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. All 24 songs featured in the good wife season 7 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. Also, to help with his presidential campaign, peter engages ruth eastman. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. With julianna margulies, chris noth, josh charles, matt czuchry. It was announced at 2016 super bowl that this is the finalseason for the good wife. A disgraced politicians wife resumes her career as a defense. It was spent, and the writers were falling back onto tired cliches.
She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. Alicia learns more about her husbands fall from grace when she represents the wife of peters nemesis, glenn childs, in their divorce case. The good wife awkwardly reshuffles in season seven premiere. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs.
It would be fair to note that this series has never had a leading position on the cbs network broadcast, as well as it. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in the moment she realized that her. On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. Good luck with that the singleword title of the season premiere seems like a strong indication that the good wife will end come spring. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. The good wife season 7 release date on cbs, episodes. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. Game of thrones has discrete episodes, after all, and the good wife has narrative continuity. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. Only watched up to episode 18, perhaps, hopefully cliff hanger to come. Dylan bakers maybemurderer quickly made his mark on both alicia and the show, and when this. Reinvigorated storylines and an even stronger cast keep the good wife fresh in its seventh season and away from the doldrums that overcome many long.
The good wife 20092016 2009 2010 2011 2012 20 2014 2015 2016. As alicia struggles to get her career back on track, she stumbles on a. 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 was preempted sunday due to the super bowl, but there was still major drama for fans. 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. Watch the good wife episodes online season 7 2016 tv. Usa todays robert bianco listed the good wife as one of the best television shows of 2015. The cbs drama aired its series finale on sunday, may 8 after seven critically acclaimed seasons. I wouldlike to see it run for at least 2 more seasons after this one. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. All good things must come to an end and so it is for the good wife. 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.
The good wife tv series 2009 season 1 trailer youtube. 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 official site watch on cbs all access. 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. On this noncommercial channel, you will find high quality trailers for the greatest movies of all time.
Alicia florrick julianna margulies has been a good wife to her husband, a former states attorney. Watch the good wife episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. 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. Alicia and cary join forces to defend a former client who is facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit over ownership rights. Robert and michelle king on the good wife series finale. If the good wife wants a mulligan for the first 10 episodes of this season, its mandatory that cary and diane have more substantial roles, moving forward.
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. Series 7 coasts along in safe territory, series 6 was a lot edgier with kalinda as investigator, more danger and twists. Kurt fuller judge dunaway, judge peter dunaway 7 episodes 20112016 maura tierney maddie, maddie hayward 7 episodes 201220 t. In bond, the pieces are already starting to move into their new positions for season seven. Still, its classy, enjoyable drama with the ever enjoyable established characters played to perfection by the perfectly believable cast. 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. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. Reinvigorated storylines and an even stronger cast keep the good wife fresh in its seventh season and. 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. Also, will gets cozy with his opposing counsel, emily, during a wrongful death suit against caustic tv commentator duke rosco. 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. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs. 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.
Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. 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. By the final episode, i was very happy to see the series end. The good wife tv series 20092016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Hitting the fan remains one of the best episodes of the series, and it was all about destroying the shows narrative foundation. A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. 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. The good wifes ability to totally destroy everything and then rebuild has been one of its strengths. You cant talk about the good wifes best episodes without talking about colin sweeney.
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