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Madam Secretary: Tea Leoni stars as Elizabeth Faulkner Mccord, a college professor and former CIA analyst who is approached by POTUS to be the new Secretary of State after the previous one dies in a plane crash. There are a bunch of familiar faces in the cast, the most important of which (to me) is Bebe Neuwirth and Elizabeth's Chief of Staff. The pilot is mostly about Elizabeth settling into her new role , but also introduces a conspiracy that will probably play a larger role as the show moves forward. There's potential for a lot of Drama with how her family deals with the changes in their new lives, but it was handled ok here, and hopefully won't get annoying.
( mild spoiler )
TBH, it didn't actually live up to my expectations (which were pretty high) but it was good, and has the potential to be the show Political Animals thought it was.
How to Get Away With Murder: This is a very "I am high art" show right now and...well, it is good. Somewhat-amoral law professor uses her students to help her win cases, framing it as a competition to get ahead in her class. Meanwhile, there are flashforwards with four of her students dealing with a murder that they either just committed, or are covering for someone else. It's very well written and has an interesting plot, but the pilot was so busy that I don't think I really have a good feel for any of the characters. The show, though, seems to want to intrigue me and make me wonder how characters get from the main plot to the flashforwards, as opposed to care about the characters, so we'll see how it goes. Also, jumpy cam. Not really a good stylistic choice, IMO.
Between the two, I think How to Get Away With Murder is probably the stronger show overall, but I prefer Madam Secretary because I have a much better feel for the characters, and the beginnings of an investment in them and their relationships, which How to Get Away With Murder didn't give me.
I'm up to...uhm...I think 5.18 of The Good Wife and have seen that one spoiler that couldn't be avoided, and its aftermath. It was certainly an interesting way to handle that kind of development. There are things in this season that I'm not sure about, but aside from the almost total lack of interaction between Alicia and Kalinda, I think I do like it more than season 4.
( mild spoiler )
TBH, it didn't actually live up to my expectations (which were pretty high) but it was good, and has the potential to be the show Political Animals thought it was.
How to Get Away With Murder: This is a very "I am high art" show right now and...well, it is good. Somewhat-amoral law professor uses her students to help her win cases, framing it as a competition to get ahead in her class. Meanwhile, there are flashforwards with four of her students dealing with a murder that they either just committed, or are covering for someone else. It's very well written and has an interesting plot, but the pilot was so busy that I don't think I really have a good feel for any of the characters. The show, though, seems to want to intrigue me and make me wonder how characters get from the main plot to the flashforwards, as opposed to care about the characters, so we'll see how it goes. Also, jumpy cam. Not really a good stylistic choice, IMO.
Between the two, I think How to Get Away With Murder is probably the stronger show overall, but I prefer Madam Secretary because I have a much better feel for the characters, and the beginnings of an investment in them and their relationships, which How to Get Away With Murder didn't give me.
I'm up to...uhm...I think 5.18 of The Good Wife and have seen that one spoiler that couldn't be avoided, and its aftermath. It was certainly an interesting way to handle that kind of development. There are things in this season that I'm not sure about, but aside from the almost total lack of interaction between Alicia and Kalinda, I think I do like it more than season 4.