The Good Fight
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If she had to slash and burn to get there, so be it.
Yet the show, to its immense credit, has not let this incident go without further examination.
At issue in the episode is Maias arrest over the hospice drugs that Roland had left in her car.
(A brief scene afterwards is particularly striking.
So you think Im racist?
No, replies Lucca, It was just an observation.
Marissa then snaps back that her parents went to Selma, and leaves in a huff.
By contrast, Diane slipping off to look up and memorize the names seems the wiser choice.)
The two get to talking: Lucca has been noticing an influx of majority-white hires and it bugs her.
Jay observes that the best offices and the best pay have been going to white employees.
And in the best spirit ofThe Good Fight, the whole place goes productively haywire.
I have to worry about the racists I can see, he tells Liz.
When I solve that, I can turn to the racists I cant see.
But this all circles back to Maia, who gets fired.
Is it unfair that Maia loses her job under these circumstances?
The show suggests not.
And maybe see ourselves in a different light, too.
Save it for your least favorite politicians and pundits.
Shell be fine, replies Jay.
His delivery in that exchange sets the tone for the whole episode.
Shewas disappointedto learn later about his proposed transgender ban in the military.
There was once a time when Pepe the Frog was an innocent character in Matt FuriesBoys Clubcomic.
Now its widely known as a favorite alt-right meme.
Or, to put it in Coultons words, And then,tada, a cartoon Nazi frog.
