I loved the Good Wife so naturally was excited to hear this show was following on from that. Particularly considering some of the characters would be ported over. (I absolutely love David Lee :laughing: Kudos to Zach Grenier who plays the part perfectly.)
Seasons 1 and 2 were excellent, 3 and 4 were far too quirky for my liking and the overly political storylines and anti Trump messages were sickening. I'm in the UK so wasn't particularly affected by them tbf. Season 5 however just grates on me constantly. Wackner's daft court started out OKish but by episode 5 was just too ridiculous.
My main problem though is the return to the talk of a "black only firm". I'm not a racist or a bigot so there is no agenda here. How on earth is it OK to keep referring to this "black only firm" and sell the story of an issue because Diane is white and is therefore wrong to be a Named Partner of said "black only firm"? I can only imaging the outcry if the storyline was flipped and it was about a white only firm. To me that whole storyline is racist itself and I'm astounded that it's even allowed. To compound this we also had the case in Wackner's court about the use of the word "niggardly". Obviously this was used in a racist context in the show.
It's all leaving me with a nasty taste in my mouth. I'll finish season 5 as there are only a few episodes left but will probably stop there and not bother with a season 6 and beyond if they are made.
Sad to see a sequel show that I originally loved (and considered as good as the original show) lose it's way so badly and incredulous that it is allowed to push such political and racial agendas to it's audience.
Edit* I just finished the season 5 finale. What the hell did I just watch? A total piece of crap with all the spin off community courts and people getting locked up in cellar prison cells! Just absolute rubbish. That's me done with this show. :laughing:
Review by AndrewBlockedParentSpoilers2021-09-04T22:00:37Z— updated 2021-09-05T23:10:40Z
I loved the Good Wife so naturally was excited to hear this show was following on from that. Particularly considering some of the characters would be ported over. (I absolutely love David Lee :laughing: Kudos to Zach Grenier who plays the part perfectly.)
Seasons 1 and 2 were excellent, 3 and 4 were far too quirky for my liking and the overly political storylines and anti Trump messages were sickening. I'm in the UK so wasn't particularly affected by them tbf. Season 5 however just grates on me constantly. Wackner's daft court started out OKish but by episode 5 was just too ridiculous.
My main problem though is the return to the talk of a "black only firm". I'm not a racist or a bigot so there is no agenda here. How on earth is it OK to keep referring to this "black only firm" and sell the story of an issue because Diane is white and is therefore wrong to be a Named Partner of said "black only firm"? I can only imaging the outcry if the storyline was flipped and it was about a white only firm. To me that whole storyline is racist itself and I'm astounded that it's even allowed. To compound this we also had the case in Wackner's court about the use of the word "niggardly". Obviously this was used in a racist context in the show.
It's all leaving me with a nasty taste in my mouth. I'll finish season 5 as there are only a few episodes left but will probably stop there and not bother with a season 6 and beyond if they are made.
Sad to see a sequel show that I originally loved (and considered as good as the original show) lose it's way so badly and incredulous that it is allowed to push such political and racial agendas to it's audience.
Edit*
I just finished the season 5 finale. What the hell did I just watch? A total piece of crap with all the spin off community courts and people getting locked up in cellar prison cells! Just absolute rubbish. That's me done with this show. :laughing: