The Good Wife – Peter just looks like a petty fool

Has anyone else been missing The Good Wife for all the months that it’s been gone? I suppose it’s to the show’s credit that it only feels like we’ve been away for a few weeks … oh, that’s right, it has only been a few weeks. So why have all manner of places, including Entertainment Weekly, been lauding the midseason return of the show? Am I missing something, or is someone desperately trying to get word-of-mouth going for a show that lacked in oomph the first half of its third season?

It definitely didn’t find any of the legal variety this week. Interesting, however, is the evolving battle between Eli and divorce super lawyer David Lee, and I loved how Lee’s niece, Caitlin (Anna Camp), became a pawn in their little power struggle. I hope that Caitlin’s concern that she’d upset Eli wasn’t an indication that Eli gives up that easily … all David said to him was that his niece is just about the only thing that he loves. And? She’s still a first year associate, and Eli is still in a position to make her pick things up after they’ve fallen off the corner of his desk. I hope he’s not done picking on David through her.

Nevertheless, I do hope that we’re done seeing “Alicia Light” fill in for the real thing. Mrs. Florrick may have fallen on her face this season, but that doesn’t mean that Alicia doesn’t bring a good game when she’s called upon to practice law. Caitlin may conduct some great research, but at the end of the day we’re all (hypothetically) here to see Alicia, so why not move past the part where Eli’s always scratching his head looking for Alicia and have her actually show up to work with him when she’s called upon? Not that I wouldn’t like to see more of Eli reprimanding her, but they have a great back-and-forth, and I love to see how uncomfortable spending time with Eli generally makes Alicia. Why not capitalize on that?

What we could do with significantly less of is Stacie (Amy Sedaris) in general, and Stacie desiring Eli (and vice versa) specifically. Maybe it was just me, but it was really gross watching the two kiss, let alone watching as Stacie licked whipped cream off of Eli’s fingers. There is zero chemistry between them, and while it seems that there no longer has to be any for two people on TV to wind up sleeping together, these are two people who should never really be in the same room together, let alone the same bed. I hope the fact that Stacie’s involved with Eli’s ex-wife’s campaign won’t mean that we’ll be seeing more of her … we’re all full-up, thanks.

Now I know that the “big” topic of the episode was the Will Gardner grand jury hearing, but not for me. Some moments were okay — and Cary was great — but on the whole the entire incident was terrible. I just hope that we’ve put it behind us, and that we can finally get back to watching Lockhart/Gardner trying cases in their unique way. I’m more than ready.

Clacked by Aryeh S.
on Jan 31, 2012 @ 12:00 EST5EDT