“Good Wife” - a series that delighted viewers around the world for 7 whole seasons. For 156 episodes we watched the drama performed by Julianne Margulies and Chris Noth. And although the series ended back in 2016, it continues to remain on the must see lists for all serialomaniacs.
Plot
Successful lawyer Alicia Florrick quit her career for the sake of marriage and the birth of two children. She lives in a large country house and is quite happy to be a mom and wife. Moreover, her husband Peter is not just an attractive man, he is a successful person who holds a serious position as Attorney General of Illinois.
But once a beautiful family tale collapses - Peter is rapidly losing his career because of a public scandal related to sexual harassment. And soon he generally goes to jail due to fraud and corruption. Now Alicia, who had not worked for 13 years, needed not only to raise her children, but also to return to work. At her age, she will have to start building a career from scratch and withstand the psychological pressure of the public after the scandal with her husband. Also, the heroine’s personal life is not simple and confusing, and she will have to solve all these problems alone.
For 7 seasons, the heroine of Alicia has come a long way, which tempered her character, made her the most successful lawyer in the city and returned her self-esteem, now she is a realized woman, and not just an exemplary good wife.
This series is not only about the relationship of the main character, it is primarily a detective story. If you like new storylines in each series, interesting tricks for the development of heroes, then you can spend 4 days, 15 hours and another 48 minutes of your life - this is how much it will take to continuously watch all 156 episodes of one of the most popular series of our time.
How did the series “Good Wife” end?
How many seasons fans have been waiting for the denouement, because the final series of shows of this scale is always an important point and a great event for all fans! The final series was released on May 8, 2016. Scriptwriters resorted to an interesting technique of ring composition.
The series began with the fact that Alicia weighed a slap in the face to her husband Peter. And in the last episode she already gets a slap in the face that she condemned. The series has become popular largely due to its truthful description of the characters' characters. Therefore, it is not surprising that for 7 seasons the heroine of Alicia has become not only more successful and professional. She became angrier, bitchier and tougher, for which she received such a finale.
However, many were not satisfied with the ending, because the audience was used to the fact that at the end of such an epic story all the storylines should be closed. The scriptwriters left unfinished the finale of the series “Good Wife”.
Actors and crew
Many are sure that the series has become so popular not only because of the successful script, but also because of the excellent caste. Everything came together here - the main characters and numerous star actors invited to the episodes perfectly fit into the images.
Actresses such as Ashley Judd and Helen Hunt offered the lead role in the series, but Alicia was played by Julianne Margulis, today one of the highest paid actresses on television, whom she became thanks to the TV series Good Wife. Male actors are also not inferior to the main character - her stumbling husband is played by Chris Noth, who is best known for his role as the dream man or Mr. Big in the series Sex and the City.
The second important male role - colleagues of Alicia and part-time her first love - is played by Josh Charles. It was he who was responsible in the series for an interesting love line with the main character of the series “Good Wife”.
Actors, of course, made the series popular, but not only thanks to them, the project became successful. The creators of such serial bombs as Lost, Ambulance, and Desperate Housewives worked on it.
Awards
It is not surprising that the series The good wife was awarded a variety of prestigious television awards.
Many nominations speak about the recognition of the series by critics, namely:
- 7 nominations for Emmys;
- 6 nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award;
- 6 nominations for the Golden Globe.
Julianne Margulis twice won an Emmy for the role of Alicia and once won the Golden Globe as the best actress in a drama project on TV, adding to the popularity of the series “Good Wife”. Supporting actors also received awards - Martha Plympton and Carrie Preston as the best guest actresses and Archie Punjabi as the best dramatic supporting actress.
Reviews
Throughout all 7 seasons, the series received very high scores from both professional critics and viewers. So, IMDb rated the series 8.3, and the domestic portal Kinopoisk rated the series as 8 points. New Yorker generally called the character of Alicia Florrick the female prototype of the hero from the show "Breaking Bad."
However, the failure of the scriptwriters in the final series somewhat spoiled the ratings of the series, as fans were waiting for a powerful final point and the denouement of all the storylines.