The Good Fight Review: The Gang Offends Everyone (Season 4 Episode 6)
The Good Fight Season 4 Episode 6, “The Gang Offends Everyone,” brilliantly uses Olympic swimming trials to spark a conversation about oppression Olympics that is compelling to watch and ponder.
It’s not a swimming race that really moves the main plot along though. It’s a car chase.
There haven’t been many substantial clues to guide Diane and viewers along in our quest to discover what Memo 618 is until now. Threats and people with cautionary tales help emphasize fear, but we were very much on our own where the memo mystery is concerned.
Diane, Julius, Marissa, and Jay prove that teamwork makes the dream work; what a delightful surprise that the car chase results in a new team member — Rachel Dratch as the cursing court stenographer Linda.
Plus, thank goodness for her deep distrust of everything digital.
It’s pretty exciting that “The Good Fight Shorts” are back. The government is a complicated entity, and I have truly learned so much about it thanks to the important work The Good Fight is doing.
Let’s be real, we all need School House Rock inspired content in our lives.
The short helps viewers understand the Department of Legal Council well enough. It makes law…secret law.
But I’m still slightly confused about what Memo 618 is even after Linda’s very eloquent and direct description of it.
Linda: It’s when the presidency or Department of Justice knows they need a law, but it just hasn’t been drafted yet, so they know they need an immediate order to get what they want.”
So, to justify bad behavior like abuse of power or torture, presidents need this memo that allows them to do whatever they want until it’s a law…except it may not ever become law.
It’s just hard to wrap one’s mind around the idea that someone can order the creation of a memo allowing them to do whatever they want and every single judge on any bench will freeze and comply or make entire cases disappear.
It also remains to be seen if Linda is correct. I trust her because Diane does, and all it takes is a look around all of the legal files in her house to realize she means business.
But there is still quite a mountain to climb when it comes to proving it and doing whatever needs to be done to make it disappear.
Because many shows have had to shut down production this season, The Good Fight won’t get very far up this mountain. It’s at least comforting to have a solid theory in place.
As for the ways Memo 618 will shield Adrian and Charlotte from controversy when he makes a bid for president, I care more about Lucca’s Birkin bag and require more cameos so I can ogle with Liz and Marissa.
It’s hard to invest in a character running for president on a scripted show that regularly uses the name of the current president and other political figures.
Who cares that the goal is not that he wins? The history that is weaved into The Good Fight‘s narrative proves he might, and he’s becoming less and less likable with each episode this season.
Let’s all join Liz in a collective eye roll. Real or fictional, can the DNC vet a woman, please?
Until they do, we’ll be drooling over Lucca’s Birkin waiting for a turn to take a selfie.
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Esme Mazzeo
Esme Mazzeo is a lifestyle and entertainment journalist from Long Island. When she's not writing for work, she's writing for fun, or searching for something to satisfy her sweet tooth. She thinks rainy days are the best kind of days. Certified night owl.