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Final Season sucked... :(

posted 8 years ago by SomeBlueDevil
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So I started binge watching this show about a month ago. Loved it so much, I watched several episodes daily.

I finished last night and season 7 was mostly a waste of time...
The writing sucked, too many things didn't make sense/were unrealistic, too many "fake emotion" scenes, and worst of all, Alicia's character was completely rewritten, pretty much overnight.

It started going downhill from the time Will Gardner died, and that wasn't even my favorite character.

On the final episode, Jason "disappearing" was good & overdue, Alicia getting slapped by Diane was excellent, but Peter getting off w/ 1 year probation was ridiculous and the plea deal made no sense. Also, they should have gotten him for election fraud. A nice plot twist could have been Peter having a hand in Will's demise...

And what about that dumb Alicia hairdo... ? Helmet hair is right - it hardly moved. Half of the time it looked like she wore a wig...

My fave characters were Kalinda and Canning. And I had a crush on Finn.. 

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[–] !!!deleted!!! (5715013) 8 years ago

Half of the time it looked like she wore a wig...

Actually, she was wearing a wig 100 percent of the time. As has been discussed many times on here, her hair is very thick and frizzy (she said, "I'm a Jew with curly hair"), and she wanted a sleeker WASP-ish look for Alicia.

Also, Julianna Margulies had said in interviews that, instead of sitting in Hair & Makeup for several more hours in an already very long shooting day, she'd rather spend that time with her husband and her little boy. So the wig was the choice.

She said her wigs cost $10,000 -- but some looked good (like at the beginning of Season 3, when Alicia was finally getting laid properly), and some looked awful (like some of the severe and lifeless styles she had in Season 7).

I agree with you that Peter got off MUCH too easily, which wasn't right. MY favourite characters were Eli and his daughter. I also liked Canning, who kept playing the bad guy, but the twinkle in his eye always suggested he was really just kidding.

[–] byhisnoodlyappendage 8 years ago

I was trying to engage in your comment in a serious manner until you suggested the plotline "a nice plot twist could have been Peter having a hand in Will's demise"

that would have pushed this show way over into a soap opera nightmare. there would be no reconciliation whatsoever. Alicia and Peter's "agreement" would be shattered and that was a huge part of the show. I just wouldn't make a lick of sense. Peter was corrupt and a womanizer but no sociopath.

I actually liked the untethered Alicia in S7. She was such a restricted individual for so many seasons, it was refreshing to see her analyze her life and show vulnerability.

It was obvious at the end of the series Alicia had doubts of a relationship with Jason but that wasn't the point. The point was that she was tired of living a loveless life that was full of lies.

[–] maibritt1988 8 years ago

I know he had personal reason to leave the show, but I agree that Wills death was the turning point for this show. When I first saw it I wondered if I should stop watching.
Will was my favorite, but since I only started watching TGW a month ago I knee he would be back for the finale, which is the only reason why I kept watching.

Alicia was extremely hard to like and most of the time I kind of hoped something bad would happen to her.

[–] justabitofeverythingplease 8 years ago

I just started S6 today so Will's death has been a few eps ago and wow did it change things. I found him a very attractive character, someone you want to know more about. I mean, Kalinda was put down as very mysterious but that got pretty boring pretty fast imo but Will, the actor had this thing I dunno, but he was really good in his role. Also love Eli and Jackie. And Cary, well, I used to watch GG so I was happy to see him back and I like the role he plays so far. Imo he and Eli were the only ones to really keep true to themselves, and maybe also Diane. Love Diane, love the actress. Anyway, I'm happy to see Will is back for the finale. S7 isn't on netflix over here yet but I don't really mind as I'm just at 6.2 and already bored. Only good thing rn is Diane joining Alicia and Cary, and from what I read that happens. Just sad they work Cary out, he started that firm before Alicia even joined! Oh well, I'll get there. Got an entire season to watch and maybe in a few months the final season will be here.

Oh and I wish I remember his name but the guy that first was involved with the bankruptcy at LG and then became a lawyer and helped out F/A was really awesome!

[–] !!!deleted!!! (5715013) 8 years ago

The guy who was involved with the bankruptcy was named Clark Hayden, and was played by Nathan Lane, a veteran of Broadway, who played a drag queen in the movie The Birdcage. (Christine Baranski and Alan Cumming are from Broadway, too. I love them BOTH.)

Hayden just disappeared without explanation. One of the weaknesses in the show was how often characters did that -- but often it was because the actor or actresses suddenly had a pilot picked up, so they were no longer "available". Anna Camp started a really intriguing storyline in the episode called Marthas & Caitlins, but she left to be on Pitch Perfect, which didn't last, but by then the writers had already moved on.

The same thing happened to Matthew Perry, set up as sleazy Mike Kresteva, when he suddenly left to star in Go On, which also didn't last. It was one thing to have a guest role who was never meant to stay around, like Celeste Serrano, played by Lisa Edelstein. But it's quite another when they start up an entire storyline around them and then they just disappear.

I always remember when Anna Camp's character had won a case, and was being given her own office. Alicia was watching her go in, and the character looked at her and smiled. But then the smile suddenly HARDENED, in a way that sent chills up my spine. It looked like it could get VERY exciting -- but then she was just gone.

[–] HHSweetness 8 years ago

I completely agree. In fact, I created an account just so I could respond. I happily binged the first five seasons... managed to get through season 6, & now am only suffering through the seventh because I know Alicia is going to get a slap in the face from Diane. She's turned into such a ridiculous character. Stiff acting, poorly written, unremarkable plots, characters I simply don't care about or like. Even Eli's scenes are awful although Alan Cumming does his best of them. Ughhh