The Good Fight Review: The Gang Goes To War (Season 4 Episode 5)

War crimes steer The Good Fight Season 4 Episode 5, “The Gang Goes To War,” away from Memo 618, but we’ll take anything we can get at this point. 

An episode light on Diane, and therefore Christine Baranski, is admittedly strange to watch — but she’d just be yammering on about the memo, so her minimal presence is almost welcome.  

Memo 618 won’t just disappear completely, of course. Viewers still have to deal with it as Julius does, but thankfully he’s wised up to it, for now, thanks to his fictional conscience. 

His storyline lends itself to the larger theme of the episode; that sometimes good wins. 

By deciding to finally stop letting the memo control his rulings, Julius is opening the door for good to win again…eventually. 

Sometimes, good wins but evil persists.

DeMarcus is acquitted of the most serious charges against him, but one of the reasons Liz and Caleb are so successful defending him is because Corporal Meyer is acquitted of murdering an innocent civilian by Trump. 

It’s sad if you think about it too much, but DeMarcus prevented Meyer from killing more innocent people, and he was acquitted of a bogus murder charge.

So, even though a bad person literally gets away with murder, the victim did not die in vain. Good still wins.

It’s truly nice to have a small break from corruption. 

Diane knows the feeling. Memo 618 is always on her mind. Since there is nothing she can do right now, she might as well draw colorful dots in a notebook.

Gina’s quote is one of the most relatable and sad of the entire series. When Diane asks her why she draws she says, “It’s calming.” Nothing bad happened when she lost her notebook filled with notes about notes. Therefore,

“Everything I ever wrote, it didn’t matter. Everything everybody wrote — pointless.”

Feeling stressed lately? Draw dots, maybe it will relax you while also making you feel accomplished. 

But Gina doesn’t come into Diane’s life just to introduce her to a new hobby. She works for STR Laurie, who, we must remember, is most likely the enemy.

Plus, The Good Fight makes it a point to tell us that Gina is Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer on The Good Fight Season 4 Episode 1, “The Gang Deals With Alternate Reality.” 

It’s not clear why Gina matters to the show. For now, it’s just oddly comforting to hear someone say out loud that nothing matters so we should draw dots while in court. 

But speaking of doing nothing, can we talk about how Lucca wins 1.5 million dollars while “working” and playing a poker game at a beach resort? 

Bianca’s purpose on the show is also unclear. Lucca could definitely use friends and lessons in relaxation. Maybe that’s the only reason Bianca is around for now. Lucca will be a more relatable character if she loosens up. 

Lucca’s story has been hard to piece together since Maya left and she moved to divorce law. Perhaps Bianca is foreshadowing a rift between Marissa and Lucca. 

As enjoyable as it is to watch the gang “go to war” and win, the plot doesn’t move much at all. It’s just an episode full of mostly random clues.

Caleb works for STR Laurie and he’s been sent to the Reddick, Boseman, and Lockheart floor as a spy. That’s shown to us this time when Caleb goes upstairs to quit and his boss puts Liz on the case to help DeMarcus to keep Caleb working. 

Caleb is the most intriguing character on the show this season, especially now that we know about his military background. But intriguing isn’t a synonym for trustworthy.

Be careful Liz. Keep your enemies close, but don’t fall in love with them. 

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