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 creators took to twitter and to explain that series finale on sunday night and say goodbye. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after seven seasons. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. Sapped by a dispiriting season that culminated with the hasty exit of colleagueloverprison liberator. The good wifes sixth season finale is on the horizon and theres a lot of loose ends to tie upcoughaliciakalindacoughbut. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. Peters jealousy of alicia, while hypocritical, felt real. The good wife came to an end sunday night with all manner of finale craziness. Get caught up on the good wife and get ready for the season 7 premiere on sunday. 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 seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. The good wife finale ended with a divisive scene that shocked viewers, but the. Also, to help with his presidential campaign, peter engages ruth eastman. And in the series finale, diane slapped alicia across the face in the. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in the moment she realized that her life was. All good things must come to an end and so it is for the good wife. Good wife has finished, and if youve been left with any questions then watch this video from the series creators. Also, eli encourages alicia and veronica stockard channing to participate in a motherdaughter cooking show to help peters campaign, with disastrous results. The cbs drama aired its series finale on sunday, may 8 after seven critically acclaimed seasons. The good wife surprised fans as alicia florricks emotional rollercoaster ride of the past seven seasons came to a surprising end. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. I guess its officially time to start thinking of the good wife as the alicia florrick show.
Read our recap, then grade the episode in our poll. The good wife series finale ends with alicia chasing jason, getting slapped by diane. One of the strengths of the early seasons was that the characters were realistic. The good wife bosses explain the shocking ending e. The good wife season finale shakes up cast for season 7. On may 11, 2015, cbs renewed the series for a seventh season. In the final hour of the good wife, a ghost came to visit, one relationship blew up and another had an ambiguous ending. For the first four seasons of the show, the number of words in the title corresponded to the.
This article deals with the plot of the good wife and contains spoilers about what happened during the shows series finale the good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way. You almost had me, good wife finale, right until the end. It was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. Alicia and will had such bad history with missed calls and voicemails the season one finale, wills death, will the same be true for her and jason. The good wife said goodbye to beloved character kalinda archie panjabi on may 10s emotional season 6 finale, and as series costar matt czuchry explained to huffpost live monday, kalindas.
Its biggest emotional beats have all been deeply rooted in the characters psyche and perspective. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. Creators robert and michelle king recently explained their decisions behind the final episode in a new. Like a good legal thriller, cbs the good wife surprised fans right down to its closing moments as alicia florricks emotional rollercoaster ride of the past seven season.
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. Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming to come full circle with its season finale. The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick, is imprisoned following a scandal. 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 following story contains spoilers about sundays season 6 finale of the good wife. Ghost will josh charles asks alicia julianna margulies that on sundays series finale of the good wife. Suits season 7 episode 16 mike and rachel wedding hd season finale goodbye best tv moments duration. The good wife ended its seven season, 156episode run in the same way it started. Word will come out soon enough, but my guess is that they werent. Expectation and disappointment are at the heart of the good wifes spotty, if not overtly headscratching, midseason finale. Alicia and lucca work together on a complicated court case involving a designer drug dealer. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy.
End had a divided reaction among viewers and critics, with many praising a fitting ending to a complex. 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. The series, which aired its finale in the us on 8 may, had a knack of cutting episodes. Before we get down to the meat of the good wifes season premiere, a word about its episode titles. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. The good wife reaches its dramatic conclusion on the series finale. Of course, the show has always belonged to alicia florrick.
The good wifes sixth season finale is on the horizon and theres a lot of loose ends to tie up but new beginnings are taking shape for the heroine. But this time, alicia julianna margulies was getting the rude awakening. All 24 songs featured in the good wife season 7 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. 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. The kids have always said but they started off to do a 7year series with a fission vision. I could ask the same about this back half of the final season. When the good wife premiered in 2009, it risked seeming like a onenote joke. The series, which aired its finale in the us on 8 may, had a knack of cutting episodes right at the point where viewers were about to see the drastic transformation they were hoping for, or the resolution they were longing for. In the series finale of the good wife, alicia stood by peter one final. But for a while there, especially in season five the shows best season, despite the continued focus on alicia and her narrative, the.
In its series finale, modern family isnt what it used to be. 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 begins the final countdown by mixing the old with the new. The good wife season 7 the seventh season of the good wife was ordered on may 11, 2015, by cbs. The drama stars julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, peter florrick, is imprisoned following. Thank you for an extraordinary seven seasons of support, encouragement, and. A total of 156 episodes of the good wife aired over seven seasons. That point was made all the clearer by the surprise return of josh charles as. I have some very mixed emotions about that last sequence, maureen ryan wrote for variety. A series devoted to those political spouses who have to stand behind their husbands, grimly smiling in the midst of. 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. The good wife was preempted sunday due to the super bowl, but there was still major drama for fans. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict.