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The Good Wife Recap: Were You Wanting Me to Cry?
One last cliffhanger, eh?
The Good Wife Recap: No Better Moment Than Now
Was anybody actually hoping for Howard Lyman closure?
The Good Wife Recap: Right Back Where We Started
With only a few episodes left, my expectations are sky high.
The Good Wife Recap: Quitting Time
It's five o'clock somewhere, Cary.
The Good Wife Recap: The One With the Hand Job
"Shoot" is transcendent at times, but it's also absolutely bonkers.
The Good Wife Recap: A Very Bright Lamp
Alicia's closure should involve more than simply finding another Will.
The Good Wife Recap: Crack Open the Green Notebook
I did not expect The Good Wife to tackle a story line about ISIS.
The Good Wife Recap: Common Experiences
When Eli Gold gets a spinoff, what should we call it? Good As Gold? Gold Rush?
The Good Wife Recap: Why Am I Doing This?
This is probably the beginning of the end, so all bets are off.
The Good Wife Recap: Good Morning, Magic Sunshine
Is it time to say good-bye to Alicia Florrick?
The Good Wife Recap: Not Number One
If Alicia could go back in time, would she have picked Will?
The Good Wife Recap: Get Out
This changes everything. Again.
The Good Wife Recap: Inappropriately Jaunty
Alicia is absolutely exasperated. After this episode, so am I.
The Good Wife Recap: Ongoing Disasters
When it comes to the First Amendment, never get in Diane Lockhart's way.
The Good Wife Recap: Next Stop, Lincoln Bedroom?
"It's always sexier not to care."
The Good Wife Recap: From Under the Blanket
Another extended storyline on NSA surveillance? Pass.
The Good Wife Recap: Flaccid-o Domingo
The Good Wife chose an appropriately blood-curdling, spine-tingling subject matter for this holiday weekend's episode: student-loan repayment!
The Good Wife Recap: Gumming Up the Works
Last night’s episode of The Good Wife was a reminder that when the show is good, it’s among the best in the business.
The Good Wife Recap: I Get a Gavel
Who knew it would be so satisfying to watch some of the greatest character actors of their respective generations squeeze through tiny doorframes?
The Good Wife Recap: Chopped Balls and Botched Investigations
The case Alicia picks up this week is a fascinating one.
The Good Wife Recap: Good Luck With That
The single-word title of the season premiere seems like a strong indication that The Good Wife will end come spring.
The Good Wife Recap: That’s Too Bad
The Good Wife's very strong season finale will likely be remembered for being Kalinda's final episode.
The Good Wife Recap: I Want to Know If You’ll Join Me
I can tentatively get behind the idea of a Good Wife that looks like last night's episode did.
The Good Wife Recap: Good-bye, Kalinda
How does the show move on without a character who has anchored it for years?
The Good Wife Recap: It’s Never Over
It's been a little unsettling to see Alicia buy into the myth of Saint Alicia.
The Good Wife Recap: Let Them Buy Cake
Last night's episode yanked hard on two threads the show's been dangling for months now.
The Good Wife Recap: All Options Are Open to Me
I'm not applauding Alicia here. I'm a tiny bit heartbroken.
The Good Wife Recap: And the Winner Is …
We're left with a few big answers.
The Good Wife Recap: Handsome Men Are So Weak
This show has always been the story of Alicia, but I wonder what the show still hopes to teach her.
The Good Wife Recap: Inside Alicia
How long can Alicia keep this up?
The Good Wife Recap: The F-Bomb
Nothing says, "Our hiatus is finally over!" like opening with 45 seconds of erotic asphyxiation.
The Good Wife Did a Ferguson-Based Episode Last Night
And it was debate night for Alicia.
The Good Wife Recap: With Our Apologies
What more could you want from an hour of television?
The Good Wife Recap: Cary Goes to Trial
And Alicia's bad joke has consequences.
The Good Wife Recap: Stop Banging the Help
Alicia has a desire not to be private, but to be public on her own terms.
The Good Wife Recap: The Death of Saint Alicia?
This week delivered a nice, meaty Michael J. Fox appearance.
The Good Wife Recap: Questions Are for Dopes
Hello there, David Hyde Pierce.
The Good Wife Recap: Call Me Maybe
The show is back on point after last week's odd episode.
The Good Wife Recap: Like I’m in a Bruckheimer Movie
An episode that was all over the place.
The Good Wife Recap: Opposition Research
Alicia has a lot of dirt.
The Good Wife Recap: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Alicia
Alicia asks an important question and Cary gets sprung from prison.
The Good Wife Recap: The Future Is Weird
Moving right along.
The Good Wife Season 6 Premiere Recap: Agos Is the New Black
All of a sudden, Cary has a prison problem.
The Good Wife Season 5 Finale Recap: Graduation Day
How amazing is it that this show continues to be this good after five seasons?
The Good Wife Recap: A Piece of the Pie
Things slow down just a little bit before the season finale.
The Good Wife Recap: Alicia Florrick’s Day Off
Alicia has a rare day off.
The Good Wife Recap: Sinner Party
God, you guys, it’s hard out there for a working mother.
The Good Wife Recap: Chicago Confidential
The NSA is always listening.
The Good Wife Recap: The Illusion of Free Will
“If I die before you, please don’t let them read ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ at my funeral."
The Good Wife Recap: Will to Go On
And now, the fallout and the grief.
The Good Wife Recap: Shots Rang Out
The saddest, most shocking Good Wife episode ever.
The Good Wife Recap: Getting the Band Back Together
For a firm that has splintered, they sure still see a lot of each other.
The Good Wife Recap: I’m Goin’ Down
The show's key players are all losing their sense of morality.
The Good Wife Recap: A Gleeful Parody
Alicia takes on a Glee-like TV show who ripped off her Jonathan Coulton–esque musician clients and “legal jazz” ensues.
The Good Wife Recap: A Case of Two Wills
Last night's episode was the show's hundredth, and they pulled out all the stops.
The Good Wife Recap: The Seedy Underbelly of Internet Culture
We got some interesting insight into the history of the Florrick family and the future of Lockhart/Gardner.
The Good Wife Recap: America the Beautiful
A flustered Eli and a major Florrick/Agos victory? What a delightful episode.
The Good Wife Recap: Warrior Princess Mode
Tensions are still high as we return to a typical case of the week episode.
The Good Wife Recap: Bill and Hillary on Steroids
This week’s episode had to be a step down from last week's. It had to be.
The Good Wife Recap: Not Your Mother’s Lawyer Show
That might have been one of the best hours of television we’ve seen all year.
The Good Wife Recap: Not With a Bang
Diane Lockhart is unstoppable.
The Good Wife Recap: The Pregnant Pause
It's impressive how quickly Diane's world has unraveled.
The Good Wife Recap: You Can Thank Edward Snowden
Did you learn nothing from Stringer Bell, Alicia?
The Good Wife Season Premiere Recap: The New Will and Diane
Put on your most powerful suit and stripiest tie, we’re back with season five of The Good Wife.
The Good Wife Season-Four Finale Recap: The Breakaway
"How does it feel to be the First Lady of Illinois?"
The Good Wife Recap: Down to the Wire
Labor disputes, romance on the bus, and one very awkward funeral on this week's middling penultimate episode.
The Good Wife Recap: The Big Chill
Things are getting mighty frosty in the race to close out season four.
The Good Wife Recap: Modern Love
“That’s why I love this place. Everybody sleeps with everybody else.”
The Good Wife Recap: All That Glitters
Shenanigans in white tie, a whodunit in flashbacks, and loads of drunken Irishmen make for one of the loopiest episodes ever.
The Good Wife Recap: Good-bye, Old Friends
“There’s no need to be sorry about the truth.”
The Good Wife Recap: FutureSex LoveSounds
Cary and Kalinda sitting in a tree …
The Good Wife Recap: Competitive Edge
A densely packed episode wherein every character gets ruffled.
The Good Wife Recap: Through the Looking Glass
Arrrgh, bait and switch!
The Good Wife Recap: A Woman in Love
We’re officially ready to join the party of season four.
The Good Wife Recap: French Twist
At least this week's episode was light on bankruptcy talk.
The Good Wife Recap: Waiting Game
"No one disappears. They all come back like zombies.”
The Good Wife Recap: Double Vision
Two girls walk into a bar and everything changes.
The Good Wife Recap: Family Values
There’s no place like home for the holidays.
The Good Wife Recap: Subject Bias
Sloshed judges and teenage dreams make for a better than average episode.
The Good Wife Recap: Twigs and Berries
“It really only looks like Brazil when it’s erect. Otherwise, it’s more like New Jersey.”
The Good Wife Recap: Female Troubles
In which we enter the age of the feminist supervillain.
The Good Wife Recap: It’s All in the Footnotes
A courtroom-free episode, with drama to spare.
The Good Wife Recap: The Insects Are Coming
"Welcome to the lifeboat."
The Good Wife Recap: Shaking the Tree
Plus: more psychosexual fun with food.
The Good Wife Recap: Welcome to the Thunderdome
Starring: The Soft-Serve Incident heard ‘round the world.
The Good Wife Recap: Circumstances Beyond Control
When we last left this show, Kalinda was waiting in the dark, with a gun.
The Good Wife Recap: Kalinda’s Got a Gun
We're bothered that almost all of this season felt like an aimless run-up to what will essentially be a reboot.
The Good Wife Recap: Kalinda Shows Some Fear
Stop talking about quitting the show. No matter how convoluted the story lines get, the actors are just too freaking good to give up on.
The Good Wife Recap: Lies Make the World Go Round
Matthew Perry's character is a real bastard, isn't he?
The Good Wife Recap: Suburgatory
Alicia still wants her old house back.
The Good Wife Recap: Wine-Fueled Booty Calls
No one's immune to 'em. Not even Diane.
The Good Wife Recap: The Law Is a Strange, Sex-Addled Thing
A beautifully complicated episode.
The Good Wife Recap: Suicide, Blondes
Welcome to Will’s enforced vision quest. It lasts a week. It is profound.
The Good Wife Recap: False Positive
Adios, Mr. Gardner.
The Good Wife Recap: Mixed Metaphors
Who do you trust?
The Good Wife Recap: Clause 63
All hail Christine Baranski.
The Good Wife Recap: That’s What Friends Are For
“I am the State’s Attorney. You don’t say no to me."
The Good Wife Recap: The End of the Affair
And Kalinda to the rescue.
The Good Wife Recap: Natural Enemy, Vegetables
"Even if it weren't wrong, it's not smart."
The Good Wife Recap: Magic Sex Dust
Kalinda sprinkles it on everyone.
The Good Wife Recap: Ringtone of Doom
And terrorism.
The Good Wife Recap: Cary Rising
And someone bangs a good Bin Laden. Really.
The Good Wife Recap: Classic C-Student
"You and I should get drinks, trade whore stories."
The Good Wife Recap: Inside Baseball
Half of the core cast is no longer interacting with the other half of the core cast.
The Good Wife Recap: Say Cheese
And then vomit.
The Good Wife Recap: Current Affairs
"How have I never met you before?"
The Good Wife Recap: Good Girl Gone Bad
Sexy times in the season-three premiere.
The Good Wife Recap: Red Light, Red Light, Green Light Go
Will and Alicia finally get it on.
The Good Wife Recap: The Breakup
Alica and Kalinda, dunzo.
The Good Wife Recap: Hell Hath No Fury
"Say something to make me love you again."
The Good Wife Recap: Crying Game
The secret is out.
The Good Wife Recap: Six Feet Under
Florrick has bimbo issues.
The Good Wife Recap: Storm Clouds on the Horizon
The show takes a step back from last week's revelations.
The Good Wife Recap: A Knife in the Back
Kalinda's big secret gets revealed, and it's a doozy.
The Good Wife Recap: Victory Dance
Team Cary and Kalinda all the way!
The Good Wife Recap: Guns Blazing
“What is this attraction with guns it’s so base."
The Good Wife Recap: Road Trip
"Will, I need a moment of your time."
The Good Wife Recap: Blood in the Water
"You seem like a nice woman from the outside and then I get a glimpse of the darkness within."
The Good Wife Recap: Abort!
"Whenever I see that bitch I know we're in trouble."
The Good Wife Recap: Micro-Expressions
"I want to make things different so you don't leave."
The Good Wife Recap: Pharmacide
"You mean before or after I fellated my first guy?"
The Good Wife Recap: Witness to a Near-Execution
If you didn't cry as the firm rushed to free a convict from death row, you may not be human.
The Good Wife Recap: The Wire
"I'm sorry. Was that in your opinion?"
The Good Wife Recap: Teenage Wildlife
"Went pantiless in court just to rebel."
The Good Wife Recap: Drug Money
"A lie always beats the truth."
The Good Wife Recap: SVU
"I thought the goal was to die with the most money."
The Good Wife Recap: Ham-Fisted
"You shooting deer, or compensating for something?"
The Good Wife Recap: Sniped
"As you well know, I don’t have a life."
The Good Wife Recap: Status Updates
"The stiffer the better."
The Good Wife Recap: I Just Called to Say ...
Who says, "I love you" on a voice mail, anyway?
Allow James Spader to fill the void.
And it’s also really good.
The CBS spinoff needed sudden rewrites after the election. Let's take a close look at those changes.
A beginner’s guide to Diane Lockhart and her tremendous necklaces.
Diane Lockhart is not happy about president 45.
“It’s the Kings unplugged,” says actress Christine Baranski.
The character, Maia, is Diane's goddaughter.
Great alumni network.
One raised eyebrow from her, and you’re toast.
A Parks and Recreation crossover? Make it happen.
