We live in an age of crime and medical procedurals and superheroes. Television plays home to more detectives and murder mysteries than one can keep track of and it isn’t just Hollywood filmmakers who are obsessed with superheroes. Television has more than enough human beings with abilities to last us a lifetime. The many different versions of shows like CSI and its ilk dominate every major network it seems.
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The brand new series takes on the era of fake news.
We live in an age of crime and medical procedurals and superheroes. Television plays home to more detectives and murder mysteries than one can keep track of and it isn’t just Hollywood filmmakers who are obsessed with superheroes. Television has more than enough human beings with abilities to last us a lifetime. The many different versions of shows like CSI and its ilk dominate every major network it seems.
A show like The Good Wife, starring the inviolable Julianna Margulies in the titular role, a legal and political drama that lasted for eight years and commanded respect from even the most conservative of critics, was such an anomaly for television that when it first arrived, it gave its network, CBS, some serious street credibility and was received with great aplomb. Despite the bizarre ending of the series, fans knew that a spin-off was definitely a possibility. And so, while Julianna Margulies is not featured in the spin-off, the new show has enough meat to merit viewing.
The story begins with the character of Diane Lockhart, essayed by a brilliant Christine Baranski, who is preparing to retire from the firm. But nothing is as it seems. A victim of a Ponzi scheme perpetuated by a friend, it leaves her with zero credibility with the legal community and pushes her to go back to her firm. But the vicious David Lee, essayed by Zach Grenier, will not make room for her and forces her to take a job elsewhere. While Lockhart’s character is to The Good Fight what Alicia Florrick’s character was to The Good Wife, there are plenty of other players, some new and some old, who make this series worth exploration.
Cush Jumbo returns as Lucca Quinn and will have you from get-go with that unreadable poker face and a no-nonsense demeanor. Tough on the exterior, her quiet presence will bring to mind her friendship with Florrick and how that influenced her. The third and final character to connect these two women is of Maia Rindell, essayed by Rose Leslie, who is Lockhart’s god daughter and the target of many vicious attacks since she is also the daughter of the man who created the ponzi scheme. Together, Lucca, Rindell and Lockhart work in another law firm that is in the midst of taking on cases that have to do with police brutality.
Matthew Perry, who featured in The Good Fight as the detestable Mike Kresteva returns as special prosecutor while the issue of fake news is also addressed after Rindell’s ex-boyfriend creates a Twitter account to impersonate her and generate fake news.
In addition, Gary Cole guest stars as Kurt McVeigh aka Marlboro Man and his broken relationship with Lockhart is a subplot that connects everything else.
In the end, the show has enormous potential since the characters are developed well and with great care and the cases showcased in the show represent the America of Trump and that alone has us tuning in. Watch and decide for yourself.
