Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. 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. Christine baranski on good wife spinoff and why she was. Alicia must defend zach in court after he videotapes a cop who pulls him over for a drug search. The additional footage wouldve made it clear that alicia julianna margulies ended up with jeffrey dean morgans jason.
The good wife wrapped up its sevenseason run sunday night, with a disappointing farewell that underscored a familiar tv truism finales are hard. Apr 27, 2015 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. 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. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. Meanwhile, eli, realizing the imminent end to governor florricks political career, tries to maneuver his political backers into one day. Find all 255 songs featured in the good wife soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions.
Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick, is imprisoned following a scandal. The good wife wanted to assert that, in the end, alicia florrick was. May 09, 2016 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. Spoilers ahead for the good wifes season six finale. Spoilers ahead for the lastever episode of the good wife. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. Instead, the episode concluded with diane christine baranski smacking alicia upside the. Instead, the episode concluded with diane christine baranski smacking alicia upside the head. Speaking to variety, series creators and executive producers michelle and robert king defend the moment. It didnt need need a slap or if it was going to engineer one, it needed to start that process much, much. The good wife has been named one of afis top television shows, won the television critics award for outstanding achievement in drama and garnered five emmy nominations and three golden globe nominations. You cant talk about the good wife s best episodes without talking about colin sweeney.
The good wife wrapped its sevenseason run in may, but diane. The fourth season of the drama finds most of its characters in hot water as lockhartgardner attempts to avoid liquidation in bankruptcy court. 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. Alicia hires a new investigator, and a new friend from bond court helps. The series last scene is eerily similar to its first. 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. In this last episode, we finally get alicia standing alone. Alicia searches for answers as she tries to make sense of wills death in the aftermath of the courthouse shooting. May 09, 2016 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. Julianna margulies may appear in spinoff june 6, 2016.
The series focuses on alicia florrick margulies, whose husband peter. This article deals with the plot of the good wife and contains spoilers about what happened during the shows series finale. 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. As announced during the super bowl, the good wife is officially in its last season and only has a few episodes left before. The good wife ended its seven series run with an acrosstheface slap from diane lockhart christine baranski to alicia florrick julianna margulies, after her betrayal in the courtroom. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. As alicia struggles to get her career back on track, she stumbles on a.
That point was made all the clearer by the surprise return of josh charles as the deceased will gardner in sundays finale titled end. May 09, 2016 good wife creators explain the series finale. Watch full episodes of the good wife and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Us on 8 may, had a knack of cutting episodes right at the point where viewers were about to. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. One of the strengths of the early seasons was that the characters were realistic. You cant talk about the good wifes best episodes without talking about colin sweeney. Charless surprise departure from the show two seasons ago. 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.
Peter at a press conference announcing his resignation and his plea deal and thanking everyone for their support, most importantly his wife. The good wife creators robert and michelle king weigh in on the ending that even star julianna margulies said would be very divisive. May 15, 2016 the good wife season 7 episode 22 finale regina spektor. Meanwhile, diane delivers the somber news to the partners at lockhartgardner who must decide how to move forward.
The good wife ended its run on a high note, ratingswise, bringing in 10. With julianna margulies, matt czuchry, archie panjabi, makenzie vega. 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. Watch the good wife episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Its hard not to read a little message about storytelling, and the good wifes emmy campaign, and the kings departure from the 22episode series, into this last moment. The good wifes last hour had plenty of those, and thats all it needed.
The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle king. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. 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. You must have had a lot of different options about what to do next after the end of the good wife. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. Apr 26, 2015 when the good wife bid farewell to josh charles who played will last season, his exit was melodramatic and more than a little silly. In total viewers, the julianna margulies series was up 1. The good wife soundtrack complete song list tunefind. May 11, 2016 the good wifes last hour had plenty of those, and thats all it needed. They were kind of good for the last episode of the show. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7.
I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. The good wife finale ended with a divisive scene that shocked viewers, but the. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same. Dylan bakers maybemurderer quickly made his mark on both alicia and the show, and when this. For most of us, the most dramatic storyline to emerge from the seven seasons of the good wife is the one that played out in the gossip pages. 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. May 09, 2016 the good wife ended its run on a high note, ratingswise, bringing in 10. May 09, 2016 the good wife ended its sevenseason, 156 episode run in the same way it started.
The cbs drama rose 20 percent in the key 1849 demographic last night with its lastever episode. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. When the good wife bid farewell to josh charles who played will last season, his exit was melodramatic and more than a little silly. May 10, 2016 luckily, the producers of cbss muchloved legal drama the good wife didnt have to worry about that, a little bonus of mr. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle king, which premiered on cbs on september 22, 2009. 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 series finale recap hollywood reporter. Jan 19, 2018 since its premiere in 2009, the good wife has had to wave the flag as network tvs prestige drama while peak tv made waves on cable and streaming. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. I cant risk being away from you until youre thirty. 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. Good wife creators robert and michelle king intended to tack an extra scene onto last springs polarizing series finale. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict.
Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. The show tells the story of alicia florrick julianna margulies, whose husband peter chris noth has been jailed following a very public sex and corruption scandal. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. When it did the same for archie panjabi in sunday nights episode the deconstruction a surprise move, coming two weeks before the end of the season it was the opposite. Luckily, the producers of cbss muchloved legal drama the good wife didnt have to worry about that, a little bonus of mr. Season eight wouldnt have changed last episode may 6, 2016. Archie panjabi finally addresses good wife controversy. Whether or not in that final shot people construed that alicia was. The good wife bosses explain the shocking ending e.
On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. And while the episode felt true to the programs roots, ultimately, the good wifes finish and indeed, the entire final season didnt match its highs along the way. A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. The 11 best episodes of the good wife with that, the judge says he will hear legal arguments the following morning, which gives diane and company the night to come up with something. Jon snow wasnt the only dead character to return to tv this week. But this time, alicia julianna margulies was getting the rude awakening. Cary discovers that his firm is getting out of touch. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. The good wife is a holdover from an earlier age of network. A recap of the good wifes april 26 episode kalindas last. During last nights episode of the good wife, it seemed that fans had to say goodbye to archie panjabis kalinda when she decided to flee after turning in. The good wife 20092016 2009 2010 2011 2012 20 2014 2015 2016. Apr 27, 2015 during last nights episode of the good wife, it seemed that fans had to say goodbye to archie panjabis kalinda when she decided to flee after turning in evidence against lemond bishop. Over the last three years, much of what the guardian holds dear has been.
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