The good wife wrapped its sevenseason run in may, but diane. Does alicia end up in politics or back at the law firm. But alicia chose duty over passion one last time, and the show ended its sevenseason run. Why the good wife creators think that finale was a tragedy. The good wife creators robert and michelle king recently explained the final scene of the cbs series and revealed an alternate ending, tvline reports. They are the 179th and 180th episodes of the show and the 23rd and 24th episodes of the ninth season. Hunters season 1 ending and its 2 twists, explained vox.
The loosebaggymonster problem bedevils longrunning television shows like the good wife, which concluded, with a rich and unsettling final episode an ending that commanded respect. 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. But for us, the viewers, shes also alicia florrick, who has just exited the good wife stage. It was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. The finale is the twopart series finale and the final episode of the american sitcom seinfeld. The good wife creators took to twitter and to explain that series finale on sunday night and say goodbye. By the end of the good wife, wed watched its heroine, alicia florrick. The finale, goodbye is always implied was an extended episode that tied up virtually every loose end in the series and changed the characters lives once and for all. The final problem last night saw the finale of sherlock season 4, and what a finale it was, with showrunners steven moffat and mark gatiss delivering an episode that was confusing for viewers and left lots of questions unanswered. 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.
And still, it was a bit of a shock when the good wife announced during the super bowl that this seventh season would, in fact, be the last. Later in episode 4, the loop, grace blames her death on tommy and says it wasnt the blue stone, it was you. The good wife is a holdover from an earlier age of network. 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. Series creators explain the last episode may 9, 2016. I think ill just pretend that party was the actual series finale. Years from now, when we look back, itll fall under the they dont make em like they used to category. It didnt need need a slap or if it was going to engineer one, it needed to start that process much, much. Minds eye begins with one of those brilliant good wife cold opens that feels like the opening number of a musical. This article deals with the plot of the good wife and contains spoilers about what happened during the shows series finale. Peaky blinders season 5 ending explained was that finale. While alicia took her final bow in an era when the ice zombies on game. They got to bring will back for the shows final episode on sunday.
The good wife series finale recap hollywood reporter. If you cant help but spoil yourself, keep reading, because this is the last trip to absaroka well be taking. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156 episode run in the same way it started. Seven seasons ago, alicia florrick slapped her husband across the face in the moment she realized that her life was not what she thought it was. The show tells the story of alicia florrick julianna margulies, whose husband peter has been jailed following a very public sex and corruption scandal. 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. As fans took to twitter to express their disappointment with the ending to the hugely popular series the good wife, creators michelle and robert king released a. The stranger was released on netflix earlier this month with all eight episodes dropping at the same time. Good wife creators explain series finale ending, slap. Instead, the episode concluded with diane christine baranski smacking alicia upside the head. Christine baranski on good wife spinoff and why she was. Whether or not in that final shot people construed that alicia was. In reaction to last nights this is us season 4 episode 5, fans of the nbc hit drama are now really concerned about kate and her boyfriend mark.
The good place creator mike schur looks back on the series four seasons and reveals how he and the writers arrived at the idea of the afterlife needing an endpoint. As the series wrapped up, peter was back on trial, alicia. In this last episode, we finally get alicia standing alone. The good wife finale ended with a divisive scene that shocked viewers, but the creators say it was always. Creators robert and michelle king recently explained their decisions behind the final episode in a new. The dramatic but fluid camerawork, sweeping score by series composer david buckley, and artistically staged renderings of alicias imagination make for one hell of a dance.
Season eight wouldnt have changed last episode may 6, 2016. They were kind of good for the last episode of the show. The episode featured way more of peters corruption case than was needed. The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same. He cobbled together a staff and began trying to piece the country back. Fans have already binge watched the whole series here is everything we know about what.
Over the last three years, much of what the guardian holds dear has been. Thank you for an extraordinary seven seasons of support, encouragement, and. Find all 255 songs featured in the good wife soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. You must have had a lot of different options about what to do next after the end of the good wife. The good wife soundtrack complete song list tunefind. The good wife bosses explain the shocking ending e. In the final episode, alicia acknowledged that she saw jason as a. End was a thoroughly and deeply unsatisfying way for the good wife to take its final bow, a bit. The good wife creators robert and michelle king weigh in on the ending that even star julianna margulies said would be very divisive.
All good things must come to an end, and with a show this complex and convoluted, theres a lot of explanation necessary after the series finale. The good wife is a legal drama television series created by robert king and michelle king, which premiered on cbs on september 22, 2009. Courtesy of cbs peters fate, among other things, was finally revealed when the critically acclaimed cbs legal drama wrapped sunday after seven seasons. Good wife creators robert and michelle king intended to tack an extra scene onto last springs polarizing series finale. I have some very mixed emotions about that last sequence, maureen ryan wrote for variety. In the 10th and final episode of hunters first season, after our group of nazihunting antiheroes put a stop to a cataclysmic disaster which would have. The good wife was a serialized procedural, which sounds like an oxymoron. The good wife was inspired by a question, one that has occurred to almost anyone who has watched the familiar bit of political theater that is the busted politician, contrite at a. After six seasons and a network change, longmire has come to an end. Robert and michelle king on the good wife series finale. Its been clear for several episodes know that the good wife was aiming.
The good wife ended its sevenseason, 156episode run in the same way it started. Series creators explain the last episode by jessica pena, may 9, 2016 it was goodbye for the good wife last night as cbs aired the legal dramas series finale. The good wife is a show about human behavior and emotion, and death, as sad and unfair as it can be, is a part of the human experience that. 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. Tonights finale brings season 2 to a dramatic close. The good wifes last hour had plenty of those, and thats all it needed.
The season 7 episode run ends with jj officially marrying her longtime partner will in rossis backyard. Tonight is the tenth episode of yellowstone season 2 on the paramount network. A nticipating fan uproar, the good wifes married creators robert and michelle king prepared an explanatory video and statement, justifying their decision. But this time, alicia julianna margulies was getting the rude awakening.
Fans of the good wife are still reeling following the series finale of the cbs drama, which aired on sunday, may 8. The good wifes powerful finale was exactly the ending. As announced during the super bowl, the good wife is officially in its last season and only has a few episodes left before the big finale on may 8. Before that firing actually took effect, he was selected to be the designated survivor for the president during the state of the union. Everyone else, read on robert and michelle king witnessed wills death firsthand. The good wife ended its seven series run with an acrosstheface slap from diane lockhart christine baranski to alicia florrick julianna margulies, after her betrayal in the courtroom. Us on 8 may, had a knack of cutting episodes right at the point where viewers were about to.
It certainly is a surprise that end gets there by way of the ghost of will. However, for all the action, sherlock also told a story with real heart. During that state of the union, someone blew up the capitol, and tom kirkman assumed the presidency. You almost had me, good wife finale, right until the end. The good wife series finale reaches a frustrating verdict. And while the episode felt true to the programs roots, ultimately, the good wifes finish and indeed, the entire final season didnt match its highs along the way. Most of tonights episode of the good wife is spent in alicia florricks head. She returns to her old job as a defense attorney under will gardner and diane lockhart josh charles and. This harks back to the supposedly cursed sapphire from season 3, which tommy gave. The dramatic arts this episode is stuffed with story lines, but they all come grinding to a halt for a heartstopping last minute reveal. The additional footage wouldve made it clear that alicia julianna margulies ended up with jeffrey dean morgans jason. If this weeks episode of the good wife is still sitting, unwatched on your dvr, hit the nearest exit. 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.