The Good Wife season 1
Apr. 8th, 2011 04:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapinglightSo I finished watching The Good Wife season 1 today.
Have to say, I really love this series.
Spoilers within and please don't spoiler me for season 2.
I don't think I can remember another show with so many terrific, adult female characters. BSG possibly comes nearest, and usually I'm a big fantasy fan. But The Wire has really taught me (or more like re-taught me, after too many years watching BtVS) how good serious (hmm, not the right word to use, as it implies I think fantasy shows can't be serious, but I can't think of another word) shows set in the present day can be. Speaking of The Wire, three alumni of that show turned up in The Good Wife, two of them (Erwin Burrell and Chris Partlow) in the same episode, playing father and son. That was a bit jarring, though I liked it. I like seeing anyone from The Wire getting a serious part in another quality drama, though sadly, these were very small roles. Then today, in the finale, there was Amy Acker. "Oh," I said, aloud to the empty room, "it's Fred."
Anyway, yes, the characters are terrific. Unlike a lot of American shows, the emotion is very understated and the dialogue well written. Plus I feel I really learned something about American law and politics (probably deceiving myself there). Terrific show, roll on season 2 (which for me means roll on the DVD box set going on sale). I've learned to love the Sainted Alicia.
I don't know what to watch next. I only have just over a week before I have to go back to work. :( so there isn't time to watch anything much. I thought of Dollhouse season 2. It's doable - only 12 episodes. But as I've said before, I've been so spoilered for it it hardly seems worth bothering. Also, I think it'll be a long time yet before I manage to put season 8 far enough behind me to want to watch anything Whedon.
I'm still not getting on very well with SPN. Have reached ep 9, Legacy, by dint of fast-forwarding through large chunks of most of the preceding episodes. At least there was a character I quite liked in Legacy - the psychic, Missouri. So far, she's the only one. :(
Have to say, I really love this series.
Spoilers within and please don't spoiler me for season 2.
I don't think I can remember another show with so many terrific, adult female characters. BSG possibly comes nearest, and usually I'm a big fantasy fan. But The Wire has really taught me (or more like re-taught me, after too many years watching BtVS) how good serious (hmm, not the right word to use, as it implies I think fantasy shows can't be serious, but I can't think of another word) shows set in the present day can be. Speaking of The Wire, three alumni of that show turned up in The Good Wife, two of them (Erwin Burrell and Chris Partlow) in the same episode, playing father and son. That was a bit jarring, though I liked it. I like seeing anyone from The Wire getting a serious part in another quality drama, though sadly, these were very small roles. Then today, in the finale, there was Amy Acker. "Oh," I said, aloud to the empty room, "it's Fred."
Anyway, yes, the characters are terrific. Unlike a lot of American shows, the emotion is very understated and the dialogue well written. Plus I feel I really learned something about American law and politics (probably deceiving myself there). Terrific show, roll on season 2 (which for me means roll on the DVD box set going on sale). I've learned to love the Sainted Alicia.
I don't know what to watch next. I only have just over a week before I have to go back to work. :( so there isn't time to watch anything much. I thought of Dollhouse season 2. It's doable - only 12 episodes. But as I've said before, I've been so spoilered for it it hardly seems worth bothering. Also, I think it'll be a long time yet before I manage to put season 8 far enough behind me to want to watch anything Whedon.
I'm still not getting on very well with SPN. Have reached ep 9, Legacy, by dint of fast-forwarding through large chunks of most of the preceding episodes. At least there was a character I quite liked in Legacy - the psychic, Missouri. So far, she's the only one. :(