The Good Wife: Landing (2016)
Season 7, Episode 19
7/10
definitely one of the best
9 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This is one of the NSA episodes It involves two workers at NSA who are nick named Frick and Frack By this time they have both been fired

The Americans are trying to repatriate one across the Canadian border which gives rise to a hearing at the airport (Toronto)

The script gives full vein to irony The Canadian magistrate uses every opportunity to score points. "Canada has no need to listen secretly to its citizens" she grandly declares whilst the Canadian counterpart of the NSA are in fact listening. Later she states that the Canadian judiciary are free from outside pressure and then accepts unpleaded advice to give asylum.

The NSA is credited with 'hot miking' Alicia's mobile and yet in 2017 when Wikileaks carries details of the Weeping Angel listening schemes where the NSA can convert Samsung televisions to transmitting microphones ( hot wiring) in real life there are loud squawks about breaching national security. These programs were broadcast three years ago without any protest at all

Good slap stick humour as the loud airport announcements interrupt important part of the case. None bilingual and only one sign bilingual at the airport. When the NSA listening floor is done over as the CSE listening floor ( communications security executive ) - nice touch of Canadian and Quebec flag in the back ground

very enjoyable episode
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