Once the decision is made, they begin battle with lockhartgardner for clients and cases. Though in its sixth season, the good wife remains one of network televisions best shows with sharp writing. My mom commented, said matt czuchry, one of the stars of cbss the good wife sunday, 9 p. In a material world, alicia and diane consider merging firms as they continue to cope with wills death on last weeks episode matthew goode returned as finn polmar, star prosecutor in the states attorneys office.
According to hollywood hills, season 5 finale will set up even bigger things for season 6. May 04, 2014 all 1 songs featured in the good wife season 5 episode 20. She quickly discovers that the retrial of a woman accused of murdering her exhusband is not as straightforward as it seems. Alicia must defend zach in court after he videotapes a cop who pulls him over for a drug search. This post contains spoilers for sunday nights episode of the good wife everyone knew it was coming, but that didnt make the blow any easier to bear. Do not read any further unless youve watched sunday, may 8s good wife finale. Season 6, episode 9 recap of the good wife, entitled sticky. Alicia starts out the show as an underdog, but, at the end of the first season, she draws on one of her husbands connections to win a coveted position. The season received critical acclaim, with the general consensus calling it the series best season. I will plan to write a post this coming monday on thoughts about the rest of the season.
The good wife creators robert and michelle king have said time and time again that their story was, at its heart, about the education of alicia florrick. Robert and michelle king on the good wife series finale duration. Gumming up the works last nights episode of the good wife was a reminder that when the show is good, its among the best in the business. Also, a joke between mother and daughter lands alicia in trouble as her campaign for states attorney is in full stride. Alicia has to defend chumhum in a lawsuit while also trying to secure bail money for cary. That point was made all the clearer by the surprise return of josh charles as. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. On the good wife season 5 episode 22, the two firms get together for a deposition and mistakenly leave the video feed running afterward, revealing a threat to florrickagos that alicia and cary.
As fans took to twitter to express their disappointment. In the final hour of the good wife, a ghost came to visit, one relationship blew up and another had an ambiguous ending. Jon snow wasnt the only dead character to return to tv this week. We never had a chance to get very invested in the aliciajason relationship. One of the strengths of the early seasons was that the characters were realistic.
But this show was best when it functioned as a ensemble. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. May 09, 2016 the good wife ended its seven season, 156 episode run in the same way it started. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. Cbs cast talk what theyll take from the set april 27, 2016. Julianna margulies and alan cumming in the good wife 2009 julianna. A recap of the good wifes april 26 episode kalindas last.
Instead, the good wife opted for, well, something that felt like episode 21 instead of episode 22. But so far up to, and including, episode 18, in our case this final season has been a major disappointment. The fourth season of the drama finds most of its characters in hot water as lockhartgardner attempts to avoid liquidation in bankruptcy court. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. The good wife has been a great series and season 5 wont disappoint, but spoiler alert season 6 is when it all comes crashing down into scraping the bottom of the barrel for storylines. 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. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. In some ways, i cant believe its been only five seasons. 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. Will is dead the good wife season 5 x episode 15 youtube.
Speaking of jason, morgans charming, but his characters a late arrival to the good wife party. Cbs the big complication in the first episode of season six is cary agos being arrested for his possible role in smuggling heroin into chicago. The good wife soundtrack complete song list tunefind. Cbs finale dates 2014 ncis the big bang theory good. While the good wife in no way hits the finale lows of lost or the xfiles, there is a tonal shift in the last half of the seventh season that puts the rest of the series trajectory in doubt. The good wife picked up where it left off last season. Its all about coming home this week as we settle in for the final the good wife episodes with a return to a classic formula. Please read down to the end as there was a huge surprise. And because of that, matt czuchry might be getting one of the biggest breaks of his career. Meanwhile, diane delivers the somber news to the partners at lockhartgardner who must decide how to move forward. We would like to mention that the pilot episodes of the good wife.
Last years seasonopening stretch of episodes depicting the birth pangs of florrick agos was superb. The shows critical resurgence and creative renaissance garnered the series many accolades, including the tca award for outstanding achievement in. Good wife season finale, robert and michelle king discuss. A recap of the good wife s april 26 episode kalindas last. The report cited tv lines spoiler chat which quoted the shows executive producer robert king saying that the events of the may 18 finale will catapult the show onto a bigger. Spoilers ahead for the last ever episode of the good wife. May 19, 2016 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. Sunday nights episode of the good wife saw the young lawyer take. 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. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7. On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. This angers canning, who vows to destroy the firm and in the last scene asks alicia if she wants a legal partner.
Every season, around its midpoint, the good wife reevaluates. Season two renewal for cw tv series may 14, 2020 the good fight. A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. The good wife finale reunites archie panjabi, julianna margulies. 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. As alicia struggles to get her career back on track, she stumbles on a. In the fifth season of the good wife, alicia and cary make plans to start their own firm. Margo martindale ruth eastman, willa eastman 12 episodes 2014 2016 gary cole kurt mcveigh 11 episodes 20102016 joe morton daniel golden 11 episodes 20092011 michael cerveris james castro. However the last episode of the season was marvelous. Previous all episodes 156 next the last call poster. The series finale will air sunday, may 8, the network confirmed in a. Matt czuchry has challenging time on the good wife the star. The good wife s lowkey season finale felt less like a summation than the opening argument for the 201516 campaign.
Alicia florrick in 156 episodes the good wife youtube. Season eight wouldnt have changed last episode may 6, 2016. 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. March 30, 2014 alicia searches for answers as she tries to make sense of wills death in the aftermath of the courthouse shooting. Charless surprise departure from the show two seasons ago.
Im not sure if i love the finale, or even like it, do i hate it. The funny thing is, i knew what was going to happen courtesy of this chat with mr. So the final image of the trial, last nights episode of the good wife, which ended the shows fall fun cary pleading guilty to conspiracy was a cliffhanger instead of a resolution. Mar 20, 2014 cbs sets season finale dates for ncis, big bang theory, the good wife, survivor and others by matt webb mitovich march 20 2014, 10. It was so meticulously prepared that many of the moments of this episode seemed even more disappointing to me. Watch the good wife episodes online season 5 2014 tv.
The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. Mothers always know when something is wrong with their kids. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Sep 21, 2014 season 6, episode 1, the line robert and michelle king, the overseers of the good wife, know how to put together a slambang premiere. Meanwhile, peter makes waves as governor while eli works overtime to keep any hint of scandal at. The final episode of the fifth season of the good wife will pave the way for the plot twists to be revealed next season. The fifth season of the good wife began airing on september 29, 20, airing sundays at 9. I have no idea how i feel because i didnt quite catch it all yet, s.
Luckily, the producers of cbss muchloved legal drama the good wife didnt have to worry about that, a little bonus of mr. This decade of television owes a lot to these late2000s shows. This fifthseason finale speaks volumes for the enduring quality of the good wife. Find all 255 songs featured in the good wife soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions.
During the january 12, 2014 episode, we, the juries, snippets of three songs from bruce. The websites consensus reads, along with julianna margulies and a fine cast, the gripping drama the good wife, boasts hookheavy plotlines torn from the headlines. The good wife season 6 finale, which also marked archie panjabis final episode as investigator extraordinaire kalinda sharma, featured her first scene in two. The first season of the good wife received critical acclaim. Julianna margulies wins an emmy for the good wife 2014. Hospital visit from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. The acclaimed cbs legal drama is ending its sevenseason run on. This fifth season finale speaks volumes for the enduring quality of the good wife.
The trial we all know carys not going to do four years in prison two with time off for good behavior. Watch the nbc cast learn about the 202021 renewal may 15, 2020 two sentence horror stories. I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. On the good wife season 6 episode 12, alicia faces off with frank prady during a crucial debate while peter and the rest of the city brace for a possible riot. Meanwhile, more lawyers may join diane as she jumps ship to florrick agos, and eli continues to pressure alicia to run for office.
Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming to come full circle with its season finale. Jan 03, 2019 will gardner josh charles the good wife lockhartgardener lg alicia florrick dramatics, your honor. I cant risk being away from you until youre thirty. Alicia searches for answers as she tries to make sense of wills death in the aftermath of the courthouse shooting. When carys case goes to trial, a plea deal offer has him seriously considering jail time. And as the last moment in a seven season series, its one final bold statement from a network drama that will carry the. And while the episode felt true to the programs roots, ultimately, the good wife s finish and indeed, the entire final season didnt match its highs along the way. With julianna margulies, matt czuchry, archie panjabi, makenzie vega.
Season 5, episode 16, the last call a study of the good. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. In some ways, i cant believe its been only five seasons, because so much has happened since the beginning. With julianna margulies, matt czuchry, archie panjabi, alan cumming.
Alicia searched for answers as she tried to make sense of wills death in the aftermath of the. Holy crap that pretty much takes care of the instant reaction to the season 4 finale of the good wife. The good wife ended its seven season, 156 episode run in the same way it started. The good wife season 7 episode 22 finale regina spektor. Tonight on cbs the good wife returns with another dramatic episode. The good wife 20092016 2009 2010 2011 2012 20 2014 2015 2016.
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. Tv14 d, l 43min 2014 when carys case goes to trial, a plea deal offer has him seriously considering jail time. Good wife final season confirmed hollywood reporter. The good fight stars tease the good wife cameos coming in season 4 plus, who they want to see in the future.
392 1615 104 796 919 684 1100 607 590 1637 819 1050 1166 847 874 886 1255 813 144 1194 801 1206 611 1035 1418 919 210 286 281 1634 1532 1227 560 662 667 3 174 109 1146 477 123 694