<p>I think the secret is out. It’s all over the internet now. I was shocked. Reaction on Twitter was ugly. Everyone blamed the producers and didn’t realize that he was ready to move on. I’m disappointed, but I still think the show will be really good. </p>
<p>I too was stunned. When the client said something about suicide, I started to get a feeling something was going to happen. I thought though it would be that he actually committed suicide while waiting for the jury. </p>
<p>Big shock! It will be interesting to see how the show moves forward . In hindsight- I am happy that (and see why) Alicia and will “made up” but wish more was said between them. I think what was left unspoken will become part of the storyline based on previews.</p>
<p>Wow, amazing! I thought the kid would just kill himself and later the prosecution would be convinced of his innosence and everyone would be bumbed that an innocent kid killed himself. I definitely was not expecting what happened. </p>
<p>I think the plot still left it very ambiguous about the kid’s guilt. The contact DNA theory could have explained how DNA got onto exposed skin on the victim’s hands or other body parts – but it doesn’t explain DNA evidence taken from under her fingernails (at least not very well). </p>
<p>I enjoy the show but because of the format it’s sometimes hard for me to know what is an intentional plot point or not. So I really don’t know whether the writers expected us to buy into the idea that the paramedic connection was exculpatory or not. It’s very typical on the show that whenever one side in litigation comes up with something that seems like a winning piece of evidence, the other side then comes up with something to undermine or counter that. </p>
<p>I just started season 5 today and was on Facebook when The Late Show page ruined it for me! </p>
<p>Oh well. Too bad I can’t binge watch this week like I could during Spring Break. sighh</p>
<p>I just assumed that she gripped the sheets very tightly on the gurney the way women in labor grip things super-hard and dig their nails in. Presumably she was in pain, etc.</p>
<p>Totally shocked! And…if you see a thread about a show that you haven’t watched yet…don’t READ it!!!</p>
<p>I just started watching the show this season. I was really shocked.</p>
<p>SO DISAPPOINTED on Sunday, although I didn’t catch on until it splashed onto my face. Well, I did have an inkling because I thought it was weird that Will knew new information and hadn’t shared it with his client. (No lawyer should do that.) I also worried about the client’s cut on his face and his comment that he thought he, “really was guilty”. I agree with razorsharp: I thought the kid would have killed himself before finding out he could have walked.</p>
<p>I misssed the Letterman show last night. Sounds like Josh/Will had wanted this change for awhile. What else did I miss? I did, however, see the previews for next week’s show that CBS aired. So even though I initially thought Alisha would be partners with guess-who, that looks unlikely.</p>
<p>I think the whole deal with the DNA theory was just to provide enough reasonable doubt in the jurors mind that they would acquit him. As he was staring at the court officer’s gun, I was saying to DH, “he’s going for that gun and it should be secured in that holster so that he can’t remove it!” Josh Charles wanted “out” last year but Julianna Margolies and the producer talked him into staying for 15 episodes this year so that they could write him out properly. I really love this show and it is one that I will not miss barring a real emergency. </p>
<p>I think they depicted the news about the paramedic coming to Will in a context that he didn’t have time to tell his client — though it would have made sense to at least tell him there was good news. </p>
<p>But the problem is that the whole situation about the late-breaking investigation is unrealistic. That is the standard format for the show – the lawyers are always being depicted as being in the middle of trial, while Kalinda and Robin are running around trying to dig up new facts. In real life, that sort of stuff happens well ahead of the trial – no lawyer in their right mind would dream of going to trial if all of the stuff they depicted Kalinda doing hadn’t taken place weeks in advance. I mean, every once in a while some bombshell evidence does pop up in the middle of a trial – but they are showing Kalinda doing the obvious stuff like tracing the movements of the client and the dead girl during the evening. </p>
<p>I generally forgive that stuff because of the show’s format – obviously it tells a better story to have it all happening at once, and the show is written with a tongue-in-cheek attitude toward all that stuff anyway. I mean, the crack the judge made about Perry Mason served as an acknowledgement of how silly the premise is. (Though the first thing that comes to mind for me, as an old Perry Mason fan, is that Perry Mason was winning his cases at the preliminary hearing.)</p>
<p>But I do think that leads to an uncomfortable juxtaposition between the general “fun” courtroom tone that is set in the series – with the banter and back-and-forth between and among the lawyers and judge – and the harshness of the shooting. It’s not merely that the situation depicted was unexpected – it was also that it went again the general lighthearted tone of the show. </p>
<p>Will did tell his client “great news” when he returned to the courtroom and before he went up to the judge. It seems odd that the client heard that and didn’t wait to find out. But obviously he was feeling desperate and not processing things well. </p>
<p>I could have sworn I heard the client utter “I’m guilty, or I did it” in an earlier courtroom scene that Will heard but ignored?? Anyone else hear that? I thought he killed himself because he couldn’t deal with his guilt…</p>
<p>I did see this thread but avoided it until I watched this and a previous episode. Appreciated that Alicia got to subtly show her affection/respect for Will by showing up to tell him about his client’s parents’ request for a second opinion. Also loved the episode where Alicia spoke at the conference, so well acted, her memories of her vulnerability during the scandal with Peter.</p>
<p>The actor Charles said he did not have any plans. I fail to see why an actor would quit an amazing show but not have any other plans. No movie gigs, no other tv shows, nothing. I don’t think it speaks well of him especially since he has ruined everyone else’s party.</p>
<p>razorsharp, do you think he owes us, not to ruin our party??? It’s a job; we don’t have indentured servitude or slavery in this country!</p>
<p>It’s a job that affects many other people. Posters above have said they will reevaluate whether to continue watching. If that happens a lot the ratings could go down and result in canceling of the show or prohibit salary increases for the other actors writers, etc. How about the careers of the other people he affected? I would understand it if he was quitting for some career advancement but basically he appears to be lazy. </p>
<p>Good column by Delia Ephron on this: <a href=“Opinion | The Woman Who Gave Up Sex - The New York Times”>Opinion | The Woman Who Gave Up Sex - The New York Times;
<p>I think many actors who leave TV shows don’t have future commitments yet, so I don’t think Josh Charles is particularly unusual. What I think is ironic is that so many actors who leave for “better” things end up not being successful and would have been better off careerwise staying put. George Clooney is an exception. </p>
<p>^thanks, that is a funny column…</p>
<p>" Personally I think it is extremely selfish of Josh Charles to move on. I don’t understand why he doesn’t care about me."</p>
<p>razorsharp, you might be surprised she also thought Josh Charles selfish…;)</p>
<p>On Letterman he said he was directing some episodes of The Good Wife and working on something with Sarah Silverman. It seems he wants to do more directing.</p>