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. 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 wrapped up its sevenseason run sunday night, with a disappointing farewell that underscored a familiar tv truism finales are hard. 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. I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. Shes gone from someone whos been wronged to someone doing the wronging. The good wife creators robert and michelle king weigh in on the ending that even star julianna margulies said would be very divisive. May 05, 2016 the good wife wrapped up its sevenseason run sunday night, with a disappointing farewell that underscored a familiar tv truism finales are hard. But this time, alicia julianna margulies was getting the rude awakening. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. 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. Peter at a press conference announcing his resignation and his plea deal and thanking everyone for their support, most importantly his wife. You cant talk about the good wife s best episodes without talking about colin sweeney. In total viewers, the julianna margulies series was up 1.
Charless surprise departure from the show two seasons ago. Find all 255 songs featured in the good wife soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. The series last scene is eerily similar to its first. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7. Spoilers ahead for the good wifes season six finale. 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. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. 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. The good fight picks up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of the good wife, where an enormous financial scam has destroyed. 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 wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict.
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. Cary discovers that his firm is getting out of touch. 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. You cant talk about the good wifes best episodes without talking about colin sweeney. 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. 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. The good wife season 7 episode 22 finale regina spektor. Julianna margulies may appear in spinoff june 6, 2016. But so far up to, and including, episode 18, in our case this final season has been a major disappointment. 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. Hours after the series finale of the good wife aired, creators robert and michelle king got on the phone to discuss the closer, which robert king admitted had sparked controversy and a.
Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle king. 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. I cant risk being away from you until youre thirty. 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. The good wife 20092016 2009 2010 2011 2012 20 2014 2015 2016. Margo martindale ruth eastman, willa eastman 12 episodes 20142016 gary cole kurt mcveigh 11 episodes 20102016 joe morton daniel golden 11 episodes 20092011 michael cerveris james castro. Watch the good wife episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle king, which premiered on cbs on september 22, 2009. Good wife creators robert and michelle king intended to tack an extra scene onto last springs polarizing series finale. 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.
It didnt need need a slap or if it was going to engineer one, it needed to start that process much, much. May 09, 2016 the good wife season 7 episode 22 quotes. 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. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. Alicia hires a new investigator, and a new friend from bond court helps. 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. Season eight wouldnt have changed last episode may 6, 2016. When the good wife bid farewell to josh charles who played will last season, his exit was melodramatic and more than a little silly. Jon snow wasnt the only dead character to return to tv this week. 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. A recap of the good wifes april 26 episode kalindas last. Spoilers ahead for the lastever episode of the good wife. 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.
The good wife bosses explain the shocking ending e. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. May 09, 2016 good wife creators explain the series finale. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. 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. Archie panjabi finally addresses good wife controversy. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. Meanwhile, diane delivers the somber news to the partners at lockhartgardner who must decide how to move forward. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after seven seasons. Cbs this is a different creature from the one we saw 155 episodes ago.
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. One of the strengths of the early seasons was that the characters were realistic. 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. May 09, 2016 the good wife ended its run on a high note, ratingswise, bringing in 10. May 15, 2016 the good wife season 7 episode 22 finale regina spektor. The good wifes last hour had plenty of those, and thats all it needed.
The good wife is a holdover from an earlier age of network. Luckily, the producers of cbss muchloved legal drama the good wife didnt have to worry about that, a little bonus of mr. May 09, 2016 the good wife was always going to end midthought. With julianna margulies, matt czuchry, archie panjabi, makenzie vega. The series focuses on alicia florrick margulies, whose husband peter. 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 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. Margo martindale ruth eastman, willa eastman 12 episodes 20142016 gary cole kurt mcveigh 11 episodes 20102016 joe morton daniel golden 11 episodes. 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.
May 11, 2016 the good wifes last hour had plenty of those, and thats all it needed. 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. 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. May 09, 2016 the good wife ended its sevenseason, 156 episode run in the same way it started. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. Word will come out soon enough, but my guess is that they werent. The good wife soundtrack complete song list tunefind. The cbs drama rose 20 percent in the key 1849 demographic last night with its lastever episode.
Dylan bakers maybemurderer quickly made his mark on both alicia and the show, and when this. Alicia searches for answers as she tries to make sense of wills death in the aftermath of the courthouse shooting. As alicia struggles to get her career back on track, she stumbles on a. And in the series finale, diane slapped alicia across the face in the moment she realized alicia was always going to put her family, and herself, first. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. 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. The good wife ended its run on a high note, ratingswise, bringing in 10. 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.
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