"The Good Wife" (2009) TV series

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Creators:

Michelle King
Robert King

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Legal Drama

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 10	10:00 PM	CBS	Unorthodox	#1.7
Tue. Nov. 17	10:00 PM	CBS

Cast

Julianna Margulies	...	Alicia Florrick (7 episodes, 2009)
Matt Czuchry	...	Cary Agos (7 episodes, 2009)
Archie Panjabi	...	Kalinda Sharma (7 episodes, 2009)
Graham Phillips	...	Zach Florrick (7 episodes, 2009)
Makenzie Vega	...	Grace Florrick (7 episodes, 2009)
Josh Charles	...	Will Gardner (7 episodes, 2009)
Christine Baranski	...	Diane Lockhart (7 episodes, 2009)
Chris Noth	...	Peter Florrick (6 episodes, 2009)
Mary Beth Peil	...	Jackie Florrick (5 episodes, 2009)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Company:

CBS Television Studios

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Late Show with David Letterman: (#17.6)" (2009)

A woman scorned by scandal and a sex affair, branches off to independence to fight for justice and success.

This show can certainly be relevant with all of the political sexual affair scandals of recent years. As many high profile politicians have been known in recent years to cheat and have affairs on their wives. To name a few you have John Edwards, Mark Sanford, John Ensign, and most memorable was Eliot Spitzer who cheated and had an affair with a hooker that's the theme that this new drama "The Good Wife" took a page from and started the book. Only later the pages turn over to new chapters of independence in which new answers and the search for justice is sought.

Anyway it begins set in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois as a state attorney Peter Florrick(played by "Sex and the City" and "Law and Order" star Chris Noth)resigns after it is revealed that he had a sexual affair with a escort an attractive hooker type. This was paid for by state money and bribes so he's even sentenced to prison time and this has destroyed and hurt his loving and faithful wife Alicia(the attractive veteran Julianna Margulies). Talk about a woman scorned and feeling down in the dumps as she has her two children to now raise.

However if you were expecting a weekly series of scandal, sex, and affairs, and political back stabbing this series branches off to another direction. After this Alicia decides to once again go back to working for a Chicago law firm where she tries cases of people who've been hurt and have suffered wrong doing. It's like she's using her anger and hurt to help others as she fights for truth and justice trying to prove the corrupt and special interests are wrong.

This so far is one of the better series on TV, even though you don't have to watch it every week still it stands out for the way it branched out from political scandal it proves that from one's hurt that they can become independent and fight back against the corrupt system for others who have been wronged. And it's good to see the veteran Margulies strut her stuff as she's showcasing her independence in a classy way that seeks justice and truth.