# The Good Wife question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-wife-question/601343>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 31, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-wife-question/601343 "2011-10-31T02:12:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-wife-question/601343/1 "2011-10-31T02:12:32Z")

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I missed part of last season – why does the black guy hate Cary so much?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-wife-question/601343/2 "2011-10-31T21:08:06Z")

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Wait, which black guy? Do you mean his supervisor in the state’s attorney’s office as in yesterday’s episode? I get the impression that it was romantic jealousy as he’s also interested in the female attorney who said that she was resigning within a week.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-wife-question/601343/3 "2011-10-31T21:10:08Z")

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Yeah, that’s the one.

Is that all it was? I had the impression there might be some back story there – maybe not.