May 10, 2016 the good wife creators robert and michelle king are shedding light on josh charles shocking scenes from the cbs dramas sunday, may 8, series finale read their comments. Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming to come full circle with its season finale. 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. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. This story contains spoilers from the series finale of the good wife, which aired sunday on cbs. The series finale will air sunday, may 8, the network confirmed in a. 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.
May 09, 2016 the good wife wraps up seven seasons on cbs on may 8 with the final verdict on peters trial. It introduced an obviously insufficient new love interest, a private. The legal drama ended last night after seven seasons. 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. In years past, the good wife s season finale would wrap up all its major plots and dangle some cliffhangers, such as alicia scheming to run for office. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. Cbs announces finale dates for good wife, nciss dinozzo. This is when the good places series finale will air. Cbs announces finale dates for the good wife, big bang. Do you think it should have ended or been renewed for an eighth season. Julianna marguliess alicia florrick and archie panjabis kalinda. 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. Alicia florrick julianna margulies is the wife of the states attorney of cook county, peter florrick chris noth, who is jailed as the result of a political corruption and sex scandal.
The good wife creators robert and michelle king weigh in on the ending that even star julianna. The show has often struggled with its procedural heartbeat, frantically trying to cram long. The good wife is an american legal and political drama television series that aired on cbs from september 22, 2009, to may 8, 2016. The final ever episode of the good place is approaching fast nbc has announced that the series will end with a 90minute extended episode on thursday, january 30 at 8. Jan 12, 2016 court is about to adjourn for good wife creators robert and michelle king. May 09, 2016 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. Its been 51 episodes, but the good wife season finale finally gifted fans with what theyd been waiting three years for. 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. In the final court case of the series, alicia doublecrossed diane. The good wife season 8 episode 1 video dailymotion.
In the final hour of the good wife, a ghost came to visit, one relationship blew up and another had an ambiguous ending. The shows incredible finale belongs to an earlier age of television. Alicia and lucca work together on a complicated court case involving a designer drug dealer. 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. A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. Cbs 2s marissa bailey reports from a farewell party in new york. May 19, 2016 the good wife heightened this existential suspense by spending much of its final season on a narrative fakeout. Cbs confirms the good wife spinoff is happening, but theres.
Do not read any further unless youve watched sunday, may 8 s good wife finale. The good wife creators explain that slap in series. 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. It is a heavily serialized show with season long story arcs that also features stand alone procedural story lines that will be resolved or concluded by the end of each episode. I wouldlike to see it run for at least 2 more seasons after this one. It certainly always ended its seasons like that, leaving us wondering what alicia. She is no longer someones wife and, based on how she betrayed peter and.
This isnt to say that the finale of the good wife needed to be an alicia florrick, this is your life segment with visits from louis canning and finn polmar and lemond bishop and colin sweeney. Cbs broke the news sunday via a commercial during its telecast of super bowl 50. The good wife is a holdover from an earlier age of network. The good wife ended its seven season, 156episode run in the same way it started. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. May 06, 2016 alicia just needs to do one thing on the good wife series finale. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. The good wife season 8 release date on cbs, episodes completed. And as the last moment in a sevenseason series, its one final bold statement from a network drama that will carry the.
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. Should cbs pick up the legal drama for an eighth season, the kings who have long said that they had a sevenseason. This story contains spoilers for the series finale of the good wife, end. As fans took to twitter to express their disappointment. It was announced at 2016 super bowl that this is the finalseason for the good wife. A few weeks later, the big bang theory will conclude its season on thursday, may 7 at 8 7c and the good wife will air its season finale on sunday, may 10 at. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. Of course, the good wife first has to be renewed for a season 8. The good fight, from the good wife creators robert and michelle king, picks up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of the good wife.
The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. A 22part seventh and final chapter of the cbs networks widely criticallyacclaimed political drama series the good wife bowed out in the us on sunday, may 8, 2016. May 18, 2016 cbs confirms the good wife spinoff is. Cbs used tvs biggest platform the super bowl to confirm that the current season of the good wife will be its last. On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. Good wife final season confirmed hollywood reporter. The good wife is an american television legal and political drama television series set in chicago that premiered on cbs on september 22, 2009.
I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. Mar 16, 2016 cbs wednesday announced season finale dates, return dates and special events that include the good wifes finale and the thseason finale for ncis on may 17. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. The beginning of season 3 was the only run of the good wife i havent enjoyed and admired. The good wife creators robert and michelle king weigh in on the ending that even star julianna margulies said would be very divisive. While the good fight will feature familiar faces such as cush jumbo who joined the good wife in its final season as attorney lucca quinn there. The good wife renewed for season 8 robert and michelle king. That point was made all the clearer by the surprise return of josh charles as. It focuses on alicia florrick, the wife of the cook county states attorney who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband. The series, which aired its finale in the us on 8 may, had a knack of cutting episodes right. The series finale has brought almost 11 million viewers to the small screen, while the season has delivered an average viewership of 8. There were few neat and tidy endings in the series finale appropriately titled end written.
This is her third season as lucca, she originated the lawyer character in the final season of the good wife. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after seven seasons. All of that delight will be robbed from me when the series leaves cbs after its final episode on sunday 8 may at 9pm est. With julianna margulies, chris noth, josh charles, matt czuchry. The good wife renewed for season 8 robert and michelle. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. Jul 03, 2017 the good wife is a legal drama starring emmy award winner julianna margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and reenters the workforce after her husbands very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. When a client of the firms and a friend of wills is on trial for taking payments from muslim extremists this week, alicia and company listen in on fbi wiretaps to help get him off. The good wife creators robert and michelle king recently explained the final scene of the cbs series and revealed an alternate ending, tvline reports. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.
They no longer do scenes together, just like kalinda, and thats to bad. 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 hollywood reporter. 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. Alicia florrick julianna margulies has been a good wife to her husband, a former states attorney. A new frontier for the good fight s christine baranski youre really emotional at the. The series was created by robert king and michelle king. It is also, in its own funny way, a final departure from something deep in the good wifes core.
The good wife will come to an end in may after seven seasons. The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick. After seven acclaimed seasons, the good wife closed its doors not with julianna marguiles character alicia florrick, finally finding an acceptable balance. The good wife spinoff picks up one year after the events of series finale with a brand new storyline 5 things to know and 1 to watch. Season 8 ending president clinton nominates alicia as attorney general.
Also, eli encourages alicia and veronica stockard channing to participate in a motherdaughter cooking show to help peters campaign, with disastrous results. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. This is a rarity among the good wife s broadcaster cbs as most of their shows are procedural. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. Alicia florrick as a tv character will be dearly missed. Lisa edelsteins grating character in her first role posthouse contributed to that. The good wife finale ended with a divisive scene that shocked viewers, but the.
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