BWW Recap: Easy Like Sunday Morning on THE GOOD WIFE

Maybe the presence of Owen and Veronica is enough to do it, or maybe we're all just getting nostalgic with the end so close, but "Hearing" feels fun and familiar - and fast, that sure sign of great TV, and a mark of so many of this show's best episodes.

Even if the hour doesn't come close to the perfection of that other milestone episode (#100, I'm talking about #100 here. Aka the happiest we've ever been), #150 flies by in a whirl of sex and politics (mostly the personal kind), while managing to feed us just enough information about the grand jury investigation against Peter to keep us wondering for another week. Plus, you know. There's that whole half naked Jason thing. Even if he is no Will Gardner (more on that later. Naturally) ...

What is it you want?

Alicia wants Jason Crouse. And pizza and talking and shower sex. And not to be interrupted on a Sunday by her mother and her brother and Eli. She gets half of what she wants (that would be the pizza and the talking and the shower sex), but Alicia Florrick wears bad timing like a perfume, so it's no real surprise that her rendezvous with Jason is interrupted by knock after knock at her door.

First it's Veronica, who's just been conned out of $100K, and then Owen with bagels, and then Eli and Michael Tascioni (and Tom) to discuss Peter's grand jury investigation, and then the subpoena guy with papers for Alicia - just a regular Sunday at home for THE GOOD WIFE, you might say.

Was it only hours ago she was being introduced to Roar?

You can slice an opponent to shreds

Mondays are never as much fun as Sundays. Alicia shows up in court to support Peter (they're good for each other's careers, remember?), and meets Connor Fox (oh hello, Matthew Morrison!), the guy out to get Peter this time around. Tascioni goes all Tascioni and gets more out of Fox than any prosecutor should concede, but even with all the Tascioni tricks in play #TeamPeter are still unsure what this is all about.

It's Eli who figures it out, or almost does, when Alicia tells/not tells him to listen to the (muffled) closed court proceedings through an air vent in the disabled toilets nearby. Sure, the whole eavesdropping thing might be a plot device we've seen a million times, but it's cute here, mainly because Alan Cumming gives such great physical comedy - I swear, he only needs an eyebrow to own a scene. And it's also a way of getting us inside the grand jury proceedings without giving anything away too soon.

So what is it that Eli figures out, or almost does? It turns out the investigation has something to do with a kid who got off a murder charge back in 2012. The kid ended up with some serious backing when it came to his defense team, and the rumor is his Dad is someone important. Right. Is this going where it could be going? I need another preview before I go down any rabbit holes this big!

And they come back thanking you

Veronica loves Jason. She loves him even more when he confirms that the con artist who took her money is indeed a con artist. She was targeted after being found on a 'suckers list' - fool me once, fool me twice, okay fool me again, that kind of thing - and Jason figures this out because not only does he rock a pink robe, he's Kalinda-smart when it comes to knowing things that nobody else does. He gets back Veronica's money (presumably) and bonds with Veronica and Owen, which is awesome, but also sad, because I think we just said goodbye to two of my favorite people on THE GOOD WIFE, and I'm disliking this last-episode business more and more.

He's no Will Gardner

Meanwhile, back at home, David and Cary think Diane is plotting to create an all-female firm. Diane takes Alicia to lunch and denies it, before asking Alicia to join her in what basically sounds to me like Alicia and Diane running the legal world, with Hillary as President of everything, and Olivia Pope fixing anything that needs fixing Diane wanting to create an all-female firm. Her pitch to Alicia is chills-worthy. She speaks of Alicia's ambition, how THE GOOD WIFE might try to hide it, but it shines like a lamp, and makes her a fierce opponent. Diane then drives her point home by telling Alicia she is the natural successor to Will Gardner in every way.

I love this! Even in an episode where Alicia is clearly moving on, there's a nod to the man who meant so much to her, and to Diane. Alicia seems genuinely moved, if not a little taken aback by the comparison. What if she was always like Will? What if she only ever avoided him because she wasn't yet ready to face that side of herself?

What if she's ready now?

Later, when Alicia tells Lucca about Diane's offer, she mixes up Will and Jason's names. It's a little moment, but a realistic one. One love doesn't replace another, but certain influences grow smaller. That's how we survive the things we lose. And Alicia is not only surviving her losses now, she's thriving with what was left behind. Maybe she'll go with Diane, maybe she'll stay loyal to Cary. As long as whatever path she chooses, it leaves her with Sundays free ...

Hopefully there's a way for Alicia to get everything she wants - though, with only a few episodes till the end, I'm still not certain THE GOOD WIFE believes in happy endings. Are you?

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