Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. Alicias night goes from bad to worse when she throws a party to celebrate howard and jackies upcoming wedding. This article deals with the plot of the good wife and contains spoilers about what happened during the shows series finale the good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way. It certainly always ended its seasons like that, leaving us wondering what alicia florrick julianna margulies would do next. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show the good wife anytime, anywhere. On the good wife, attorney and mother alicia florrick julianna margulies continues to. The good wife series finale ends with alicia chasing jason, getting slapped by diane. A series devoted to those political spouses who have to stand behind their husbands, grimly smiling in the midst of. Kalinda is out of the picture but the show must go on. The good wife season finale shakes up cast for season 7.
The good wife bosses explain the shocking ending e. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way. Good wife has finished, and if youve been left with any questions then watch this video from the series creators. Overall, if this halfway finale was tasked with wrapping up a few things while leaving us hopeful that the good wife universe might return. In the final hour of the good wife, a ghost came to visit, one relationship blew up and another had an ambiguous ending. The good wife will come to an end in may after seven seasons. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in the moment she.
The excuse of the show coming full circle is a complete cop out. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick. Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming to come full circle with its season finale. Cbs broke the news sunday via a commercial during its telecast of. On this sundays episode, jeffrey dean morgan joins the good wife as jason crouse. Is the good wife finally about to have a good time. 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. All good things must come to an end and so it is for the good wife. All 24 songs featured in the good wife season 7 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. The good wife series finale airs sunday at 98c on cbs.
On tonights episode, alicia julianna margulies and lucca cush jumbo defend a wellrespected surgeon who is accused of plotting to commit a crime. On tonights episode, the series reaches its dramatic conclusion. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. Something struck me as i was digesting the aftermath of the good wifes series finale, end. 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. In the series finale of the good wife, alicia stood by peter one final. Also, eli encourages alicia and veronica stockard channing to participate in a motherdaughter cooking show to help peters campaign, with disastrous results. Reinvigorated storylines and an even stronger cast keep the good wife fresh in its seventh season and. Watch the good wife episodes online season 7 2016 tv.
It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs 1 and consisted of 22 episodes. Read our recap, then grade the episode in our poll. 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. Also, to help with his presidential campaign, peter engages ruth eastman. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. 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. 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. Alicia and will had such bad history with missed calls and voicemails the season one finale, wills death, will the same be true for her and jason. 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. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in the moment she realized that her. Get caught up on the good wife and get ready for the season 7 premiere on sunday. When the good wife premiered in 2009, it risked seeming like a onenote joke. The kids have always said but they started off to do a 7year series with a.
Primetime emmy award winner julianna margulies returns for the last time as alicia florrick, the good wife who went on to create an independent life of her own, in this final season of the acclaimed series. You may recognize morgan from his previous tv gigs like greys. Cbs has renewed the good wife for a seventh season. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. The season received critical acclaim, with the general consensus calling it the series best season. In the final season, the show sometimes felt diffuse and brittle on an emotional level, which may have made sense thematically in. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. The fifth season of the good wife began airing on september 29, 20, airing sundays at 9.
Tonight on cbs the good wife starring julianna margulies continues with an all new sunday december, season 7 fall finale called, ksr and we have your weekly recap below. 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. The shows critical resurgence and creative renaissance garnered the series many accolades, including the tca award for outstanding achievement in drama and the writers. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. On the last episode, peters trial began and alicia worked desperately to keep him from returning to prison. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. This article deals with the plot of the good wife and contains spoilers about what happened during the shows series finale. You almost had me, good wife finale, right until the end. The good wifes sixth season finale is on the horizon and theres a lot of loose ends to tie up but new beginnings are taking shape for the heroine. But this time, alicia julianna margulies was getting the rude awakening. Alicia and lucca work together on a complicated court case involving a designer drug dealer. Like a good legal thriller, cbs the good wife surprised fans right down to its closing moments as alicia florricks emotional rollercoaster. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after seven. In its series finale, modern family isnt what it used to be.
I love this show for different reasons than most of the other people opining on it. The good wife creators robert and michelle king recently explained the final scene of the cbs series and revealed an alternate ending, tvline reports. 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. Tonight on cbs the good wife starring julianna margulies continues with an all new sunday may 8 season 7 finale called, end and we have your weekly recap below.
End had a divided reaction among viewers and critics, with many praising a fitting ending to a complex. During the super bowl commercials, a teaser for the upcoming episodes of the good wife season 7 revealed that it was going to be the final season of the series. 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. The cbs drama aired its series finale on sunday, may 8 after seven critically acclaimed seasons. I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. Eli gold alan cumming could teach cary a thing or three about picking yourself up after a.
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