The Good Wife’ Season 4, Episode 2 Recap
That move with the ice cream is illegal in some states.
- CBS
- “Seriously, I’m not hitting on you.” “... Ugh why not?!”
“The Good Wife” has such a fantastic ensemble cast that it can be easy to forget the show is actually supposed to be about Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies), i.e. said good wife. Last season, when the show had exhausted the interest of Will and Alicia’s affair (which had to end at some point, otherwise it would be called “The Good Ex-Wife, Now Remarried”) it branched out to other arcs, with varying degrees of success. The Kalinda and Blake story from Season Two was a big misstep, but forays into other characters’ lives and much more about politics (Peter’s campaign along with Eli joining the firm briefly and even more briefly running his ex-wife’s campaign), not to mention the politics within Lockhart Gardner kept the series fresh while gently pushing Alicia to the side.
It was something I didn’t mind because, personally, I’ve never found Alicia particularly interesting. She has her moments, but she borders on being a Mary Sue. Too many of her storylines seem to boil down to “because everybody loves Alicia!” Still, reducing Alicia’s presence somewhat made “The Good Wife” start to lose its way — what kind of a show was it? What did it want to be? It was something I hoped would be remedied in this current season, and it certainly seems to have started. For more on the rebirth of the show and why it’s ok to have Alicia front and center again, hit the jump.