It is hard to "get" Alicia. (Hard to warm up to her).

The writers do not give us a reason to relate to her or to like her.
We watch the show to see how she handles the other lawyers and the chaos in her personal life.
The show seems more plot driven than character driven -- usually not my cup of tea.

And yet the show somehow works. Some weeks I watch the same episodes all the way through twice.
Diane and Kalinda are fabulous. I wish that those two had more screen time.

I like the show because the writing is very good -- dialogue, plotting, pacing, topics, . . . clothes !!!
The actors in the male parts are consistently good.
Overall, the show is worth watching when I can get the DVR and the CBS scheduling to cooperate.


M

Alan Cumming continues to be the best actor on the show.
Linda Lavin did a great job last week as well.
I always like Christ Noth -- maybe because we do not see him often.

Some weeks the plot on GW disappoints me --like a B/B- and I am discouraged enough to consider not watching it.

Then this week, the plot was back to an "A."
I think sometimes the "weak" episodes are setting us up for the strong episode that will come up the next week.

Mari

I like the show very much and will continue to watch it.

Very good last night.

We also watch reruns of Law and Order Criminal Intent with Chris Noth. After that show was done he started with The Good Wife when it originated - 2009 I believe.

He is a good actor. And too busy in other work I suppose to have more than a "recurring" role.
I think the series started in 2009 and I think the series started with him going to prison. I started watching it late -- maybe end of the first season.

I have a strange relationship with this show -- try to get a way from it --- come back to it -- get immediately frustrated by it -- get back in love with it.

I wish we saw more of Carey being interesting this season.
I guess that the writing can only feature three or four threads per show.
I am missing seeing Carey being decisive and handling stuff.

Mari

I have always liked the show, but miss Will

I agree. I miss him too. But I still like the show.

I watched it a few nights ago.

The show is better than anything else I get on t.v. so I guess I am sticking with it.


M

We've been binge watching GW since we have been too busy to keep up with our shows...I've fallen back in love with it...I love the brilliant acting on this show, especially Juliana. This past episode, you could see her get her spine back even through her posture. Great body english acting.

just a great cast and writing overall...but I miss Josh Charles. I could never tell if his Will was a good guy or bad guy...

Yes, I never good tell if Josh was a good guy or a bad guy either.
And I am not sure if he was good for Juliana.
I hope that over the summer break I can get "unstuck" from the show because it really is frustrating.

Mari