I like seeing Grace come into her own—to carve a niche for herself. She's like the old Alicia (not the Good Wife, but the Good Daughter) just on a steeper learning curve. In my mind (correct me if I'm wrong) she'd be a h.s. senior at this point . . . and if so, this is the most lucrative after school job ever!

Republican talking points that sound like a way-toned-down version of Scott Walker of neighboring Wisconsin — which is sure to get your Midwestern pro-union voters all riled up.

That still makes me smile.

"And we've all made fun of David Lee for, well, you know." Agreed that allowing us to fill in the blank makes it even more priceless.

Good point. Jason was bringing up season 2 memories of Blake — who always seemed to be trying to out-Kalinda Kalinda.

Jason is already resting his shiny leather shoes on her desk and grinning like a Cheshire cat . . . so you're right, Alicia is totally getting Kalindaed!

Jason + leather jacket, wielding crowbar, looks like he walked straight out of one of the Florrick household's fake crime dramas. (Except he genuinely looks like he's having fun, unlike the other shows which, we're led to believe, take themselves too seriously.) If we didn't have Grace, Lucca, and their client as…

Jeffrey Dean Morgan looked way sketchier perusing those women's sweaters than did any of the actual customers.

Interesting…I can see the value of considering queerness in this context.

I hear what you're saying. I guess I'm not sure what kind of intimacy I was witnessing. But it seemed inarticulable.

Amy Irving always makes me think of the ever-charming "Crossing Delancey"—which just made me want Peter Riegert to pop up in his occasional role as judge!

Well, she only defended him up until he tried to infiltrate "Emily's World" (!) (clever move, Cary). Howard must seem (to Diane, and to the show) a reliable, if outdated, comic diversion, like a piece of bizarre office furniture, or a species we all thought was extinct and keep around as a curiosity—until, that is, he…

I think the most instructive viewer of the photos is Grace, who calls
them (I think) "kind of beautiful." She was the real "Innocent" when
this show began and has gradually turned not-so-innocent: by her parents' sex
scandals, by growing up in the age of the internet, and now by having a
foothold in her mom's legal…

I love your reading of Alicia burning Kalinda's confession. Belated as it comes, the burning is a reciprocal gesture—to Kalinda's sacrifice in writing it in the first place—implying "I can't ask you to sacrifice even more; cut your losses and go, but I refuse to give them any more reasons for coming after you." These…

Yeah, Kurt can take care of himself—and I don't think Diane would put up with anyone who required too much taking care of! (I mean that in the best possible way—refreshing to see two independent adults in a functional, mutually-supportive relationship.)

You're right—the famous "I'm going off to start a family" Caitlin! David seems to have rather a thriving personal life, what with his beloved niece and those elaborate Gilbert and Sullivan productions.

While I agree that Louis Canning is best in small doses, what he and Alicia have in common is an (apparent) devotion to family. He defends his machinations, variously, by claiming that he's trying to level the playing field re: inflated lawsuits (ha ha ha) and that anyway, his bottom line and loyalty lie with his…

I find Simone Canning interesting because of the parallels and contrasts she provides to the longterm arc of Alicia. If we take her at her word, Simone wants a job, she wants some agency and identity for herself (apart from being a saintly wife to a suffering husband), and she wants to get it on her own merits. So she…

Good call about Archie in "The Fall"—though I believe she plays a pathologist, since she has that killer line about its Greek etymology (pathos, logos, "death being the final disease," etc) while trying to scare off a dude at the bar.

The only way it makes any sense (both emotionally and plot-wise) is if there was a brief outer note along the lines of, "I'm leaving. Enclosed is my confession to Bishop in case he ever threatens any of ya'll." (Because Alicia collapses immediately upon glancing at the note—and I'd like to hope that she, if to a…