Everybodys dying, she says.
I just dont know whats going on in the world anymore.
I read the news, I watch the news, and it just doesnt make any sense.
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But theresanotherattorneys funeral that day, and a madman is on television commanding people to Kill all lawyers!
President Trumps on TV too, bragging about the bull market and adopting a pot-bellied pig.
And someone at the firm opens an envelope full of mysterious white powder.
And, sorry, what was that about a pot-bellied pig?
Full confession: Im aGood Fightnewbie and aGoodverse neophyte.
To the chagrin ofmy learned colleagueSamantha Highfill, I watched one whole episode of CBS acclaimedThe Good Wife.
(And that was on a plane.)
(And I liked that episode, so why didnt I watch more?
Was I really so busy withBoardwalk Empire?)
You should smile more!
one judge (Rob Reiner) tells Diane.
I dont know when it happened that women stopped smiling.
Diane bursts out laughing, the kind of laugh that never sounds like a smile.
Adrian (Delroy Lindo) is trying to secure a big client for the firm.
(The clients name rhymes with Shmobama.
Shes looking for a new gig, buteveryoneonThe Good Fightis hustling somehow.
Dianes secretary Sarah wants to go Full Kalinda and become a full-fledged investigator for the firm.
Its a great episode of television, somehow thrillingly tense but still a boozy good time.
(Diane learns about microdosing, and so did I.)
But the feeling ofwrongnessnever goes away.
Chicagos attorneys keep dying.
Moral and ethical ambiguities keep on piling up.
The third episode rips from some very specific headlines, litigating a version of theBachelor in Paradisescandal.
A female contestant on a sex-idiot reality franchise calledChicago Penthouseclaims she was assaulted and sues the show.
All this in an episode thatalsofeatures an apparent assassination attempt involving freakingricin.
Cerebral, freakyand fun, too!
Not every element ofThe Good Fightfully fits together.
Maia spends the first few episodes wrapping up the uninvolving criminal-dad subplot.
The final twist in the assassination subplot beggars belief.
The series takes a few dramatic shortcuts that reflect theGoodverses old-school procedural roots.
But in its second season,Good Fightkeeps complicating its own internal structure, wandering off-course into unexpected tangents.
Baranski is doing incredible work here.
Without ever making Diane look weak, she radiates a cosmic exhaustion.
I just dont like hustling every day to keep this firm afloat, she says.
But its more than the firm.
Shes hustling to stay sane in a world gone mad.
Good luck, Diane.
Were right there with you.A-
