swatkat

I am on the fence here, I think. Because I can understand all the arguments in favour of the lack of elegance, and death as something essentially unpredictable and grizzly. I have myself made the arguments that, in my opinion, makes this one of the most viable routes for Josh Charles' exit. At the same time, I am annoyed by the Kings' insistence (outside of the show, but sometimes tertiary canon does impact the way I see things) that this is fresh, new route they have taken - television shows deal with death and they deal with it often, last week had two different tv shows killing off two different characters. It's used for shock value and for lazy writing short-cuts. While I think TGW can indeed pull it off and deal with the consequences - I trust them with that - I also know they'll be milking the death to make us cry (and cry I will), and somehow, I dunno, it doesn't sit well with me. It's not entirely rational. Will is one fourth of the show's core emotional quartet for me.

And in a way I'm kind of glad at the way it pulls together the previous ugliness of Kalinda's stories; it's always been Kalinda dealing with the ugliness while the other characters are untouched by it and finally it feels they're aiming for some kind of cohesion, I guess. Because they are working with dangerous people, convicted murders, life-or-death stakes, and somehow they remain totally disconnected from it. So yeah, the wait-and-see approach basically.

Definitely waiting and seeing. And excited about the story possibilities for Kalinda here, though I will say this: if they bring Kalinda and Alicia back together as friends again, it cannot be at the cost of Kalinda's person ever again. I want some reciprocation on Alicia's part for once. Because at least before Kalinda had a Will, and now she doesn't.

(Gah, I'm thinking about how he brought them all together and the way for all his flights of madness he was the warm, pulsing heart that grounded them and ugh. Who will Diane scold now)