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This roundup covers February 13 - 23. Shadowhunters news, updates, sneak peeks, and behind the scenes. All the stuff you need to stay up to date.

Official Promotion

Official 3x11 Episode Photos [1]

3x11 Sneak Peeks: Magnus & Alec Babysit; Jace Lashes Out.

Season 3A Bloopers: Part 2

Season 3A Bloopers: Part 3

The Cast Plays Who Said It

Freeform’s On The Fly (video): What was your first non-acting job?

Uh oh ... Behind the scenes of #Shadowhunters Season 3B.

All smiles on set #Shadowhunters

Freeform releases its new lineup offerings for March 2019

Why so serious? Behind the scenes of #Shadowhunters season 3B

Lightwood lookout. Behind the scenes of #Shadowhunters season 3B

Jace will go to the ends of the earth. Behind the scenes of #Shadowhunters season 3B

Can you guess what #Malec said? Behind the scenes of #Shadowhunters season 3B.

.@EmeraudeToubia’s got the scoop. Behind the scenes of #Shadowhunters Season 3B.

We visited @YoungHollywood today. #ShadowhuntersLegacy

Matt (Alec) will be doing a Tumblr Answer Time on February 28th at 3 PM EST / 12 PM PST, and fans can ask questions here.

Shadowhunters Official Press Day

Members of the cast did press today at various media outlets. Here are some highlights:

Entertainment Tonight (video interview): ‘Shadowhunters’ star Harry Shum Jr on Final Season

Entertainment Tonight (video interview): The men of Shadowhunters spill final season secrets - plus Matthew Daddario surprises the cast!

TV Insider (video): Kat McNamara gushes about the ‘acceptance and love’ of ‘Shadowhunters’ fans (video)

Entertainment Tonight (video interview): ‘Shadowhunters’: Katherine McNamara says ‘bittersweet’ finale is ‘open for interpretation’ (Exclusive)

Leanne Aguilera shared photos of Dom (Jace), Harry (Magnus), Isaiah, (Luke), and Alberto (Simon) from their Entertainment Tonight interview on Instagram.

TV Insider Podcast shared a photo of Alisha (Maia), Emeraude (Izzy), and Kat (Clary) on Instagram.

Young Hollywood tweeted teasers of their cast interview and a group photo.

Harry (Magnus) shared a photo with Alisha (Maia) and Isaiah (Luke) on Instagram: Down (the with) worlders for pressday for @shadowhunterstv @alishawainwright @isaiahmustafa

Alisha (Maia) and Emeraude (Izzy) shared their press day outfits.

Kat (Clary) tweeted: Smirks for Team Evil... @ShadowhuntersTV press day here we go! #SHADOWHUNTERSLEGACY @matthewstylist @madeupbym @AlexSchack

Kat (Clary) tweeted a group photo with: Just waiting for @MatthewDaddario to join us so we can get this party started! @ShadowhuntersTV #ShadowhuntersLegacy

Shadowhunters in the News

3x11 Previews: TVFanatic, Screen Spy, Spoiler TV

3x11 Reviews: Hidden Remote

3x11 Promotional Stills: Hidden Remote, KSiteTV, Screen Spy [4]

3x11 Sneak Peek: TV Insider, Screen Spy

KSite TV (article): Shadowhunters season 3B March spoiler descriptions are here!

Entertainment Weekly (First look photos): Shadowhunters first look: Jace and Clary travel to Paris

The Series Regulars (interview): ‘Shadowhunters’ Exclusive Interview: Jonathan Ho Talks Season 3B And More!

Cosmopolitan (article): Everything to Know About 'Shadowhunters' Season 3B and Finale Event

Hypable (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ interview: Luke Baines on resurrecting Jonathan, drawing inspiration from the fans

Pure Fandom (interview): EXCLUSIVE ‘Shadowhunters’ EP’s Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer talk 3B

Backstage (interview): Anddd we’re now live with Dominic Sherwood of Freeform’s “Shadowhunters.” Stay tuned for a fun time and drop those questions! 🎬

Basic Stuff Magazine (article): Shadowhunters: Exploring the Shapes of Love

Cheddar (video): Freeform’s ‘Shadowhunters’ prepares to go out with a bang

TV Guide (article): We made fake dating profiles for Malec and Olicity because we ship harder than you

Film Daily (article): Check out these crazy fan theories in time for ‘Shadowhunters’ season 3B

Hidden Remote (article): Will Sizzy be too rushed in 3B?

TV Guide (article): Clary will be ‘Forever changed’ when Shadowhunters returns

Pure Fandom (article): #ShadowhuntersPosterChallenge Part 9: Jace and Alec-centric

Pure Fandom (Interview): EXCLUSIVE: Katherine McNamara talks ‘Shadowhunters’ and ‘Arrow’

Meaww Entertainment (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ season 3B: A very scary Clary and what her return means for the rest of the team

TV Guide (article): The 25 best ships ever on Freeform

TV Fanatic (article): Shadowhunters: 17 Favorite Hugs for Newcomers

TV Guide (article): Shadowhunters’ Matthew Daddario says Malec is heading for rough waters

Entertainment Tonight (video interview): Katherine McNamara on how Arrow fans have embraced her after character reveal

Backstage (article): Why you shouldn’t rehearse too much before filming

Meaww Entertainment (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ Season 3B: Maia Roberts is all set to rise and shine in the final installment of the fantasy show

Pure Fandom (interview): ‘Shadowhunters’ Steve Byers talks Underhill, 3B, and sandwiches

Digital Spy (interview): Luke Baines says #SaveShadowhunters campaign is “inspiring” and they’d be ‘on board’ for a revival

Hidden Remote (interview): EPs Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer tease Shadowhunters season 3B

FanCity Central shared a video of Jonathan Ho (Brother Zachariah) reading fan tweets.

BriefTake (interview): Interview: Shadowhunters’ Luke Baines

New York Post (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ fans really want to save the show

The Series Regulars (interview): Exclusive ‘Shadowhunters’ Interview: Jack Yang Talks Prince Of Hell, Typecasting, And More!

TV Guide (article): Sizzy Will Heat Up in Shadowhunters' Final Season

Digital Spy (interview): Harry Shum Jr. teases Magnus Bane's storyline in the series' final episodes.

#SaveShadowhunters

Hidden Remote (article): Save Shadowhunters campaign returns to Hollywood with two billboards

The Series Regulars (article): ‘Shadowhunters’: Fans Launch Los Angeles Billboards To Promote 3B

Taylor Mallory (writer) visited the large #SaveShadowhunters billboard in Los Angeles.

Kat (Clary) visited the large #SaveShadowhunters billboard in Los Angeles. [2]

Digital Spy (article): Shadowhunters fans step up campaign to save show as season 3B premiere approaches

Pure Fandom (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ news: fans fighting harder than ever to save the show

Matt Carter (article): Shadowhunters season 3: check out a fan-made billboard in Los Angeles

Social Media/Twitter

ShumDario News released the eleventh #SHTVFlockToUnlock polariod with Jack Yang (Asmodeus): Love. Deceit. Despair.

ShumDario News released the twelfth #SHTVFlockToUnlock polariod with Nicola Correia-Damude (Marsye): Past, Present, Future.

Bane & Lewis released the thirteenth #SHTVFlockToUnlock polariod with Emeraude (Izzy): Sizzy.

Bane & Lewis released the fourteenth #SHTVFlockToUnlock polariod with Kimberly-Sue Murray (Seelie Queen): Karma.

Bane & Lewis released the fifteenth #SHTVFlockToUnlock polariod with David Castro (Raphael Santiago).

Todd Slavkin (showrunner) tweeted about the bond between Magnus and Catarina; and responded to a fan question regarding Helen in 3B

FanCity Central announced that Brian Hui (makeup artist) will be a guest at their Toronto 3B premiere party.

Brian Hui (makeup artist) tweeted: Psst! Wonder how we got Clary’s runes on in the same spot everyday? Here’s a page from our sacred Rune Bible! Shh! ⁦@Kat_McNamara⁩ #Shadowhunters

Nicola Correia-Damude (Maryse Lightwood) shared a BTS photo of the cast from season 1x12

Brian Hui (Makeup artist) shared a photo of Kat McNamara (Clary) and Luke Baines (Jonathan Morganstern) on location in Paris for 3B; and a photo of himself in a Team Evil Sandwich

Sydney Meyer (Helen Blackthorn) shared her fan mail address.

Matt Hastings (showrunner) shared several photos from shooting in Paris: Just another day a Paris with @Kat_McNamara & @LukeBaines. #Shadowhunters #dreamcometrue #Paris #3B, Rolling camera behind Notre Dame.#Shadowhunters #Paris #3B, Because you asked so nicely. Here’s the talented @DomSherwood1 between takes #Paris #Shadowhunters #3B,

Kat (Clary) shared BTS photos and videos from 3B counting down to the premiere: 7 days, 6 days, 5 days, 4 days, 3 days [3]

Sydney Meyer (Helen Blackthorn) shared a BTS photo of her character from 3B to celebrate one week till 3B

Harry (Magnus) shared a BTS photo on Instagram in celebration of 6 days till 3B

Luke Baines (Jonathan Morgenstern) tweeted in response to the EW photos in Paris

Amanda O’Leary (makeup artist): shared a picture on Instagram of Harry (Magnus) and Matt (Alec) goofing around behind the scenes

Nicola Correia-Damude (Maryse Lightwood) shared a BTS photo from episode 3x06 on her Instagram

Aisha Porter-Christie (writer) asked what 3A moments stuck with people, and Todd Slavkin (showrunner) and Taylor Mallory (writer) shared theirs.

Taylor Mallory (writer) responded to a fan request for teasers about episode 3x18

Ariana Williams (Madzie) shared a bts photo from 3B of herself, Harry (Magnus) and Sophia Walker (Catarina).

Taylor Mallory (writer) tweeted a photo with Luke Baines (Jonathan Morgenstern) and Aisha Porter-Christie (writer).

Brian Hui (makeup artist) shared a video of Dom (Jace) behind the scenes while filming in Paris.

Nicola Correia-Damude shared a behind-the-scenes photo with Emeraude (Izzy) on Instagram.

Anna Hopkins tweeted: Found an old video of Lilith getting stir crazy in Edom!! Speaking of, she's super excited for the premiere in a few days, she'll finally have something to watch up (down?) there. #workit #Shadowhunters #teamedom #ShadowFam

Other News

Logo New Now Next (article): Why LGBTQ Fandoms Fight So Hard to Save Their Favorite Canceled Shows

Just Jared Jr (article): Katherine McNamara & Luke Baines bring ‘Shadowhunters’ to Teen Vogue’s Young Hollywood party

The Actors Audience (Interview): Jade Hassoune talks Shadowhunters, his music, being an advocate for the LGBTQ community and more

Emeraude Toubia (Izzy) is featured in Grumpy Magazine’s March issue

The Hollywood Reporter (article): ‘It: Chapter Two’ star Isaiah Mustafa signs with Paradigm (Exclusive)

Fan City Central Shared another fun video of Jonathan Ho (Brother Zachariah)

Dom Sherwood (Jace) was announced as a guest at Oz Comic Con

#shadowhunters #saveshadowhunters #bss news roundup

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TGF Thoughts: 1x03-- The Schtup List

I got my recap done early this week, and as I was writing I started to wonder about something. I’ve gotten a bunch of new followers in the last week or so (Hi! Thanks for following!) and I’m not sure if y’all were TGW fans or if you’re new to the franchise. And I’m really curious about that, so, even if you’re not following me or reading my recap beyond this intro paragraph, I’d love messages (anon is fine!) about why you’re watching TGF and how much, if any, of TGW you’ve seen.

Anyway. Recap is under the cut!

My favorite thing about the TGF credits is that I don’t have to watch them. Let me explain: for years, I read press releases for every TGW episode, and so I always knew which guest star would pop up when. But CBS isn’t releasing press releases for TGF, so the only way to know who’s going to show up in an episode is to read the credits. On TGW, the credits played over the show, so they were impossible to avoid even if you didn’t already know who would be guest starring. But on TGF, if I just don’t look at the credit sequence until I rewatch the episode, I can actually be surprised when guest stars show up!

In a classic TGW move, we pick up right where we left off: Maia’s parents’ house. It’s awkward. Jax asks Maia how she is like nothing’s wrong. After a pause, Maia says she’s “good” a little too loudly. “Very good,” she adds.

She stares at her mom incredulously. “Glad things are going so well for you, mom,” she snarks as she makes her exit. Lenore follows, protesting that Maia’s misinterpreting what she saw. “My dad is in jail for something he didn’t do, and you’re fucking the man who put him there?” Maia accuses. Woah, harsh, but accurate. I get the sense Maia doesn’t use that word around her mom often, especially not in this sort of context. Also, on TGW she totally would’ve said “banging.”

“Don’t you use that language with me,” Lenore scolds (see! This is why we need All Access! Because the fact that Maia can use the f-word, then be reprimanded by her mother for using inappropriate language, conveys a lot about their dynamic, and you couldn’t do that with “banging.” Maia uses that word on purpose because it’s harsh and crude; she’s angry. Lenore reacts like the parent of a teenager, not the parent of an adult; it’s clear she’s still thinking of Maia as a child and clear she’s the type of person that finds such language inappropriate.)

Maia can’t believe Lenore is policing her language instead of talking about the fact that she is screwing her brother-in-law. Lenore claims it’s to help Henry. Basically, she’s claiming she’s sleeping with Jax to manipulate him or get information. Maia can’t believe that, either.

“You’re telling me you’re doing this for dad?” she sneers. “Okay. Good to know.” Lenore asks Maia not to tell Henry.

I don’t know who to trust here, but I feel bad for Maia.

Once she’s back inside her car, Maia takes a minute to process what she’s seen: “Oh, my God.”

And then, abruptly, we’re in a hospital in Syria watching a surgery. The surgeons are being assisted by an American doctor at Chicago’s Harbor Hospital (I believe that’s the same fictional hospital from TGW’s 1x12, among other episodes).

Barbara gives a rundown of the firm’s finances at a partner meeting. Among other things, she mentions they’re still waiting for a capital contribution from a partner—Diane is still trying to get her money together. Assuming Diane follows through, there’s 8.5 million in profit to be split among the partners. Except for that a big client hasn’t paid their retainer. They’re down 12 million without that retainer. Holy shit, that’s a big client. This means all the equity partners are on the hook for $300,000 more this year. That has to mean they have 11-12 partners and the firm is taking a loss of 3.5 million without the retainer? Oh my God, why do I always end up caring about these things?

Adrian isn’t worried about the retainer. Diane, on the other hand, is very worried about having the $300,000 she already owed doubled.

Marissa is answering Diane’s phone when a man walks over to her desk. She asks the caller if she “can” take a message, and when she hangs up, the man corrects her: it’s “may I.” “Thanks. May I help you?” Marissa replies. Turns out this man is the investigator, and he’s upset that Marissa found the names for the class action without him. This makes me wonder why Lucca and Maia and Diane didn’t ask the investigator to, since they didn’t know Marissa was looking and needed it in a hurry.

Anyway, the investigator, whose name is Jay, I think, though he hasn’t introduced himself yet, doesn’t want Marissa to keep doing his job for him.

Marissa interrupts the partners’ meeting to tell Diane there’s a doctor on the line for her. He was arrested for terrorism.

Maia meets with her lawyer, Yesha. Maia wants to see her father, but Yesha thinks that’s not wise. “I need to warn him. I think he’s being set up,” Maia explains.

Yesha reluctantly says it’s okay, but she’s going to be there, too. Maia thinks that’s not necessary, but Yesha sees what she can’t: “There will be a moment when you tell a client, ‘for your own good, you have to do what I say.’ This is one of those moments for you.” That’s an excellent way of putting it. Yesha needs to be there so everything’s subject to attorney-client privilege.

Diane finds her doctor client in holding. He explains why he was conducting surgery remotely. Lucca pops up out of nowhere and inserts herself right into the conversation. Diane isn’t pleased, and calls Barbara to ask why she sent Lucca.

A head’s up text would’ve been nice. But…

Barbara sends Lucca because she “has experience in federal court.” To which Diane replies, “Barbara, I was a name partner at the town’s biggest firm.” And that’s exactly Barbara’s point. “Yes, and I’m a name partner at this firm,” Barbara says. “I’m not questioning that,” Diane responds. But you are, aren’t you? You’re on the phone with Barbara when you could be coordinating strategy with Lucca. I get where Diane’s coming from, since Barbara blindsided her with this and sometimes you really do just need one voice to get your point across. But does this really require a phone call from the courtroom?

“Did you sometimes overrule the judgement of junior partners?” Barbara asks.

In fact, she did!!!!! Does anyone else remember the plot in 7x14 (a good TGW ep that’s possibly also the most forgettable episode they’ve ever done) where Diane tried to get Lucca off a case (so Lucca could work on something tedious and unimportant) to prove a point to Alicia about who had the power? And how Diane said she feared Alicia’s “independence and resistance to oversight” upon coming back to the firm as a junior partner? I sided with Diane on that one, because she needed to set a precedent for the working relationship going forward. So I’m going to side with Barbara on this one, for exactly the same reason. (And, if you really want to look into hierarchy: these are both instances where Lucca has to do what she’s asked to do in order to prove a point to someone more senior.)

“So this is a lesson in humility?” Diane wonders. Only partially. Barbara has other reasons, too: the top AUSA, Colin Morello, is on the other side, so it’s a good idea to have two people on the defense.

“Why are you really doing that?” Adrian asks Barbara. “What do you mean? I want them to work together,” Barbara says. “No, Barbara, it’s a power play. I know that sound in your voice when you’ve got some kind of hidden agenda,” Adrian says. Barbara does seem to share her opinions via subtext, which is a character trait that I bet will annoy Diane. It’s not that Diane is always 100% upfront and clear about her intentions (I could write an essay on how she’s not), but Diane’s style does tend to involve coming across as upfront, and I think she responds best to others who are upfront. Or, rather, to others who seem like they’re upfront.

Barbara explains yet another reason to put Lucca on that case: Lucca needs to feel needed. She’s a good employee and Barbara knows Lucca won’t stay put if she feels undervalued. That’s a very smart insight into Lucca, whose confidence never seems to waver, and who would totally quit a job she wasn’t satisfied with. Lucca used to work in bond court and never loved the idea of a big law firm, anyway. She’ll bolt if she’s not respected… and she already lost her office to Diane.

And I don’t even think Barbara knows that Lucca’s the one who destroyed* Diane’s marriage in court!

*made the destruction public; Lucca didn’t make Kurt fuck Holly.

“That’s the thing about power. You got to take it from somebody to give it to somebody else,” Adrian says. “Thank you, Sun Tzu,” Barbara replies, unimpressed. Is it really that bad of an idea for Barbara to make a power play now? What happens to her firm down the line if she doesn’t set the tone now? Diane’s already brought over two more white people without recognizing her own biases… and last week, Diane hired Marissa right after a conversation with Barbara about racial hiring. Barbara built a firm with her own ideas for its culture and purpose and place in the landscape; Diane’s (unchecked) presence is a threat to all of Barbara’s hard work (and to the people that are helped by the firm she helped to build).

“Barbara. Be nice to Diane. Don’t rule it over her like that, huh?” Adrian warns patronizingly. Why? Why should Barbara be “nice” to Diane? Barbara didn’t know Diane was being asked to join, and her name’s on the letterhead! And Barbara is not being mean to Diane or hazing her or anything like that or even continuously doing this. She is setting a tone.

I swear, if Adrian had said “are you jealous?” which, tbh, feels like the natural extension of his tone/line there, I would be ranting in all caps right now. I mean, how dare Barbara feel threatened by her partner making decisions without her and then telling her she just needs to be nice?

“Do I question your leadership?” Barbara responds. “All the time,” Adrian says. They both laugh. “Okay. I’ll behave,” Barbara promises.

(I don’t mean to say Barbara’s fully in the right here, because I think she could’ve made her point without having Lucca surprise Diane in court. A simple, “Diane, I want Lucca on this with you,” would’ve made the same point.)

Court stuff happens. Diane and Lucca both respond at the same time to something Colin Morello, our only white male series regular (whom @fle has thus named “Token”) says. Guys, work together.

This case is really interesting, but I’m not spending my time recapping it. (I really don’t know how many new readers I have for these things, but I usually like to ignore the cases and focus on the characters. Sometimes, a case will set me off—usually if they make an argument that doesn’t make sense or if they touch on a subject I know enough about to have opinions on—and I’ll talk about it, but mostly, I’ll just say, “Case stuff happens.”

Adrian and Barbara are trying to get the missing $12 million, and so they meet with the client at their new executive dining room. Obviously, the problem isn’t that they’re lacking in money. The client is a little evasive. The board might want to go a different direction, now that there’s a new administration. They might be going with a different minority owned business now.

The client knows that elevators are awkward and doesn’t get in with Barbara and Adrian. (Okay, no, the real reason he doesn’t get in is that he has another lunch meeting.)

“It’s what I said against Trump. I spoke at a rally,” Barbara determines. (Yay, Barbara!) Adrian thinks that’s not it, then gets an idea. He goes back up to the dining room, and sure enough, there’s the client, meeting with the head of another minority-owned law firm.

According to Investigator Jay, the other law firm is small, just 12 lawyers, and it’s moved from D.C. Its founder ran a Trump PAC.

“Wow. So we’re going bankrupt because we didn’t pander to Trump,” Adrian realizes. I wonder if this is actually playing out anywhere.

Case stuff happens. The scene where the doctor is surrounded by men in suits and taken into custody looks like something that could’ve happened on BrainDead. Space bugs!

Even though we already know that Yesha’s going to be with Maia when she visits her father, director Marta Cunningham cleverly underlines how intrusive the presence of lawyers is in this personal moment. First, we see only Maia. Then we see Henry, who looks uncomfortable. It’s only then we get a medium-long shot of the room, establishing that Yesha’s sitting right next to Maia.

And the trick works again. Henry responds to Maia, then Maia’s the one looking uncomfortable, and then we’re clued in to what the characters already know: Henry also brought his lawyer.

This makes conversation impossible, but Henry does manage to mention that Lenore stopped by earlier that morning. That worries Maia, and she wants more information. But Lenore didn’t share anything unexpected.

Maia weighs how to proceed. “Do you really think that mom is helping you?” Maia asks. “Helping me with…?” Henry responds. “Well, is she staying by you, or, you know, is she standing by… Jax?” Maia rephrases. Henry doesn’t understand why that would be the case. She’s trying to convey that there’s reason to be suspicious, and everyone in the room picks up on it.

“We should end this,” Henry says. Maia doesn’t understand, but then she gets it: Her dad hugs her, and before the lawyers can stop him, he whispers some information to Maia.

Maia refuses to pass the information on to Yesha—and she doesn’t even hide that there’s information. Yesha reminds her that there’s no child-parent privilege. But Maia’s made her mind up anyway.

RBK needs to look less liberal, which means they need a Trump voter. But, LOL, they’re having trouble finding one.

Case stuff happens. Diane wants to take the lead, but Lucca thinks she’s in a better position to argue against Colin. Diane notices Lucca’s effect on Colin, and says Lucca can go first. Hey, team work! (I would’ve loved a little more from Diane in this episode, specifically more about Diane’s working relationship with Lucca. Is there any bad blood between them after 7x22? Or does Diane mostly fault Alicia for that?)

Diane calls Marissa and asks her to find a witness from the Medical Licensing Board. Marissa starts to ask questions to clarify, but decides to just do it herself. Is it bad that my first thought upon watching this scene was, “I bet if Diane had hired one of the candidates Barbara found, they’d know how to take care of this request”? (Marissa can and will learn, of course.)

Because it’s urgent, Marissa rushes to find someone else to help. Maia notices her rushing around and asks her what she needs. Marissa needs Jay; Maia doesn’t know who he is. “He’s about this tall, black,” Marissa describes. “That’s not very helpful, is it?” she realizes. No, it’s not, and also, you couldn’t describe his fashion or his hair style?

Marissa volunteers to help Maia whenever Diane’s out. “What are you doing at 4?” Maia asks.

Marissa barges into a meeting to find Jay. She says she was needed to do something investigative, and Jay asked her to let him know if that happened. This doesn’t sound like an investigative task to me, since Diane would’ve, you know, asked an investigator to do this if it were, but Marissa’s new and Jay can help, so, sure.

RBK has 80 lawyers and 50 staff, if you were curious, which I definitely was. None of them voted for Trump. Or, as Barbara points out, none of them were willing to admit it. Wouldn’t surprise me if it really were the former. But it’s not. See, Julius Cain voted Trump. “Seriously?” Barbara can’t believe it. But she’s more focused on the goal than surprised by this revelation, and says Julius will pitch for them. Julius worries about being ostracized and isolated. Well, I mean, do unto others as you would have others do unto you, right? And we know who you voted for and the policies he supports. (Normally I’d say people shouldn’t be looked at differently because of their political beliefs. This past election has me reconsidering that, especially since I know Julius isn’t ignorant or misinformed.)

“Kanye voted for Trump,” Barbara tries to comfort Julius. “No, he didn’t. He said he would have if he did vote,” Julius feels the need to clarify. Barbara promises only she and Adrian will know. But that doesn’t feel true.

“Really? Did he say why?” Adrian asks when he hears the news. “Conservative politics,” Barbara explains. I’ve seen some people say this episode doesn’t do enough to explain why Julius would’ve made that choice, and while I agree the episode could’ve gone a lot deeper, I’m also amused by everyone’s reactions. I imagine Julius was one of those people who assumed we’d just get a conservative administration that functioned like most other conservative administrations. How’d that work out?

Adrian makes the same comment about Kanye. Heh.

Barbara and Adrian both realize that Julius will be ostracized because of this no matter what.

Lucca’s in a hurry—too much of a hurry to get a burger. Luckily for her, Colin is already eating a burger and offers her half. She has to take it because they don’t have much time.

Colin taunts her about the case. A blonde lawyer wearing way more makeup than characters on this show usually wear in court walks past and whispers in Colin’s ear. Lucca teases him about it, and about his general “cute little metrosexual thing; the ‘oh my god the law is just something I stumbled into,’ shit-eating grin” thing.

Lucca doesn’t eat half of her half of the burger, but she takes a few of Colin’s fries and leaves.

Court stuff happens. Marissa arrives with a witness. Diane thanks her, and Marissa tries to explain that Jay found her. Diane doesn’t have time to listen. “Okay,” Marissa says to herself. I hope that means she’ll mention it again later, especially if Diane tries to praise her again.

There are lots of images of clocks in this episode to underline the time constraint. Thanks for reminding me I can’t read analog clocks as quickly as I should be able to, show!

Maia goes to visit Jax. They make a bit of small talk before Maia says she’s looking for answers. “How’s that not the truth?” Maia says when Jax recaps Henry’s “lies.” “You know the truth, Maia. You watched your parents all those years,” Jax tells her. He explains that Henry got lucky and didn’t want to be seen as anything other than incredible, so he got a scheme going. I don’t know who to believe, but so far, Jax definitely seems like the least trustworthy person here. He’s so eager to tell his version of events, and he’s sleeping with his brother’s wife while his brother is in prison.

“Why are you sleeping with my mom?” Maia asks when Jax finishes recounting his version of events. Jax denies it, so Maia spits, “Fuck you.” Heh.

Then the phone rings. Maia tells Jax to answer it—she’s not going anywhere. He falls right into her trap, and she rushes to his computer (which Henry gave her the password for) while he takes the call. The call is from Marissa—that’s what Maia needed at 4:00—and it’s not about anything important. Marissa uses the word “regarding” a ton of times in a few sentences, then gets Jax to write down an “important” message.

Meanwhile, Maia finds what she’s looking for: Jax’s “Schtup List.” So, question: if Henry knows Jax’s password and what’s on Jax’s computer, how can we be sure that Henry didn’t put this on Jax’s computer to frame him?

Now Jay has to go to Marissa, because the family of the patient in the COTW won’t talk to him but they will talk to a white girl.

Jax finally hangs up, but Maia’s done before he notices. She leaves abruptly.

While Maia’s plan to distract Jax was smart, I’m not so sure the whole digging-around-on-Jax’s-computer thing was a good move. I know it’s family, but at what point will she doubt her father? She could’ve just put herself in a very bad situation. I don’t know if I should admire her commitment to her family or worry that she’s setting herself up for a legal disaster. Possibly both.

Adrian still can’t believe Julius voted for Trump. I sort of can. At least, I can believe that of all of the characters on the show in this episode, excluding the client and the rival firm owner, Julius is the most likely to have voted for him.

Case stuff happens and Marissa helps out.

Case stuff happens in court.

Get some digital clocks, show, dammit!

Diane and Lucca sort of win in court. They sort of shake hands, sort of hold hands; it’s sweet. I just wish there’d been a little more time to look at their dynamic. The tension faded so quickly the resolution feels… not undeserved, because I don’t want to overstate how much tension there was, but perhaps underdeveloped.

The partners applaud Julius for getting their twelve million back. He’s happy, but then he goes back to his office and finds the rival firm’s leader, Andrew Hart. Hart reminds him that from now on, no one will want to talk to Julius at RBK. He drops off his card, just in case. Gah, we’re not already doing partnership musical chairs, are we?! Not even three full episodes of peace?!

Lucca meets Colin for drinks. He tells her she did a good job and they flirt. Lucca says he’s not her type, so she’ll pick someone out for him. That’s not flirty at all, nope.

Colin takes a call, and Lucca notices the TV in the bar showing a news story about Syria. Turns out she didn’t win. The patient died anyway, along with those in the operating room with him, because the government was trying to lure the patient’s brother, a known terrorist, to a location they could easily attack. Damn. Colin didn’t know it was a set-up, either.

(Note that TGF’s win/loss record is currently 2-1, but both wins are complicated. The first episode is a loss for Diane and Maia, but it becomes a win because they switch sides. The second episode is just a loss. The third is a win that’s really a loss. I’ve tried to track win/loss records for TGW before, and it always ends up looking like this. I believe TGW’s first three episodes are: win, loss but there’s justice for the victim (it just doesn’t help the firm), favorable plea.

Maia takes the schtup list to her dad, no lawyers present. “What is it?” Maia asks. WAIT, you took your dad, who is in prison, information you downloaded off of someone else’s computer, and took it to him without knowing what it was or asking more questions before you handed it over?!

Maia only finds out once the information’s in her father’s hands that it might also implicate her mom. That’s fun!

I’m curious to know how these early decisions of Maia’s will play out. I hope I’m just being cynical and she’s right to trust her father. (Though I fear that right now, she’s trusting her father more than she usually would out of anger over what she witnessed her mom and Jax doing!) And I hope that, if that’s the case, no one else uses this against her. Maia’s obviously in the dark about the actual scheme, but if she keeps doing stuff like this, someone could very easily paint a picture that makes her look guilty.

Maybe next week we’ll get more Diane and more of Maia’s personal life? I’d really love to see more about who Maia is when she’s not caught up in the conspiracy drama.

#The Good Fight #TGFThoughts #TGWThoughts

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