The good wife creators took to twitter and to explain that series finale on sunday night and say goodbye. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm. The episode featured way more of peters corruption case than was needed. A promotional advertisement for the series that aired during super bowl 50 announced that the seventh season would be its last. 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. The good wife wrapped up its sevenseason run sunday night, with a disappointing farewell that underscored a familiar tv truism finales are hard. Looking back at 7 seasons of stunning clothes on the good. And so the episode pivots from then potential fallout of peter returning to prison to the scooby gang at lockhart. May 09, 2016 good wife creators explain the series finale. When the good wife premiered in 2009, it risked seeming like a onenote joke.
The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. Creators discuss the series ending viewers didnt see. May 09, 2016 the good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. The good wife series finale spoilers kalinda, will.
The good wife wrapped an acclaimed sevenseason run last night with the series finale, end. Watch the good wife season 7 episode 22 online tv fanatic. Ghosts from the good wifes prior seasons will make their presence felt during the cbs dramas final nine episodes but not the two characters whose absences loom largest. The good wife wrapped its sevenseason run in may, but diane.
End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. May 19, 2016 as the good wife approached its finale, it gave us hints about the definitive statement it might leave behind. I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. The series focuses on alicia florrick margulies, whose husband peter. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. It premiered on october 4, 2015, on cbs and consisted of 22 episodes. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. Thank you for an extraordinary seven seasons of support, encouragement, and. I feel sad for alicia, the whole series meant nothing with this kind of end. We always had this idea of alicia becoming more and more of something that. The good wife creators robert and michelle king weigh in on the. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict.
May 10, 2016 luckily, the producers of cbss muchloved legal drama the good wife didnt have to worry about that, a little bonus of mr. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. Kalinda shows some fear stop talking about quitting the show. May 09, 2016 when the good wife premiered in 2009, it risked seeming like a onenote joke.
This story contains spoilers for the series finale of the good wife, end. One of the strengths of the early seasons was that the characters were realistic. 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 good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. May 11, 2016 dont read on unless youve seen end, the series finale of the good wife. As the good wife approached its finale, it gave us hints about the definitive statement it might leave behind. And at the end of the press conference, she reveals her vulnerability and rage. Hours after the series finale of the good wife aired, creators robert and michelle king got on the phone to discuss the closer, which robert king admitted had sparked controversy and a. May 06, 2016 the good wife series finale airs sunday at 98c on cbs. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after seven seasons. A series devoted to those political spouses who have to stand behind their husbands, grimly smiling in the midst of.
The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. Good wife series finale brings alicia florrick full circle. The good wife finale ended with a divisive scene that shocked. May 08, 2016 as the good wife ends, seven years of fantastic character clothing goes with it ahead of sundays series finale, mashable called up costume designer daniel lawson to look back on some of the. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. The series, which aired its finale in the us on 8 may, had a knack of cutting episodes. The good wife series finale airs sunday at 98c on cbs. Robert and michelle king on the good wife series finale. The good wife ended its run on a high note, ratingswise, bringing in 10. The good wife is an american legal and political drama television series that aired on cbs from september 22, 2009, to may 8, 2016. Jul 12, 2017 its the slap that jarred the good wife fans into a collective gasp, ending the final moments of cbss crown jewel drama series with a full.
For a long time, a tension had been growing in the structure of the show. Shed cut herself off from diane, peter and pretty much. Do not keep reading if you didnt see the series finale of the good wife the good wife signed off the air for good last night. No matter how convoluted the story lines get, the actors are just too freaking good to give up on. 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. So that slap at the end is very similar to the slap at the beginning. Charless surprise departure from the show two seasons ago.
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. The seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. 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. 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. As the good wife ends, seven years of fantastic character clothing goes with it ahead of sundays series finale, mashable called up costume designer daniel lawson to look back on some of the. As i noted in my story on the good wife finale, the cbs drama recreated the opening scene from the pilot for. The good wife wanted to assert that, in the end, alicia florrick was completely alone. Series finale director discusses that montage june 10, 2016. May 09, 2016 the good wife creators took to twitter and to explain that series finale on sunday night and say goodbye. Its especially predictable that we end up, once again, with alicia standing next to peter as he humbles himself in front of flashing cameras. There wasnt much to love about the series finale of the good wife, he wrote. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7.
A series devoted to those political spouses who have to stand behind their husbands, grimly smiling in. May 09, 2016 hours after the series finale of the good wife aired, creators robert and michelle king got on the phone to discuss the closer, which robert king admitted had sparked controversy and a split of. The good wife bosses explain the series finale ending. 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. Dont read on unless youve seen end, the series finale of the good wife. Alicia florrick julianna margulies has been a good wife to her husband, a former states attorney. Alicia ended the series by deciding to become a bad wife, but that looked a little different than they might have expected. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. This story includes details about the series finale of the good wife.
End brought the show full circle, also a cliche, a gambit that generates at least the illusion of design and meaning. Fans of the good wife are still reeling following the series finale of the cbs drama, which aired on sunday, may 8. Good wife creators robert and michelle king intended to tack an extra scene onto last springs polarizing series finale. During the past few seasons, the good wife has poked fun at prestige drama cliches by giving. The series was created by robert and michelle king and stars. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. Its the slap that jarred the good wife fans into a collective gasp, ending the final moments of cbss crown jewel drama series with a full. Robert and michelle king on the good wife series finale youtube.
What was your initial reaction when you got to the end of the finale script and. With julianna margulies, chris noth, josh charles, matt czuchry. Good wife spinoff and why she was shaken by that finale slap. Luckily, the producers of cbss muchloved legal drama the good wife didnt have to worry about that, a little bonus of mr. 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. Looking back at 7 seasons of stunning clothes on the good wife.