The Good Wife

I am drawn to females playing pivotal roles in shows, especially those who bounce back from adversity. Basically, I like strong, independent, intelligent women, with a wry sense of humor, who are brave enough to embrace their own vulnerability. The Good Wife with Julianna Margulies is one of them.

The first season begins with Margulies as Alicia Florrick, finding out her state attorney husband has had an affair which is sensationalized by the media. Throughout the press conference, she plays the good wife, standing beside her husband Chris Noth (Mr. Big) to play down the negativity. After the conference and giving Noth a much deserved slap, she tries to pick up her life as a junior litigator and mom of two kids.

The season has just begun and the three episodes so far have been riveting with the court room drama and Margulies dealing with the aftermath of the affair, the judging and the criticisms. By the end of all twenty-three episodes, I trust that Alicia Florrick will be fully fleshed out as an endearing character. I read the second season is in production.

Margulies has won mutiple awards in TV dramas and The Good Wife is definitely a thumbs up.

Cashmere Mafia

I was flicking between channels one night and came across an episode of Cashmere Mafia. The screen lit up with Lucy Liu. I have always liked her and I think she is kinda cool, so I ended up watching a whole episode.

It's about four long time friends, who knew other way back in business school. All four have successful careers, but not so successful love lives.

There is this scene with 3 friends finding out that one of the girls' husband is having an affair, and they were thinking if they should tell their friend or not. They decided to, and then they took out their blackberry to check which day works for all of them to be there to tell their friend. This is funny. When they arrived at their friend's house, they discovered all of them are dressed in black. Lucy quipped, "did somebody die?" The reply is, "this is New York."

The setting is in New York, and the storyline basically revolves the lives of the four girls. Reminicent of SATC? Definitely. Still, it's really about girl bonding and I believe the the importance of having great girlfriends around you through thick and thin, and sharing little jokes, laughs maybe some tears. Now I am hooked to watching the program every week to see how the story develops.