The Televangelist: ‘The Good Wife’ Season 3, Ep. 14

“Sun Tzu never fought the Jews. We don’t play mind games. We bring knives.”

Image

  • CBS.com
  • “Sun Tzu never fought the Jews. We don’t play mind games. We bring knives.” - Eli



“Ham Sandwich” was a turning-point episode in Season Two, where Kalinda (dutifully pleading the fifth) was let off in case questioning her “investigative” methods. At the end of the episode, Blake (one of the worst characters the show has ever trotted out) tells Kalinda that he gets it - her former “Lela” life was erased thanks to Peter Florrick ... who she slept with as a favor. This bombshell is still having reverberations into the current season and the second ham sandwich episode (“Another Ham Sandwich,” to be precise), where Alicia and Kalinda’s relationship is only now beginning to thaw. And on the sexual misconduct front, Alicia is now being questioned about her affair with Will - something that prompts her to storm out of the court room, turning around to face Wendy Scott-Carr’s protestations with a dramatic “Arrest me!”

Of course, no one arrests Alicia. But Wendy, tricked by Kalinda and Will via a file Kalinda planted with Dana, has lost the confidence of the Grand Jury (who, let’s be honest, was populated with idiots) and that of Peter, who fires her (but does validate her parking!) Despite Alicia’s second season assertion that a Chicago Grand Jury would “indict a ham sandwich,” so far the opposite has proved true for Lockhart Gardner. It seems that their 75% positive-outcome rate continues to rise!

Alicia was out to sea emotionally in this episode. She has been keeping her distance from Will, and even when they were sleeping together, one got the feeling that he was always into it more than she was (emotionally). But several times last night, Alicia distinctly chose Will over Peter, even though she denied her affair to Peter and later, decided against telling her kids. It seems clear that Alicia is realizing she may feel more for Will, and on a deeper level, than she realized. His precarious legal situation may be the best possible thing for his personal life, as it has brought out feelings for Alicia she hardly seemed to know she possessed. Will’s troubles are far from over, judging by the preview for the next episode - it appears he could be disbarred. If Will is gone from Lockhart Gardner, even temporarily, ... might his affair with Alicia resume?