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  1. Yeah, I think its easier for the writers to pick on Nova because she's a writer, and we're a self hating bunch.
  2. Your sympathies should be with the family members with complicated stories. A writer's ambition and a good story are a terrible combination. When Nova got the New Yorker offer, I was like, damn, I probably would tell one family secret for publishing in the New Yorker. But the book is off the charts bat shit crazy.
  3. I know its a year late. but I just wanted to mention how much I loved the Phan family and how they embraced Ralph Angel. That scene where Trinh talks about her family history while rolling spring rolls at the table in view of the alter for past relatives. You could see Ralph Angel thinking about the parallels between Trinh's Grandfather doing everything to make things better for his family and his own Father's struggle. Article about Queen Sugar refugee storyline
  4. I just loved this episode. loved Dominic and Lucca's sibling dynamic. loved Liz's attempt to help a teacher and public schools - only to have the teacher leave anyway (a total TGW twist) loved Lucca and Liz's son bonding loved Elsbeth geeking out over Diane
  5. Arcadiasw, I agree, it just made me laugh. Maybe if I'd driven in La. recently it would have caught my eye as well. I do think it's worth questioning things in shows like Queen Sugar because it's obvious they care about the story. This thread did cause me to start googling sugarcane to see if I could learn more about about the process. To see if cane has to handled super carefully. But I stopped myself going down the rabbit hole.
  6. This question everything approach makes me laugh. Can't we give the Queen Sugar writing team the benefit of the doubt? Maybe the roads in the parish are really bad, and circuitous. Maybe all the roads lead to the Boudreaux mill... A couple things here. First off Charley doesn't have the best history of staying calm in response to good ole boy tactics. Secondly, and more importantly didn't Boudreaux drop by unexpectedly? Just seems like a tactic to catch people off guard and intimidate. Then again, diplomacy works when the two parties are willing to negotiate. I'm not sure there's much to negotiate.
  7. I'm curious how Micah is going to like the kids at his new school. I have a feeling Keke will not be easily forgotten. Using sites like kickstarter, or gofundme, they could get the public to donate. Usually its lots of people making small donations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding Though I can't see Charley doing something like that.
  8. I'd like to know what Charley is planning. Her decision to wear her wedding ring to the private school event was a huge sign. Did she wear it to make a statement? Or just to avoid gossip? Bringing Davis to the Louisiana basketball team could give her the money and political influence to hurt the Boudreaux/Landry family. But what would it mean personally? Maybe its not some secret in Remy's past that is going to pop up, but Charley going back to Davis.
  9. Me too. I love how all the characters are complicated in a way that makes them more human and loving.
  10. The whole idea of an all female partner firm always seemed like a writer's room joke on how Diane's political ideals contrasted with her behavior towards women. The show pretty actively discouraged any idea that women inherently worked better together than men. In the pilot episode there is a double whammy on that point. Diane tries to demote Alicia after she finds problems with Diane's case, and Will says she does this to all the younger women who challenge her. And the case of the week is about one woman framing another woman for murder. Maybe the biggest legacy of the Good Wife is the volume of women lawyers they portrayed on television. And in doing so showed how often women disagree as much as they agree.
  11. I'm in the minority here, but I thought the finale was great, for many reasons. For one thing, it more explicitly explained the alienation between Kalinda and Alicia. Kalinda always made Alicia more human, more likeable. And if you are telling the story of someone going from victim to perpetrator, it makes no sense for Alicia to forgive Kalinda. I also loved that Will comes back to tell Alicia what her feelings are because she has no self awareness. Or seems incapable of articulating anything introspective.
  12. This is totally right. I also think the show suffered by isolating Alicia from the rest of the cast. She was removed from the banter of the office and the characters who know her so well, and can call her on her crap. I love that Alicia is losing her St. Alicia image. The most annoying part of it was that she believed in it. I find Grace's dissapointment in her mother farfetched, but I think it serves as a way for Alicia to let it go. Maybe once Grace lets this St. Alicia image of her mom go, Alicia can let it go. I didn't love this episode, but I think it was just because I was sad that none of our favorite badasses did any badassery. Everyone lost.
  13. Good call, I didn't notice that. But the giraffe was brilliant. Who makes a stuffed giraffe that announces he's angry? Andrew Wiley must have hacked his kids toy.
  14. I just watched the first hour of the (3.5hr!) documentary on the Clinton presidency, which focused on the early part of their marriage. And there are some definate parallels to the Florrick marriage. Here is a clip from a 1992 interview where Bill and Hilary do a frankly better job than Peter and Alicia did at defending thier marriage. http://youtu.be/5IpJUfy-Roo?t=3m59s
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