Though The Good Wife is far more than a dry courtroom drama, we're here to rank our favorite main characters by their skills as lawyers. Fans of the CBS legal drama The Good Wife know that the real appeal of the show isn't the drama that goes on in the courtroom, but in the bedroom.
The Good Wife has received widespread acclaim from critics. The New York Times says that The Good Wife "stands out among newer fall shows" and that it is "miles ahead of anything else that's on at the moment." In reviewing the first early episodes many critics praised the acting talents of the cast.
The Good Wife. The series was created by Robert and Michelle King and stars Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, and Alan Cumming, and features Chris Noth in a recurring role. The executive producers included the Kings, Ridley and Tony Scott, Charles McDougall, and David W. Zucker.
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Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos, a young Harvard-educated lawyer. In the first season, he is a first year associate at Lockhart Gardner with Alicia Florrick.
Caitlin leaves the firm in "Long Way Home" when she find out she is pregnant. She intends to get married and raise her baby. Although Alicia and Diane both offer that she juggle both work and family, she chooses to leave anyway.
After reports of voter fraud surface, Landau reveals to Alicia that he rigged the voting machines in order to preserve the Democratic supermajority in the Illinois state legislature. However, in order to maintain the façade of a fair election, Landau forces Alicia to resign.
tardive dyskinesiaLouis Canning is an attorney from New York with his own law firm, Canning & Meyers. He suffers from tardive dyskinesia, a condition which causes erratic body movements.
In 2019, Margulies told Deadline, that she “really wanted to do it” but that “the deal didn't happen.” Ultimately, Margulies claimed that former streamer CBS All Access “refused to pay” her the per-episode salary she received when working on The Good Wife, and for that reason, she didn't return.
She eventually had to leave town to escape the wrath of Bishop and his team. Considering her well-documented disdain for politics, it was a little — ok, very — disconcerting to see Alicia abandon the firm she and Cary had built from the ground up to step into the spotlight and run for office.
At the end of season two, after Peter won the election for State's Attorney, Alicia discovered he had slept with her friend and co-worker Kalinda Sharma before the scandal.
“My time with you as your friend was the best I ever had and I'm sorry,” Kalinda told Alicia in a rare emotional moment for the normally stoic investigator.
After Alicia's run for State's Attorney (she won, but had to withdraw amid claims of vote rigging), she ended up working in bond court.
Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research. Fox said he struggles with some of life's basic day-to-day functions, including going out to dinner with his family, but he is also appreciative of the moments he gets to spend with his loved ones. "I have a wheelchair that I use every now and then and it still sucks.
In Season Five, Louis Canning returned after Will died and proposed a merger, after which the firm was known as Lockhart/Gardner & Canning.
Michael J. Fox, iconic actor, author and advocate whose Hollywood career has been marked by worldwide acclaim, honor and awards, launched the Foundation in 2000 after publicly disclosing his 1991 diagnosis, at age 29, with Parkinson's disease.
Diane is the heavy hitter that other lawyers call when they're in trouble, even her co-founder and other name partner Will Gardner. She's also one of the most dynamic characters on the show. Her romance with Kurt McVeigh, a conservative Republican, gives The Good Wife room to explore the clash of political views and the nuance of trying to reach understandings between polar viewpoints.
Peter Florrick, portrayed by Chris North ( Law & Order, Sex and the City ), begins the series as Cook County State's Attorney. He resigns in disgrace, gets re-elected, rides the wave of public opinion all the way to the Illinois Governor's mansion, and then ends the series the same way he started by resigning in disgrace all over again. Not surprising from a man who can't keep it in his pants.
Star of The Resident, Matt Czuchry, started his career in season one as a first-year associate alongside Alicia Florrick. Throughout the series, he is sometimes friend and sometimes foe, but what never changes is the fact that he's a formidable opponent in the office and in the courtroom. At the end of season one, he defects to the State's Attorney's office, and, from there, he takes a meandering path to success.
But that's what's unique about The Good Wife: it's not a legal drama that's all about the courtroom. Alicia excels outside the courtroom—in depositions and settlements and closed-door meetings—where her ability to empathize with people can really shine.
Robert and Michelle King at the 2015 PaleyFest presentation for The Good Wife. The series was created by Michelle and Robert King , who serve as executive producers and show runners. The pair had produced the short-lived legal drama In Justice that aired as a mid-season replacement in early 2006.
Main article: The Good Wife (season 2) Season 2 begins where season 1 left off with Will confessing his affection for Alicia and Alicia asking if he has a plan. Before the plan is conceived, however, Eli Gold takes possession of Alicia's phone and deletes a pivotal voicemail.
In Season 4 , Alicia gets and takes a promotion as an equity partner of the firm and begins planning to start a new firm with Cary. After Will dies in Season 5, Alicia goes into a period of mourning, and separates from Peter, maintaining their marriage for the sake of their careers.
It was broadcast on the national network NTV from November to December 2019; it shared the same title as the American original. In Ireland on June 20, 2016, a 4-part drama series called Cheaters was ordered on RTÉ One, starring Irish actress Amy Huberman, which is based on The Good Wife.
The Good Wife has been sold in a complex multi-window deal that involves two streaming partners, Amazon and Hulu; a basic cable network, Hallmark Channel; for $400,000 per episode and broadcast syndication, for a combined license fee of nearly $2 million per episode. "This is an off-network model for a unique serialized show in today's television ecosystem," said Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Corporation .
The Good Wife won numerous awards, including five Emmys and the 2014 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama. The performances of the show's cast have been particularly recognized, with Julianna Margulies, Archie Panjabi, and Josh Charles each receiving widespread acclaim.
The Good Wife is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband.
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.
During an Emmy roundtable for "Hollywood Reporter" in 2014, Julianna Margulies revealed that she was only the third choice for the lead part on the show. Ashley Judd and Helen Hunt turned down the role of Alicia Florrick.
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During the course of the series, 156 episodes of The Good Wife aired over seven seasons, between September 22, 2009, and May 8, 2016.
The aftermath of Will Gardner's death. After being gunned down by his client midtrial, Will's death becomes the before and after in Alicia's life. Despite having ended their brief love affair, Will and Alicia were magnets that kept gravitating to one another.
Four-year associates at Lockard & Gardner grow resentful over having Diane and Will's offer to make them partners be withdrawn. Alicia and Cary feel underestimated by the partners of the firm.
Power and wealth is the name of the game. What happens when it becomes the only thing making the world go round? This is The Good Wife's attempt at tackling the dark reality of a world that prefers to shield men of status than care for the women they hurt, all before the #MeToo era.
"In Sickness" is the bomb that goes off in Season 2. The one viewers had been waiting for after finding out Kalinda, played by Archie Panjabi ( The Fall ), had an affair with Alicia's husband.
"Closing Arguments" is a relatively calm finale considering the emotional storm the entire second season had been. However, it's the end that brings an emotional climax to its final crescendo. Will and Alicia. The will they, won't they of the entire series ultimately become the "it" of the finale.
The Good Wife is known for its Rolodex of impressive guest stars; even better when they're recurring ones like Carrie Preston ( True Blood ), who plays the enigmatic Elsbeth Tascioni. After being arrested for allegedly harassing someone, Elsbeth Tascioni enlists the help of Will, Diane, and Alicia to help her get out.
There's nothing quite like a big reveal in The Good Wife. This episode hits the ground running as Will finds out Alicia and Cary have been planning to leave the firm and poach clients. Entering Alicia's office, Will slowly unravels in front of her until every word that comes out of his mouth hits like daggers.
SCR 20:1.4 does not require the lawyer to inform the client of every detail of representation.
The fact that a client suffers a disability does not diminish the lawyer's obligation to treat the client with attention and respect. Even if the person has a legal representative, the lawyer should as far as possible accord the represented person the status of client, particularly in maintaining communication. [3] .
While TV shows are not meant to be academic instruction on the legal system, the misrepresentations of the profession and its standards of conduct do real harm. Not only do the misrepresentations damage respect for the rule of law and the legal system, they also damage the lawyer-client relationship.1.
The Good Wife is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband. The series was created by Robert and Michelle King and stars Julia…
• Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick. The wife of Peter, a disgraced State's Attorney, Alicia returns to work as a junior litigator at the law firm Stern, Lockhart & Gardner thanks to the support of her old law school friend Will Gardner, for whom she has feelings. Having spent so many years as "the good wife", she finds herself at the bottom of the career ladder, trying to juggle both home and professional life with the ongoing scandal surrounding her husband, with whom she has two chil…
As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, Alicia Florrick joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner, who is interested in rekindling their former relationship. The firm's top litigator and other partner, Diane Lockhart, likes Alicia's work and her connections, so she and Will award her with a full-time associate position following a trial period. Alicia beats out Cary Agos, a clever young attorney who takes a job in the state's attorne…
The Good Wife has been well received among technology enthusiasts, being described by Clive Thompson of Wired as "the most tech-savvy show on TV". The show has explored the relationship between technology and the law, covering topics including Bitcoin, Anonymous, viral marketing in political campaigns, voice control software, crisis management in the controversial AT&T and T-Mobile merger, virtual conferencing robots, and NSA surveillance. For example, one of the firm's r…
The Good Wife has received widespread acclaim from critics. The New York Times says that The Good Wife "stands out among newer fall shows" and that it is "miles ahead of anything else that's on at the moment." In reviewing the first early episodes many critics praised the acting talents of the cast. The Chicago Tribune commended the show saying "one of the best parts of the show is Alicia's complicated relationship with her husband, who humiliated his family with a sex scandal …