{"id":4474,"date":"2016-05-16T09:07:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T21:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/?p=4474"},"modified":"2016-08-23T18:53:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T06:53:58","slug":"box-watch-the-good-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/box-watch-the-good-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Watch: The Good Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was looking forward to the week’s viewing when I realised that The Good Wife<\/a> ended last week.<\/p>\n

Hard to believe it’s been seven years since housewife Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies<\/strong>) stood by her husband, disgraced and jail-bound state’s attorney Peter Florrick (Law & Order<\/a> alum Chris Noth<\/strong>). At first I was rather leery of Ridley Scott<\/strong> and Tony Scott<\/strong>‘s involvement as executive producers: purveyors of loud and unsubtle big screen epics and extravaganzas, I assumed they would overwhelm creators Robert and Michelle King<\/strong>‘s kickarse pilot script with Sturm und Drang \u2014 but no. They provided awesome production values and produced consistently entertaining television for 156 episodes.<\/p>\n

While reviews of the series finale ranged from “contorted”<\/a> (Variety) and C+<\/a> (AV Club), to “single-minded”<\/a> (Hollywood Reporter) and “the right note”<\/a> (Salon), I thought it did an okay job of closing the show. Sure it felt a bit like a slave to its pilot but it made sense, it was true to character, and left an opening for a sequel, The Good Lawyer<\/del> was sufficiently satisfying while still leaving the audience wanting more. Not so sure about the creators’ farewell letter to fans<\/a> \u2014 I’m a believer in if you’re explaining, you’re losing<\/em> \u2014 but it’s their show.<\/p>\n

So. That’s that, then.<\/p>\n

What do I watch now?<\/p>\n

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By Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=21898254 I was looking forward to the week’s viewing when I realised that The Good Wife ended last week. Hard to believe it’s been seven years since housewife Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) stood by her husband, disgraced and jail-bound state’s attorney Peter Florrick (Law & Order alum Chris Noth). … <\/p>\n

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