The Good Wife (S6E12) -- "The Debate" -- 1/11/15
01-11-15, 02:38 PM
#1
DVD Talk God
Thread Starter
The Good Wife (S6E12) -- "The Debate" -- 1/11/15
ALICIA AND FRANK PRADY SQUARE OFF IN A CRUCIAL DEBATE IN THE RACE FOR STATE'S ATTORNEY, ON "THE GOOD WIFE," SUNDAY, JAN. 11
Cable News Host Chris Matthews Appears as Himself as the Debate Moderator
David Hyde Pierce Returns as Frank Prady
Rachael Harris Guest Stars as Franny Zissis, an Aide to the Mayor of Chicago
"The Debate" - Alicia and Frank Prady square off in a crucial debate in the race for State's Attorney as Peter and the city of Chicago prepare for a potential riot, on THE GOOD WIFE, Sunday, Jan. 11 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/9:00-10:00 PM, PT), on the CBS Television Network. Cable news host Chris Matthews appears as himself as the debate moderator. David Hyde Pierce returns as Frank Prady. Rachael Harris guest stars as Franny Zissis, an aide to the Mayor of Chicago.
REGULAR CAST:
Julianna Margulies (Alicia Florrick)
Christine Baranski (Diane Lockhart)
Archie Panjabi (Kalinda Sharma)
Matt Czuchry (Cary Agos)
Makenzie Vega (Grace Florrick)
Alan Cumming (Eli Gold)
Zach Grenier Matthew Goode (David Lee)
(Finn Polmar)
RECURRING CAST:
Chris Noth (Peter Florrick)
David Hyde Pierce (Frank Prady)
Steven Pasquale (Jonathan Elfman)
Connie Nielsen (Ramona Lytton)
Gbenga Akinnagbe (Pastor Isaiah Easton)
Frankie Faison (Pastor Jeremiah Easton)
Sarah Steele (Marissa Gold)
John Benjamin Hickey (Neil Gross)
Megan Ketch (Deena Lampard)
David Krumholtz (Josh Mariner)
GUEST CAST:
Remy Auberjonois (Martin Parillo)
Nicole Roderick (Nora)
Angela Reed (Dakota Leesh)
Chris Matthews (Himself)
Rachael Harris (Franny Zissis)
Jessica Frances Dukes (Deidre Willis)
Patrick Boll (Evan Young)
Michael Berresse (Patrick Mancini)
Sean Nelson (Busboy Tim)
Will Cobbs (Busboy Errol)
Arturo Castro (Dishwasher Juan)
Romell Witherspoon (Angry Youth)
Elizabeth Rich (Lady Cop)
Flint Beverage (Male Cop)
Hubert Point-Du Jour (Protestor Jake)
Stephen O'Reilly (George Hedden)
Robert Manning Jr. (Cole Willis)
WRITTEN BY: Executive Producers Robert King and Michelle King
DIRECTED BY: Executive Producer Brooke Kennedy
Episode 12 of 22
FYI, it looks like this is airing at 10pm for East Coast viewers.
01-12-15, 12:34 AM
#2
DVD Talk Hero
Re: The Good Wife (S6E12) -- "The Debate" -- 1/11/15
Ugh. This episode was painfully contrived, even by Good Wife standards. Good thing the dialog/acting is still solid.
01-12-15, 09:28 AM
#3
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: The Good Wife (S6E12) -- "The Debate" -- 1/11/15
Yeah, that was bad. That whole kitchen scene was cringe worthy. This show usually does a great job with the ripped from the headlines stuff, but this one really fell flat. Very weird, tonally. Usually The Good Wife doesn't take itself too seriously, but they tried to go serious here with the Ferguson thing and failed miserably. And the whole side-plot with Neill Gross and his divorce settlement couldn't have felt more disconnected and out of place from the other stories. Why was it even in this episode? Beyond that they never sold the scope of the cop shooting and the way they tried to shoehorn in the mother with one scene and a *single line*, it was all very strange. Like they were trying to do great reverence to this topic but at the same time it was treated as an afterthought.
01-12-15, 09:57 AM
#4
DVD Talk Hero
Re: The Good Wife (S6E12) -- "The Debate" -- 1/11/15
I did like that they answered what I've been asking for a while; with Castro out of the race, why is Alicia still running? Though her whole thing with Diane was contrived as well. What was the urgency in asking David Lee to join their firm before running it by Alicia?
01-13-15, 09:46 AM
#5
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: The Good Wife (S6E12) -- "The Debate" -- 1/11/15
I think the idea was getting David to join their firm and quid pro quo, accepting the $15 million settlement, allowing FA to retain Gross as a client. Not sure if that actually happened because they don't show it (again, why was this story even in this episode?), but that was the implication at least.
01-13-15, 08:51 PM
#6
DVD Talk Hero
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Bartertown due to it having a better economy than where I really live.
Posts: 29,834
Received 18 Likes
on
12 Posts
Re: The Good Wife (S6E12) -- "The Debate" -- 1/11/15
it's so pathetic that the new firm is slowly taking back the leadership of the old firm
01-14-15, 07:12 AM
#7
Enormous Genitals
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: a small cottage on a cul de sac in the lower pits of hell.
Posts: 37,234
Received 583 Likes
on
335 Posts
Re: The Good Wife (S6E12) -- "The Debate" -- 1/11/15
If that's what they were getting at, then David would (or should) be disbarred for it. I couldn't figure out how getting David to join the firm would keep Neil Gross as a client - David would be conflicted out of any representation of Gross, since he represents the wife.
01-14-15, 11:14 AM
#8
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: The Good Wife (S6E12) -- "The Debate" -- 1/11/15
If that's what they were getting at, then David would (or should) be disbarred for it. I couldn't figure out how getting David to join the firm would keep Neil Gross as a client - David would be conflicted out of any representation of Gross, since he represents the wife.
