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The Good Wife


The Good Wife


The Good Wife is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and crushing public humiliation caused by her husband Peter (Chris Noth, Law & Order, Sex & the City), Alicia Florrick (Margulies, ER) starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney. As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner (Josh Charles, Sports Night), who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm's top litigator, Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski, Mamma Mia!), offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she's going to need to succeed on her own merit. Alicia's main competition among the firm's 20-something new recruits is Cary (Matt Czuchry, Hack), a recent Harvard grad who is affable on the surface, but will use any means to ensure that he, not Alicia, secures the one full-time associate position that's available. Fortunately, Alicia finds an ally in Kalinda (Archie Panjabi, Bend It Like Beckham), the firm's tough in-house investigator. Gaining confidence every day, Alicia transforms herself from embarrassed politician's scorned wife to resilient career woman, especially for the sake of providing a stable home for her children, 14-year-old Zach (Graham Phillips, Evan Almighty) and 13-year-old Grace (Makenzie Vega, Saw). For the first time in years, Alicia trades in her identity as the "good wife" and takes charge of her own destiny. (Source: CBS)


Episode Info

Prev: 3x22 -- The Dream Team (Apr/29/2012)


Will and Diane scramble when Louis Canning and Patti Nyholm team up to bankrupt the firm. Also, Alicia faces conflicted feelings regarding her relationship with Peter, and Kalinda's past catches up to her.

8.7/10

Cast
Julianna MarguliesJulianna Margulies
As Alicia Florrick
Matt CzuchryMatt Czuchry
As Cary Agos
Josh CharlesJosh Charles
As Will Garvin
Archie PanjabiArchie Panjabi
As Kalinda Sharma
Graham PhillipsGraham Phillips
As Zach Florrick
Makenzie VegaMakenzie Vega
As Grace Florrick
Christine BaranskiChristine Baranski
As Diane Lockhart

Reviews

milliefern

Reviews: 1
the good wifeRating: 2 likes, 0 dislikes

THis is the best new drama series of TV.
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Review posted on Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 at 10:18 am

swakwa74

Reviews: 2
Class ActRating: 1 likes, 0 dislikes

This show is truly my favorite! I think the acting is just great,and the story lines keep us all very interested to see what's next. Do keep up the good work one and all and thanks CBS for bringing this "class act" to our television screens and in our homes! Read more

Review posted on Sunday, May 8th 2011 at 8:40 pm

annlee

Reviews: 1
Great showRating: 1 likes, 0 dislikes

I love Julianna Marguiles. I think she is terrif!! The show is engaging, adult oriented ,brillant and she is showiing her best side.. Chrs Noth is a definite plus.. Wouldnt miss it!!! Read more

Review posted on Sunday, November 22nd 2009 at 12:58 pm

3 reviews available
Recaps
3x22: The Dream Team recap: The episode begins at a bar, where Alicia tells Kalinda that the IRS agreed to offer compromise on her tax case. Just then, Kalinda answers a two years old question and tells Alicia that she is not gay but she is flexible. Just then she receives a text about the Verasine case and tells Kalinda that the judgment is on the next day. In the court, Judge Wynter declares his judgment in favor of the plaintiff as the drug Verasine, used for acne, caused Mr. Good irreversible sterility and accordingly Wynter enters a judgment of 25 million dollars to be paid to Mr. Good as compensation. The Judge accepts that the amount is larger than what was asked for, but he finds the action particularly heinous. Canning wants to appeal; so its not over yet... read more.

3x21: The Penalty Box recap: The episode begins in the court room with a woman who is devastated as she has lost all her life savings because of the defendant. Just then the Judge Cuesta receives a letter and asks all the attorneys to meet him in his chambers. Cuesta tells the attorneys that he is declaring a mistrial as he is being put in the penalty box and that they would be assigned a new judge. He asks Diane to stay and asks the rest to leave. He tells her that he needs a lawyer. Twenty years ago, when he was a prosecutor, he had put a wife killer in prison and now a recent DNA test proves that he might not be guilty and hence he is being investigated by the State Attorney. The court feels that Cuesta had handle the prosecution shabbily and kept things from the defense and hence the penalty box... read more.

3x20: Pants On Fire recap: The scene opens with Alicia meeting Jackie at the hair salon. Alicia asked her as to why did buy the house which Alicia wanted to buy. Jackie tells her that she wouldn’t live for long and that she wants to do something for Peter and the children. Alicia figures out that Jackie wants to live there with them and tells Jackie that finally she is doing what she always wanted; replacing her. Jackie tells Alicia that she is not replacing her as she was the one who left. Alicia tells Jackie that she is a lawyer and that she is going to stop her. Next, in the court, Diane is representing Lindsay, Megan and Pamela. She tells the court that they are innocent. But Cary disputes it and tells the court that apart from the DNA, this time there is physical evidence as well... read more.

3x19: Blue Ribbon Panel recap: The episode begins, and when Diane is approached to be the token woman on a panel investigating the police shooting of a civilian, she passes the opportunity on to Alicia: “It’s good for your career, good for the firm.” But the panel, chaired by arrogant Mike Kresteva, seems to have predetermined the outcome. When Alicia breaks form by gently questioning the victim’s son, who denies that undercover officers identified themselves before shooting, the judges on the panel make their irritation clear. “You don’t need to impress us,” Judge Dunaway warns. “You don’t need to be clever. Everybody new to the panel thinks they’re going to reinvent the wheel. You don’t have to. It’s a wheel. It works fine.”.. read more.

3x18: Gloves Come Off recap: The scene opens with squabbling in the Lockhart conference room, first about whether or not they should replace Will during his disciplinary time out, then about giving Alicia a raise. And then there’s the little issue of who has been leaking about Will’s involvement in firm business to the Disciplinary Board. “Good thing they don’t like each other,” notes Will. “I’d be dead.” Diane dashes off to small claims court to testify in favor of flirtatious process server Jack Copeland; accused of manhandling a guy he served. Alicia is representing a client whose wife died on his snowmobile when the steering wheel locked and they ran into a tree. He’s suing the snowmobile maker. The judge wants them in chambers to negotiate, just as, outside the other courtroom, Jack asks Diane to dinner... read more.
Recurring Guests

Chris Noth as Peter Florrick (44 eps)
Mary Beth Peil as Jackie Florrick (28 eps)
Titus Welliver as SA Glenn Childs (19 eps)
Michael Boatman as Julius Cain (15 eps)
Anika Noni Rose as Wendy Scott-Carr (15 eps)
Scott Porter as Landlord/Blake Calamar (14 eps)
Zach Grenier as David Lee (12 eps)
Joe Morton as Daniel Golden (11 eps)
Michael Ealy as Derrick Bond (11 eps)
Chris Butler as Matan Brody (10 eps)

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Classification: Scripted
Genre: Drama | Family
Status: Returning Series
Network: CBS ( USA)
Airs: Sundays at 09:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: September 22, 2009
Episode Order: 22
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