THE GOOD WIFE is becoming a bore
Steve Newport
Steve Newport
Barry Margolin
Newpor...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
> The gay brother character is unnecessary.
How did he just wander into Alicia's office? What receptionist allows
anyone into an office without an employee OK'ing it?
--
Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
Adam H. Kerman
>>The gay brother character is unnecessary.
>How did he just wander into Alicia's office? What receptionist allows
>anyone into an office without an employee OK'ing it?
He never gave her the telephone message, you notice. Alicia gave him the
keys to her house? I wouldn't give him the key to the men's room.
It's amazing how much I liked Dallas Roberts' performance on Rubicon,
and how much I dislike it on The Good Wife. Please, please don't bring
the character back any more. I really didn't like the character in the
scene with Mary Beth Peil, an actress who could make all that overwrought
dialogue on Dawson's Creek sparkle. When The Good Wife has a weak episode,
Miss Peil's scenes are welcome, so it shows you how much I dislike the
brother.
As far as more scenes with the Florrick children, yecch. The daughter goes
from one creepy girlfriend to another. The girlfriends the boy has met
take advantage of him. I liked the two kids during the first season trying
to unravel the mystery of who was torturing the family, but the writers
dropped that thread and simply had Glen Chiles reveal it was him. God
forbid the show should write any of the peripheral characters as normal.
It would be nice to see Peter more, and when he's on the show, it would be
really nice for husband and wife to interact.
And could Alicia drop the naive act immediately? Really? They had a conflict
of interest representing the two defendents? She couldn't grasp it till
Will spelled it out for her that they would play the second defendent to
protect the interest of the first defendent? Duh.
Despite all that, I found the legal case very interesting, and Cary did
some of this best work. The "break the fourth wall" dialogue cracked me
up, when Alicia asked him why he's the only prosecutor they ever see.
"Because I'm assigned to prosecute all Lockhart Gardner defendents!"
Steve Newport
episode, Mary Beth Peil's scenes are welcome. I liked the two kids
during the first season trying to unravel the mystery of who was
nice to see Peter more, and when he's on the show, it would be really
nice for husband and wife to interact. And could Alicia drop the naive
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SN: I'd like to see Will and Carrie disappear from the show, along with
Kalinda's rival. But I agree with the rest above.
Robin Miller
> Barry Margolin<bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> Newpor...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
>
>
> It's amazing how much I liked Dallas Roberts' performance on Rubicon,
> and how much I dislike it on The Good Wife. Please, please don't bring
> the character back any more.
I feel differently. I like the character, perhaps because of a positive
carryover from Rubicon. He's only good in very small doses, but that's
how they use him. I loved how Peter's mother later showed up with the
headdress. And in this week's episode, the presence of the character
served a function, giving the show one of the three couples that was, or
might be, "breaking up," as the episode was titled.
--Robin
Steve Newport
mother later showed up with the headdress.
SN: Give Tony nominee Mary Beth Piel more to do!!
"There's nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music.
Musicals carry us to a different time and place, but in the end, they
also teach us a little bit of something about ourselves. In many ways,
the story of Broadway is also intertwined with the story of America.
Some of the greatest singers and songwriters Broadway has ever known
came to this country on a boat with nothing more than an idea in their
head and a song in their heart. And they succeeded the same way that so
many immigrants have succeeded through talent and hard work and sheer
determination. Over the years, musicals have also been at the forefront
of our social consciousness, challenging stereotypes, shaping our
opinions about race and religion, death and disease, power and politics.
But perhaps the most American part of this truly American art form is
its optimism. Broadway music calls us to see the best in ourselves and
in the world around us."-- President Obama
"Musicals blow the dust off your soul."-- Mel Brooks
Hunter
<bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>In article <19921-4D2...@storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net>,
> Newpor...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
>
>> The gay brother character is unnecessary.
>
>How did he just wander into Alicia's office? What receptionist allows
>anyone into an office without an employee OK'ing it?
-----
She doesn't have a private receptionist Also there was a bit of chaos
behind him with people carrying boxes too and fro. And my experience
with business offices are that Fort Knox, albeit I woul hope law
offices would be better secured. The Prosecutor's office or the
adversary in a law suit could send in their version of Kalinda and
give her office or other offices the once over looking for what dirt
or trial stategy they are using.
------>Hunter
"No man in the wrong can stand up against
a fellow that's in the right and keeps on acomin'."
-----William J. McDonald
Captain, Texas Rangers from 1891 to 1907
Barry Margolin
Hunter <buffh...@my-deja.com> (Hunter) wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:58:58 -0500, Barry Margolin
> <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> >In article <19921-4D2...@storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net>,
> > Newpor...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
> >
> >> The gay brother character is unnecessary.
> >
> >How did he just wander into Alicia's office? What receptionist allows
> >anyone into an office without an employee OK'ing it?
> -----
> She doesn't have a private receptionist
I meant the receptionist at the main entrance to the office. Also, if
they're in a shared office building, there would probably be a security
guard at the building entrance.
> Also there was a bit of chaos
> behind him with people carrying boxes too and fro. And my experience
> with business offices are that Fort Knox, albeit I woul hope law
> offices would be better secured. The Prosecutor's office or the
> adversary in a law suit could send in their version of Kalinda and
> give her office or other offices the once over looking for what dirt
> or trial stategy they are using.
Maybe it's because I've always worked in high tech, but for at least 25
years I've NEVER worked at an office in a shared office building where I
didn't have to use a card key to get into our company's section of the
building. And even when we owned the whole building, there was a
security guard at the main entrance, and visitors were required to be
escorted in.
Dano
"Barry Margolin" <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message
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left for the actual story to be advanced now would there?
Barry Margolin
"Dano" <janea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I don't expect them to show those details. But he shouldn't just be
able to wander into a lawyer's office with no permission from anyone.
I guess this is just one of those TV tropes we all get used to. All
across the TV landscape people just walk around offices looking for the
person they want to talk to.
Dano
> In article <ih4m2q$lln$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "Dano" <janea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> If they showed every little detail like that there wouldn't be much time
>> left for the actual story to be advanced now would there?
>
> I don't expect them to show those details. But he shouldn't just be
> able to wander into a lawyer's office with no permission from anyone.
>
Yeah. You're right about that of course. I just assumed someone else, that
either knew him or identified him, let him in. It seems like such an
insignificant point really. I guess for your perspective, you assumed he
dodged security and made his way in like a spy. Which is easier to expect
happened?
Steve Newport
permission from anyone.>>
Dano: It seems like such an insignificant point really.
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SN: Last week's episode had much bigger problems. It may have been the
series' worst. I really hope tonight's is better.
Ubiquitous
"Becoming"?
I'm surprised it wasn't cancelled with that equally boring CBS "comedy"
about the girl from "Dharma & Greg" getting pregnant.
---
"If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the
21st century."
Hunter
<bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>In article <4d35750a...@news.optonline.net>,
> Hunter <buffh...@my-deja.com> (Hunter) wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:58:58 -0500, Barry Margolin
>> <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> >In article <19921-4D2...@storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net>,
>> > Newpor...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
>> >
>> >> The gay brother character is unnecessary.
>> >
>> >How did he just wander into Alicia's office? What receptionist allows
>> >anyone into an office without an employee OK'ing it?
>> -----
>> She doesn't have a private receptionist
>
>I meant the receptionist at the main entrance to the office. Also, if
>they're in a shared office building, there would probably be a security
>guard at the building entrance.
----
Never seen the building's lobby I don't recall and I don't recall
seeing the receptionist, but like I said there seemed to be some
moving going on, at least a few paralegals moving boxes of files and
that allowed him to sneak by unintentionally, that is he didn't
deliberately do it, just mosyed on in looking at the walls while the
receptionist was taking a message.. :-)
>
>> Also there was a bit of chaos
>> behind him with people carrying boxes too and fro. And my experience
>> with business offices are that Fort Knox, albeit I woul hope law
>> offices would be better secured. The Prosecutor's office or the
>> adversary in a law suit could send in their version of Kalinda and
>> give her office or other offices the once over looking for what dirt
>> or trial stategy they are using.
>
>Maybe it's because I've always worked in high tech, but for at least 25
>years I've NEVER worked at an office in a shared office building where I
>didn't have to use a card key to get into our company's section of the
>building. And even when we owned the whole building, there was a
>security guard at the main entrance, and visitors were required to be
>escorted in.
----
Well I worked clearical when I was a temp and before that as a bike
messenger and back in the 1980s you can just go to a floor and to an
office in many cases without any security. Just look at the floor
directory and then head to the elevator bank and go up.
And to be clear, even though it seems you understood me :-) Here is
what a sentence above should've said:
".... And my experience with business offices are that *they aren't*
Fort Knox
My bad poof reading strikes again. ;-)
Barry Margolin
Hunter <buffh...@my-deja.com> (Hunter) wrote:
> And to be clear, even though it seems you understood me :-) Here is
> what a sentence above should've said:
>
> ".... And my experience with business offices are that *they aren't*
> Fort Knox
And my experience is the opposite. I can't get to my own office without
swiping a card key.
BTW, do junior associates really get private offices in big law firms
like that?
Dano
"Hunter (Hunter)" <buffh...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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That all changed after 9/11. Big time...especially in any major city.
Barry Margolin
"Dano" <janea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Actually, now I'd like to recant a bit.
As I've mentioned, all the places I've worked have had card-key
entrances to the offices. And the corporate security training material
all included the reminder "Don't allow tailgaters", which are people who
go through the door with you when you swipe your badge against the
reader, but without swiping their own badges.
But this rule is almost always ignored. Most of the time it's benign,
since you recognize the coworker who's riding your coattail through the
door. But not always. I like to think that if I saw someone I don't
know just waiting by the door I wouldn't let him in with me, but I'm not
sure.
It's kind of like getting into an apartment building by pressing the
buzzers for every apartment from the lobby. Most people won't buzz in
an unexpected guest, but you just have to find one resident who just
reacts automatically and hits the door button.
Steve Newport
It was to some degree. Cumming and Noth were back, and Piel got to shine
in a couple of scenes. I still miss the kids.