The good wife finale ended with a divisive scene that shocked viewers, but the creators say it was always part of their plan for the last episode. As the title indicates the central character is the wife but she is part of a legal team and doesnt dominate every scene so dont think it is only for women. So, i applaud the writers of the good wife for taking that risk and am grateful they brought will gardner back for the last episode. No, the young woman in a very kalindaesque leather vest. Julianna margulies on why she didnt do the good fight. The new series, set to premiere in the spring of 2017, will pick up one year after the events from the finale episode of the good wife.
Gumming up the works last nights episode of the good wife was a reminder that when the show is good. May 29, 2019 the good fight picks up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of the good wife, where an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, maia rindell. The good wife has been named one of afis top television shows, won the television critics award for outstanding achievement in drama and garnered five emmy nominations and three golden globe nominations. Hello, and welcome back to can we still call it the good wife. During the past few seasons, the good wife has poked fun at prestige drama cliches by giving viewers. Get used to it you may be seeing it on business cards, briefings boxes and even a conference room wall before long. The good wife renewed for season 8 robert and michelle. In the second season, bond tries to oust diane from the firm with wills help. The websites consensus reads, along with julianna margulies and a fine cast, the gripping drama the good wife, boasts hookheavy plotlines torn from the headlines. Because, judging by what happened last night, alicias not so good anymore. Anybody that hasnt seen it i recommend getting the whole lot as there is a story that runs through the good wife as well as the individual legal cases for each episode. Major character will gardner, played by josh charles, died in episode 15, dramatics, your. Alicia and lucca work together on a complicated court case involving a designer drug dealer. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle king.
The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. They finally switch the situation to their advantage, and in the episode the great firewall the equity partners force bond out. Early in the episode, each member of the hiring committee diane, cary, david. Those brave and clever creators of the good wife really dropped a surprise on loyal fans sunday night. May 19, 2016 but the shows final episode took a different turn, reminding us that the good wife has never just been a show about power. To name a few you have john edwards, mark sanford, john ensign, and most memorable was eliot spitzer who cheated and had an affair with a hooker thats the theme that this new drama the good wife took a page from and started the book. Several new producers were added to the crew once cbs ordered a full season. Alicia florrick julianna margulies is the wife of the states attorney of cook county, peter florrick chris noth, who is jailed as the result of a political corruption and sex scandal. May 09, 2016 the good wife finale ended with a divisive scene that shocked viewers, but the creators say it was always part of their plan for the last episode.
Watch full episodes of the good wife and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick. Sep 25, 2011 watch the good wife season 3, episode 1 a new day. The good wife show creators deny calling out former star. The main series category has thwarted the good wife in subsequent years, but the cbs drama is in good company.
Hitting the fan remains one of the best episodes of the series, and it was all about destroying the shows narrative foundation. In this episode hosts tara johnson, and bobby demuro discuss episode 1. Should cbs pick up the legal drama for an eighth season, the kings. In season 5 episode 9, whackamole, the good wife featured a version of reddit called scabbit and how it affects the law and the downsides. May 11, 2016 dont read on unless youve seen end, the series finale of the good wife. It was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. As many high profile politicians have been known in recent years to cheat and have affairs on their wives. A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. With julianna margulies, matt czuchry, archie panjabi, graham phillips. It was satisfying that alicia, in a scene that echoed a key moment from the shows very first episode, did not take peters hand at the end of his press conference. The first season of the good wife received critical acclaim. On this noncommercial channel, you will find high quality trailers for the greatest movies of all time.
The good wife tv series 2009 season 1 trailer youtube. Afterbuzz tv the good wife edition, is a weekly after show for fans of the good wife. Watch the good wife episodes online season 1 2010 tv. The show tells the story of alicia florrick julianna margulies, whose husband peter has been jailed following a very public sex and corruption scandal.
The duos new political satire braindead is set to premiere this summer. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. The good wife was nominated, and beaten again by mad men, the following year. May 09, 2016 when the good wife premiered in 2009, it risked seeming like a onenote joke. Jan, 2014 the good wife is taking a little winter break. We are currently editing over 407 articles, and 462 files. Welcome to the communityrun wiki for fans of the cbs legal drama the good wife, and its spinoff series the good fight.
The eye network noted that those first four episodes will air within the emmy. Margulies, who won two emmys for her role on the good wife, talked to deadline about discussing a three episode arc with the good fight cocreatorsexecutive producersshowrunners robert. The good wife confronts the lack of diversity at lockhart. Christine baranski will reprise the beloved diane lockhart, a role which earned her six emmy award nominations. Watch full episodes of the good wife, view video clips and browse photos on. The good wife awkwardly reshuffles in season seven premiere. Former cast members include josh charles, whose character will gardner was killed in a pivotal episode on march 23, 2014, and archie panjabi.
The beloved cbs drama hasnt had a new episode since sunday, jan. The good wife has received widespread acclaim from critics. The nexttolast good wife episode of this season took care of a lot of business. May 09, 2016 the good wife was always going to end midthought. Discovery will now launch in may 2017 while the new edition of. Mar 24, 2014 those brave and clever creators of the good wife really dropped a surprise on loyal fans sunday night. Alicia florrick julianna margulies has been a good wife to her husband, a former states attorney. So the final image of the trial, last nights episode of the good wife, which ended the shows fall fun cary pleading guilty to conspiracy was a cliffhanger instead of a resolution. The titles of the seasons episodes indicate they want it to be the last season. The good wife renewed for season 8 robert and michelle king. Major character will gardner, played by josh charles, died in episode. Though i wasnt really happy with the ending, it does portray real life as it often is.
Before you go and start freaking out that the good wife is going. But the shows final episode took a different turn, reminding us that the good wife has never just been a show about power. It was announced in a commercial that aired during super bowl 50 that the seventh season would be the final season of the good wife. The good wife is an american legal and political drama television series that aired on cbs.
Watch the good wife episodes online season 1 2010 tv guide. Sep 22, 2009 tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show the good wife anytime, anywhere. Court is about to adjourn for good wife creators robert and michelle king. Join the conversation and connect with cbss the good wife. In addition to margulies, the good wife stars christine baranski, matt czuchry, alan cumming, chris noth, cush jumbo, jeffrey dean morgan and zach grenier. This is a collaborative encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. Watch the good wife streaming online hulu free trial. The good wifes ability to totally destroy everything and then rebuild has been one of its strengths. Alicia defends a muslim student who is accused of murdering a jewish classmate, all while navigating the new development. The good wife tv show season 7 episodes list next episode. The series, which aired its finale in the us on 8 may, had a knack of cutting episodes right at the point where viewers were about to see the. The good wifes alicia florrick julianna margulies asked a potential new private investigator during sunday nights episode.
The good wife spinoff to star christine baranski and. Alicia learns more about her husbands fall from grace when she represents the wife of peters nemesis, glenn childs, in their divorce case. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show the good wife anytime, anywhere. When diane lockharts life savings are lost, she must start from scratch at a new firm. On the good wife season 7 episode 21, as the trial unfolds, new accusations come out and alicia works furiously to keep peter from going back to jail. Alicia is told by her new boss to stick with the firms original strategy, but she decides not to do so when more evidence surfaces. The good fight picks up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of the good wife, where an enormous financial scam has destroyed. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. The firm takes on a tv producer who made an episode based on the colin sweeney murder case, alicia and prady compete for a wealthy donors campaign money, and lemond bishop makes kalinda drive his son home from school. Oct 12, 2015 the good wifes alicia florrick julianna margulies asked a potential new private investigator during sunday nights episode.
The series finale of the good wife was best known for a ghost long story and a slap, dished out by diane lockhart to alicia florrick wifes main. After premiere night, all new episodes will be available weekly on sundays exclusively for cbs all access subscribers. It focuses on alicia florrick, the wife of the cook county states attorney who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband. The new york times says that the good wife stands out among newer fall shows and that it is miles ahead of anything else thats on at the moment. The story within a story method is used to great effect, as we follow alicias marital woes, the interoffice politics, the husbands efforts to get out of prison, and the family ups and downs at home. The good wife official site watch on cbs all access.
Im still trying to process everything after last weeks shocking episode of the good wife. Also, eli encourages alicia and veronica stockard channing to participate in a motherdaughter cooking show to help peters campaign, with disastrous results. Jan 30, 2015 the beloved cbs drama hasnt had a new episode since sunday, jan. She will be joined by fanfavorite cush jumbo as lucca quinn. A series devoted to those political spouses who have to stand behind their husbands, grimly smiling in. The good fight picks up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of the good wife. The good wife is a femaledriven drama about a politicians wife who pursues her own career as a defense attorney after her husband is sent to jail on charges of political corruption.
The trial we all know carys not going to do four years in prison two with time off for good behavior. The good wife is an american legal and political drama television series that aired on cbs from september 22, 2009, to may 8, 2016. Season 7 guide for the good wife tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. The good wife spinoff starring christine baranski from creators robert. May 19, 2014 the show wasnt always so philosophical. Track the good wife new episodes, see when is the next episode air date, series schedule, trailer, countdown, calendar and more.
New yorks finest restaurant had the pleasure of ruining jimmy fallons proposal knock it down a star. Also, will gets cozy with his opposing counsel, emily, during a wrongful death suit against caustic tv commentator duke rosco. They got to bring will back for the shows final episode on sunday night as an imaginary friend advising alicia florrick julianna. It got alicia florrick out of her postpoliticalscandal funk and back into a. The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick, is imprisoned following a scandal. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle king, which premiered on cbs on september 22, 2009. New episodes of big bang theory, two and a half men, survivor and ncis propel cbs to top of charts. The plot focussed on alicia florrick julianna margulies, the. When the good wife premiered in 2009, it risked seeming like a onenote joke. Good luck with that the singleword title of the season premiere seems like a strong indication that the good wife will end come spring. When the good wife premiered, in 2009, it stayed within the lines of its own drama. Creators robert and michelle king recently explained their decisions behind the final episode in a new. Alica goes headtohead with her separated husbands office in a case involving a palestinian college student accused of killing a jew, while also pursuing a new relationship with will. On the good wife season 7 episode 21, as the trial unfolds new accusations come out, and alicia works furiously to keep peter from going back to jail.
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