First Aired: September 22, 2009 on CBS
Starring: Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos, Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma, Josh Charles as Will Gardner, and Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart.
The Good Wife TV Show is a drama starring Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband’s very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. As we follow Alicia’s marital woes, the inter-office politics, the husband’s efforts to get out of prison, and the family ups and downs at home, we find ourselves identifying with something and wanting to know more about the other characters and plots. Gaining confidence every day, Alicia transforms herself from embarrassed politician’s scorned wife to resilient career woman, especially for the sake of providing a stable home for her children. Interwoven with these ongoing plot lines, there’s a new legal case to tackle each week.
USA Today The Good Wife establishes the main character–and reintroduces us to a totally winning TV star–while creating a multilayered world that gives us the character we want to watch. Robert Bianco
The New York Times Alicia’s shock and her sense of surreal detachment, is as vivid depiction of personal crisis. But after this cleverly written series deconstructs the exact moment when everything falls apart, it imaginatively explores how one scorned spouse struggles to get past a life-shattering scandal. Alessandra Stanley
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette CBS’s The Good Wife is both a well-written legal drama and a terrific showcase for actress Julianna Margulies, who elevates the already-good material with her perceptive, open performance. Rob Owen
Los Angeles Times With the rest of the cast hitting the same high notes as Margulies and the script, The Good Wife promises to be that Holy Grail of television. A good criminal procedural story that barely disguises the insightful, multilayered human drama that lies beneath. Mary McNamara
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