May 09, 2016 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. 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. 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 knows how to bring its agame to a finale. 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. 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 wife series finale ends with alicia chasing jason, getting slapped by diane. After a long few months, the good wife has wrapped up season 6 and crammed in enough omg moments into the finale episode to take over twitter. If anything, its propensity for fun while still delving into darkness is really what set it apart. The good wife season 7 a list of 22 titles created 12 oct 2015 see all related lists.
A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. Watch the good wife season 2 episode 7 nov 16 on youtube from the entertainment general video. Thats too bad the good wifes very strong season finale will likely be remembered for being kalindas final episode. A commercial announced that season 7 would be the final stretch for the cbs procedural. May 09, 2016 it was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. Season 7, episode 18 finds alicia asking peter for a divorce, peter begging for one last favor, and cary quitting the firm. On tonights episode, the series reaches its dramatic conclusion. And as the last moment in a seven season series, its one final bold statement from a network drama that will carry the. A recap of the good wife s april 26 episode kalindas last. The good wife s creators explain the final episode video the good wife season 7 episode 22 end promo series finale the good wife spoilers. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy.
Season 7 starts out strong with a string of engaging episodes, but about halfway through it begins a terminal descent into melodrama. Keep up with all the latest from last nights television by subscribing to our. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in the moment she realized that her life. Read our recap, then grade the episode in our poll. The good wife season 7, the final season, airs sundays at 9 p. One of the strengths of the early seasons was that the characters were realistic. Cbs broke the news sunday via a commercial during its telecast of super bowl 50. The cbs drama aired its series finale on sunday, may 8.
The good wife season 7 episode 22 finale regina spektor. 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. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. 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. 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. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. They got to bring will back for the shows final episode on sunday night as an. All good things must come to an end and so it is for the good wife.
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. The good wife could be really smart, really pleasurable, and really thrilling all at once. May 11, 2016 the good wife says goodbye in perfect fashion, with happiness as that elusive, impossibletocatch fish. The good wife ended its run on a high note, ratingswise, bringing in 10. On the last episode, peters trial began and alicia worked desperately to keep him from returning to prison.
The good wife surprised fans as alicia florricks emotional rollercoaster ride of the past seven seasons came to a surprising end. With betrayal and uncertainty tv critic david bianculli discusses the final episode of the cbs drama and the legacy of the show as a whole. Alicia and lucca work together on a complicated court case involving a designer drug dealer. 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 s 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. Eli gold alan cumming could teach cary a thing or three about picking yourself up after a reversal of fortune and dusting off premature gray. It was the end of an era, as alicia turned on an old friend to try and save peter from yet another prison term on the good wife season 7 episode 22 below, tv fanatics carissa pavlica. Cbs officially announced during the super bowl broadcast, no less that this is the last season of the good wife. Well, for my wife and me, at least, if not for all. Last weeks the good wife found peter asking alicia for one last favor. The good wife has been immensely fun, distinguishing it from most of the serious dramas that dominate the television landscape right now.
Main julianna margulies as alicia florrick, matt czuchry as cary agos, alan cumming as eli gold, cush jumbo as lucca quinn, makenzie vega as grace florrick, zach grenier as david lee, graham phillips as zach florrick, jeffrey dean morgan as jason. 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. Oct 04, 2015 the seventh and final season of the good wife began airing on october 4, 2015 on cbs, and concluded on may 8, 2016. 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. The good wife series finale recap peter resigns diane. Take our poll and tell us if she should grant his wish in season 7 s last episodes. 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. And as the last moment in a sevenseason series, its one final bold statement from a network drama that will carry the. 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 seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. Will we see more of her in the season s final two episodes or was this her last call.
Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. 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. Charless surprise departure from the show two seasons ago. 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. The good wife season 2 episode 7 nov 16 is found on youtube entertainment among other media files that we know of. 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.
On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. Also, eli encourages alicia and veronica stockard channing to participate in a motherdaughter cooking show to help peters campaign, with disastrous results. President barack obamas hilarious final white house correspondents dinner speech duration. It was satisfying that alicia, in a scene that echoed a key moment from the shows very first episode, did not take peters hand at the end. There has never been a show quite like the good wife, and there likely. The good wife ended its seven season, 156 episode run in the same way it started.
Cocreators robert and michelle king, who penned the episode, take weird but bold liberties with the series finale, which is. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. It was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. Word will come out soon enough, but my guess is that they werent. Thank you for an extraordinary seven seasons of support, encouragement, and.
The good wife season 7 episode 22 end series finale guide. The good wife will come to an end in may after seven seasons. Watch the good wife episodes online season 7 2016 tv guide. The good wife was preempted sunday due to the super bowl, but there was still major drama for fans. The promo ran toward the end of the second quarter and touted the dramas final nine episodes. Seven seasons is a good run for a drama series, and i.
It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. 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. May 09, 2016 what finale of the good wife taught us about women, power, and technology. 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. 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. The finale of the good wife was discussed on the most recent episode of the talking tv podcast, which is here, on itunes and below. The good wife ends its seventh and final season tonight with the appropriately titled end, as alicia and her group make one final. In some ways, i cant believe its been only five seasons, because so much has happened since the beginning.
Alicia and the rest of the firm work overtime amending a last minute appeal for a death row inmate after alicia receives a cryptic call from an appeals court clerk. This fifth season finale speaks volumes for the enduring quality of the good wife. In its closing arguments, the good wife makes a point to disappoint. Creators robert and michelle king recently explained their decisions behind the final episode in a new. In its closing arguments, the good wife makes a point to.
The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick. While alicia took her final bow in an era when the ice zombies on. May 09, 2016 im still speechless after the good wife season 7 episode 22. Watch the good wife season 2 episode 7 nov 16 on youtube. We weigh in on why diane slapping alicia was a moment that did not feel truly earned. Alicia joins a secret panel of attorneys advising the u. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. Feb 21, 2016 watch the good wife season 7, episode 15 targets.
But so far up to, and including, episode 18, in our case this final season has been a major disappointment. 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. Julianna margulies as alicia florrick in the good wife. Last episode watched a list of 25 titles created 4 months ago the good wife seizoen 7 a list of 21 titles. By the final episode, i was very happy to see the series end. The series, which aired its finale in the us on 8 may, had a knack of cutting episodes. I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. Julianna margulies titular character spends the episode wrestling with the intellectual instincts that get in the way of what her heart wants. 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.
May 09, 2016 good wife has finished, and if youve been left with any questions then watch this video from the series creators. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after 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. It was spent, and the writers were falling back onto tired cliches. Well, i actually had quite a bit to say during the closing credits, but none of it is fit to write here. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. Im still trying to process everything after last weeks shocking episode of the good wife. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. The good wife is a femaledriven drama about a politicians wife who pursues her own career as a defense attorney after her husband is sent to jail on charges of political corruption. The good wife creators took to twitter and to explain that series finale on sunday night and say goodbye. If you only watch one episode, watch end season 7, episode 22 the series finale of the good wife was best known for a ghost long story and a slap, dished out by diane lockhart to alicia. The good wife creators robert and michelle king recently explained the final scene of the cbs series and revealed an alternate ending, tvline reports. May 06, 2016 alicia just needs to do one thing on the good wife series finale. As announced during the super bowl, the good wife is officially in its last season and only has a few episodes left before the big finale on may 8.
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