Well. I HAVE THOUGHTS, you guys. This episode had the makings of something really great, but it fell flat in some extremely strange ways.
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The Good Wife Recap: 7×12 “Tracks”
Hey guys, remember “Thicky Trick”? Had you hoped never to have that infuriatingly catchy and secretly kind of adorable song in your head again? Too bad, because Matthew Lillard is back for more antics, and if you’re like me, you now have Thicky Trick in your head merely because it was mentioned in the episode.
The Good Wife Recap: 7×11 “Iowa”
I have been watching The Good Wife in real time for about a year and a half now, after a breathless catch-up binge after the epic fifth season. Last year, season six, brought a few episodes that punched you in the gut. But in the chaotic, farcical season seven—which turned Alicia’s children into little adults, reduced her love life to a mere smirking flirtation with her investigator, and separated her almost entirely from any storylines with the colleagues that once brought out the best in her, Cary and Diane—I haven’t been able to finish an episode and say to myself, “That was so fucking good.”
Until now.
Nashville Recap: 4×09 “Three’s a Crowd”
Previously on Nashville: Gabriella made Luke drop Will for being gay; Rayna and Markus worked together and she told him he exhausted her; Scarlett and Caleb had trouble being long-distance; Rayna signed Maddie and Daphne to Highway 65 to keep Maddie under control; and Avery sang one of Will’s songs and got him the attention of a publisher.
We open on tour with Scarlett and Gunnar, with one of their songs playing in the background and the highway skittering by. A montage follows, which I can’t help being excited about, because who doesn’t love montages? [Janes: word.] Scarlett spends a lot of time staring moodily out the window and then scribbling lyrics in this montage. Gunnar spends a lot of time roughhousing with Erin and the other crew members, and sneaking glances at Scarlett. In the background Scarlett’s voice croons, “Only Tennessee can save me now.”
Nashville Recap: 4×08 “Unguarded Moments”
Previously on Nashville: Gunnar brought his “it’s just casual” girlfriend on the road in a professional capacity, Gabriella blathered on about the lines between business and pleasure, [Janes: UGH Gabriella. I was hoping I could forget about her forever.] Deacon opened a dumb bar, Rayna signed Markus Keen and took away Maddie’s phone; Juliette almost killed herself and Gabriella kept Colt silent about it; and Juliette went to rehab, finally.
Homeland Recap: 5×12 “A False Glimmer”
As has happened to us a lot this month, we fell behind on our Homeland recaps, but we decided to at least do the finale in a more timely fashion because, well, there’s a lot to talk about. You know what I mean.
Previously on Homeland…
The Good Wife Recap: 7×10 “KSR”
I decided to recap the season finale before catching up on episode 9 of this season. Even though I think it shows the same fragmentation between Alicia’s storylines and those of the lawyers who were once her colleagues, Diane and Cary, it was a pretty great episode—and, I hope, it will be pivotal for Alicia’s character.
Homeland Recap: 5×08 “All About Allison”
I will start by saying I did not have high hopes for this episode. I mean, it’s like going into a Gilmore Girls episode that is named “All About Digger.” Or an Affair episode named “All About Noah.” Like, is my entire recap just going to be, “Shut up, Allison”?
And this turned out to be a fairly boring episode, but learning more about Allison was actually useful and enjoyable.
The Good Wife Recap: 7×08 “Restraint”
TV has been a bit too topical lately, hasn’t it? This was another episode that I wasn’t sure it would be a great idea to recap, after the tragedy at Planned Parenthood. In case any of our readers haven’t been entirely deadened to mass shootings and might find reminders of that event upsetting, please consider this a warning, and an apology if it seems tactless.
The Free Speech Defense
Surreptitious cell-phone video makes a second appearance this season. A woman is shown on a shaky phone-cam video eating frozen yogurt and talking casually about “harvesting” a “product.” The product, it eventually becomes clear, is specifically parts. Fetus parts. For the price of $100. Ethan, showing the video to Diane, is up on his high horse about this, but Diane argues that it’s for “preserving, packaging and delivering,” not selling, baby parts, and that the video is just propaganda. Ethan argues that Americans only support abortion if they don’t have to face the facts about it. Then they have this mystifying exchange:
Diane: The majority of Americans only support anything if they don’t have to face the fact of it! How the hamburger ended up on their plate…
Ethan: Except this has a face. It’s not an appendix. It’s a human being.
Um… What exactly does Ethan think a hamburger is? A grilled appendix on a bun?
Nashville Recap: 4×07 “Can’t Get Used to Losing You”
Well, it’s been a busy couple weeks for all of us at Adversion. Our recaps may have fallen behind, but rest assured, we are committed to parsing every single second of our favorite shows for sexism, hidden meanings, and opportunities to make fun of Scarlett.
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