For example, one of the firm's recurring clients is a fictional internet search company known as ChumHum, which among other issues has faced privacy lawsuits for selling users' personal data to the Chinese and Syrian government. Julianna Margulies has been widely recognized for her portrayal in the lead role, winning the Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, Critics' Choice Television Award, TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama, and twice for the Screen Actors Guild Award. [109][110] In October 2016, former Game of Thrones star Rose Leslie was confirmed to play the role of Diane's goddaughter Maia, and Delroy Lindo was added as Adrian Boseman. These characters we’ve spent five years with suddenly seem so fresh. The law firm comes under attack by hackers and five years of emails are leaked online in retaliation for their participation in a piracy case. The finale drew controversy in its last scene when Diane Lockhart slaps Alicia Florrick for having betrayed her in court to save Peter from jail. [47] In season 5 episode 9, "Whack-a-Mole," The Good Wife featured a version of Reddit called "Scabbit" and how it affects the law and the downsides of having an "average joe" being an investigator trying to find a domestic terrorist. The second season of The Good Wife began airing on September 28, 2010, and concluded on May 17, 2011. CBS announced on February 7, 2016, that the show was ending with its seventh season. Variety noted that in season seven that "there were notably more of subplots and segues that were, at best, time-fillers and at worst, eyeroll-inducing" and said it "was obvious that it was time for the show to go. The character Robyn Burdine, a private investigator for Florrick/Agos, discovers that the show Drama Camp had to release the song on iTunes in Sweden before releasing it in the US and that the engineers directly ripped the indie band's track constituting actual theft. Alicia decides to split up with Peter but will stay married in the public eye, as it benefits both of their careers. Sarah Steele was also added to the cast, returning as Marissa Gold and appearing as Diane Lockhart's secretary-turned-investigator. He's later cleared of all charges, in part because Kalinda faked evidence. This page was last edited on 2 April 2021, at 05:52. I think that got us thinking along those lines. On the eve of the finale, it's hard to tell what this season has been about: We watched an election, a stint in prison, an investigation of a drug dealer, and the aftereffects of voter fraud, but it has been difficult to assemble the events into a cohesive narrative. [111][112] Paul Guilfoyle and Bernadette Peters were cast as Maia's parents. The Good Wife has been sold in a complex multi-window deal that involves two streaming partners, Amazon and Hulu; a basic cable network, Hallmark Channel; for $400,000 per episode and broadcast syndication, for a combined license fee of nearly $2 million per episode. Police surgeon Dr Clive Mason is devastated when his wife Martha is found dead in an empty horsebox at Southwell Races, her handbag stolen. [98] A weekend broadcast syndication run is scheduled to begin in September 2014, with the series sold in 85% of the country. [43] The show has explored the relationship between technology and the law, covering topics including Bitcoin, Anonymous, viral marketing in political campaigns, voice control software, crisis management in the controversial AT&T and T-Mobile merger, virtual conferencing robots, and NSA surveillance. "The Good Wife" is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. "After completing The Good Wife, I had time to look back on my life and career," Margulies, 54, says in a statement of her Emmy-winning performance on the hit show. They got the idea after they observed prominent American scandals of this nature, such as those involving President Bill Clinton and North Carolina Senator John Edwards. Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. [62] Esquire called The Good Wife "The Best Show on Television Right Now (Both Network and Cable)," claiming that the season 5 episodes "Hitting The Fan" and "The Next Day" were possibly the best television episodes produced that year, noting, "It's a rare show that starts to come into its own in the middle of its fifth season, but somehow CBS's The Good Wife has managed to do it. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband. A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil. Before the plan is conceived, however, Eli Gold takes possession of Alicia's phone and deletes a pivotal voicemail. 3, explaining "The mix of fascinating legal drama and even more fascinating personal drama is superb. Archie Panjabi's portrayal of Kalinda Sharma was well-regarded during the first three seasons, but Sonia Saraiya of Salon felt that her character ended up sidelined by a much-criticized plotline in seasons four to six, amid a rumored rift between Panjabi and producer Julianna Margulies where they did not share any screen time for their final 50 episodes. The characters are all equally brilliant and interesting, my favorite is Panjabi's character the cynical private investigator Kalinda for which she deservingly won an emmy for. On top of all, Alicia is back with Peter, but having a hard time suppressing her feelings for Will. With Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry. Brinkerhoff had previously worked as a writer and story editor on Boston Legal. But I will say The Good Wife writers did what they do best with the season 6 finale. 'The Good Wife' Series Finale: How Did It End? Courtesy of CBS Peter's fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed … Alicia finds an ally and a friend in Kalinda, the firm's tough and mysterious in-house investigator. However, not long after premiering on the Hallmark Channel the show was pulled from the schedule. View All The Good Wife News . Diane's offer to join Florrick/Agos stands on the condition she gets an equal vote with Alicia and Cary. After having spent the previous 13 years as a stay-at-home mother, Alicia returns to the workforce as a litigator to provide for her two children.[11]. Aware that evidence presented in Cary's defense was fraudulent, Geneva Pine pressures Kalinda to get evidence against Bishop while simultaneously pressuring Cary to do the same thing, playing their affections for one another against both. [101], Michelle and Robert King stated in February 2016 that there was a possibility for a spin-off series. '"[64] Don Kaplan of the New York Daily News said, "Now the drama's in its fifth season, a time when most shows either go on autopilot or start offering "very special" shark-jumping episodes. [9][10] A spinoff titled The Good Fight, centered around Baranski's character Diane Lockhart and Cush Jumbo's Lucca Quinn, also starring Rose Leslie and Delroy Lindo, premiered in February 2017. Another Alicia learns more about her husband's fall from grace when she represents the wife of Peter's nemesis, Glenn Childs, in their divorce case. [18] McDougall had previously enjoyed success as the director of the pilot for Desperate Housewives. "[71], The finale episode of The Good Wife, "End", generated a divided reaction among viewers and critics, with many praising it as a fitting ending to a complex character[72][73] with others who argued of its ambiguity and absence of a conclusion – particularly with Alicia's love life. It's hard to quite see her that way after all the good she's done for so many seasons. The story picks up a year after the final episode of the original series, with Diane pushed out of her firm after a financial scam wipes out her savings, resulting in her move to Lucca Quinn's firm. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Zucker. Alicia, taking cases by herself, hires private investigator Jason Crouse (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in Kalinda's absence. "[57] The Guardian referred to The Good Wife as a "miracle of the small screen" that was "not really seen on that scale since the days of Cagney and Lacey. Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker said "it was an ending that commanded respect."[74]. Meanwhile, Peter Florrick runs for Governor. David W. Zucker is an executive producer on the show, having been nominated for four Primetime Emmys and one PGA Award. It has a mature tone and deals with mature issues. [113] The series' title The Good Fight was announced on October 31, 2016.[114]. "[58], As a broadcast network television show which is usually stigmatised compared to its cable competitors, it has received what is considered unusual critical acclaim: USA Today said that The Good Wife is "broadcast's best drama", while The Atlantic said that the show "is delivering the best drama on network television". Period. Seven seasons ago, Alicia Florrick slapped her husband across the face in the moment she realized that her life was not what she thought it was. Peter is offered and takes a deal where he doesn't have to go to prison, but must resign from office as governor; he also begins divorce proceedings with Alicia but asks her to stand by his side one last time as he resigns from office. Andrew Wiley investigates the state's attorney's Brady violation against Cary and discovers Kalinda's fake evidence. When the debt is cleared, only Alicia is made partner and the other offers are delayed. Jane Porter’s book was a straight up romance/women’s fiction, this “Good Wife” is not. "[65] It was named the Favorite Current TV Show by the Harris Poll. There were a few reservations as to the long-term success and plot of the show, with the San Francisco Chronicle concluding that "There's nothing inherently wrong with The Good Wife other than it's a legal series with too many close-up shots of knowing glances and 'attagirl Alicia' moments of empowerment that you saw coming 20 minutes prior. The Kings claim the show was 'moving in the direction where there wasn't much difference between who Alicia was and who her husband was.' If you have come this far with The Good Wife then you already know it is a very impressive series. Feeling angry, Cary teams up with the other fourth-years to start a new firm. Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. The affair, however, ends by mid-season after Alicia realizes she has been putting her needs before those of her children. I wouldn't say it's a perfect drama but it sure is entertaining and manages to capture my attention from beginning to end in every episode. [108], In September 2016, it was confirmed that the 10-episode series would premiere in February 2017. This begins an arc when the hackers forward further emails to Petra Morris, a journalist who is making a puff piece about Alicia Florrick's recent win for state's attorney. His credits included Judging Amy, The Pillars of the Earth, and Law Dogs. In the season 5 premiere, a Double Robotics robot was featured on the show which allowed a litigator to teleconference from home by controlling a tablet on wheels. On the run from a drug deal gone bad, brilliant college dropout Mike Ross, finds himself working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers. In total, the series and its cast have been nominated for 35 Primetime Emmy Awards in its first five seasons. Elizabeth Edwards is a lawyer. A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City. His departure left a gap that was never fully filled again. The series was created by Robert and Michelle King and stars Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Zach Grenier, Matthew Goode, Cush Jumbo, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Alan Cumming, and features Chris Noth in a recurring role. Half the cast of The Wire passed through its halls, as did more Broadway stars than there are in heaven," although at the end of the series the guest stars were increasingly placed in "throwaway roles. As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, Alicia Florrick joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner, who is interested in rekindling their former relationship. Also, Will gets cozy with his opposing counsel, Emily, during a wrongful death suit against caustic TV commentator Duke Rosco. Use the HTML below. Season 7 episode 14 deals with a case mirroring the missing iPhone 4 prototype with a ChumHum iPad-like tablet. The firm also hires a new investigator to help her at work – Robyn Burdine. The Good Wife is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. Play now A Good Wife online on Kiz10.com. THE GOOD WIFE is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Peter, now released from prison and cleared of charges, begins his campaign to run as State's Attorney against current State's Attorney Glenn Childs. [59][60] TIME referred to it as "the best thing on TV outside cable". The Good Wife has been named one of AFI’s Top Television Shows, won the Television Critics Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama and garnered five Emmy nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. Season 3 takes place the following morning after season 2 with Alicia now as a third year litigator on track to become partner while having an affair with her boss Will Gardner. The serial plots—a rarity on CBS, a network where most of the programming at that time was procedural—were especially showcased in its highly praised fifth season.[4]. Housewife Alicia Florrick (Julianne Margulies) is forced to pick up the pieces after a political and public sex scandal lands her corrupt husband Peter (Chris Noth) – the former Illinois State’s Attorney – in jail. That is, we knew she had to go back to work, and we had so many female lawyers to draw on. [13] As Michelle King explains: You know, what's interesting about a lot of these political scandals is that the women are lawyers, too. [67], Rolling Stone described seasons six and seven as a "study in sprawl, with dozens of stranded characters and dead-end storylines: Alicia spent the show's sixth season running for political office only to end up right back where she started." [19][20] The series is produced by Bernadette Caulfield who had previously worked on the HBO polygamy drama Big Love; co-producer Ron Binkowski added post production experience to the pilot and returned for the first season. [61] TV critic Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker compared Alicia Florrick, the show's protagonist, to Walter White of Breaking Bad. 37 of 49 people found this review helpful. [66] In 2013, TV Guide ranked the series #59 on its list of the 60 Best Series of All Time. The series and its cast have won a number of awards. The Good Wife is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. The Good Wife was the first TV show to feature Bitcoin, the virtual internet currency, with an episode featuring Bitcoin first broadcast in January 2012. I just love how they handled the cheating in this drama. Four female New Yorkers gossip about their sex lives (or lack thereof) and find new ways to deal with being a woman in the late 1990s. The Good Wife won numerous awards, including five Emmys and the 2014 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama. However, a feud between Diane and Will occurs when Will begins siding with Derrick Bond's suggestions. In a B plot Kalinda's past comes to haunt her in the form of her husband Nick. View production, box office, & company info. She is given an office on the 29th floor, the only third year litigator with an office on that floor. Bishop is arrested, but his associates realize that Kalinda was responsible. [2][3] The Good Wife is a serialized show featuring several story arcs that play out over multiple episodes, as well as stand-alone storylines that are concluded by the end of each episode. Vanity Fair noting "As Breaking Bad famously tracked the evolution of Walter White 'from Mr. Chips to Scarface,' The Good Wife followed Alicia as she evolved into Peter. Hulu Plus rolled out previous seasons of the show in September 2013, while Hallmark Channel, which reportedly paid $350,000 and $400,000 per episode,[97] began airing The Good Wife in January 2014. With Alicia as a 2nd year associate after being chosen over Cary Agos, who has now been hired as a Deputy State's Attorney leading to Lockhart & Gardner, they often find themselves battling each other in court. [5] The show was also lauded for its insight on social media and the internet in society, politics, and law. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. The Good Wife’s second season was incredibly (and sometimes problematically) complex, which made the times where the show slowed down and … "[70] The New York Times opined that season seven "never sparkled or caught fire the way the series did in its best seasons, when it was broadcast television's leading argument for continued relevance in the peak-TV era. How does the real-life marriage of "The Good Wife" co-creators impact the show. Nathan Lane was nominated for his guest role as Clarke Hayden. Season 2 begins where season 1 left off with Will confessing his affection for Alicia and Alicia asking if he has a plan. The series focuses on Alicia Florrick (Margulies), whose husband Peter (Noth), the former Cook County, Illinois State's Attorney, has been jailed following a notorious political corruption and sex scandal. Set in 1929. A group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor become involved in a twisted murder plot that promises to change the course of their lives. [22], Although the series is set in Chicago, it was filmed in New York. The Good Wife spinoff picks up one year after the events of series finale — with a brand new storyline 5 Things to Know (and 1 to Watch!) A political drama which looks into the life of the Secretary of State as she tries to balance work with family. Alicia is left alone in the hallway before fixing herself up and wiping away tears. Club opined that the show's "writers really struggled to rebuild that same type of long-term emotional storytelling. The firm's top litigator and other partner, Diane Lockhart, likes Alicia's work and her connections, so she and Will award her with a full-time associate position following a trial period. Wolverine’s Jacket, Springsteen’s Boots & Bette’s Gown Among Auction Items Benefitting Actor’s Fund, Two sets of co-stars face off in Best TV Drama Actress race at SAG Awards, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat and Jake Lacy Join Aaron Sorkin’s Lucille Ball Biopic ‘Being the Ricardos’, The Top 200 TV Shows as Rated by Women on IMDb in 2018, Join A Television Family: 2000-2019 Edition, 2015-2016 Television Season - Cancelled Series. In season 6 episode 5, Florrick, Agos and Lockhart deal with ransomware on the office computers. They tied up all the loose ends from the past 22 episodes and … "What began as a simple exercise in self-reflection eventually grew into a memoir. and I really enjoyed reading this book. Under the deal, the first six seasons of The Good Wife are available on Amazon Prime. 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