Even though this season has fallen off dramatically from the previous two, the show is still entertaining to watch and better written than most of the shows on television.
The reason is, every single character on the series is smart. They are the best at what they do. It's intelligent writing. They treat the issues seriously. They treat the television medium and its audience with high respect and proceed accordingly. There's something to be said for that.
However, this episode is weak. The case involving two foreign children of diplomats involved with a rape on a booze cruise should be compelling but it's not. Since we don't get to know the accused, the plot is dramatically weakened. It's almost as if the writers are treating the case as fluff. This would not have happened in the first two seasons.
The new hire is boring. Looks like she might make a play for Will. If so, that's a love triangle that doesn't ring true. Seems like she's just being brought in for that purpose. Again, that wouldn't have been done during the first two seasons.
They need to get back to compelling cases and the political infighting that goes on in the various offices. Things have settled down at Lockhart Gardner and that makes for boring tv.
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