The Good Fight Premiere

Well, here we are at the beginning of a new part of the Good Wife franchise. You might notice that the font is different. Well, since it is a different show in the franchise, I will be giving it the Garamond font. I had to increase the size when I wrote it so that it would stand out better. If you don’t like this font, I could change it in the future, should I ever blog about more of this show. I am glad that they are, in fact, still airing the first episode on TV so I should hopefully be able to watch it.

At the moment, there are less good shows on Sundays than there typically are. NBC hasn’t been airing their shows yet, although I am planning on watching Shades of Blue when it returns. ABC is on their lesser part of the schedule until Once Upon a Time returns next month and I might start watching Time after Time regularly. I watch all of the CBS shows when I can. They include 60 Minutes, NCIS: Los Angeles, Madam Secretary, and Elementary. The FOX shows are something that I also watch, although I’m not sure if I’ll watch Making History more than once. If it’s anything like what I think that Hot Tub Time Machine is like, then I won’t want to watch it. It seems that Son of Zorn might be ending its first season soon. This then relates to what the next problem would be: how to watch the show.

While most of the show will be on CBS all access (an ironic name for something you have to pay for), I don’t know if the first episode will be available there for free or not. I don’t think that I can bet on that happening. I could live watch the episode, meaning missing out on any potential things that I would watch at the same time and, possibly, parts of the show if I’m not paying attention. While putting it on my laptop seems like the ideal choice, it might not work. I could put it there, but if I try to watch it and I can’t, then I’m screwed, unless the first episode is online for free. Putting it on a tape might be the best option, but that wouldn’t work for posting this episode on time. I could be very far behind on watching the show unless it is at the beginning of the tape, which it might not be.

I’m sure that I’ll figure out what to do regarding this later. Whatever ends up happening, I just hope that I’m able to see the episode some way and can post it to you. Otherwise, there’s no point in me writing this and I wouldn’t publish something that I couldn’t really see. If I like the episode, I could start a new blog with it from the second episode onward, but only if the pilot is good enough for me to see more and if the show comes out on DVD for me to buy. Hopefully all will work out and I can review this show for this blog. I’ll release my final opinion in my last paragraph of this post. Just be warned that if it is on the border of being good and bad, then I won’t be watching it again this time like I might in other cases.

There were different options for what I could do regarding the episode. I had the feeling that if I missed the episode when it aired, I’d miss out on my only chance to watch it for free. I didn’t know if live watching would be a good option or not. If I did that, then I’d be missing whatever else is on at the same time. I ultimately decided to double down and record it on both my laptop and on tape since I wouldn’t want to see three things at once when it aired. I don’t know yet when I will watch the episode and could just wait until it is at the natural order of things for me to watch next. I don’t know yet when I will publish the post either, although it could be on a Tuesday which is when I could potentially do a future blog about this show. I guess that you will see it then. Now let’s get to the episode!

Act one has a woman that we learn is named Maya learning that she passed the bar exam. She tells her lover, also a woman, about that. Diane makes an announcement to her now very large firm about her intentions to retire. She has saved up a ton of investments and plans on getting a big house. Maya comes in as a new person to the firm. Diane has a case of a police beating that she is fighting against Lucca. Of course they are on separate sides of the aisle and fighting each other. It is a good fight, after all, right? Maya learns that her dad is arrested for possibly doing a Ponzi scheme. Diana learns about this too and realizes that her money saved for retirement is gone. And I wasn’t sure there would even be a commercial.

Act two has Lucca discovering the scheme and possibly learning the connection to Diane. Maya is told to look through information, but she thinks better of it. Diane learns that she might have to divorce her husband in order to protect his finances. She’s not allowed back and her old job and has trouble finding a new one.

Act three has more of the case at hand. There might be evidence that disproves Diane’s side. Geez, things never go well for her, do they? Lucca offers Maya some advice after a person tries to go after her. Adrian, a new character, I believe, offers Diane a job at his firm.

Act four is a bit confusing regarding the end of the case. I can’t tell what is happening with it. The police attack was unprovoked and that helps Diane somehow. Maya, whose name is actually spelt Maia, learns from her lover that there’s a possible sex tape with them that the lover says is fake. Adrian wants Diane to be a partner at the firm and, based on Lucca’s advice, hires her. Maia gets fired from the old firm, but Diane tries to help her get a job at a new firm. It seems that things are starting fresh. I can’t make sense of the scenes for the rest of the season.

Well, I do like this enough based on the episode to keep watching. Of course, this is a problem since the series is only available on CBS all access. Ironic name, isn’t it? All I can do for now is hope that it will eventually be released to DVD so I can buy it and watch it then. I do plan on creating a new blog for it instead of putting it here in this blog. You’ll see if that ever happens or not. I would probably write a new version of this show’s first episode when/if I create a blog for it. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.