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Did anyone watch this new show last night?
I wasn't going to ... I never cared for Julianna Margulies and didn't think the show would be something DH would care for but he suggested we give it a try and I was pleasantly surprised.
Julianna plays the part of the wife, Alicia Florrick, married to a politician, Chris Noth, who is exposed for having cheated on her with a prostitute. I found this particularly timely with all the news stations discussing John Edwards yesterday.
In this first episode, Noth is sent to jail and Margulies has to resume her career as an attorney that she left 13 years ago. They are still married but she is portrayed as being thoroughly pizzed and disgusted with him. A very understandable attitude, IMO.
I was impressed with the writing. When Maragulies character does go back to work after that 13 year gap she runs into a problem with the age gap in that the young bloods act like she's senile and her so-called "mentor", a part played by Christine Baranski (I loved her as the kooky side kick of Cybil in that show), seems to think the firm's giving her the job was a hand out and that she's incompetent and directs her to simply re-try a pro bono case exactly as she had done previously when it ended up as a hung jury. Baranski's character is less than pleased when that doesn't happen and is ready to get rid of her.
We will definitely watch this show again. It's the first thing I've ever seen her in that I found her attractive! (I know, that sounds petty, doesn't it.)
Tracian
09-23-2009, 11:52 AM
I think it is going to be a good show, I was skeptical as well but was pleasantly surprised.
NCIS rocked last night!!!!
Roenick
09-23-2009, 11:56 AM
haven't even hear of it. What network?
haven't even hear of it. What network?
I started to reply, "Channel number" then realized that wouldn't help would it. :duh: It's on CBS.
Check it out ----HERE (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_good_wife/)
Trailblazer
09-23-2009, 12:39 PM
I too enjoyed it...didn't realize she was a lawyer...should be a good show. I didn't care for her in ER but did like her in this.
texanne
09-23-2009, 12:40 PM
I missed it. I was reading a book for a while, and playing on the computer a little. Thanks for the heads up...I will watch next time.
Noahs ARK
09-24-2009, 09:45 PM
I watched it and thoroughly enjoyed it - will be adding it to my weekly "must watch" shows!
I too enjoyed it...didn't realize she was a lawyer...should be a good show. I didn't care for her in ER but did like her in this.
"I didn't care for her in ER...... " Me either. That's why I had not planned on watching. There are a few actresses that I just will not (normally) watch. Just reading that they're in the cast will cause me to pass the show by and she was one of them ... Lesley Ann Warren is another
OK! Tonight is another episode of The Good Wife.
I'm anxious to see if I'm going to still like it and if she's going to look good again this week of if she's going to go back to her old ER appearance.
Noahs ARK
09-30-2009, 10:36 PM
I liked it!
I never watched ER, so I hate to admit it, but I didn't even know who she was. :022:
You didn't even watch in the early days with George Clooney? **be still my heart**
She was Clooney's love interest for a time and she was so dowdy looking it was unrealistic to me. :girl_haha:
Noahs ARK
10-01-2009, 10:21 PM
You didn't even watch in the early days with George Clooney? **be still my heart**
She was Clooney's love interest for a time and she was so dowdy looking it was unrealistic to me. :girl_haha:
Nope. Not even in the early days. :0009:
Nope. Not even in the early days. :0009:
I dunno, Noah. I teach you enough to educate a bulldog and you still can't bark. :rolleye0001:
:girl_haha:
FoolsGold
10-02-2009, 02:22 PM
Too much foreshadowing ...
They keep setting the stage for her future discoveries but nothing ever happens. We know her kids are going to tell her the films/photos were doctored. Get it over with!!
And please, if they've offered a half million dollar settlement, don't let the client go to trial "for the principle of the thing". Every lawyer in the country would have told the stripper/ex-escort to take the money and sign the darn confidentiality agreement. If it leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you will have no problem washing it out with a giant bottle of champagne.
mosgranny
10-16-2009, 09:50 AM
Missed the first show, thinking it was a made for TV movie, have enjoyed watching it since.
Not sure why she is so upset with her Mother yet, good to see the kids getting involved at finding out if he was set up.
Missed the first show, thinking it was a made for TV movie, have enjoyed watching it since.
Not sure why she is so upset with her Mother yet, good to see the kids getting involved at finding out if he was set up.
I'm pretty sure that's her MIL.
I can't wait till the kids blow the roof off. But, I don't know how they'll handle that and keep the series going on and on.
FoolsGold
10-28-2009, 07:57 AM
I started off with high hopes for the show but it seems its gotten rather bland and slow-paced. Last airing was a repeat. For a new show to already be doing repeat episodes seems strange. Low ratings perhaps?
rockford2
10-28-2009, 01:48 PM
I started off with high hopes for the show but it seems its gotten rather bland and slow-paced. Last airing was a repeat. For a new show to already be doing repeat episodes seems strange. Low ratings perhaps?
I also started out wanting to watch this show because I like Chris Noth's acting and the lead actress was pretty good in The Sopranos....but the first night it was on, I was in the hospital and missed the show.
Then I said forget it afterwards. But heck, if they are showing reruns already then maybe i won't miss anything.
Last time I got hyped up for a show was Desperate Housewives and the first season I thought was really well acted and I liked that it seemed 'real' (or Lynette's part did as I could somehow relate to giving up a high powered position to stay home and raise children, but my goodness, the last episode was becoming a bit ridiculous and now I am happy i never stuck with it. It would be like watching a daily soap.
FoolsGold
10-29-2009, 12:14 PM
It would be like watching a daily soap. They are ALL soaps. Even the very realistic things like Hill Street Blues with its background soundtrack that occasionally caused dialog to me missed, it was still nothing but a soap that happened to be on during the night and happened to have sponsors that were not detergent companies.
Hollywood has interesting phrases: soap, oater, etc.
I forget what a staff writer makes for a tv show. I know a scriptwriter on a movie used to get 85k at start of principal photography but don't know what they get now.
I was surprised (and disappointed) at that repeat show too. I still like the show but I'm having trouble categorizing the characters as either "good guys" or "bad guys". I think maybe the writers are too.
For example, Cary (Matt Czuchry) -- Czuchry???? I think I'd have picked a "stage name". Is he going to be a back stabber or not?
And Diane (Christine Baranski) == I LOVED her on Cybil and thought she really "stole the show" there. She can play the part of a b*tch to perfection, can't she? Is she going to be supportive to Alicia or pull the rug out from under her?
and Kalinda? (Archie Panjabi) -- I don't remember ever seeing her before but when she's on the screen that's who you watch. I can't figure out where she stands either.
I hope the writers "flesh out" the characters and give them direction before I get disgusted and quit watching.
FoolsGold
11-01-2009, 02:32 AM
unable to characterize as being good or bad shows that a character has depth and complexity and is usually a good sign since this is what is more commonly found in real life.
Its why film noir often features the highly cynical and very jaded as heroes.
mosgranny
11-01-2009, 10:58 AM
I started off with high hopes for the show but it seems its gotten rather bland and slow-paced. Last airing was a repeat. For a new show to already be doing repeat episodes seems strange. Low ratings perhaps?
All of my favorites last week were repeats, the CSI's were, Mentalist was.
Did anybody watch last night's episode? I thought it was really good.
mosgranny
11-08-2009, 12:41 PM
Did anybody watch last night's episode? I thought it was really good.
I watched it, think it was good.
mosgranny
11-11-2009, 10:28 AM
Either this series is getting better & better each week or it is growing on me. Cause the hour seems to go by so fast.
Tracian
11-12-2009, 08:13 AM
I hope it does not turn into one of those shows where she is always 'right' or that she always 'wins'
I really liked 'Shark' with James Woods, but it became too predictable, and was canceled.
I hope that this show is more like LA LAW, with a more realistic winning and loosing type of show, that gives viewers something to talk about.
I hope it does not turn into one of those shows where she is always 'right' or that she always 'wins'
I really liked 'Shark' with James Woods, but it became too predictable, and was canceled.
I hope that this show is more like LA LAW, with a more realistic winning and loosing type of show, that gives viewers something to talk about.
I agree with that. She needs to have a few flaws.
FoolsGold
11-12-2009, 05:50 PM
Flaws?
Before it became rather silly, that Monk detective show was about a character with flaws.
A good many detective novels now feature characters with flaws:
Detectives who are alcoholics or have personal lives in great upheaval.
Detectives who are remorseless and unrepentant thieves.
Detectives who are social outcasts for some reason or who have a career-blocking blemish on their record.
The trouble is that for commercial television advertisers want PABLUM. Bland characters that offend no one. Or JELLO or whatever is not particularly thrilling but not particularly offensive either.
Even the movie Matchstick Men which featured a grifter with a host of personal problems deleted the scene where he came home and suddenly encountered his "daughter" in a skimpy bikini. Corporate sponsors for TV shows simply do not want controversy. They want high ratings for the shows but not due to controversy. Too much realism in a TV show and the ad slots will remain unsold.
You're probably right FG. It's all about the "bottom line"... heaven forbid someone should turn off the show and miss a commercial. I guess I'm just not as easily offended as some folks. LOL
mosgranny
11-16-2009, 11:21 AM
Is her husband due to be released on the next show? Overheard my brother and DS discussing the show the other day, one asked the other that question.
As far as commercials go, usually DVR the shows and fast forward thru those.
mosgranny
11-25-2009, 11:04 AM
Last night was excellent. grandma found the pictures, thought they were prono, threw them in the trash, told on the son.
At the very end, the main person over the law firm told her, her husbanc had been set up and would never get out of the pen.
FoolsGold
11-27-2009, 02:48 AM
Yeah, I finally remembered what night the show is on and I caught (most of) the last episode. She kissed hubby in some prisonish meeting, but I don't think that her kids have told her of their suspicions regarding doctored photos. It seems the video tape was not doctored though because the husband's lawyer and the husband referred to the "relationship" between the husband and the hooker on the tape.
I don't know what happened in the episodes I missed but I'm sure it was mainly time wasting filler about side issues.
That dementia stricken departing senior partner made it clear he wouldn't provide any answers or facts to support his statement about the husband.
Well,,, I hope next week I can remember atleast which night its on!
Did the little kid get in trouble for use of Grandma's purloined credit card for a fruitless phone call?
Is the 16 year old girl interested in the 14 year old son for nefarious purposes related to the case or is it just a crush. Normally a 16 year old girl wouldn't give the time of day to a boy who was younger.
Is that Betting Site vignette an indication of things to come for a larger amount of money than fifty dollars? In the Real World there are some people who have parlayed fifty dollars in fifty grand on those sites.
mosgranny
11-27-2009, 09:00 AM
I was afraid I had missed the first part of the show, then remembered it was programed in to record on the DVR.
FG, you asked some very great questions, all which would make for future shows.
Thinking the 16 yr old wanted him to do her homework in exchange for the other.
Yes he got punished, remember the Mom putting the computer in the living area of the house and he could no longer hide in his bedroom with it. So now he has no privacy when using it.
Think you could be extremely surprised at what 16 yr old girls do today. Some even younger than that.
mosgranny
11-28-2009, 09:28 AM
If anyone is interested tonight (Sat) The Good Wife will air at 7 CST ot 8 EST on CBS.
If anyone is interested tonight (Sat) The Good Wife will air at 7 CST ot 8 EST on CBS.
Any idea what episode will be showing?
mosgranny
11-28-2009, 10:57 AM
Any idea what episode will be showing?
Fixed, Alicia finds evidence of jury tampering.
FoolsGold
11-29-2009, 03:19 AM
If anyone is interested tonight (Sat) The Good Wife will air at 7 CST ot 8 EST on CBS.
Darn it. Even with your kind reminder, I still missed it! I don't know what it is with me, I keep missing this show!
mosgranny
11-29-2009, 10:40 AM
Darn it. Even with your kind reminder, I still missed it! I don't know what it is with me, I keep missing this show!
I did not watch it either, think I set the TiVo, haven't checked.
I hang sticky notes to the computer most times to keep from forgetting.
FoolsGold
11-30-2009, 05:50 AM
I hang sticky notes to the computer most times to keep from forgetting.I've been looking for my pad of sticky notes for nigh on two years.
mosgranny
12-01-2009, 08:35 AM
FG, just checked the TV line up for tonight, the show won't be on, seems someone else is using up the time slot.
FoolsGold
12-01-2009, 05:24 PM
FG, just checked the TV line up for tonight, the show won't be on, seems someone else is using up the time slot.
Oh good I'm going out to the poker club tonight and the Dead Men will be thru playing poker by then and will probably want to watch that show about a Sturgis Motorcycle Bar thats on at the same time. So atleast I won't have to switch their TV during the ads between Motorcycles and the Goodwife.
I just watched a replay of the Arson episode. Rather obvious clues.
mosgranny
12-02-2009, 10:07 AM
Finally watched Saturday nights show "Fixed", IIRC it was towards the beginning of the season when this one first aired.
Sort of nice to see the repeats, so you can catch things you missed the first time. Unlike you, I don't have to share the remote control.
mosgranny
02-10-2010, 12:08 PM
This series is getting so darn good, can only imagine now that Peter is out how much better it is going to be.
Git instint says he and Kalinda had a fling at some point, that is yet to be disclosed.
Trailblazer
02-10-2010, 12:34 PM
This series is getting so darn good, can only imagine now that Peter is out how much better it is going to be.
Git instint says he and Kalinda had a fling at some point, that is yet to be disclosed.
I agree mosgranny...it was a bit slow at the beginning of the series, but I'm really enjoying it...last night was really good
mosgranny
02-10-2010, 05:15 PM
I agree mosgranny...it was a bit slow at the beginning of the series, but I'm really enjoying it...last night was really good
Even like watching the reruns, even my brother & son watches this one.
I agree mosgranny...it was a bit slow at the beginning of the series, but I'm really enjoying it...last night was really good
Wasn't it great the way Kalinda handled her testimony?
mosgranny
02-13-2010, 10:54 AM
Wasn't it great the way Kalinda handled her testimony?
Yes it was, did you see how that judge squrimed each time she said client # 12.
Trailblazer
02-16-2010, 04:31 PM
Wasn't it great the way Kalinda handled her testimony?
Definitely...it's on again tonite...can't wait to see how she and hubby deal with his getting out of prison...
Tonight was a re-run. I watched "The Time Traveler's Wife" on pay-for-view. Good movie!
mosgranny
02-18-2010, 03:34 PM
Yeah it was, so disappointed too.
mosgranny
03-03-2010, 08:47 AM
Last nights show was so good, seems each new show just gets better and better.
Loved how the son showed his dad the pictures that he had on the computer.
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