Peter eyes a run for president with alicias approval, finn and alicia help a client who may be illegally detained, bishops people try to locate kalinda, and diane, cary and davids actions make louis canning their permanent enemy. The good wife says goodbye in perfect fashion, with happiness as that elusive, impossibletocatch fish. I am afraid 22 episodes were too much for a season in general. Even if youve drifted away from the show over the years, id highly recommend you tuning in to the last 9 episodes. You cant talk about the good wife s best episodes without talking about colin sweeney. The series focuses on alicia florrick margulies, whose husband peter noth, the former cook county, illinois states attorney, has been jailed following a notorious political corruption and sex scandal. The firm defends an adulterywebsite owner, the prime suspect in the murder of one of the sites users. Watch the good wife season 1, episode 22 hybristophilia. For the first time in a while, the good fight behaves like a normalish courtroom drama. The good wife is an american legal and political drama television series that aired on cbs from september 22, 2009, to may 8, 2016.
The good wife creators robert and michelle king weigh in on the ending that even star julianna margulies said would be very divisive. The good wife is a show i nearly missed out on, partly because it takes nearly half of the first season to establish its tone and fully take flight. 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 finale ended with a divisive scene that shocked viewers, but the creators say it was always part of their plan for the last episode. Not only does a defense of marriage feature the return of brian dennehys buckynow an ausa putting in time with the fedsbut heres thunderous southerner bruce mcgill as a legal titan seeking to take a gay rights case all the way to the supreme court.
I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. Id put the writing on the good wife up against any of the cable shows. The good wife the one percent tv episode 2014 imdb. I was very really disappointed with the last episode of the. The protagonist, alicia florrick, is the woman behind the fake political smile, standing by a man most women would be happy to be rid of. With the end of the show, critics are asking if the good. Canning goes after alicia in a discrimination case after her ceo client puts his foot in his mouth, diane is undercut by her own partners in a class action suit, and peter becomes suspicious of alicias relationship with finn polmar. Meanwhile, glen childs tries to save his case against peter, and cary searches for a way to get back at alicia. The good wife season 1 episode 22 hybristophilia video. The good wife season 8 episode 1 s08e01 video dailymotion. Cleverly providing impetus for alicia to delve more deeply into her own feelings about fidelity, the. End season 7, episode 22 aired on may 8, 2016 tv14 45 min.
The region 1 dvd was released on september 14, 2010. As it progressed, the series became more and more difficult to define. Series creators explain the last episode may 9, 2016. The good wife airs on sunday nights on cbs at 9 est. The good wife season 1 the first season of the good wife first began airing on september 22, 2009 and finished on may 25, 2010. Alicia celebrates her promotion by getting drunk with kalinda, but is interrupted when she must go. Alicia must defend zach in court after he videotapes a cop who pulls him over for a drug. 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 series was created by robert and michelle king. There has never been a show quite like the good wife, and there likely never will be again. The good wife ends its seventh and final season tonight with the appropriately titled end, as alicia and her group make one final push. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. The new will and diane put on your most powerful suit and stripiest tie, were back with season five of the good wife.
On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. With julianna margulies, matt czuchry, archie panjabi, graham phillips. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. Eli gold works on getting peters charges dropped, and alicia defends colin sweeney, a client and accused wife killer, who. In its closing arguments, the good wife makes a point to. Will sends alicia to disgraced ceo colin sweeneys home to handle merger details, but finds him with a dead body instead. Main cast julianna margulies as alicia florrick, matt czuchry as cary agos, archie panjabi as kalinda sharma, graham phillips as zach florrick 17 episodes, mackenzie vega as grace florrick 18 episodes, josh charles as will gardner. The fourth season of the drama finds most of its characters in hot water as lockhartgardner attempts to avoid liquidation in bankruptcy court. Alicia is forced to defend a man who claims he killed a woman that he is. In the series premiere, alicia florrick julianna margulies, a politicians wife, resumes her career as a defense attorney after. The weekly cases didnt just serve the purpose of character development or plot advancement.
Meanwhile, alicia tries to find out whos been tweeting gossip about her relationship with her husband. The good wife is a legal drama starring emmy award winner julianna margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and reenters the workforce after her husbands very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Watch the good wife season 1 episode 1 online pilot. Alicia returns to work as a defense attorney after her husbands corruption scandal and incarceration. Season 5, episode 5, kill the boy next mad men episode. Season 1 of the good wife aired from september 22, 2009 to may 25, 2010. Lisa edelsteins grating character in her first role posthouse contributed to that. I tuned in originally because the premise was intriguing.
A recap of the gang tries to serve a subpoena, episode two of the fourth. She is assigned her first case a retrial of a woman accused of murdering her exhusband. The good wife is ending, will not return for season 8. In the final hour of the good wife, a ghost came to visit, one relationship blew up and another had an ambiguous ending. The good wife kept up their impressive storytelling over long, 22episode seasons that rivaled shows like breaking bad and house of cards. But it doesnt go light on the legal proceedings or politics. As alicia defends a husband accused of murdering the babysitter, she and her family prepare for the outcome of peters appeal and his possible homecoming. New book how to be a good wife your stepbystep guide to being a good wife. All 44 songs featured in the good wife season 3 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. The beginning of season 3 was the only run of the good wife i havent enjoyed and admired. One of broadcast televisions finest dramas goes off the air next month. Kalindas estranged husband becomes one of the firms newest clients, and starts to throw kalinda off her game just as will finally returns to work. The good wifes cast and creators say an emotional goodbye to the show at tribeca 2016.
Season eight wouldnt have changed last episode may 6, 2016. Speaking of jason, morgans charming, but his characters a late arrival to the good wife party. We never had a chance to get very invested in the aliciajason relationship. Season 7 episode 22 of the good wife was watched by 10,620,000 viewers, resulting in a 1. Alicia once again defends accused wife killer colin sweeney dylan baker, when hes found handcuffed to a dead woman. A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. I think more than likely it would probably not be 22 episodes a year. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle. Just as im getting grumpy with the good wife, it busts out exactly what im looking for. Alicia is forced to defend a man who claims he killed a woman that he is handcuffed to in selfdefense.
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