The Good Wife: Season 4 (2012 – 2013/CBS DVD Set)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: A Episodes: B+
The Good Wife continues to be enough of a
ratings success that here we are at Season
4 and the crisis continue (here come the spoilers, so start with the debut
season before reading this one) as Will returns from his suspension, things are
hardly joyous with Lockhart & Gardner is in a 60 million dollar debt. As Alicia moves up to partnership status,
Peter, her husband and Eli run for governor as they become more involved in a
political smear campaign, but they are not the only ones in trouble. Kalinda must face the husband she left, and
while Cary has
returned to Lockhart & Gardner feels abused and contemplates to start his
own law firm. It a season of political scandals,
cases, investigations and secrets, the price and means to power will test the
limits of the law, and person's boundaries and morals.
It is also
a major season of change as Alicia move up to a higher position of power she
contemplates is it really worth leaving friends and her morals behind. As Lockhart & Gardner struggle to gain out
of debt, they become more willing to bend even break a few laws to settle their
cases. While everyone wants to move up,
but there is not enough money, and not everyone will make it. Kalinda finally faces her past abusive husband
who temps her back with angry and violent lust and sex. While Cary
feels underused and underpaid with the rest of the 4th year associates,
contemplates to leave, steal Alicia, and good portion of Lockhart &
Gardner's top clients.
This is a
great series if you like courtroom cases mixed with political scandals, of high
powered lawyers, the rich and politically corrupt. The courtroom cases are interesting facing
modern question and problems from infidelity, homosexual rights, to corporate
corruptions and espionage. While there
are morally good and bad cases, winning a good case does not off set for
winning a bad case.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image and lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 are
consistently good for a DVD set and the set plays back well throughout. Extras include tons of deleted scenes, seat
of power, standards & practices, ties that bind, and evolution of the Good
Wife.
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Fought the Law - Zach is pulled over by a
corrupt cop on a false drug charge.
And the Law Won - Will fights a wrongful death
suit while Kalinda faces the return of her husband.
Two Girls, One Code - Alicia and Eli must stop a reporter
from publishing a scandal about them, while a two girls sue a large computer
corporation for stealing their search engine.
Don't Haze Me, Bro - A University is being sue for a
death by hazing, but they are passing it off as a hate crime.
Waiting For the Knock - One of Lockhart & Gardner's
major client is being arrested, a drug kingpin.
The Art of War - The military asks Alicia to
cover a military rape case, but it seems the guilty party is under the
protection of 'national security'.
Anatomy of a Joke - A comedienne is being sued for
showing her breasts on TV.
Here Comes the Judge - Will faces a judge who is
biased against him winning and takes the judge to court.
A Defense of Marriage - Alicia faces a trial of a
homosexual's spouse's rights in a court case, while there is talk of accepting
homosexuality, the law does nothing else.
Battle of the Proxies - Two separate cases are on the
same crime, in two different counties, but with different murderer
suspects.
Boom De Yah Da - Alicia faces off with an old
foe, Louis Canning (M.J. Fox) with a banker who is trying to avoid a
deposition.
Je Ne Sais What? - Will takes a case from an old
friend defending an Olympic runner accused of doping... in French.
The Seven Day Rule - Lockhart & Gardner battles
Louis Canning to extend their bankruptcy deadline.
Red Team, Blue Team - Will and Diana battle Alicia
and Cary in a mock trial.
Going for the Gold - Eli becomes the target of the
Feds on corruption charges.
Runnin' With the Devil - Alicia is paired with the mob's
personal lawyer... an old man, but is he secretly a hitman?
Invitation to an Inquest - A car accident claims the life
of a judge, but the insurance refuses to pay the widow life insurance.
Death of a Client - One of Alicia's client is
murdered and Alicia must uncover the real killer.
The Wheels of Justice - Alicia must defend a known
killer from a death he didn't do.
Rape: A Modern Perspective - Alicia’s case goes viral when
the evidence of a young girl being raped is posted online by Anonymous, and the
judge won't accept it as evidence, because it was 'illegally' obtained.
A More Perfect Union - Alicia gets a group of software
coders to unionize to stop a company from monopolizing its workers,
unfortunately it also inspires the assistants at Lockhart & Gardner to do
the same.
What's in the Box – It is election night, and the
final box that could swing the votes has been tampered with.
- Ricky Chiang
