The Good Fight
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What is the good fight?
Woodss response ismemorably apoplectic: Dont give me that liberal yuppie bullshit about a good fight.
This isnt fucking Yale.
A good fight is one youwin!
But Dianes thinking has shifted to Woodss perspective inTrue Believer.
She has a chance to fight dirty.
Fighting dirty isnt good in the moral sense.
But the good fight is one youwin.
He likes his job, says Blum.
He wants a third term.
Voters may not care that much about preserving democracy.
Trump wins because he sees life as a battle, not a cause, Blum tells Diane.
He uses your strength against you.
Liberals never get that.
(She also lands on the NSAs radar, but she doesnt know that yet.)
jot down could send her down the wrong path.
As for Diane, shes unchastened by the con artist who recruited her.
On any other series, this subplot would seem like going off the rails.
ButThe Good Fight, god bless it, was never on the rails from the start.
Hearsay:
Maias glorious heel-turn earns GIF of the week status.
(This GIF has extraordinary, wide-ranging applications and powers.
Some absolutely scabrous Blum one-liners this episode, as he tours the law offices of Reddick, Boseman.
On the front-desk artwork: Did the United Negro College Fund have a bake sale?
That painting is fucking hideous.
Even beyond the grave, in this case.
Always a treat whenThe Good WifeandThe Good Fightallow the entire first act to unfold before the opening credits.
Here the wait is a full 15 minutes.
The Jonathan Coulton animated explainers continue to be catchy, witty, and informative bits of wordplay.
