This is such a tough day for me!

I wonder how long The Ballad Of Boyd Crowder would be. I imagine it would be the country equivalent of a Godspeed You! Black Emperor song.

The show put all its chips in the SA storyline but it was not able to deliver something compelling out of it. Add to that the supporting characters being marginalized, no significant interaction between any of the main cast, and you've got a whole lot of disappointment. Even in the S4 debacle of Kalinda's husband, you…

My only hope now is that these last couple of episodes give us some much needed focus on her character. Even if it only ends up being 4 episodes (tops), they could still do something interesting with her exit. My worry is that it doesn't look like the show gives a damn about her character anymore. I am hoping for a…

Her Majesty Diane Lockhart has assistants for that sort of thing, honey!

It's not just the affair, though. I bet there's a lot of meat to pick on five years worth of emails. It's unrealistic that it wouldn't cause a scandal anyway.

That makes more sense because, in the end, Diane didn't know the evidence was fabricated so she was acting in the best interest of her client there.

I think it's valid to criticize the show's treatment of certain issues when the storyline themselves merit them, as was the case here. So I didn't think Kayla was far off.

I thought they did a decent job back putting us in Kalinda's state of mind that led her to fabricate the evidence. With Cary just hours away from prison and no other way out. So at least that action seemed to be driven by something that one could argue even signaled a step forward in their relationship…

Ok, something good to add. Alicia and Peter finally acting like two civilized adults who actually know what a political marriage is supposed to be about: helping each other. Not taking the first opportunity to publicly criticize the other party.

Calling all lawyers: what could be a possible way for Diane to get out of the fake evidence problem? They're clearly not writing her off but they did say it was an offense that could cause disbarment.

Yeah, these last couple of episode have had some entertaining values and even good scenes, like Alicia and Peter kitchen chat which I loved, but as a whole it's a victim to what has transpired with the rest of the season. No momentum or story, just aimless. And it makes me sad.

The show has sadly lost any interest in these characters. Even Alicia seems to be suffering, at least they didn't have her acting like she didn't know what was going on.

I would like to echo Kayla's worries that this season cannot be redeemed. I thought that perhaps they could regain some momentum once the campaign ended but sadly it has not been the case.

Yes, please. :)

Same here. Lesson learned: never bet against a crappy CBS comedy! It might still suffer The Millers fate but that doesn't do my ballot any good. It's getting renewed for sure.

I wouldn't say it rings completely false because, as you mentioned, Diane favoritism of him hasn't really manifested in a lot of wins for Cary. It doesn't help either that the show has failed to explore their dynamic in the past season and a half.

MILD SPOILER. That's definitely coming back next episode. Andrew Wiley is involved and the episode two weeks from now appears to be heavy on it, based on synopsis and guest cast. Geneva, the detective, Kalinda's hacker friend are all in that episode.

She said it herself a couple of episodes ago: she likes the bad guys. Finn appears to be too clean cut, and kind of a boring character, for her.

That would be a plausible explanation if they had not included all those other moments where they treated them as a single firm. For example, Diane apparently wrote to David Lee about Cary not being a great lawyer while he was still in an opposing firm, considering they brought him in after Cary was acquitted.…