Good wife series finale explained

But this time, alicia julianna margulies was getting the rude awakening. The good wife is one of the most explicitly feminist shows in recent memory. Our the good wife round table debates if the series finale was a satisfying end, if will gardner is the love of alicias life and who theyd like to see in a spinoff. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in. With this latest twist in peters case, alicia is ambivalent about how much to push for the ballistics, or not. I saw you, in a field with a big black horse and you said goodbye and then, bang. As the good wife approached its finale, it gave us hints about the. Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming to come full circle with its season finale. The good wifes powerful finale was exactly the ending. Robert king explained his philosophy on series finales, saying, i dont think the best finales have to wrap up all of. Polarizing as the series finale of the good wife is turning out to be, creators robert and michelle king want to remind you that this show has never. The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter.

The good wife creators explain that slap in series finale video its gratifying in the moment, because didnt alicia deserve it, just a tiny bit. The additional footage wouldve made it clear that alicia julianna. That point was made all the clearer by the surprise return of josh charles as the deceased will gardner in sundays finale titled end. Watch the good wife finale josh charles returns for. It starred julianna margulies, chris noth, christine baranski, and matt czuchry.

In the series finale of the good wife, alicia stood by peter one final time, but in the process squandered her relationship with jason crouse jeffrey dean morgan and betrayed her partner diane lockhart christine baranski. The good wife came to an end sunday night with all manner of finale craziness. The good wife bosses explain the shocking ending e. The following story contains spoilers about the series finale of the good wife.

Peaky blinders season 5 ending explained what was tommy shelbys finale about, eh. The seriess closing scene will be fervidly debated. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. Thank you for an extraordinary seven seasons of support, encouragement, and commitment to the good wife. The good place creator mike schur isnt talking about his shows series finale. The good wife knows how to bring its agame to a finale. Christine baranski on good wife spinoff and why she was. In the final season, the show sometimes felt diffuse and brittle on an emotional level, which may have made sense thematically in. Alicia florrick was going to end with a series finale that doubled as a diploma in the studies of happily ever afters. For one thing, schur says that by the end of a season, hes discussed the show so much that im genuinely and. When the good wife premiered in 2009, it risked seeming like a onenote joke. The following story contains spoilers about sundays season 6 finale of the good wife. The good wife season 7 episode 22 finale regina spektor.

We weigh in on why diane slapping alicia was a moment that did not feel truly earned. Peaky blinders season 5 ending explained was that finale. The good wife ended its seven series run with an acrosstheface slap from diane lockhart christine baranski to alicia florrick julianna. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. This story contains spoilers from the series finale of the good wife, which aired sunday on cbs its safe to say alicia didnt get her happy ending on the good wife series finale. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. The good wife starred julianna margulies as alicia florrick, a. The good wife wrapped its sevenseason run in may, but diane. Good wife creators robert and michelle king intended to tack an extra scene onto last springs polarizing series finale. Rumor has it that josh charles may return for the good wife series finale find out what show runners and julianna margulies said at a special panel over the weekend. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. Just as the series started with alicia standing by her husband peter chris noth in the throes of. Within the first 15 minutes of the last episode, will gardner snuck his way back in and we couldnt help but love it. Robert and michelle king on the good wife series finale.

The good wife creators took to twitter and to explain that series finale on sunday night and say goodbye. The finale received the highest number of viewers for the show since november 2014. The good wife creators explain that slap in series. The good wife creators and cast say goodbye after 7 seasons. So the good wife finale was, maybe inevitably, a disappointment. The good wife creators and cast say goodbye after 7. 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 ended its run on a high note, ratingswise, bringing in 10. Seven seasons ago, the series began with the revelation of peter florricks infidelity. A series devoted to those political spouses who have to stand behind their husbands, grimly smiling in. The bullets were from lockes gun so peter did have reason to hide them. Creators explain how the ending changed and where alicia is now. In advance of sunday nights series finale, heres a journey back through the best and the worst the good wife has offered us, through the lens of ten of its best and worst episodes.

I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. The legal drama ended last night after seven seasons. As i noted in my story on the good wife finale, the cbs drama recreated the opening scene from the pilot for the final act in the closer, with illinois governor peter florrick chris noth. Now it ended with the revelation of another affairthis time between. This show is about a woman who becomes more and more confident and more and more cunning and excited about her ability and also about power, so that slap at the end is very similar to the slap in the beginning, robert continued. Diane has her husband kurt gary cole test the bullets and the result is definitive, but not good. Creators robert and michelle king recently explained their decisions behind the final episode in a new video interview. A lot of the finale continued to explore many of the shows core questions, which often revolved around one womans. Makenzie vega and julianna margulies in a scene from the series finale of the good wife. The good wife bosses explain the series finale ending. As many predicted, alicia ended the series by deciding to become a bad wife, but that looked a little different than they might have expected.