The law firm of Crane, Poole and Schmidt is back tonight, with some action for Shirley this time.
That’s all I know for now. See you all later.
Does that mean we’ll get to see Tom Selleck shirtless!!!?? 
It’s quite possible.
Dang…No Shirtless Tom. No Schmidt action. He has to go back to his unbearably perky wife rather than break her heart. Okay, fine.
Best line (from Denny, of course): “One question: Who’s on top?”
Honestly, in the real world of the courtroom, could a guy like Jerry ever even get in the door? He absolutely mangled the case, causing Alan to tell their client to flee!
And why is it that the guys get to have all the fun nicknames for their equipment? The paralegal may have gone overboard, but she had a point.
And was Jerry’s performance bad enough to warrant a succesful appeal based on “idiot counsel” ?
That’s what I thought. Ask for a mistrial because of incompetent counsel. I think the judge would have said okay. It would have stripped Jerry of what little confidence he had, but that’s better than having the guy run away.
I thought the plot with the paralegal was silly. Saying “And you can look at my vagina!” isn’t liberating or adult, it’s juvenile.
I wasn’t aware of any shortage of nicknames for the vagina. In fact, I’ve seen lists of dozens, possibly hundreds of them. And then there are personal names; I knew a woman who called hers “Lilly”.
I wonder if I missed an episode. Were Shirley and Ivan having an affair? He didn’t just walk her to work?
I must be out of the loop, because I’d sure like to see such a list.
I saw most of the episode, but I missed the part when Ivan was explaining the document to Shirley. What would they have to be “careful” about? What was the document anyway?
I think the document you’re referring to is the post-nuptial agreement that Shirley suggested to Missy. Ivan agreed to give up everything (material) he loves if he cheats on Missy.
Ahhh… thanks!
VAGINA!!
Ah, Brad. Too little Denise though…
I wondered that too. That Jerry, clearly incompetent and totally lacking in the outward projection of confidence that’s absolutely necessary in criminal trial law, was given an attempted murder case at such an early stage in his treatment seemed odd. That he wasn’t assigned a highly experienced colleague to watch over him seemed odder. But then again, maybe it was an intentional, subtle statement about criminal law; notice that the defendant was not only black and lower-class but literally African-American, on trial for going to town on a white man. It’s possible that Jerry was given the case because it was seen as a throwaway by the firm, and the defendant as a man not worth wasting a competent lawyer’s time on.
She may have had a point, but I feel that it’s been missed. Women have lots of fun nicknames for equipment in (at least) English and Spanish–but guys are the only ones who are “allowed” to say them. It’s all part of the gender double-standard that, despite all our progress, still exists throughout the world: guys who can talk about “pussy”, “twat”, “snatch”, “slit”, “pucha” (Spanish), etc. are fly, while women who use the same words are assumed to be sluts.
That one line was a little out-there, but I thought the use of a character that shows up, acts slutty, has wild sex and leaves; plus the nervousness invoked by (what I think is a) nice and very effective (descriptive, communicative) word; make some great commentary on modern American society.
They sure were. In the episode with the medieval medical device, Ivan told Shirley he’d ended his marriage and it was heavily implied that they went for a romp.
I thought this episode was fun at times, but I’m not really a big fan of Shirley having main plot threads basically all to herself - especially when it means Brad gets a very minor (and sort of silly, if amusing) thread, and there is virtually no Denise/Paul/Denny. It was still well done, but I think I’m ready for some more fresh stuff, at this point.
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He didn’t get it from the firm. Jerry was a court appointed attorney (after Jerry volunteered to be able to be appointed).
Was it just me or did Shirley get pwnd by Missy?
There were some meaningful glances that told me that Missy knew all along, b ut never stated outright.
I’m wondering, since BL is many things, but subtle is not one of them.
Too little Denny. And Brad sure forgot Paul’s daughter fast.
Does Julie Bowen speak Italia? It sounded too good to be parroted.
Yeah, and it was well done. Maybe if Missy showed a bit of that wit and insight with Ivan, she wouldn’t have to worry about him straying.
Yeah, Missy knew all along, that’s why she went to Shirley in the first place to ask her “advice”.
I kinda hoped that at the end Missy would have just said to her, “And from now on, my husband is off limits to you!!” or something equally bitchy, that would have been a hoot!!
When Missy and Ivan break out into song, the reactions from Paul and Shirley are just priceless!!
I hated the subplot with the ditzy intern and the V-word. I can kinda see the “point” they were trying to make, but really, guys don’t even talk like that: “…and then I’ll introduce you to my penis, Ralph.” It was just stupid.
I felt so sorry for poor Jerry. He was trying so hard!!! But he needs to stick to financing. I loved the “I’m allowed 7 ‘Bingo’s’ per day”.
It feels like they are phasing out Denny…please tell me I’m wrong!! More Denny, not less, please!!
Ah. Yeah, I missed that. Well, I knew he wasn’t working for Crane, Pool & Schmidt, obviously, but I filled in the blank myself and figured another firm had (Lord knows why) hired him. I also wondered how the Senegalese bus driver had a private lawyer. That makes more sense.
Well, replace “firm” with “county” (or whatever) and my interpretation is the same.
I don’t think I picked up on that. I felt like there were dramatic pauses and other such devices which suggested that the closet door was about to be opened, and then Missy revealed herself to be a total ditz once again. I think that if she had known, her whole innocent thing would’ve been a put-on, and Shirley would have seen right through it. I just think Missy’s too much of a ditz. Then again, you’re not alone. You may be on to something.
Too good to be parroted, sure, but any first-semester Italian or Spanish student can say “hablo italiano”. I say this as a second-semester Spanish student, BTW.
No way. Everyone loves Denny–I can’t see them doing it. I’m sure they just ran a couple scripts through that focused on other characters, that’s all. Or, who knows, maybe Shatner had a rough couple of weeks in his personal life during filming?