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Sunday’s second episode of The Good Wife was quite an interesting one. I think I enjoyed it
more than the season premiere. I thought the case displayed in the episode was
interesting as well.
It was lovely to see Mamie Gummer back as Nancy Crozier. I
always enjoy when she goes against Alicia in cases. Speaking of cases, the one
in question was somewhat complex. To summarize, a mother got a deal to display
her photographs at the Chicago Fine Arts Museum. These photographs were of her
two children, nude. One of her children, now an adult, went to the museum and
destroyed one of the photographs of his younger self with a hammer. He claimed
his act was due to the humiliation that follows him because of these
photographs. Alicia was on defense, representing this individual. Nancy was on prosecution,
representing his mother.
I thought it was a very gripping case, touching on the lines
of art vs. child pornography. I don’t know how I personally feel about the
subject, but I do agree with the mother’s point about how her nude photographs should
not be thought of differently from the works of Michelangelo or Edward Weston. They
also showed Venus of Urbino as
evidence, blurring the breasts and other sections of the painting. I understand
that they have to follow certain guidelines about nudity for television, but it
kind of defeated the purpose of the case. Despite this, I do think that the episode
displayed the message that we should admire the beauty of the human body well.
As for the other characters, a few things stand out. Ruth is
up to dirty business, Eli is out for revenge, and peace just can’t seem to be
reached at Lockhart, Agos & Lee. Cary and Howard continue to butt heads; it’s
bound to happen with their significant age gap. Diane has to play mommy, once
again, to try to keep them in line. I enjoy seeing Diane this way, but I really
think they should just get rid of Howard. And if it was up to me, I’d get rid
of David too. I wish it could go back to when Diane, Alicia, and Cary were the
name partners because they had a good thing going for them.
As for new characters, because they just have to continue adding more, I don’t know
how I feel. Jeffery Dean Morgan was introduced as Jason Crouse, an investigator.
He is clearly Alicia’s new love interest and I wish they would quit with this
character arc (since this will be the 5th one for Alicia). He also
seems to be serving as the “new” Kalinda, and I’m not too keen on that. I’m
also not too keen on the fact that he looks a lot like Kurt; due to his hair,
beard, clothes, and smirk.
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