Alicia loves her kids, but women can have complicated feelings about motherhood. When she thinks about how her marriage failed, her career is flailing, she missed her chance at love, but at least she had kids! I can see how it makes that kids seem kind of disappointing and inadequate, not as…

Love Actually gets a ton of crap, some of it deserved, sure, but the thing I like about it is that it shows all kinds of love, not just romantic, but also between friends, between family members, between stepfamily members, etc. Some of it stupid or awkward or sad or destructive, yes, but some love is like that.

I appreciated that the show didn't oversimplify the situation as Eli's fault, and something that would have turned out differently if not for this one mistake he made. As angry as Alicia is at Eli for mucking around in her business, she knows there were a lot of missed chances, and a lot of the responsibility is hers.

Say what you will about The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe—it is the favorite episode by far of my seven-year-old, who has seen just about all of modern Doctor Who. He's probably watched that one episode at least 20 times. It has its demographic.

Maybe. I was never a Will/Alicia shipper, so it's hard for me to say with that conviction, but I can see how the characters would see it like that. Either way, she was definitely cheated out of the chance to find out, and to make that choice for herself. Heartbreaking stuff.

I actually liked this episode a lot. The case of the week was interesting because it combined some running conflicts/ideas into one big hairy package for Alicia to wrestle with (she wrestles quietly, but that's her way). One, the idea that there aren't good people and bad people, but people, who are complicated.…

Becca is the gift that keeps giving,but I find it harder and harder to picture her and Jimmy ever having been a thing in the past.

I'm less sure on this. You're probably right that no one from Loyola would get hired over someone from Harvard or Stanford, but is that right, or fair? I don't think so, and I think that's the point the show might be (clumsily) making. It seems like the Harvard or Stanford grads probably had a lot of advantages in…

I think Eli agrees. He knows what's up.

Presidential candidacies begin far sooner than for any other office. Eli is counting on the fact that Peter's candidacy will implode (or be sabotaged by himself), and has decided to hitch his horse to the other Florrick in the long run. Makes sense to me. And what happened to Alicia in the SA race was horrible—I have…

I was wondering if maybe Sexy PI Guy (whoa, totally forgot his name for a moment) might have leaked it, having been inside her apartment so much. But it definitely could have been any number of people.

Yeah, he definitely seemed uncomfortable with what was happening. I read it as concern for Alicia getting emotionally involved with someone who Eli knows has betrayed her in a big way, beyond what she's aware of. Awwwwwwkward.

Yes, I get that vibe from it too at times—a bit stilted, a bit too on the nose, a bit like the conversations were designed to make certain points rather than because this is how these characters would talk or what they would talk about at these moments. But I love the show, adore Aziz, think the points he's making are…

I adore that mad scientist Eli has a conscience … when it comes to Alicia.

I totally buy that they lied to her about it. Peter seemed so suspiciously supportive about the whole thing—like he was hiding something. I'm glad that wasn't just me imagining things.

Don't worry. If he keeps threatening people with a tire iron this season, someone will mess up his teeth.

Yeah, that made no sense. The tire iron move was an interesting character twist, but shouldn't law enforcement have been enlisted to go after that guy?

Yeah, I found that comment illuminating too about where he's coming from. He's stuck in the system too. The system seems like the real villain this season.

I think Jane is #TeamRafael. Michael has so much in his favor, the only thing that could possibly keep Rafael in the running is … Jane just wants Rafael. It's not logical, it just is.