Mmm.... I definitely read Kalinda as bi, but with a strong preference for women, at least at this phase in her life, so it wasn't that I didn't think she was capable of sleeping with a man... and I even 'knew' that she would have the strength, if you can call it that, to sleep with one to get something she wanted--although I think it really has to have been something HUGE (help clearing her past or whatever). She is capable of detaching from herself temporarily to get what she wants, but it costs her a great deal even if she pushes it down and doesn't acknowledge that. And I worry that she will never be able to share with Alicia, perhaps one of the few people who could truly understand, how very much this act was painful for her. The face she puts on is that she doesn't care, of course, but that's such a lie... early on she fell for Alicia (whether that's read as physical/sexual attraction or just deep friendship/love, it's very clear) and I think betraying her will cause a horrible schism inside her. There is a better part of Kalinda that could rise up out of this... we saw it in her impulse to go and speak to Alicia about it directly and in her beautiful scene with Will where she nudged him towards Alicia, knowing that she will soon need someone. My concern is no one will be there for her to help her through... Cary maybe, though his approach is partially to just give Kalinda space to *be* Kalinda, while reflecting back at her just how warped she can be sometimes.

I do hope the show gives her chance to grow in her relationships with others. For me, I don't really mind who that's with but if it doesn't also include a continued evolution with Alicia then I will be a) very surprised and b) feel betrayed by the show. I think those two have the power to grow as people with each other. I don't expect the show to make it a sexual relationship and for me it doesn't need to be, but it is going to be agony if/while they are estranged. Maybe each of them needs to grow on their own a bit, but ultimately it's in their friendship that I want to see both women stronger, regardless of who they are 'with'. :p

Alicia... yeah, I too don't feel they'll go the full Will/Alicia path til the very end, although I am finding that frustrating because I feel very strung along, this season, by the whole 'missed phonecall' arc. Your possibility would be supercool, I think, though I would miss Alicia at Lockhart/Gardner, that's for sure! I do think the fact that she's had so many offers from other firms is leading *somewhere* though... it must be. And the show has surprised me in the past.

I'm going to be interested to see what Will's reaction to the news is... not just for how he may reach out to Alicia, but also to see what he's like with Kalinda.

Also can I just say briefly how much I love love love the Will-Diane partnership?! EPIC LOOOOOOVE. :)