The Good Wife - Doubt, S01E18

Although the timeline between what was being discovered by our regular players and what the jury was considering was a little confusing at time, I absolutely loved how the two played off each other. The expectation of the jury members, and their considerations, were wonderfully timed with the revelations to fill me with great doubt about what their verdict would be.

I never doubted for a moment the innocence of Bianca Price (Kelli Barrett). I'm not sure why this was, why I never thought her guilty even when McVeigh (Gary Cole) indicated that the evidence revealed her as such. Still, I could understand the doubts of the jury members as they debated what happened.

Gardner & Lockhart did botch the trial a little. Their first ballistics expert was just not useful, and when they brought in McVeigh, although he had determined her innocence based on a new piece of evidence, the revelations that he had slept with Diane (Christine Baranski) completely compromised his testimony. I don't know much about the law, but I feel like there must be some cause in all of that for an appeal or a request for a retrial even if Bianca had been convicted and sentenced for 45 years.

I was really saddened by Bianca's choice to take the plea bargain, even before it was certain that the jury would actually have found in her favour. I think she could have appealed, I think she should have help up hope that the jury would at the very least have reasonable doubt, and I think that 10 years in jail and a 2nd degree murder charge does not remotely mean she will have her life back at 34.

Doubt permeated this episode, from the trial, to Diane's relationship, to the tension between Will (Josh Charles) and Alicia (Julianna Marguelies). And the lesson is don't let doubt rule you, just stick to good judgement.