Like a good legal thriller, cbs the good wife surprised fans right down to its closing moments as alicia florricks emotional rollercoaster. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. The good wife was preempted sunday due to the super bowl, but there was still major drama for fans. Our the good wife round table debates if the series finale was a satisfying end, if will gardner is the love of alicias life and who theyd like to see in a spinoff. 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 drastic transformation they were hoping for, or the resolution they were longing for. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. Ghost will josh charles asks alicia julianna margulies that on sundays series finale of the good wife.
Oct 12, 2015 is the good wife finally about to have a good time. May 09, 2016 good wife has finished, and if youve been left with any questions then watch this video from the series creators. Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast. May 09, 2016 when the good wife premiered in 2009, it risked seeming like a onenote joke. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. May 11, 2015 kalinda is out of the picture but the show must go on. The good wife surprised fans as alicia florricks emotional rollercoaster ride of the past seven seasons came to a surprising end. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after seven seasons. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in the moment she realized that her life was. End had a divided reaction among viewers and critics, with many praising a fitting ending to a complex. Thank you for an extraordinary seven seasons of support, encouragement, and. Also, eli encourages alicia and veronica stockard channing to participate in a motherdaughter cooking show to help peters campaign, with disastrous results. May 09, 2016 you almost had me, good wife finale, right until the end.
Read our recap, then grade the episode in our poll. In some ways, i cant believe its been only five seasons, because so much has happened since the beginning. Alicia and lucca work together on a complicated court case involving a designer drug dealer. Dont forget this wasnt a cable show they came up with a lot more episodes per season and the quality remained high. But this time, alicia julianna margulies was getting the rude awakening. For starters, too much of season 7s latter half and almost the. Alicia florrick is back and possibly stronger than ever as we head into the good wife season 7. That point was made all the clearer by the surprise return of josh charles as. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. You may recognize morgan from his previous tv gigs like greys. Creators robert and michelle king recently explained their decisions behind the final episode in a new. 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. The cbs drama aired its series finale on sunday, may 8.
The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick. I could ask the same about this back half of the final season. Cbs broke the news sunday via a commercial during its telecast of super bowl 50. 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. The good wife critics consensus reinvigorated storylines and an even stronger cast keep the good wife fresh in its seventh season and away from the doldrums that overcome many longrunning dramas. It certainly always ended its seasons like that, leaving us wondering what alicia florrick julianna margulies would do next. The good wife has never been afraid of change and the season five finale is setting up what may be the biggest game change of all.
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 start. May 07, 2015 the good wifes sixth season finale is on the horizon and theres a lot of loose ends to tie upcoughaliciakalindacoughbut new beginnings are taking shape for the heroine. Before tuning in to the series finale, heres everything you need to know. May 09, 2016 the good wife came to an end sunday night with all manner of finale craziness. A series devoted to those political spouses who have to stand behind their husbands, grimly smiling in the midst of. The good wife came to an end sunday night with all manner of finale craziness. Recap the good wife season 6 before season 7 premieres. I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. The good wife delivered 7 terrific yrs of network television. It was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. May 09, 2016 the good wife creators took to twitter and to explain that series finale on sunday night and say goodbye.
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. We weigh in on why diane slapping alicia was a moment that did not feel truly earned. Watch scenes from the final episodes of season three of the good wife. In the final hour of the good wife, a ghost came to visit, one relationship blew up and another had an ambiguous ending. Word will come out soon enough, but my guess is that they werent. On this sundays episode, jeffrey dean morgan joins the good wife as jason crouse. Dec 16, 2015 expectation and disappointment are at the heart of the good wife s spotty, if not overtly headscratching, midseason finale. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the. Watch the good wife episodes online season 7 2016 tv. 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 good wife season finale shakes up cast for season 7. 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. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. 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 will come to an end in may after seven seasons. On the good wife, attorney and mother alicia florrick julianna margulies continues to. Spoilers as a veteran tv viewer, i have gone through my fair share of disappointing endings. 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. All good things must come to an end and so it is for the good wife. A commercial announced that season 7 would be the final stretch for the cbs procedural. May 09, 2016 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 creators robert and michelle king recently explained the final scene of the cbs series and revealed an alternate ending, tvline reports. The good wife season 07 songs list tracklist listen to the playlist of all of the songs played in the tv show, who sings them, including end credits and scene descriptions. The good wife s 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.
In the series finale of the good wife, alicia stood by peter one final. The good wife bosses explain the shocking ending e. 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. Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming to come full circle with its season finale. 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.
This fifth season finale speaks volumes for the enduring quality of the good wife. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. May 15, 2016 200 videos play all popular videos the good wife the good wife topic behind the scenes with the cast of the good wife duration. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. I have some very mixed emotions about that last sequence, maureen ryan wrote for variety. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. But maybe theyll manage salvage the season in the last few episodes especially that oftdropped ball. There are times when the the good wifes writers have been surprisingly inventive when it comes to writing their way out of tricky storytelling spots.
Oct 04, 2015 all 24 songs featured in the good wife season 7 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. 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. May 07, 2015 alicia florrick is about to start all over. 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. May 09, 2016 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 seven season, 156episode run in the same way. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in.
The good wife series finale ends with alicia chasing jason, getting slapped by diane. The good wife ended its seven season, 156episode run in the same way it started. The final episode of the good wife airs may 8, and its truly the end of era. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. Season seven renewal expected with new casting by trevor kimball, april 16, 2015 though the good wife hasnt been officially renewed yet, it seems like all but a sure thing. Get caught up on the good wife and get ready for the season 7 premiere on sunday, october 4th. 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 mixedbag ending was in keeping with the final season, which was smooth, enjoyable and at. The cbs drama aired its series finale on sunday, may 8 after seven critically acclaimed seasons. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. Sapped by a dispiriting season that culminated with the hasty exit of colleagueloverprison liberator.
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