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[jaxs mom]

Am I the only one that can't figure out why they are still watching this show? I don't care at all about the election, I actually fast forwarded past all the debate prep. Cary going to prison, really? Did anyone really think he'd end up in prison? How many times are they going to do the last second search for grounds to change the verdict or plea? That's been done so many times already. Last night the only one that was slightly interesting was Kalinda and Diane.

[Alter Ego]

LOL - I only started watching it last season so, although I know what you are talking about, I'm still not over it. It is one of the shows that, if I miss it, I will catch up with an online recap and not watch until the next episode however. I love any interaction with Alicia and her husband. And then Alicia kissing her (handsome) campaign manager at the end was quite the surprise!! I didn't watch earlier years, when Kalinda had a bigger part, so I can't really warm to her and don't mind that she's leaving the show.

[jaxs mom]

Well if you haven't been watching from the beginning I can see why you wouldn't be sick of it. I loved this show for the first four seasons, this season and last season have really tested me though.

[Shelbelle]

The format has changed a lot this season since 2009. Used to be a different case each week in court, and a littler bit of personal story mixed in. This season it is all Cary or the campaign. The old format was much more interesting.

[lovescats]

I thought it was a good episode. It will be interesting to see who they give her for a love interest. I like Matthew Goode. I think it would have been too much to have another court case going in last night's episode besides Cary's.

[javala]

The other brother passed away and seem this brother has many things going so even though the show is still good but not the level we are use too..

Now the Cary thing is over maybe things will get interesting if they are not in trouble for hacking the detective computer...

[jaxs mom]

What other brother passed away?

[Shelbelle]

On 1/5/2015 jaxs mom said:

What other brother passed away?

She is referring to Ridley and Tony Scott, the showers exec producers. Tony Scott passed away last year, think it was a suicide.

[jaxs mom]

I thought this story in The Atlantic was interesting

But the many convolutions of “Hail Mary” just don’t hold up to closer inspection.

the episode prioritized inorganic plot moves over the characters. It followed the structure of a typical Good Wife episode: There’s a race against time to turn a case around, with Kalinda doing whatever she can to bend the law to her will; meanwhile, we get some lighter fare with a political plot (this time, it’s Alicia in debate camp).

The “race against time” aspect was particularly crucial to what didn’t work here. We’ve already suffered through Cary’s prison ordeal for ten episodes, grimacing along with countless twists and turns as the State’s Attorney’s vengeful prosecution tried to drag him into jail, unfairly, for representing Lemond Bishop. Witnesses were uncovered who could testify to his innocence, and then killed off minutes later. Bishop promised to offer help, then double-crossed Cary at the last minute. There’s already been far too much whiplash around this particular plot, and yet we were treated to a manipulative cliffhanger in November (Cary taking a plea deal) and an hour of merciless teasing last night where Cary prepares for life in the slammer with a tough-talking prison consultant (Domenick Lombardozzi, a.k.a. Herc from The Wire).

But they also felt like tiring stall tactics in a plot that had long ago run out of thread. Cary wasn’t going to prison. If he were—if showrunners Robert and Michelle King had decided to explore that plot—he’d have been there already. The palpable relief I felt at Cary’s liberation at the end of the episode was more to do with finally being free of the storyline.

[Shelbelle]

Well said!!! I have had enough of the campaign and Cary for this season, missing the format of the past with court cases.