Returning Show: The Good Wife

[lostdragonfound]

THE GOOD WIFE Returns Sunday September 21st



THE GOOD WIFE is a drama starring Emmy Award winner 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. Pushing aside the betrayal and crushing public humiliation caused by her husband, Peter, Alicia Florrick starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney.

LINKS
THE GOOD WIFE @ CBS
THE GOOD WIFE @ IMDb
THE GOOD WIFE @ Facebook


POLL

Poll #15926 THE GOOD WIFE

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

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What say you?

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I plan to watch this.
6 (33.3%)

I watch this show, but I’m not caught up.
1 (5.6%)

I watch this show and I’m all caught up.
3 (16.7%)

I've watched some of this show but I'm not sure I want to continue.
1 (5.6%)

I’m curious enough about this to look into it more.
0 (0.0%)

I’m considering checking this out at some point.
3 (16.7%)

I have no plans to watch this at this time.
8 (44.4%)

I've never even heard of this show before today.
0 (0.0%)

Ticky!!!
4 (22.2%)

Discussion Questions/Topics:

Have you ever watched THE GOOD WIFE?
Tell us about your experience with the show!
If you do watch, do you have any favorite characters?
Favorite Episodes?
Are you excited about the new season?

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Comments

[lostdragonfound]

I don't remember when I first started watching this show. I know I started on DVD, so at least one season was already complete by then.

It wasn't really a show I thought I'd be that into, but I decided to check it out for some reason and really ended up liking it a lot.

Kalinda, Cary and Eli are my favorite characters :)

I am definitely excited about the new season! I like how the show isn't afraid to shake things up.

[poisontaster]

I'd loved Juliana Margulies from her ER days, so I was in from the very beginning and the addition of Chris Noth (Sex & the City), Josh Charles (Sports Night) & Christine Baranski (Addams Family Values) was irresistible. I think Alicia can be a difficult character; her choice to stay with an unfaithful husband, the fact that she's very emotionally closed off and hard to read, enigmatic, you often don't know what she's thinking/feeling, but despite that, the show is incredibly compelling. It's seldom boring. There's enough surprise and unexpectedness to make it really interesting. Within an episode, I can sometimes predict what's going to happen, but I can never tell what the long game is, which is an incredible thing. I wish it was better with color representation--though it sometimes manages to say smart things about race, despite that--but I absolutely love the complexity and variety and prominence of women in the show: Alicia, Diane, Kalinda, Robyn, recurring characters like Grace, Elsbeth Tascioni, Alicia's & Peter's mothers... There's a wonderful spectrum of femininity on the show that's just amazing and interesting and JUICY.

My absolute favorite characters are probably Kalinda, Carey and Diane, but it's one of the shows where I generally like all the characters, even the ones that I love to hate.

I am super excited about the new season; the show has undergone some huge upheavals and done it better than any other show I can think of; I'm very excited to see what they come up with, both exploring the consequences of last season's changes and what new things they do.

[lostdragonfound]

Oh, Elsbeth Tascioni...I love her so much!!

[poisontaster]

She's so great! And, now that True Blood is over, the actress could/should be available for more!

[eevilalice]

Last season was phenomenal, and it's great to say that five seasons in. I'm excited to see what will happen with the shake-ups that are going on, and crossing my fingers that the show can maintain its quality and ability to surprise.

Hm, who don't I love (well, I didn't love Will)? I hope they make better use of Robin; she disappeared for a while.