This fifth season finale speaks volumes for the enduring quality of the good wife. As fans took to twitter to express their disappointment with the ending to the hugely popular series the good wife, creators michelle and robert king released a video to explain their choices. Meanwhile, florrick agos tries to court a lawyer into joining the firm, and will looks for help to get out of the voter fraud investigation. Watch the good wife episodes online season 5 2014 tv. What finale of the good wife taught us about women, power, and technology the finale ends the shows sharp commentary on how women attain and maintain power, and how that affects their likability. Please read down to the end as there was a huge surprise. Julianna margulies wins an emmy for the good wife 2014 duration. It shook itself up not just once with the law firm defection, but twice with wills death. May 06, 2016 alicia just needs to do one thing on the good wife series finale. With its boundlessly entertaining fifth season, which wrapped up on sunday with a wonderfully giddy finale, the good wife has once again proven that its the best drama on network tv.
Good wife creator admits will gardner was killed off. A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. The good wife season 5 episode 16 the last call watch. The season received critical acclaim, with the general consensus calling it the series best season. May 09, 2016 good wife has finished, and if youve been left with any questions then watch this video from the series creators.
The good wife opens season 6 with typically superb episode. This season of the good wife continues its winning streak as one of televisions top shows, with unique legal cases and intelligent political drama. If anything, its propensity for fun while still delving into darkness is really what set it apart. 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. Cbs the good wife ended its sevenseason run the way it started, with the final scene in the closer. The good wife ended its seven season, 156 episode run in the same way it started. Jan 19, 2018 the kings would point to the 22episode grind of network tv. The good wife could be really smart, really pleasurable, and really thrilling all at once. Mar 20, 2014 cbs sets season finale dates for ncis, big bang theory, the good wife, survivor and others by matt webb mitovich march 20 2014, 10. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter.
Cbs finale dates 2014 ncis the big bang theory good. Let me first say that i give this episode a 1010 but the next episode a 110 and just wanted to provide an explanation for how amazing this episode was when compared to the garbage that. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. If there have been moments this season when the good wife started to feel repetitive, this episode redeemed them.
Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. The good wife season 5, finale a weird year airs on cbs on may 18th, 2014. 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. This article contains spoilers the most striking thing about sunday nights season 6 premiere of cbss the good wife hits you after the end credits. That point was made all the clearer by the surprise return of josh charles as. The good wife season 7 episode 22 finale regina spektor. In the final hour of the good wife, a ghost came to visit, one relationship blew up and another had an ambiguous ending. Tonight on cbs the good wife returns with a dramatic finale episode. 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. 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 has never been afraid of change and the season five finale is setting up what may be the biggest game change of all. Mar 30, 2014 last week, the good wife had a massive twist, killing off one its main characters. 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 websites consensus reads, along with julianna margulies and a fine cast, the gripping drama the good wife, boasts hookheavy plotlines torn from the headlines.
Creators robert and michelle king recently explained their decisions behind the final episode in a new. 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. Alicia searches for answers as she tries to make sense of wills death in the aftermath of the courthouse shooting. By the end of last season, the entire main good wife cast had been informed of charles pending departure, so they knew going into season 5 that it would be their last with charles. Will is dead the good wife season 5 x episode 15 youtube. Find all 255 songs featured in the good wife soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. Word will come out soon enough, but my guess is that they werent. Let me begin by saying i cant believe how good the last episode was 1010 and i cant believe what a pile of crap they turned this episode into. Series finale the good wife season 7 episode 22 end promo series finale may 02 2016 season 7 episode 21 verdict the good wife season 7 episode. Everyone else, read on last spring, josh charles inked a deal to return to the good wife for the show. The good wife spoilers your source for the latest season 7 episode photos, guides, videos, rumors and other spoilers.
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. Major character will gardner, played by josh charles, died in episode 15, dramatics, your. The good wife season 5 the fifth season of the good wife began airing on september 29, 20, airing sundays at 9. Before tuning in to the series finale, heres everything you need to know. Will gardner josh charles the good wife lockhartgardener lg alicia florrick dramatics, your honor. On the good wife season 5 episode 22, the two firms get together for a deposition and mistakenly leave the video feed running afterward, revealing a threat to florrickagos that alicia and cary. Cbs all access series to have fewer episodes, take week hiatus brave new world, the capture, angelyne. If this weeks the good wife is still sitting, unwatched on your dvr, hit the nearest exit. The good wife spoilers season 5 finale a weird year. All 54 songs featured in the good wife season 5 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. Anything coming off the line was going to be a letdown, and to characterize trust issues as a letdown would be inaccurate. May 06, 2016 the final episode of the good wife airs may 8, and its truly the end of era. They got to bring will back for the shows final episode on sunday night as an imaginary friend advising alicia florrick julianna.
In its closing arguments, the good wife makes a point to. This story contains details from tonights series finale of the good wife. Season 5 finale in the season 5 finale, the futures of lockhartgardner and florrickagos hang in the balance. Thats too bad the good wifes very strong season finale will likely be remembered for being kalindas final episode. So the final image of the trial, last nights episode of the good wife, which ended the shows fall fun cary pleading guilty to conspiracy was a cliffhanger instead of a resolution. May 09, 2016 it was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. The shows critical resurgence and creative renaissance garnered the series many accolades, including the tca award for outstanding achievement in. In a time when shows on hbo, netflix and showtime are dominating the.
End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. I have some very mixed emotions about that last sequence, maureen ryan wrote for variety. This week, we all start dealing with the aftermath. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. 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. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7. 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. As fans took to twitter to express their disappointment with the ending to the hugely popular series the good wife, creators michelle and robert king released a. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after seven seasons.
Sep 28, 2014 each episode since its big rival last year, even the weaker ones, were more interesting than the best episode all season for other shows. March 30, 2014 alicia searches for answers as she tries to make sense of wills death in the aftermath of the courthouse shooting. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. The good wife season 5 finale to set bigger things to happen in season 6 kristin mariano thu 15 may 2014 16. The good wife series finale caps off a sensational seven season run. While alicia took her final bow in an era when the ice zombies on.
A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. The fifth season of the good wife began airing on september 29, 20, airing sundays at 9. 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. The good wife season 5 the fifth season of the good wife began airing on september 29. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. Feb 07, 2016 the good wife get season 7 on youtube. Season 5, episode 22 may 18, 2014 season 5 ends with alicia and cary learning about a threat to the firm when an open feed from a camera is left on following a teleconferenced deposition with. Apr 30, 2014 on the good wife season 5 episode 22 florrickagos will discover a threat to the firm they never saw coming. Will gardner josh charles, who died in the fifth season of the good wife, returned, at least in alicias imagination, in the shows final episode. Mar 24, 2014 those brave and clever creators of the good wife really dropped a surprise on loyal fans sunday night.
And as the last moment in a sevenseason series, its one final bold statement from a network drama that will carry the. Watch the good wife season 5, episode 16 the last call. The good wife soundtrack complete song list tunefind. On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming to come full circle with its season finale. This episode does not contain the weight of the premiere, but its rock solid. Their 2014 emmy campaign included a handy chart highlighting the good wifes far larger episode output than that of its emmyfavored. You almost had me, good wife finale, right until the end. Alicia was about to give a speech when she found out.
Though in its sixth season, the good wife remains one of network televisions best shows with sharp writing, vibrant characters, and high production values. The trial we all know carys not going to do four years in prison two with time off for good behavior. I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. Sticking with peter, or not, was too simple a framing of alicias options. The good wifes powerful finale was exactly the ending. 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. In some ways, i cant believe its been only five seasons, because so much has happened since the beginning. Every season, around its midpoint, the good wife reevaluates. In a weird year season 5 ends with alicia and cary learning about a threat to the firm when an open feed from a camera is left on following a teleconferenced deposition with lockhartgardner.
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