While many shows offer resolution in their final episodes, the good wife. 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. Some characters will return for the final episodes. The show tells the story of alicia florrick julianna margulies, whose husband peter has been jailed following a very public sex and corruption scandal.
I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. The good wife has been praised over the years for its use of alist actors in recurring guest roles. 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. Kalinda and alicias final scene on the good wife was. All of that delight will be robbed from me when the series leaves cbs after its final episode on sunday 8 may. By the final episode, i was very happy to see the series end. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. Kalinda shows some fear stop talking about quitting the show.
The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. Cary discovers that his firm is getting out of touch. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. As alicia struggles to get her career back on track, she stumbles on a case that puts her up against diane lockhart and david lee. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7. The good wifes last episode sunday night on cbs certainly left something to be desired in terms of full conclusions, but the finale was right in line with how our best tv shows end in this.
Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. The good wife soundtrack complete song list tunefind. Good wife has finished, and if youve been left with any questions then watch this video from the series creators. Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming to come full circle with its season finale. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. Robert and michelle king on the good wife series finale. 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. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. Why did the good wife spend its last 10 minutes contorting itself into darkness at noon, the fake show it had. Spoilers ahead for the last ever episode of the good wife. But this time, alicia julianna margulies was getting the rude awakening. The good wife has always excelled at cheekily dramatizing alicias mind at work, and the final episode centered on an inner dialogue she staged, with herself, through a series of imagined.
With betrayal and uncertainty tv critic david bianculli discusses the final episode of the cbs drama and the legacy of the show as a. 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. This story contains spoilers for the final episode of the good wife. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. The good wife creators took to twitter and to explain that series finale on sunday night and say goodbye. Last episode of cbs drama good wife proves a real disappointment. The final episode of the good wife airs may 8, and its truly the end of era. 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.
Find all 255 songs featured in the good wife soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. The good wife ended its run on a high note, ratingswise, bringing in 10. Robert king who is currently in production on the good wife spinoff the good fight added that perhaps it all worked out for the best, musing that a shot of alicia falling into the arms of jason. For a series thats been wordy with legalese, stump speeches, sarcasm and courtship, the good wifes 156th and final episode sure came with a pithy title. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. The good wife is a holdover from an earlier age of networkor really anytv drama. While alicia took her final bow in an era when the ice zombies on game of thrones.
The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. Before tuning in to the series finale, heres everything you need to know. That point was made all the clearer by the surprise return of josh charles as. It was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. Jon snow wasnt the only dead character to return to tv this week. Were julianna margulies and archie panjabi actually sitting at the same bar during alicia florrick and kalinda sharmas goodbye scene in the season 6 finale of the good wife on sunday night. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. 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. The following story contains spoilers about sundays season 6 finale of the good wife. Kalinda and alicias final scene on the good wife was utterly bizarre. The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick. They got to bring will back for the shows final episode on sunday night as an imaginary friend advising alicia florrick julianna. Its the slap that jarred the good wife fans into a collective gasp, ending the final moments of cbss crown jewel.
After everything that happened between kurt and diane in the last episode, dianes hesitation is understandable and, as she argues, kurt cant be. Thank you for an extraordinary seven seasons of support, encouragement, and. It was spent, and the writers were falling back onto tired cliches. The good wife tv series 20092016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. No matter how convoluted the story lines get, the actors are just too freaking good to give up on. 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.
Alicia hires a new investigator, and a new friend from bond court helps. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle king, which premiered on cbs on september 22, 2009. Spoilers ahead for the lastever episode of the good wife. Creators robert and michelle king recently explained their decisions behind the final episode in a new. The good wife creators robert and michelle king recently explained the final scene of the cbs series and revealed an. Every great series has to end some time and this was a very good final box set. The good wife bosses explain the shocking ending e. The good wife creators robert and michelle king reveal what fans can and cant expect from the final nine episodes.
End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. The good wife is an american legal and political drama television series that aired on cbs from september 22, 2009, to may 8, 2016. After everything that happened between kurt and diane in the last episode, dianes hesitation is understandable and, as she argues, kurt cant be undercut. This story contains spoilers from the series finale of the good wife, which aired sunday on cbs its safe to say alicia didnt get her happy ending on the good wife series finale.
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