Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 319 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Since The Night Matthew Ashbaugh Died
By Jacob Clifton | Season 5 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.27.2013
Ding-dong.
Alicia: "Ah, jeez. Now what?"
Peter: "It's me, the Governor-Elect."
Alicia: "Are you here to put more on my plate? Because I am losing it."
Peter: "No, I came to see if you are okay because I'm your loving husband."
Alicia: "That's wildly comforting, thank you."
He can't believe how frisky and excited she is; she looks like a new person, a new woman. He finds himself playing with the ever-present zipper she prefers on her suits, and before she knows it she's dragging him off to the bedroom. It is great. They laugh the whole time, and making dirty Lean In jokes, and the whole thing takes ten minutes. ("Otherwise, they're gonna start making some bad decisions out there," she says, which is the funniest thing in the whole episode besides the duck-hand.)
After, she runs back in to grab her panties, and remind him that Hawaii needs to wait. But he's okay, because he's very close -- he thinks -- to sealing the deal. Points for caring, points manifested in a quickie with more people there than have ever been in the apartment (including two entirely separate groups of horny tweens), and the hammer still to drop on any number of Lockhart- or Gardner- or Lockhart/Gardner-related bloodbaths.
Diane: "Speaking of, I am here standing in your living room."
Alicia: "Weird. Is it okay that it's nice to see you?"
Diane: "I know, right? Anyway, here's the plan. We all drop our restraining orders and both get an hour alone with Neil Gross."
Alicia: "But what does that solve? It's just one client."
Diane: "The one client that makes or breaks either firm. See you there at ten."
Carey: "But we get to go second! ADHD! Neil Gross has it."
Diane: "Fine. Anything is possible with compromise!"
There are intense three-way vibes between Diane and Alicia, Diane and Cary, and Alicia and Cary. All of them are sad, but also electric. Nobody knows what the new world will look like, which is exciting if you can keep yourself from borrowing trouble: It's still too bright out there, after the blast. You can't even see shapes. When he looks at her he can just barely make out the shape of a teacher, and then he's blinded again.
Maybe Alicia and Diane will get what they want, their smooth and painless transitions, after all. Maybe Alicia becomes the new Will (or Diane) and Diane becomes a Supreme Court Judge, and everybody will be happy, and nothing will hurt. Maybe they're still in the air, heading for the ground; maybe all the bridges have burnt and we're all drowning in a minute; but maybe we all fly. For a second it seems like a possibility.
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