The Good Wife
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The Good Wife

📅 Sep 2009 📺 7 Season(s)
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Synopsis

The Good Wife follows Alicia Florrick, 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 starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney.

🎭 Stars & Actors

Julianna Margulies
Julianna Margulies
Alicia Florrick
Christine Baranski
Christine Baranski
Diane Lockhart
Matt Czuchry
Matt Czuchry
Cary Agos
Archie Panjabi
Archie Panjabi
Kalinda Sharma
Josh Charles
Josh Charles
Will Gardner
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming
Eli Gold
Makenzie Vega
Makenzie Vega
Grace Florrick
Graham Phillips
Graham Phillips
Zach Florrick
Zach Grenier
Zach Grenier
David Lee
Cush Jumbo
Cush Jumbo
Lucca Quinn
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jason Crouse
Matthew Goode
Matthew Goode
Finn Polmar

Season and episode guide

Season 1

23 episodes · 2009
  1. 1. Pilot (Sep 23, 2009)
  2. 2. Stripped (Sep 30, 2009)
  3. 3. Home (Oct 7, 2009)
  4. 4. Fixed (Oct 14, 2009)
  5. 5. Crash (Oct 21, 2009)
  6. 6. Conjugal (Nov 4, 2009)
  7. 7. Unorthodox (Nov 11, 2009)
  8. 8. Unprepared (Nov 18, 2009)
  9. 9. Threesome (Nov 25, 2009)
  10. 10. Lifeguard (Dec 16, 2009)
  11. 11. Infamy (Jan 6, 2010)
  12. 12. Painkiller (Jan 13, 2010)
  13. 13. Bad (Feb 3, 2010)
  14. 14. Hi (Feb 10, 2010)
  15. 15. Bang (Mar 3, 2010)
  16. 16. Fleas (Mar 10, 2010)
  17. 17. Heart (Mar 17, 2010)
  18. 18. Doubt (Apr 7, 2010)
  19. 19. Boom (Apr 28, 2010)
  20. 20. Mock (May 5, 2010)
  21. 21. Unplugged (May 12, 2010)
  22. 22. Hybristophilia (May 19, 2010)
  23. 23. Running (May 26, 2010)

Season 2

23 episodes · 2010
  1. 1. Taking Control (Sep 29, 2010)
  2. 2. Double Jeopardy (Oct 6, 2010)
  3. 3. Breaking Fast (Oct 13, 2010)
  4. 4. Cleaning House (Oct 20, 2010)
  5. 5. VIP Treatment (Oct 27, 2010)
  6. 6. Poisoned Pill (Nov 10, 2010)
  7. 7. Bad Girls (Nov 17, 2010)
  8. 8. On Tap (Nov 24, 2010)
  9. 9. Nine Hours (Dec 15, 2010)
  10. 10. Breaking Up (Jan 12, 2011)
  11. 11. Two Courts (Jan 19, 2011)
  12. 12. Silly Season (Feb 2, 2011)
  13. 13. Real Deal (Feb 9, 2011)
  14. 14. Net Worth (Feb 16, 2011)
  15. 15. Silver Bullet (Feb 23, 2011)
  16. 16. Great Firewall (Mar 2, 2011)
  17. 17. Ham Sandwich (Mar 23, 2011)
  18. 18. Killer Song (Mar 30, 2011)
  19. 19. Wrongful Termination (Apr 6, 2011)
  20. 20. Foreign Affairs (Apr 13, 2011)
  21. 21. In Sickness (May 4, 2011)
  22. 22. Getting Off (May 11, 2011)
  23. 23. Closing Arguments (May 18, 2011)

Season 3

22 episodes · 2011
  1. 1. A New Day (Sep 26, 2011)
  2. 2. The Death Zone (Oct 3, 2011)
  3. 3. Get a Room (Oct 10, 2011)
  4. 4. Feeding the Rat (Oct 17, 2011)
  5. 5. Marthas and Caitlins (Oct 24, 2011)
  6. 6. Affairs of State (Oct 31, 2011)
  7. 7. Executive Order 13224 (Nov 7, 2011)
  8. 8. Here Comes Santa (Nov 14, 2011)
  9. 9. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Nov 21, 2011)
  10. 10. Parenting Made Easy (Dec 5, 2011)
  11. 11. What Went Wrong (Dec 12, 2011)
  12. 12. Alienation of Affection (Jan 9, 2012)
  13. 13. Bitcoin for Dummies (Jan 16, 2012)
  14. 14. Another Ham Sandwich (Jan 30, 2012)
  15. 15. Live from Damascus (Feb 20, 2012)
  16. 16. After the Fall (Mar 5, 2012)
  17. 17. Long Way Home (Mar 12, 2012)
  18. 18. Gloves Come Off (Mar 19, 2012)
  19. 19. Blue Ribbon Panel (Mar 26, 2012)
  20. 20. Pants on Fire (Apr 16, 2012)
  21. 21. The Penalty Box (Apr 23, 2012)
  22. 22. The Dream Team (Apr 30, 2012)

Season 4

22 episodes · 2012
  1. 1. I Fought the Law (Oct 1, 2012)
  2. 2. And the Law Won (Oct 8, 2012)
  3. 3. Two Girls, One Code (Oct 15, 2012)
  4. 4. Don't Haze Me, Bro (Oct 22, 2012)
  5. 5. Waiting for the Knock (Oct 29, 2012)
  6. 6. The Art of War (Nov 5, 2012)
  7. 7. Anatomy of a Joke (Nov 12, 2012)
  8. 8. Here Comes the Judge (Nov 19, 2012)
  9. 9. A Defense of Marriage (Nov 26, 2012)
  10. 10. Battle of the Proxies (Dec 3, 2012)
  11. 11. Boom De Yah Da (Jan 7, 2013)
  12. 12. Je Ne Sais What? (Jan 14, 2013)
  13. 13. The Seven Day Rule (Jan 28, 2013)
  14. 14. Red Team/Blue Team (Feb 18, 2013)
  15. 15. Going for the Gold (Mar 4, 2013)
  16. 16. Runnin' with the Devil (Mar 11, 2013)
  17. 17. Invitation to an Inquest (Mar 18, 2013)
  18. 18. Death of a Client (Mar 25, 2013)
  19. 19. The Wheels of Justice (Apr 1, 2013)
  20. 20. Rape: A Modern Perspective (Apr 15, 2013)
  21. 21. A More Perfect Union (Apr 22, 2013)
  22. 22. What's in the Box? (Apr 29, 2013)

Season 5

22 episodes · 2013
  1. 1. Everything is Ending (Sep 30, 2013)
  2. 2. The Bit Bucket (Oct 7, 2013)
  3. 3. A Precious Commodity (Oct 14, 2013)
  4. 4. Outside the Bubble (Oct 21, 2013)
  5. 5. Hitting the Fan (Oct 28, 2013)
  6. 6. The Next Day (Nov 4, 2013)
  7. 7. The Next Week (Nov 11, 2013)
  8. 8. The Next Month (Nov 18, 2013)
  9. 9. Whack-a-Mole (Nov 25, 2013)
  10. 10. The Decision Tree (Dec 2, 2013)
  11. 11. Goliath and David (Jan 6, 2014)
  12. 12. We, the Juries (Jan 13, 2014)
  13. 13. Parallel Construction, Bitches (Mar 10, 2014)
  14. 14. A Few Words (Mar 17, 2014)
  15. 15. Dramatics, Your Honor (Mar 24, 2014)
  16. 16. The Last Call (Mar 31, 2014)
  17. 17. A Material World (Apr 14, 2014)
  18. 18. All Tapped Out (Apr 21, 2014)
  19. 19. Tying the Knot (Apr 28, 2014)
  20. 20. The Deep Web (May 5, 2014)
  21. 21. The One Percent (May 12, 2014)
  22. 22. A Weird Year (May 19, 2014)

Season 6

22 episodes · 2014
  1. 1. The Line (Sep 22, 2014)
  2. 2. Trust Issues (Sep 29, 2014)
  3. 3. Dear God (Oct 6, 2014)
  4. 4. Oppo Research (Oct 13, 2014)
  5. 5. Shiny Objects (Oct 20, 2014)
  6. 6. Old Spice (Oct 27, 2014)
  7. 7. Message Discipline (Nov 3, 2014)
  8. 8. Red Zone (Nov 10, 2014)
  9. 9. Sticky Content (Nov 17, 2014)
  10. 10. The Trial (Nov 24, 2014)
  11. 11. Hail Mary (Jan 5, 2015)
  12. 12. The Debate (Jan 12, 2015)
  13. 13. Dark Money (Mar 2, 2015)
  14. 14. Mind's Eye (Mar 9, 2015)
  15. 15. Open Source (Mar 16, 2015)
  16. 16. Red Meat (Mar 23, 2015)
  17. 17. Undisclosed Recipients (Mar 30, 2015)
  18. 18. Loser Edit (Apr 6, 2015)
  19. 19. Winning Ugly (Apr 13, 2015)
  20. 20. The Deconstruction (Apr 27, 2015)
  21. 21. Don't Fail (May 4, 2015)
  22. 22. Wanna Partner? (May 11, 2015)

Season 7

22 episodes · 2015
  1. 1. Bond (Oct 5, 2015)
  2. 2. Innocents (Oct 12, 2015)
  3. 3. Cooked (Oct 19, 2015)
  4. 4. Taxed (Oct 26, 2015)
  5. 5. Payback (Nov 2, 2015)
  6. 6. Lies (Nov 9, 2015)
  7. 7. Driven (Nov 16, 2015)
  8. 8. Restraint (Nov 23, 2015)
  9. 9. Discovery (Nov 30, 2015)
  10. 10. KSR (Dec 14, 2015)
  11. 11. Iowa (Jan 11, 2016)
  12. 12. Tracks (Jan 18, 2016)
  13. 13. Judged (Feb 1, 2016)
  14. 14. Monday (Feb 15, 2016)
  15. 15. Targets (Feb 22, 2016)
  16. 16. Hearing (Mar 7, 2016)
  17. 17. Shoot (Mar 21, 2016)
  18. 18. Unmanned (Mar 28, 2016)
  19. 19. Landing (Apr 18, 2016)
  20. 20. Party (Apr 25, 2016)
  21. 21. Verdict (May 2, 2016)
  22. 22. End (May 9, 2016)
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