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s07e22 · 2016-05-09
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The Good Wife
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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.
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23 this season · 157 totals01e01 Pilot 2009-09-23 02:00
Pilot
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. As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner, who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm's top litigator, Diane Lockhart, offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she has to succeed on her own merit. Alicia's main competition among the firm's 20-something new recruits is Cary, a recent Harvard grad who is affable on the surface, but competitive to the core. Fortunately, Alicia finds an ally in Kalinda, the firm's tough in-house investigator. 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, 14-year-old Zach and 13-year-old Grace. For the first time in years, Alicia trades in her identity as the 'good wife' and takes charge of her own destiny.
s01e02 Stripped 2009-09-30 02:00
Stripped
Alicia represents a stripper who claims she was raped at the bachelor party of a prominent businessman after the States' Attorney refuses to pursue criminal charges.
s01e03 Home 2009-10-07 02:00
s01e04 Fixed 2009-10-14 02:00
s01e05 Crash 2009-10-21 02:00
Crash
Alicia and Will have only 72 hours to find the smoking gun that proves the train company, and not the three engineers, is responsible for the crash, thus securing the widows their pensions the company is holding back. Meanwhile, Jackie and Alicia clash over taking the children to visit their father in prison.
s01e06 Conjugal 2009-11-04 03:00
Conjugal
As Alicia works with Will on the appeal of a death row inmate, she agrees to a conjugal visit with Peter in order to get information from him since her client was convicted under Peter's regime as state's attorney.
s01e07 Unorthodox 2009-11-11 03:00
Unorthodox
While representing the daughter of one of the partner's at the law firm, Alicia finds herself attracted to her co-counsel and his unorthodox approach to defending their client.
s01e08 Unprepared 2009-11-18 03:00
Unprepared
As Alicia prepares to defend a scientist accused of arson, she is caught off guard when Peter's attorney asks her to testify on Peter's behalf sooner than she expected.
s01e09 Threesome 2009-11-25 03:00
Threesome
Alicia deals with tricky office politics when she's asked to represent the firm's senior partner after he's arrested. Meanwhile, Peter's evidentiary hearing hits the skids, leading Alicia to suspect that he may, in fact, actually be guilty of corruption.
s01e10 Lifeguard 2009-12-16 03:00
Lifeguard
When a judge overturns a simple plea deal that Alicia arranged, she looks into his motivation, and Diane is made an offer she can't refuse.
s01e11 Infamy 2010-01-06 03:00
Infamy
Alicia gleans a bit more info into Peter's fall from grace when she represents Glenn Childs' wife, Marie Browning, in their divorce. Meanwhile, Will gets cozy with his opposing counsel, Emily, during a wrongful death suit against caustic TV commentator Duke Rosco.
s01e12 Painkiller 2010-01-13 03:00
Painkiller
When a star high school quarterback dies from an overdose of painkillers, Alicia represents the doctor who prescribed the medication. At home, Alicia and the kids deal with some bad news and she gives Peter information that makes his blood boil.
s01e13 Bad 2010-02-03 03:00
Bad
Tensions are high as Peter's appeal trial begins and Alicia defends a wealthy client in civil court whose innocence she doubts, even after he's found not guilty in criminal court of murdering his wife. Meanwhile, Diane decides to take precautions when a felon she successfully prosecuted is about to be released from prison.
s01e14 Hi 2010-02-10 03:00
Hi
As Alicia defends a husband accused of murdering the babysitter, she and her family prepare for the outcome of Peter's appeal and his possible homecoming.
s01e15 Bang 2010-03-03 03:00
Bang
While Peter gets acclimated to life at home and works on a comeback strategy with his political team, including Eli Gold, Alicia and Diane wrestle with spousal privilege laws in a murder case that hinges on their ability to get a wife to testify against her husband.
s01e16 Fleas 2010-03-10 03:00
Fleas
As Peter strategizes on how to handle his retrial and the next steps in his public rehabilitation, Alicia and Will defend an attorney arrested for murder.
s01e17 Heart 2010-03-17 02:00
Heart
In an emergency courtroom set up in a hospital, Alicia and Will battle Patti Nyholm and an insurance company that refuses to pay for life-saving in-utero surgery. Meanwhile, Alicia gives Peter a proper welcome home.
s01e18 Doubt 2010-04-07 02:00
Doubt
Alicia and Will defend a college student accused of killing her sorority sister while under the influence of a sleep aid. At the same time, they also deal with their growing sexual tension and Diane and Kurt McVeigh continue their flirtation.
s01e19 Boom 2010-04-28 02:00
Boom
When Alicia goes head-to-head in the courtroom with former boss Jonas Stern, she debates whether or not use personal information to her advantage. Meanwhile, Peter uses religion to work on his appeal.
s01e20 Mock 2010-05-05 02:00
Mock
The police are quickly at the door when Peter's electronic monitor sounds after he chases Alicia out of the apartment. As a result, Grace and Zach scramble to figure out a way to keep him from being arrested.
s01e21 Unplugged 2010-05-12 02:00
Unplugged
The winner is announced in the competition between Alicia and Cary.
s01e22 Hybristophilia 2010-05-19 02:00
Hybristophilia
Eli Gold works on getting Peter's charges dropped, and Alicia defends Colin Sweeney,, a client and accused wife killer, who claims self defense after she finds him handcuffed to a dead woman.
s01e23 Running 2010-05-26 02:00
Running
At Eli Gold's urging, Alicia must decide if she'll stand by her man during Peter's new political campaign, or if she'll pursue a relationship with Will instead.