The Good Wife, Season 5, Episode 8, “The Next Month”
Written by Ted Humphrey
Directed by Josh Charles
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on CBS
Since “Hitting the Fan”, The Good Wife’s approach has been a slow, steady, calculated examination of the days, weeks, and now month following the Florrick/Agos defection and the beginning of their rivalry with Lockhart/Gardner (which will never be referred to as “LG” in this space, lest the review be paused for a period of retching). We have watched “The Next Day”, then “The Next Week”, and now “The Next Month” as the characters adjust to their new positions, their new alignments towards former allies, and a whole new game they’re playing. The departure of Alicia in particular from Lockhart/Gardner is a massive event in this show’s history, and it is playing out as such. Things have changed for everyone. Forever. Now...
Written by Ted Humphrey
Directed by Josh Charles
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on CBS
Since “Hitting the Fan”, The Good Wife’s approach has been a slow, steady, calculated examination of the days, weeks, and now month following the Florrick/Agos defection and the beginning of their rivalry with Lockhart/Gardner (which will never be referred to as “LG” in this space, lest the review be paused for a period of retching). We have watched “The Next Day”, then “The Next Week”, and now “The Next Month” as the characters adjust to their new positions, their new alignments towards former allies, and a whole new game they’re playing. The departure of Alicia in particular from Lockhart/Gardner is a massive event in this show’s history, and it is playing out as such. Things have changed for everyone. Forever. Now...
- 11/18/2013
- by Jordan Ferguson
- SoundOnSight
The Good Wife, Season 5, Episode 2: “The Bit Bucket”
Written by Robert King and Ted Humphrey
Directed by Michael Zinberg
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on CBS
Only The Good Wife could take on the Nsa with the near perfect mixture of dread and whimsy it manages in “The Bit Bucket.” It was inevitable the show would tackle the newly revealed reach of the National Security Agency this season—it is a perfect collection of so many of the show’s predilections. It heavily involves technology, casts a suspicious eye towards bureaucracy, hints at levels of apathy and corruption in the government, and allows the show to strut its quirky legal knowledge like the peacock it can be at its most ostentatious.
Opening with a zippy, funny sequence that follows two Nsa trackers (Zach Woods and Tobias Segal), the episode spins out to pull in various disparate threads from the...
Written by Robert King and Ted Humphrey
Directed by Michael Zinberg
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on CBS
Only The Good Wife could take on the Nsa with the near perfect mixture of dread and whimsy it manages in “The Bit Bucket.” It was inevitable the show would tackle the newly revealed reach of the National Security Agency this season—it is a perfect collection of so many of the show’s predilections. It heavily involves technology, casts a suspicious eye towards bureaucracy, hints at levels of apathy and corruption in the government, and allows the show to strut its quirky legal knowledge like the peacock it can be at its most ostentatious.
Opening with a zippy, funny sequence that follows two Nsa trackers (Zach Woods and Tobias Segal), the episode spins out to pull in various disparate threads from the...
- 10/7/2013
- by Jordan Ferguson
- SoundOnSight
"The Bit Bucket" is a bunch of recordings the Nsa has on Alicia and Diane because of someone they once represented.
Apparently the Nsa has been going back over the recordings for a period of two years just in case they missed something of importance. Instead, an entirely new bucket was revealed this that could have ramifications throughout Alicia's life outside Lockhart/Gardner.
There's an extra, heaping dollop of drama this season on just about every story on The Good Wife. Little by little puzzle pieces come together and great big A-ha moments are the result.
It was really interesting how they wound up the Nsa plot. The whole thing started because of a brief terrorist tie two years prior and the decision of Cary and Alicia to sue the Nsa on behalf of their Chum Hum client. Neil Gross has a gag order from the Nsa that forbids him...
Apparently the Nsa has been going back over the recordings for a period of two years just in case they missed something of importance. Instead, an entirely new bucket was revealed this that could have ramifications throughout Alicia's life outside Lockhart/Gardner.
There's an extra, heaping dollop of drama this season on just about every story on The Good Wife. Little by little puzzle pieces come together and great big A-ha moments are the result.
It was really interesting how they wound up the Nsa plot. The whole thing started because of a brief terrorist tie two years prior and the decision of Cary and Alicia to sue the Nsa on behalf of their Chum Hum client. Neil Gross has a gag order from the Nsa that forbids him...
- 10/7/2013
- by carissa@tvfanatic.com (Carissa Pavlica)
- TVfanatic
The Good Wife occasionally will feature cases based on current events, while putting its own spin on them.
During The Good Wife season 4, the topics have included: the Nato summit protests in Chicago, hazing and spousal privilege for same-sex spouses. In "Rape: A Modern Perspective," three separate headlines were integrated into the hour, including "Anonymous" helping uncover evidence in a rape investigation, Bitcoin and the Justice Department's investigation into Aaron Swartz.
There was so much going on in this episode that it would have been easy for it to become cumbersome, but that never took place. Instead, the numerous storylines were well-written and integrated together in a cohesive manner.
Alicia and Will helped a young woman, Rainey, sue her rapist in civil court when he made a plea deal that kept him out of jail and freed him to attend Princeton. Similar to real cases, "Anonymous" took an interest and...
During The Good Wife season 4, the topics have included: the Nato summit protests in Chicago, hazing and spousal privilege for same-sex spouses. In "Rape: A Modern Perspective," three separate headlines were integrated into the hour, including "Anonymous" helping uncover evidence in a rape investigation, Bitcoin and the Justice Department's investigation into Aaron Swartz.
There was so much going on in this episode that it would have been easy for it to become cumbersome, but that never took place. Instead, the numerous storylines were well-written and integrated together in a cohesive manner.
Alicia and Will helped a young woman, Rainey, sue her rapist in civil court when he made a plea deal that kept him out of jail and freed him to attend Princeton. Similar to real cases, "Anonymous" took an interest and...
- 4/15/2013
- by carla@tvfanatic.com (Carla Day)
- TVfanatic
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