Good Trouble
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The moms are back in town!
Unfortunately, theres not much to celebrate because the moms are also very, very sad.
Lena didnt defend Stef.
Good Troubles been using an interesting tactic as it brings infriendly faces fromThe Fosters.
Do they particularly care about Stef and Lenas marriage when its taking time away from exploring actual Coterie-based drama?
And maybe the answer is yes I just wanted to ask the question.
Stef and Lena of course make up a little political campaign cant break up the dream team!
Thank you for delivering the theme of the episode so beautifully and also succinctly.
You see, tonight, everyone is standing up for who and what they believe in.
The Jamal Thompson case has entered into voir dire (jury selection).
The defense is asking very pointed questions and striking pretty much every black person from the panel.
Basically, they are calling out the defense for striking potential jury members based on race.
Shes pumped, that is, until she attends cocktails at Judge Wilsons house.
Attends makes it sound like she wanted to go, but its quite the opposite.
Callie tells her boss that her moms are in town and immediately Wilson invites them over for dinner.
(The back-and-forth of this sequence is the best editing trickGood Troublehas deployed yet.)
Its a very pointed speech made toward Wilsons son Tate, also in attendance.
Were gonna need a bigger drink, everyone thinks, probably.
Later, Tate informs Callie that all the charges against him have been dropped.
The kid punched a cop!
Shes now almost certain that Wilson is being lenient with the L.A.P.D.
in court to get to help his son.
She spends all weekend writing a memo proving there is discrimination going on and hands it in to Wilson.
Oh, you guys, he isnothappy.
Callie is doing the job of a lawyer, not a clerk.
previous clerk who Callie suggested Wilson to take on just twists the knife even further.
No good deed goes unpunished, Cal.
There is one phenomenal thing that goes down!
Well, sort of.
She makes some progress on two fronts, no less!
With only one guy (bless you, Raj!)
At first, the other women think they should keep the issues separate.
Mariana isnt going to let that argument fly.
Theres no disputing that.
All the ladies are on board with adding a race column.
Well, except Casey.
As one of two Latina engineers, Casey doesnt want to lose her anonymity.
These two are so cute, I am screaming.
Theres a second victory awaiting Mariana and it happens in, of all places, a staff meeting.
Earlier in the episode, Mariana calls Alex out on a glitch in his work.
When all the engineers (and Evan!)
are in a staff meeting, someone facing a similar glitch asks Alexs team how they fixed it.
Evan and Josh turn it over to Alex, who had the big save.
Only Alex has no idea how to fix it.
He mumbles something about getting back to them.
And thats when Mariana steps in and explains exactly what she did.
Suck it, Alex.
Its so impressive that Evan asks Mariana, Josh, and HR Angela to stay after the meeting.
FINALLY Evan wants to know why Mariana asked to pitch an app to him but then never followed up.
From what he can see, that doesnt seem to be like her.
The truth spills out: Josh ordered Angela to shut Mariana down.
Thats not going to fly with Evan.
He admonishes both Angela and Josh (especially Josh!)
and tells Mariana that she can pitch her app to him next week.
Finally, a real win for Mariana Adams Foster.
Family Dinner
So, Sumi is still in love with Alice.
Jealous of Alices relationship with Joey, Sumi invites the ladies to dinner with her and Meera.
It is a disaster.
Sumi is clearly sucking up to Alice and Meera doesnt take it well.
Its Joey who points out the obvious, which had never occurred to Alice.
Dont get sucked back in.
Wait, I love that Stef thinks Jamie is too vanilla for Callie.
The heart wants what the heart wants.
No follow-up on what Davia decided to do about Jeff.
I am waiting, show!
