By the final episode, i was very happy to see the series end. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. Alicia florrick as a tv character will be dearly missed. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. 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.
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. Thats too bad the good wifes very strong season finale will likely be remembered for being kalindas final episode. On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. Read our recap, then grade the episode in our poll. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. Having just started the final season with the political ramifications of peter florricks decision to enter the 2016 presidential race ive noticed a number of prescient comments made by the scriptwriters. The good wife was preempted sunday due to the super bowl, but there was still major drama for fans. Julianna margulies titular character spends the episode wrestling with the intellectual instincts that get in the way of what her heart wants. Like a good legal thriller, cbs the good wife surprised fans right down to its closing moments as alicia florricks emotional rollercoaster ride of the past seven season. Continuing with this seasons trend, this episode had minimal overlap between alicia and luccas firm and that of. Finally, the good wife makes its final turn down the final road and finally, the sadness of it all coming to an end begins to set in.
A commercial announced that season 7 would be the final stretch for the cbs procedural. Creators robert and michelle king recently explained their decisions behind the final episode in a new. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. The good wife will come to an end in may after seven seasons. The alicia storyline in which shes still upset about the. The good wife soundtrack complete song list tunefind. After 7 seasons fallin in love with alicia the ending left as with a big question. Find all 255 songs featured in the good wife soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. They were kind of good for the last episode of the show.
They got to bring will back for the shows final episode on sunday night as an imaginary friend advising alicia florrick julianna. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. Julianna margulies, josh charles, and chris noth star in the legalfamily drama. 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.
Also, diane assists the student editor of a college newspaper when the school threatens to fire her for writing a politically charged article. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7. Watch the good wife episodes online season 7 2016 tv. The good wife bosses tease whats ahead in season 7 before alicia can mourn finn too long, someone is at her door. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. Cary discovers that his firm is getting out of touch. But so far up to, and including, episode 18, in our case this final season has been a major disappointment. The good wife season 7 the seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. Instead, the episode concluded with diane christine baranski smacking. Season 7 starts out strong with a string of engaging episodes, but about halfway through it begins a terminal descent into melodrama.
Cbs broke the news sunday via a commercial during its telecast of super bowl 50. To see a striking visual parallel between the first and last episodes of the series, watch this special sidebyside. Check out spoilers and trailers here with alicia, eli, peter, and more. 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.
Main julianna margulies as alicia florrick, matt czuchry as cary agos, alan cumming as eli gold, cush jumbo as. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. Alicia joins a secret panel of attorneys advising the u. 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. I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. 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. 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 a time when ambition and being clever are a virtue, the good wife, especially the final season, ranks as the best show of the last 8 years. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. It was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. Hospital visit from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. The seventh and final season of the legal drama opens with alicia julianna margulies trying to revive her career after rejecting a proposal from canning michael j. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter.
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. The good wife season 7 episode 7 titled driven is on tonight at 9. It was spent, and the writers were falling back onto tired cliches. Also, to help with his presidential campaign, peter engages ruth eastman. The good wife series finale ends with alicia chasing jason, getting slapped by diane. While alicia took her final bow in an era when the ice zombies on. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after seven seasons. Henceforth known as property 2017, of the good wife spinoff, the good fight 2017.
The good wife season 7 ratings a list of 22 titles. 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 finale ended with a divisive scene that shocked viewers, but the. As alicia struggles to get her career back on track, she stumbles on a. Charles, the love of her life who was gunned down in season six. All 24 songs featured in the good wife season 7 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. This story contains spoilers for the series finale of the good wife, end. The seventh and final season of the good wife began airing on october 4, 2015 on cbs, and concluded on may 8, 2016. Alicia hires a new investigator, and a new friend from bond court helps.
Will gardner josh charles, who died in the fifth season of the good wife, returned, at least in alicias imagination, in the shows final episode. The good wife 20092016 2009 2010 2011 2012 20 2014 2015 2016. On the good wife season 7 episode 20, everything goes wrong at a party to celebrate howard and jackies upcoming wedding while eli asks jason to investigate peter. Ridley scott takes you a bit out of your comfort zone to show you, the viewer, what has become of the land of the free. Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming to come full circle with its season finale. Alicia argues against judge schakowsky christopher mcdonald when she learns that a former bond court client was wrongfully imprisoned. In the final hour of the good wife, a ghost came to visit, one relationship blew up and another had an ambiguous ending. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. The good wife creators robert and michelle king recently explained the final scene of the cbs series and revealed an. The good wife surprised fans as alicia florricks emotional rollercoaster ride of the past seven seasons came to a surprising end. 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. 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. Well, for my wife and me, at least, if not for all. 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.
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