What do you think is lacking? Sometimes it seems that Alicia's respect for Cary's legal skills is not reciprocated. Is that what you mean?

The show itself has commented on this double standard. I think it was in Season 2 where Eli noted that (male) politicians can overcome sex scandals but that nanny issues derail (female) politicians. Some of that may have been implied. Anyway, just ask Kimba Wood and Zoe Baird what they think.

I thought he was also trying to rip the band-aid off for his mom by leaving right away.

I would love to see Geneva Pine as Alicia's Deputy State's Attorney. The Alicia/Finn interactions would be great, too. Finn appears to be struggling with PTSD, which could prove interesting.

I thought he was meant to be FA's version of David Lee: someone who is willing to cross lines that others won't cross.

She was definitely channeling Will with that move.

That was the big weakness for me, too: Canning's supposed motivations don't make any sense. The writers have never made him a two-dimensional villain before. There must be something else at work. Maybe he needs to be in control?

I agree that Cary was right about Alicia's motivations for pursuing a merger. Alicia felt betrayed by Cary, but Cary had every reason to feel betrayed, too. His reasons for leaving LG had not changed. In reality, their reasons for leaving LG and setting up the new firm in the first place never lined up perfectly. That…

The finale set him up for a very interesting sixth season.

My initial reaction to this episode was that it was good but not up to the level of the extraordinary 4th season finale or even the 2nd season finale. Upon reflection, though, I am appreciating it more. I keep coming back to the dichotomy posed by Alicia's two professed goals (from "A Few Words"): happiness versus…

Ouch! You do realize that Lockhart Gardner is highly fictionalized, right? It doesn't resemble any actual large, elite law firm (the type of place that would be recruiting from Harvard, U of C and Georgetown). Large, white shoe firms don't do family law, and they don't do criminal law apart from white collar (e.g.,…

Interesting. They do a lot of pro bono and refer out a lot of business. That sounds like a recipe for financial success… BTW, pro bono clients enjoy the same attorney-client relationship and entitlement to the privilege and confidentiality as do other clients.

But did the attorneys have actual offices and conference rooms? I can see such an entryway and common spaces for socializing working well, but I think actual offices and conference rooms are necessary for lawyers. Some lawyers can share offices with other lawyers effectively (though I need my own space). E.g., a lot…

He's no saint if he left his son in NY. Why would he move to Chicago if his son is in NY? That would make me view the character far less favorably.

The design may be hip, but no law firm like that would function very well. Most lawyers' days are made up of reading cases or fact documents (requiring quiet contemplation), engaging in conference calls (preferably on speaker phone so you can type, thus necessitating walls so you don't annoy everyone around you), and…

Interestingly, that is exactly the kind of unfair distortion that this episode of TGW played with.

I didn't mix up the characters. I said she married the son of a judge (i.e., Peter).

I don't think the reviewer is being quite fair to Alicia. Of course the character is comfortable around rich men. She's been conditioned to be comfortable around the rich and powerful. She attended elite schools, married the son of a judge (and also a lawyer, probably also educated at elite institutions). When she was…

I don't think that's quite right. Here, in this episode Alicia was without a monitor. Anyone could have confused those two voices; race had nothing to do with it. In "Tying the Knot," Alicia's original memory of Demetrius going up the stairs was probably accurate. It's precisely because she is sensitive to the issue…

I thought the last scene (before the intern came in) suggested Peter had some fight left in him.