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The Good Wife?

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gilmoregirl · 27/11/2012 18:33

Does anyone know if we will get the new series of the Good Wife in the UK?

It usually starts about this time of year but I have not seen any mention of it this year Sad

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diddl · 29/01/2013 19:20

Well just looked at TGW again, & there it is!

Maybe there was a blip before.

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northender · 31/01/2013 22:44

Didnt enjoy tonight's as much. Don't know where the Kalinda story is going and didnt warm to the Maura Tierney character. What's her game?

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Italiangreyhound · 02/02/2013 01:53

Not a good episode.

Yuk yul yuk to the ice cream.

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tribpot · 02/02/2013 14:14

Yes, the ice cream bit was gross.

Maura Tierney's character is a bit left-field. Why on earth would she finance Peter, whose main contribution to women's rights appears to have been funding prostitutes?! Does she think Alicia should run instead (which is not unreasonable)?

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Italiangreyhound · 02/02/2013 16:56

Tribpot, agree it is a bit odd. My guess (wonder what other guess but please no spoilers if you know) is she is either:
Someone whose husband who has cheated so she wants to know how to 'stand by her man' (sang in a country and western voice)
or
she want to de-rail his campaign from within
!!!

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Italiangreyhound · 02/02/2013 16:57

I looked for this thread before and couldn't find it, it wasn't there and now it is. Bizzare!

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AllOverIt · 02/02/2013 17:19

Love TGW. Eli is best character, Kalinda is annoying though. Her storyline is boring. Much preferred it when she was obviously gutted about losing Alicia's friendship. It really showed off her acting skills. Wish the actress had been allowed to keep her accent. Especially as her husband is a Brit.

Agree also that small Florrickp

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AllOverIt · 02/02/2013 17:24

Aaagh! DD pressed send.

Florrick small children are irritating.

Love Diane.

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thepeanutsparent · 02/02/2013 19:09

Diane for President! Funny seeing another ER face but aside from that a really disappointing episode. Huff.

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Italiangreyhound · 02/02/2013 19:52

Want to be watching the moment Diane finds out that Will did not 'dump' Alicia but vice versa!

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Italiangreyhound · 02/02/2013 19:53

OK now I can't see the thread again, and am only finding it by searching! Why is that!!

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Jbck · 05/02/2013 18:08

Just catching up with this.

I wonder if it will come out that Kalinda is hiding her accent in her efforts to hide from him.
Are there some new writers because the violence in the first one, and the ice cream scene in the second, just don't fit with the usual tone. Not bothered by either in the right show but just not here.
Will and Diane have much more chemistry than Willicia, not sexual just better onscreen partnership.
Still hooked so far.

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Italiangreyhound · 06/02/2013 22:07

Yes, agree the violence is not in place.

I think it needs to get going a bit. I think the law stuff is what I love. One of my fav episodes was the 'filing' one!!

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Italiangreyhound · 06/02/2013 22:08

Can anyone tell me why I can't find this thread without searching for it, please?

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tribpot · 07/02/2013 22:02

Euw. WHY?

I didn't like the free speech argument, that was obviously silly. Great to see Rita Wilson back in, though!

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BOF · 08/02/2013 00:33

Have you hidden it by accident, Italian?

I can't wait for them to wrap this crappy Kalinda storyline up, hate hate hate it. But apparently so did all the US viewers, so the writers cut it short.

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tribpot · 08/02/2013 07:26

oh thank goodness. Glad to know this misery will soon be over.

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noddyholder · 08/02/2013 07:30

Gone off it this series same with borgen just can't get into either of them.

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Italiangreyhound · 08/02/2013 07:58

Don't know what but the thread is back. just out of interest how do you unhide?

I thought last night was not good but then I missed the begining and I was having my hair done so wasn't concentrating 100%. I miss the legal bits, those were the best. These last few have not been so strong on the law, I am in the mould of Crown Court and LA Law, and I want to be wowed!

However, unlike some others I love the kids story line. Especially Grace and her Christian buddy and Zac and his black girlfriend story line and the grandma! Plus Kalinda and Alicia's elusive friendship!

The only bit I am not so keen on is Kalinda's abusive husband and her complicated love life and domestic omlette and ice cream affairs!

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CheeseAndMushroomToastie · 08/02/2013 23:43

What Is going on with an get abusive husband?! I don't get it.... Is she sleeping with him? I'm sure she would just shoot him and dispose of the body if he was just abusing her? And what was that guy that she went ape with a baseball bat on in the last serious series about? Confused to say the least....

Also did Alicia lie about seeing Peter and that campaign girl together in bed? Very sneaky if so. Are all the characters on some sort of drugs this series?......

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Nancy66 · 09/02/2013 09:10

I'm close to giving up on this show. Always enjoyed it but the whole Kalinda and her husband War of the Roses storyline is not doing it for me.

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BOF · 09/02/2013 09:17

Utter shit, isn't it? I feel like throwing something through the telly. He isn't even very convincing as a sinister badass- he looks more like someone who would try to flog you stolen clobber from Marks and Spencer than try to flog you, iykwim.

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tribpot · 09/02/2013 09:53

I'm sure she would just shoot him and dispose of the body if he was just abusing her?

Well I suppose the writers could be highlighting the fact that abuse isn't just about physical or financial power over another person - that even someone as kick-arse as Kalinda could be emotionally abused. Except all the gun play doesn't really tie up with that. And if she's merely biding her time to off him, which seems more likely, some hint to the viewer to confirm that (and explain why) would be better than this sort of vomitous pseudo-sexy drama. Is it in some way linked to the '50 Shades' effect? I've never read the books but isn't there supposed to be a phenomenon exploiting 'rough sex' relationships as a result? In any case - it's shit. And needs to end.

In terms of the bloke she kicked the crap out of last series, that was Blake. And his 'crime' appeared to be hinting that he knew who or where her husband was. Which is why it makes no sense that Kalinda has basically allowed the husband back into her life / to threaten her girlfriend when she was prepared to take such extreme measures against a guy who merely knew the guy last series.

Why would Alicia possibly want to go back to Peter? It all makes no sense.

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Arithmeticulous · 09/02/2013 10:14

I only half watched that episode- the better bits were the courtroom ones, the mediator and Will/Alicia tension.

Kalinda is hard to feel sorry for (or admire) She only slept with her FBI girlfriend to scare off the totally unscary Marc Warren, and given she could physically take him on, why doesn't she?

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SlatternismyMiddlename · 09/02/2013 11:16

I normally love TGW but I agree it's going in a strange direction at the moment.

I think the point of Kalinda going from being terrified of being found by husband to shagging him is to show her awareness that he would seem to be her blind spot - she previously had to get away from him because she knew they were destructive together but equally she knew that if he found her this would happen again. Whatever the rationale I don't like it, I want the old Kalinda back.

Please, please do not let Alicia get back with Peter. It makes no sense given the current storyline.

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