Amen to Turtle Heart! JD Morgan was best as the dead father in "Weeds." Some one or two or three green-lighters in Hollywood must think he's sexy, or cute—or sexy, cute, and manly. But Turtle Heart is right: his acting is wooden and thin. He tilts his head and holds his glasses as if he's a distinguished 75-year-old English lord. Unbearable. The show became too cute—to itself, to its creators and writers. The tone was always off, and Diane, unfortunately, set that tone (where Alicia should have). The creators of the show have a Diane-sensibility. I think one word for it is "corny." Now that I think of it, at least six of the love stories in the series were implausible, incredible: Eli's with the guest star, Diane's with G. Cole, Alicia's with J.D. Morgan, the Indian actress's with Carey and the FBI woman, the mother-in-law's and Howard's, and the son's with the woman he met in college. Did anyone find a single one of them credible? (The only one that was real was Alicia's and Will's.) Like Turtle Heart, I watched this show from the first episode. For the last two seasons at least, I've wondered why I kept doing so. I think the answer is, "courtroom drama." But even that got pretentious and gimmick-heavy.
3 Reviews
****
edwagreen24 April 2016
Warning: Spoilers
So much comes out at a dinner party to honor Peter's mother and Howard upon their engagement.
Alicia's drunken mother spills the beans to just about everyone about Peter's and Alicia's impending divorce. The kids hear it as well and a much more mature Zach has plenty to divulge himself. He has become engaged to a 23 year old senior at his college; he plans to drop out and live in France with her. Naturally, Peter and Alicia are floored by this but by episode's end, they appear to accept what is to occur.
Cary briefly appears to have Michael J. Fox represent him regarding Peter's case and Alicia's lover is told by Alan Cumming to investigate so that Peter appears guilty.
The character of Alicia has really changed. She has gone from such a sweet, intelligent woman to a hard drinking woman, ready to attack life with a vengeance.
Alicia's drunken mother spills the beans to just about everyone about Peter's and Alicia's impending divorce. The kids hear it as well and a much more mature Zach has plenty to divulge himself. He has become engaged to a 23 year old senior at his college; he plans to drop out and live in France with her. Naturally, Peter and Alicia are floored by this but by episode's end, they appear to accept what is to occur.
Cary briefly appears to have Michael J. Fox represent him regarding Peter's case and Alicia's lover is told by Alan Cumming to investigate so that Peter appears guilty.
The character of Alicia has really changed. She has gone from such a sweet, intelligent woman to a hard drinking woman, ready to attack life with a vengeance.
dark series
oliverdearlove9 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I don't think the review of J D Morgan is particularly fair. It is obvious by this time the series is winding down so there is an endy feeling to it and less of Hope and more of tying up ends
ALicia has stopped behaving like the Good Wife - and the script mirrors this as the children stop behaving like rational human beings
so it is the whole family behaving badly
very watchable and very well written
splendid acting by Alan Cumming and the actor representing Peter F
ALicia has stopped behaving like the Good Wife - and the script mirrors this as the children stop behaving like rational human beings
so it is the whole family behaving badly
very watchable and very well written
splendid acting by Alan Cumming and the actor representing Peter F
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