The good wife tv series 20092016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. All 24 songs featured in the good wife season 7 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. As alicia struggles to get her career back on track, she stumbles on a. Alicia attempts to revive her struggling law career by once again starting her own law firm, this time with the assistance of jason crouse new cast member jeffrey dean morgan, a calm, experienced investigator whom she hires. The good wife ended its seven series run with an acrosstheface slap from diane lockhart christine baranski to alicia florrick. It was announced at 2016 super bowl that this is the finalseason for the good wife. Hitting the fan remains one of the best episodes of the series, and it was all about destroying the shows narrative foundation. On the good wife season 7 episode 8, desperate for business, alicia and lucca try and poach clients from louis canning while diane faces a conflict over a case. 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. A disgraced politicians wife resumes her career as a defense. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a.
In bond, the pieces are already starting to move into their new positions for season seven. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in the moment she realized that her. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. On the good wife season 7 episode 22, alicia must decide what shell do next as a verdict is reached in peters trial on the series finale.
Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. Only watched up to episode 18, perhaps, hopefully cliff hanger to come. Watch the good wife episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Alicia florrick julianna margulies will not only have to deal with her career but also with keeping her family together by providing a stable home for her the good wife is a femaledriven. The good wifes ability to totally destroy everything and then rebuild has been one of its strengths. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. All good things must come to an end and so it is for the good wife.
Season 7 starts out strong with a string of engaging episodes, but about halfway through it begins a terminal descent into melodrama. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. Series 7 coasts along in safe territory, series 6 was a lot edgier with kalinda as investigator, more danger and twists. Alicia and cary join forces to defend a former client who is facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit over ownership rights. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. The good wife awkwardly reshuffles in season seven premiere. Reinvigorated storylines and an even stronger cast keep the good wife fresh in its seventh season and. Game of thrones has discrete episodes, after all, and the good wife has narrative continuity. All episodes from the first seven seasons of the american legal drama series. Series creators explain the last episode by jessica pena, may 9, 2016 it was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. Robert and michelle king on the good wife series finale. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale.
The good wife was preempted sunday due to the super bowl, but there was still major drama for fans. The good wife season 7 release date on cbs, episodes. The good wife creators robert and michelle king recently explained the final scene of the cbs series and revealed an alternate ending, tvline reports. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle. By the final episode, i was very happy to see the series end. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm. Also, to help with his presidential campaign, peter engages ruth eastman. On this noncommercial channel, you will find high quality trailers for the greatest movies of all time. The good wife came along at a time when network television was primed and ready to go for something as messy, deep, intelligent, layered, and cynical as this series was, so it slipped in through. As todd vanderwerff pointed out recently, a show with 22 episodes to work with can play, and during the past seven years, very few broadcast network dramas even came close to. With julianna margulies, chris noth, josh charles, matt czuchry.
Good luck with that the singleword title of the season premiere seems like a strong indication that the good wife will end come spring. Also, will gets cozy with his opposing counsel, emily, during a wrongful death suit against caustic tv commentator duke rosco. Usa todays robert bianco listed the good wife as one of the best television shows of 2015. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs.
Alicia learns more about her husbands fall from grace when she represents the wife of peters nemesis, glenn childs, in their divorce case. After seven years and more than 150 episodes, its no surprise that the finale of the good wife would revisit the themes that haunted alicia from the. Julianna margulies stars as the resilient and resourceful alicia florrick, whose life falls apart when her state attorney husband peter chris noth is sent to jail after becoming involved in a very public sex and political corruption scandal. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes.
A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. Dylan bakers maybemurderer quickly made his mark on both alicia and the show, and when this. The cbs drama aired its series finale on sunday, may 8 after seven critically acclaimed seasons. Kurt fuller judge dunaway, judge peter dunaway 7 episodes 20112016 maura tierney maddie, maddie hayward 7 episodes 201220 t. On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. I wouldlike to see it run for at least 2 more seasons after this one. Watch the good wife episodes online season 7 2016 tv.
It was spent, and the writers were falling back onto tired cliches. It would be fair to note that this series has never had a leading position on the cbs network broadcast, as well as it. Season 7, episode 17 march 20, 2016 diane, cary and lucca defend the grieving father of a shooting victim in a defamation suit over a billboard he put up describing a gun store owner as a murderer. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7. Naturally, though, the slap mirrors the one alicia gave peter in a similar hallway in the series pilot. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. The good wife tv series 2009 season 1 trailer youtube. You cant talk about the good wifes best episodes without talking about colin sweeney. Still, its classy, enjoyable drama with the ever enjoyable established characters played to perfection by the perfectly believable cast.
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