The fans of “The Good Wife” might be excited to see that the story for the new season is woven into today’s political scene.
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“Bond” is a satisfying season opener that finds its characters adjusting to the new status quo and sets up a season about redemption.
After the judge excludes Alicia from the day’s proceedings, she meets up with him afterward to ask why.
“For the first time in my life, I don’t have to answer to anyone”. I feel people just like to have gossip or make something into something that isn’t there. When Alicia goes to visit Eli Alan Cumming’s performance here is great, and it’s jarring to see the character so down and disheveled.
After a quick “cleaning up the streets of Cook County” montage, Alicia finds herself working as a bar attorney in bond court.
It’s been riveting and rewarding to watch Alicia’s steady, confident, often fraught rise from broken political wife standing by her philandering man to powerhouse law partner in her own right.
One of the problems with last season was that the election storyline took her out of the courtroom, which is where she shines. After court Alicia corners Diane and demands to know why they are coming after her so hard. She’s so busy, in fact, that she only has time for one glass of wine this week. And Eli rescued him from irrelevance after his prostitute scandal and when he was sleeping with his ethics coordinator and helped him win back a few of Alicia’s trust!
The juxtaposition between bond court and inheritance court is staggering. “I plan to use Alicia’s rehabilitation campaign to undercut you and eventually destroy you”, Eli says. Back to being the good, good wife. It’s always compelling stuff to watch. After court, Alicia chases down the judge and demands to know why he didn’t give her any cases.
Aside from the addition of Martindale, the most exciting new face is that of actress Cush Jumbo, Alicia’s early ally in bond court. Not helping her case?
Alicia grits her teeth through a talk show appearance with Peter.
Eli has a new foe in Season 7.
Eli strikes back, asking Alicia to hire him as her chief of staff, which she happily does. “The Americans” star Margo Martindale was cast as Ruth Eastman that will help Alicia’s husband Peter (Chris Noth) in his presidential campaign. Will Eli get his grand retribution against Peter? Just last month she took to Twitter to once again thank “The Good Wife” supporters. A bit of an underdog herself, but just as tough as Alicia, Jumbo’s Lucca Quinn has the potential to fill a hole that the series has had for about 51 episodes-that of the complex, often handsome female friendship between Alicia and Kalinda that went by the wayside with whatever off-screen drama was happening that kept the characters apart in front of the camera. Moreover, these two characters are tied together by this season’s exploration of redemption; their both trying to recover from professional setbacks. Though there’s undeniable chemistry between them, he won’t be working exclusively for Alicia, and Robert confirmed that he’ll be working with Lockhart, Agos and Lee as well. Remember when Lockhart Gardner was over for her years ago? He tries to drag the aging firm into the 21st century through new associate Don Weingarten’s (Daniel Abeles) accounting idea, but it’s not going well.
Cary brings the changes – which, to be honest, didn’t make any sense and looked stupid – to the other partners, but they reject them.
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Cary’s ennui at the firm is definitely an interesting avenue to explore. However, I’m anxious that it will ultimately lead to Cary leaving the firm and joining Alicia again. She says no repeatedly, but when they wind up at the same bar in the final scene, she reluctantly agrees that he can keep sending her cases. Of course, the show has always belonged to Alicia Florrick. Despite having a regular Alicia Florrick case to manage on the side, involving an $8 million Chagall sketch.
