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For those of you who’ve seen it, how was Randy Newman’s score? He hasn’t been nominated for Score in almost 20 years, so I’m wondering if this will get him back in the race since the film’s in the conversation for BP.

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The snubs for The Good Wife and Olive Kitteridge are pretty awful, to me. Though if I had to pick one nominee from each, it would be the ones we have (Baranski and McDormand), so there’s that at least.

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Agreed. A great start to the seventh year this year after an excellent sixth season. I know folks begrudge his three wins for Alan Shore, and I know the show is a now-passé network procedural, but Spader not receiving a single Emmy nomination for this role is quite an oversight.

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Solid series finale. Yes, it was a tad slight and predictable, though I don’t know how else they might have brought it to a close. I think my biggest frustration is that it seemed to unravel a lot of Frances and Robert’s journeys in this abbreviated third season. Couldn’t we have reached this same (fitting) conclusion without upending so much of the identity of the show’s first two seasons? Nevertheless, I like where it ended and would’ve really enjoyed seeing more of these characters.

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Not a surprise, but Julia clearly chose her best episode. The series finale is one of her best performances, ever.

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After a rather clunky premiere episode, the season has really taken off in the subsequent weeks. I agree the third episode was the highlight so far, but most of episodes two, three, and four have recaptured the tone of the previous seasons. They’re really landing the humor and the emotional depths of Frances and Robert, even if some of the supporting characters are floundering a bit. I felt a little apathetic about the show ending after the first episode, but now I’m sad there are only two episodes left. I’m not sure how they’re going to wrap things up (I assume they wrote the season finale as a series finale, but perhaps not), but it seems like they have a lot to cover in only two more half hours.

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TVLine confirms that Rose Leslie has officially exited the series, with the season three finale serving as her last episode:

https://tvline.com/2019/07/18/the-good-fight-season-4-rose-leslie-leaving-maia-not-returning/

I always liked Leslie on this series and I’m sad to see her go, but the decision makes a lot of sense given the direction of the show from its second season onward. Had the original premise remained, I’m sure she would’ve been a continued fixture, but they haven’t had an integral use for Maia since the first season. I also really like the way they wrapped the character, and assuming they parted on good terms I think they could have Maia and Roland back as guests down the road.

 

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EsOS wrote:

Does anybody has the number of nominations per program?

https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/71st-nominations-program-platform-v1.pdf

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#1202975928

helmetz wrote:

THE GOOD FIGHT – “The One About the Recent Troubles”

I love that The Good Fight made your final six.

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I agree this episode felt like an entirely different show. I don’t understand the impulse to totally upend Frances’s life from the end of season two to the beginning of season three. She moves out of the house because she and the kids “needed a change”? They burned out her studio so she could take a job at an aviary society? These don’t seem character motivated to me, but I guess we’ll see how they figure into the season arc. I’m glad to have the show back and these character and actors together again, but the premiere fell pretty flat. Hopefully the next five pick up.

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#1202951153

boss wrote:

That show had its final season last year. Voters are done with them for good.

Which show? Both Mom and Grace and Frankie have been renewed.

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#1202934684

I really liked Creel, Stachel, and De Shields of this group, and just narrowly voted for Creel.

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#1202934677

Not my favorite group of winners, but Ruthie Ann Miles stands out for me.

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This list of winners is truly an embarrassment of riches! I really like both of Light’s performances as well as Houdyshell, Nixon, and Metcalf’s. Ultimately, I voted for Light in Other Desert Cities.

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I’m a big fan of Rylance, Birney, and Aronov’s performances, but I had to vote for Nathan Lane. A career redefining performance.

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