Shouldn't we have gotten some scenes of Alicia telling Diane and Cary about running for State's Attorney? Doesn't that impact her work at the firm? It really bothers me that this hasn't been addressed by the show, but I don't see many people mentioning it so I feel like I might be missing something. Help me out?
THANK YOU. YES, YES WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THESE SCENES. That's my biggest macro-level complaint about season 6. The writers created this great structure for the season-- two serialized plotlines that intersect in the realm of office politics-- and then abandoned the office politics. Almost all of my problems with season 6 would disappear if the writers would just filter both storylines through the management of F/A/L in a substantial way. A few throwaway lines just aren't doing it for me here.
Here's what I can recall on the show:
Some tension over the possibility of Alicia running in 6x03, with Diane, Dean, and Cary all hearing/hearing of the Morning Edition report speculating about Alicia's candidacy. I actually liked the way this was used in 6x03-- the memory pops hinted at tension without making it the focal point of the episode-- but I'm not pleased that this is the most we've gotten. Also, it's totally another example of how TGW's mainstream media is everywhere right until the moment it would be inconvenient for the writers to have to take the press into account. EVERYONE's heard about the Morning Edition report in 6x03, and yet Alicia's still able to surprise people close to her when she says she's thinking about running in later episodes.
Alicia rambles a bit to Diane about campaign stuff at the end of 6x07 when Diane's trying to talk to her about more important things.
Alicia telling Owen she's stepped away from all of her cases in 6x08 implies that she's made arrangements with her partners to cut back on her caseload.
And I think that's it. There may be one or two small moments I'm forgetting, but for the most part, the writers haven't explored the tension that must exist among the F/A/L partners at all.
