Diane and Cary barely felt like a part of Alicia's world for most of the season...When was the last time that Alicia was even in the room with them both at the same time?
It feels like the only character that the writers care about servicing any more is Alicia...
This is pretty much why I gave up on the show earlier this season. It was pretty clear after just a few episodes that everything the show was doing was to service Alicia and that the writers didn't actually care about the other characters anymore. I got that feeling a lot in season 6 too so having it continue in season 7 is what made me finally drop the show.
I love Alicia a lot (or at least I did during the first 5 seasons when the show was still good) but I also love Diane and Cary and I hate that the writers care so little about them. One of my favorite things about season 5 was seeing Alicia and Cary branch out and create their own firm, as well as what the consequences of that were for Diane and Will. Alas, once Diane joined the firm at the end of season 5, it became this musical chairs thing of who was running the firm/being pushed out at any given time.
I liked the idea of Diane and Alicia joining forces but that was back during the years when they had an actual friendship. The end of last season and what I saw of this season showed that they basically had no relationship whatsoever, let alone a friendship that would lead to a good working partnership like the one between Will/Diane or Cary/Alicia. It's such a shame that the writers were willing to sacrifice Alicia's relationships with Will and Diane for whatever plot-related nonsense they've had going on lately.
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Date: 2016-03-30 03:36 am (UTC)It feels like the only character that the writers care about servicing any more is Alicia...
This is pretty much why I gave up on the show earlier this season. It was pretty clear after just a few episodes that everything the show was doing was to service Alicia and that the writers didn't actually care about the other characters anymore. I got that feeling a lot in season 6 too so having it continue in season 7 is what made me finally drop the show.
I love Alicia a lot (or at least I did during the first 5 seasons when the show was still good) but I also love Diane and Cary and I hate that the writers care so little about them. One of my favorite things about season 5 was seeing Alicia and Cary branch out and create their own firm, as well as what the consequences of that were for Diane and Will. Alas, once Diane joined the firm at the end of season 5, it became this musical chairs thing of who was running the firm/being pushed out at any given time.
I liked the idea of Diane and Alicia joining forces but that was back during the years when they had an actual friendship. The end of last season and what I saw of this season showed that they basically had no relationship whatsoever, let alone a friendship that would lead to a good working partnership like the one between Will/Diane or Cary/Alicia. It's such a shame that the writers were willing to sacrifice Alicia's relationships with Will and Diane for whatever plot-related nonsense they've had going on lately.