What I’m Watching: The Good Wife

The Good Wife: Season 3, Episode 15 “Live from Damascus” (B+)

Opening with a direct continuation of the ending of last week’s episode didn’t mean seeing any more of Wendy Scott Carr, but it did foreshadow her lingering presence, as she managed to screw him over by passing along his fifteen-year-old mistake to those that could disbar him. It’s so interesting to see Will so readily admit that he deserves his fate, deciding during his confession to Alicia that he should take the suspension, and that his reduced sentence is due to the firm’s participation in a program that he fought so ardently against. His departure scene was strong, walking away with his bat and telling Alicia to follow Diane. He won’t be gone for long, I’m sure, but things are likely to be different in his absence. Alicia’s newly assigned case involving Kalinda is sure to be intriguing. Kalinda’s videoconferencing with Omid Abtahi’s Samir was a high point of the episode, and it’s a shame that he doesn’t appear to have survived the conflict. Jonathan Groff was a good non-showy guest star as Jimmy, whose sister turned out to be very much alive. It was great to have Rita Wilson’s Viola Walsh and John Benjamin Hickey’s Neil Gross back, and it was also dramatic to have Caitlin incorporated into their presence. Denis O’Hare’s Judge Abernathy is always entertaining, and his pepper spray-soaked Occupy Wall Street eyes were among the most amusing anecdotes of the episode. The path to Eli agreeing to consult on his ex-wife’s campaign was fun, and I’m glad that will be a focus in the near future because it means we’ll see more of Parker Posey. I’m not sure what Cary’s reassignment of Dana will mean, but I doubt that the State’s Attorney’s office will cease to be spotlighted.