S06.E16: The Good Lawyer

[Driad]

If Joni had a phone app that could make noises, such as two more chair squeaks if she heard one, might that help her cope?

[Starchild]

Apparently she'd be too frozen to use it.

[limecoke]

Not bad but as others have said, I’m not sure I’ll continue to watch.  I did like the actress playing Joni which might bring me back.  
 

While I would certainly have sympathy for someone who lost their hand, when he testified I kept thinking, “Dude, Bethany Hamilton gave birth to and cared for three babies with only one arm.  I think you can manage to hold your niece.”

[PurpleTentacle]

As soon as I saw her touching all her things in her closet office, I was like "Hello backdoor pilot!", even though I hadn't heard anything about it before. Do they really need to make it this obvious?

I guess this time they are not copying the korean show (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) 1:1, but putting a little bit of a different spin on it with the OCD.

Edited March 17 by PurpleTentacle

[PurpleTentacle]

On 3/14/2023 at 4:02 AM, SunnyBeBe said:

Ah, I had forgotten about Felicity Huffman…..she’s a good actor imo, and has done her time, so I’m ok with her.  

That was Felicity Huffman? Man the plastic surgeons have done a number on her...

On 3/14/2023 at 10:02 AM, circumvent said:

I have mixed feelings about Felicity Huffman. Yes, she did her time but it is her privilege that leads us to shrug and say "she did her time. Most people who did their time go right back to jail because they cannot pay the many fees the prison system charges them, and they cannot get housing and a job. I am very close to being an abolitionist, except for white collar crimes, including crimes committed by politicians. Because of that, I have a hard time having any sympathy for her. "she did her time" is a explanation for forgiving her crime of entitlement. I do not fall for that. People who don't even commit crimes are rotting in prison because they don't have her privilege and visibility. I would prefer to never see her working on the screen again.

Because the american prison industrial complex is horrible for most people, we should also be horrible to the people who made it out relatively unscathed? That doesn't sound like a solution, that sounds like piling on problems.

 

 

[circumvent]

12 hours ago, PurpleTentacle said:

Because the american prison industrial complex is horrible for most people, we should also be horrible to the people who made it out relatively unscathed? That doesn't sound like a solution, that sounds like piling on problems.

The rest of my statement is about how I am pretty close to being an abolitionist, except for white collar crimes. The solution is not to be horrible to people who are doing just fine after they leave. But that doesn't mean that we need to celebrate white collar criminals either. Getting the same job she had before, maybe even getting to the same place she was before, is a celebration of her as an actor, and the reason she did what she did was because she is an actor that made a lot of money that she used to buy a placement for her kid. I don't think she is an exceptional actor but she is a celebrity, she will be celebrated again as a "come back kid". She might even get a nomination or two in the near future. I do object to that for the reasons I cited above: it was a white collar job and the whole thing will turn into a celebration of her, which is disgusting. Not seeing her in front of the cameras would be a an improvement on the system

To reinforce: I have no problems whatsoever if the problems of white collar criminals are piling on. The more, the better for humanity. 

[aemom]

She seemed so familiar to me, but I did not realize that was Felicity Huffman until I came here.  She looks different somehow?  To me at least.

I liked the actress playing Joni - maybe I would watch the series.

 

How do I feel about Huffman?

She did a shitty thing. but at least she fully admitted what she did wrong and cooperated with authorities and served her time without any drama.  Lori Loughlin on the other hand, doubled-down on the fact that she and her hubby did nothing wrong, so I am far less likely to be ok watching her in anything.

[Mvnl]

Was I the only one thinking Shaun had been sued by Jared's boss at the end of the last episode?
Was that supposed to be what we thought?

[aemom]

1 hour ago, Mvnl said:

Was I the only one thinking Shaun had been sued by Jared's boss at the end of the last episode?
Was that supposed to be what we thought?

No, I thought the same thing and I was so shocked when I saw that wasn't the case.

[Mvnl]

9 hours ago, aemom said:

No, I thought the same thing and I was so shocked when I saw that wasn't the case.

I actually wondered if I'd missed an episode for a second. That was very confusing timing unless they wanted to misdirect us for whatever reason!