Alicia Florrick was an attorney, but became a stay-at-home mother while her husband Peter served as a State’s Attorney for Cook County. For years, their life was perfect and privileged, but it all came to an ugly end when Peter is tried and jailed for corruption, and is also discovered to have had numerous affairs. Alicia’s picture-perfect marriage is over but she is still very much in the public eye thanks to the media’s coverage of her husband’s downfall, and is forced to maintain her image as “The Good Wife”. However, with her husband in prison and in disgrace, she is forced to return to practicing law to support herself and her children, a field she has not worked in professionally for over a decade. Not only must Alicia deal with her husband’s scandal and its effects on her life; she must also begin her law career at square one, as a junior litigator at a prestigious law firm. She is forced to re-learn her way back into being the skilled attorney she used to be, and also be there for her young children. She defends clients accused of murder other and other crimes as well as clients in divorce and wrongful death cases, and sometimes must take the stand in the courtroom as a part of the legal procedures against her husband. Alicia’s not in it alone, however. Also working at Stern, Lockhart & Gardner, the same law firm as Alicia, is Will Gardner, a friend of hers who attended law school with her, and who shows potential to become more than a friend. Kalinda Sharma is the law firm’s private investigator, and she is usually more than ready to believe the worst of people. Diane Lockhart, a senior partner at Stern, Lockhart & Gardner has a firm opinion on virtually everything. Eli Gold is Peter Florrick’s brutally honest (emphasis on brutal) campaign manager.

Rating: 8 | Year: 2009 | Network: CBS | Free Episodes Online: 156
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