The Good Wife gets an unexpected house guest

What does she know, and when did she know it? That’s the question swirling around Kalinda right now, after a smooth trick in court at Peter’s appeal hearing relieved her from having to admit what was obvious: that Peter was, in fact, perjuring himself when he claimed never to have slept with Amber Madison at his home, in his bed, when Alicia was away. For shame Client #12 (better known as Judge Harvey Winter, because that wasn’t obvious).

All this time I’ve gotten the impression that Glenn Childs came after Peter like a rabid dog with ulterior motives, even as it’s clear that Peter is guilty of enough to be out of office, out of his home, and in prison for some amount of years. But Peter seems to have made his own bed here, and how he thinks he can still place it in Alicia’s bedroom is beyond my comprehension.

I understood the need to prepare the apartment in advance of a potential return by Peter, but I was not at all expecting him to show up right after being granted a retrial. Getting a second shot at proving his innocence doesn’t negate the possibility that he’s guilty, does it? Although I suppose if he’d been granted bail before the first trial those circumstances would re-assert themselves now. Still, that caught me by surprise.

As did the prominence that last night’s case took at the firm. This isn’t the first time that a case has seemed to consume the entire firm, or at least the two named partners and their teams, without any explanation as to why. Even if we had simply been told that they were primarily a white collar law firm, that would explain the focus required for a case outside of their specialty. Or even explaining how significant a client Sonya (Sonja Sohn) was. Instead we just had a lot of attorneys putting their lives on hold for 48 hours with no explanation as to why this case. I think that’s a reasonable request, no?

Cary, meanwhile, should have just stayed at home. Not only did I not see him add anything to the proceedings, but he’s seriously increasing the level of dislike I have for him at every turn. Not that he’s obligated to me in any way, but I usually like his type of character, so he must be working overtime to create so much annoyance. Even his “moment” with Alicia did nothing for me.

I did like the parallel investigations that were taking place between the police and Kalinda, although it’s a shame that the practice of law is so compartmentalized that a good investigation wouldn’t involve much anyone beyond her. I am enjoying her more and more, but lawyers mostly direct investigations from behind the scenes, not out in the field like Alicia was in her first case or two, so an episode that’s heavy on investigating versus court is going to be light on most of the ensemble. But so it is sometimes.

By the way, how awesome was it that Sonya got tripped up by signing for a package? We just love getting mail so much, don’t we? And if it’s a package? Forget about it! We have to know what’s inside. Not great when you want to keep a low profile; just ask Jerry Seinfeld (“Oh really? The doorman. And, pray tell, what did the doorman say?”).

At least Alicia doesn’t have to worry about such things for a little while … Peter’s home to sign for things now!

Clacked by Aryeh S.
on Feb 10, 2010 @ 10:30 EST5EDT