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This show is so limping home. They change the rules every week. New partners at the firm? Of course. It's only been a week. New lover for Alicia? Sure! Who remembers Will, Peter, or that kind of British guy who might have been her partner? What a mess. This show should have stopped when Will was killed. Producers claimed, but couldn't uphold, idea that they had all kinds of story lines for episodes without Will. As it turned out, they didn't. And I have wasted last two years of my life wanting for more.

All just such utter bullshit. Who cares? I never got invested with any character, with the exception of Ani. Even her big adventure seemed like an episode of "Charlie's Angels," but whatever. In the end, when everyone started being killed, I couldn't care less. Just wanted it all to be over; couldn't kill them fast enough. I'm sorry ... wanted to be into it, and watched them all. But all the mystery, melodrama and shitty dialogue lost me, and I consider myself to be a sophisticated viewer. So, everyone dies in the end? Screw you. I don't care and I've wasted 8-1/2 hours of my summer.

Tara and Sarah, let me know when you want to drink too much wine and watch the next "90210" episode. (Longtime first time.) These podcasts are a blast and I feel like I know you both much better after reading your work for all these years. Bravo!

Just a quick thought ... and I know the show can't be too literal about these types of things, because it'd be hard to tell at least some of the stories they go for. But Rayna James is the "Queen of Country," right? On par with, say, a Faith Hill (in our real world) in terms of her fame and recognition? So she flies into Biloxi to stalk her lover's sister Beverly. She tracks her all around over the course of a long day and several aborted conversations, at least a couple of which take place in some very public settings. And yet -- unless I missed something -- not ONE person in the whole city seems to notice that standing right over there trying to talk to Beverly is the famous Rayna James? Small town. Wouldn't that kind of cause a stir?

The changing letterhead for the law firm's partners is a bit hard to take, no matter the story-driven circumstances. Alicia never even really quite resigned to take the SA job (wasn't it all still being negotiated when the vote scandal broke?) and yet here they go, changing the name of the firm and moving forward. Has it been about four days (in the show's timeline) since the election? In what world would they have already moved on? On a somewhat related note, the whole "which law firm is this, anyway?" scenario has become more confusing (and not intentionally so, I'm afraid) as the season has gone along. A lot of the original non-partner LG lawyers who split to start the rebel firm with Alicia and Cary don't seem to be around much anymore; rather, it seems to be all the old LG cronies who populate the scenes, at least when you consider the extras in the background. For example, we haven't seen "the other Carey" (Zepps) in ages. Is it just me, or is this show all over the place when it comes to continuity on who's working where when? It makes another plotline of "musical chairs" (as someone described it in an earlier post) all the more frustrating. How are we supposed to care who's with the firm when the show barely does?

Haven't watched the show for years, but I understand longtime fans being upset. I can't stand when long-running TV shows do things like this. Suddenly killing a lead character feels like such a cliche. And it insults the patience and intelligence of those who've enjoyed the show from the beginning. I much prefer when a show's network, producers and cast mutually decide to bow out together and allow things to be retired with dignity. Who wants to watch a season of Meredith getting back in the dating pool, or whatever?

Can anyone tell me what happened to Ray Romano's ex-wife and bitchy kid? Seriously, Hank. Those were supposedly important plot points we were wasting time on in the first half of the season, though we haven't heard a word about them in weeks. Now we've got 43 minutes left and are trying to tie everything up? What next? (Why do showrunners do this?)

Something is going down with Kalinda sooner rather than later. Don't know any spoilers, but that's best guess. The actress is leaving the show. Just a fact. Would surprise me if they killed her - just did that. No one saw Will's death coming. But ... what else? Tend to side with those who think somehow, some way, Kalinda ends up killing Bishop and has to deal with the consequences. That said, every Kalinda scene for me is crazy-uptight. I know she's leaving the show, and I know how they killed off Will, so I'm on edge whenever she appears about what will happen next. May not like it, but Good Job, Show!

Yeah, I've got nothing. <br /><br />Moving back to old firm's offices seems more set-design issue than anything. Shabby from story standpoint; doesn't quite add up. Still no mention of Alicia SA race among her partners -- and it IS her last name that's top of the letterhead. Cary prison stuff? Seems like everyone -- Cary, Alicia, Diane -- needs to wake-up and get in the game here. Just lazy writing. <br /><br />Cary, really? Drinking all-day again? (Though Linda Lavin is playing an annoying role extremely well.)<br /><br />Missing Josh Charles. Don't care/maybe vaguely amused by Elsbeth and Josh Perotti.<br /><br />And, yes: Where the hell is Robyn?<br /><br />Are we sure this is the same show I was so into a year ago at this time? Discuss.

Yeah, I don't know. It just all seemed so frazzled, for want of a better word. It does annoy me when major events in character's lives ("what did you say about an election, Alicia?") are being ignored by other characters, even those (the other attorneys at F/A) who would obviously have great interest in the matter. And there are inconsistencies in what the show is focusing on, storyline, week-to-week, so far in this new season. Perhaps it's because nothing can compare with the narrative thrust of last season, one of the best of any network drama in recent memory. Hard to keep up that pace. As for Alicia's drinking? I think the show's having a little fun with that; it's always been a character trait mostly played for amusement. The look Eli gave her when she glugged-glugged-glugged her wine pour early in last week's episode was priceless.

Hate-watching, I mean, of course.

Gotta say, it all just feels like spinning wheels to me. Pretty people trying to act; not unpleasant to stare at. But no forward momentum in the narrative - just rehashing (or forgetting) characterizations and storylines that seem to meander along pointlessly. Still watching. Hate watching at this point.

Since I'm new here but not new to "Buffy," I'll offer my own rankings... (Watched Seasons 2-7 in "real-time;" had to watch Season 1 on DVD. Have watched episodes repeatedly on either cable or DVD since.) Seasons... S. 2 S. 3 S. 4 S. 5 S. 7 S. 6 S. 1 I thought it was pretty much perfect in Seasons 2 and 3 ("Becoming" makes up for earlier S. 2 goofiness to overcome all of S. 3 excellence). Seasons 4 and 5 continue a strong run of a great series. Fades with dignity in Seasons 7, 6. Season 1 was too unformed. Sort-of promises what was to come, but only if you had faith. So to speak. Episodes. (Cheating a bit with two-parters...) 1) "Becoming" (part 1&2) 2) "Hush" 3) "Surprise," "Innocence" 4) "Once More With Feeling" 5) "The Body" 6) "The Prom" 7) "Graduation Day" (part 1&2) 8) "This Year's Girl," "Who Are You?" 9) "The Gift" 10) "Chosen" And in the last season, I really liked "Conversations With Dead People," "Showtime" and ""Storyteller," too. Not enough to make my Top 10 eps, but OK enough to rank S. 7 above S. 6.