第二季始于葬禮;電視裡瘋狂男子命令人們“Kill all lawyers!“;Trump頻頻出現在電視 上,今天領養将軍肚小豬,明天要帶五隻羊(five goals)去參加國際會議。有人被槍擊,有人拆開信封發現了神秘的白色粉末。整季充斥着死亡威脅和、彈劾、種族紛争和對移民政策的批評,這一季最大的反派就應該是Trump了吧。戴安前半季遊離在醉生夢死的狀态裡,沒有戰鬥的欲望,而一個法官還要求她多笑笑。

You should smile more! I don’t know when it happened that women stopped smiling.

新律所的合夥人Barbara上季一直沒有亮點,似乎連庭審都沒有參與過。這季早早出局,相比之下,Boseman這個角色寫得極精彩,演得也好,表情、動作、台詞表達,金剛怒目,很有激情。調查員Jay撲克臉一張,與Marrisa是互補的性格。盧卡從TGW時期就很喜歡了,與Colin的化學反應和小吵小鬧都是本劇的輕松時刻。

本季分集标題是Trump就職以來的時間。

一些彩蛋

第十三集 Day 492

本集戴安發現自己被監視,疑神疑鬼;盧卡生娃,親媽與準婆婆劍拔弩張,提到的《逃出絕命鎮》(Get Out)和《黑豹》都是經典黑人電影。但這集的重點是緻敬水門事件有關電影《總統班底》。本集與All the President's Men的相同點有:

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都以打字機打字開場,聲音極響。

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《總統班底》裡羅伯特-雷德福扮演的記者伍德沃德與線人Deep throat的聯絡暗号是陽台上的一面小紅旗;本集用了一盆花。

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陰森無人的地下停車場,場景幾乎是重置。

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到達接頭地點,都被問了一句:有人跟蹤嗎?

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一輛車快速駛離,引開了伍德沃德/戴安的注意力,再回過頭來,深喉已經不在。《總統班底》拍得心情,而本集添加了喜劇一幕,提供消息的人再次出現:我的車在這邊。之前戴安直接問線人是不是深喉,引發了線人的誤會。

第八集 Day 457

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《白宮西翼》(The West Wing,1999)的彩蛋。同框的兩位都演過Jed Bartlet的副總統,Tully(Tim Matheson)演VP John Hoynes,Kurt McVeigh(Gary Cole)演VP Bob Russell。塔利問科特:Do I know you?科特回答:I don't think so。笑死。

第七集 Day 450

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”Kill All the Lawyers“撲克牌。都是熟面孔。

第六集 Day 443

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戴安引用了威爾說過的話:I want a ruling I can appeal!(S1E16 ”Fleas“)

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盧卡懷孕,令人想起《欲望都市》裡精明能幹的米蘭達來,同樣是律師同樣單身生娃。夏洛特的老公Harry來客串更加強了這種印象。

第五集 Day 436

被發現缢死的律師是 Wilk Hobson,戴安說認識他,之前出現在TGW的S2E5 ”VIP Treatment“,S2E10 ”Breaking Up“,以及S4E17 ”Invitation to an Inquest“。

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本集虛構的演員Kip Dunning聽上去很像湯姆-漢克斯,”全世界最好的演員“什麼的,隻不過他沒有卷入到MeToo醜聞過。漢克斯在情景喜劇《親密夥伴》(Bosom Buddies,1980)中的角色就叫Kip,《親密夥伴》中湯姆-漢克斯與Peter Scolari合作。

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而Peter Scolari在本集傲骨之戰中扮演Greg。

第四集結構獨特,Liz的案子和盧卡的案子兩條線,不同視角有相交的地方。

幾句台詞

S2E1 Day 408

Diane: Everybody’s dying. I just don’t know what’s going on in the world anymore. I read the news, I watch the news, and it just doesn’t make any sense.

Barbara: Carl Reddick was born when Nazis were marching in the streets, and he died when Nazis were marching in the streets.

S2E2 Day 415

Liz Reddick: Reasonable people should not be allowed near tweets.

Diane: George Orwell wouldn’t know where to start today.

S2E3 Day 422

Marissa to Maia: You can come to my house for Pesach this year. We’ll even hide a few Easter

Melanie to Blake: You didn’t get me drunk, you didn’t drug me, you didn’t hold me down and force yourself on me, and I didn’t say no. But at some point, I lost the ability to say no. And your problem is you’re so sure you’re not one of those guys that you fail to realize that on that day, in that moment, you decided to finish what you thought I had started. You became one of those guys.(真人秀的兩個演員)

S2E4 Day 429

Nancy Crozier: I’m just a nice sweet girl from the Midwest act.

S2E5 Day 436

Naomi: You spent that whole class smothering Liz with affection, and I get it, you had a crush. But there were a lot of women in that class who were smart and capable, and they left the lesser.

S2E6 Day 443

Judge Oliver: How is it that so many lawyers are being killed and yet my courtroom is still full of them?

Adrian to the host: Was I angry enough for you?

S2E7 Day 450

Liz: It’s not about truth. It’s about who’s backtracking and who’s attacking.

S2E10 Day 471

Diane: I realized it’s alright that the world is crazy, as long as I make my little corner of the world sane

S2E11 Day 478

Diane: Women aren’t just one thing, and you don’t get to determine what we are.

Adrian: I don’t like to be moved and I am moved. It’s good to be back.