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Question: Along with Parenthood, The Good Wife is in my opinion still one of the best dramas on network TV. And the mock trial episode was, as you recently noted, the best so far of the season. However, I have recently been feeling that this show has been lacking, not necessarily in quality (with the exception of the whole Kalinda's husband debacle), but in freshness. For me the show has been very stagnant. A case here, a little Will/Alicia flirtation there, mixed in with Peter's campaign and/or Eli's troubles. Every week is pretty much the same thing with a different guest star. Nothing seems to be new or fresh. What's most frustrating about the lack of freshness is how easily they could remedy that. I would be extremely interested in watching what Cary proposed unfold, for he and Alicia to form their own firm. Watching Cary and Alicia go head to head with Will and Diane would be a welcome change to the same old same old.
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Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston) sure does get around.
In the first season of The Good Wife, she not only helped the Florrick kids cover up Peter's (Chris Noth) brief (but illegal) house arrest breach, but she also got him acquitted. In Season 3, she came to Alicia's (Julianna Margulies) defense against the Treasury Department before helping prevent Will (Josh Charles) from being indicted. Now in Season 4 (Sundays at 9/8c on CBS), she's up to bat once again — this time to...
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With back-to-back Sundays devoted to the Super Bowl and the Grammys, CBS has enjoyed a spectacular February so far. This Sunday, the only week in February with no major TV event — next Sunday belongs to ABC and the Oscars — the network's ratings will no doubt come back down to earth. But two of CBS' Emmy-winning crown jewels take center stage, and in one case shouldn't be missed.
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John Noble isn't staying away from the small screen for long.
The Fringe star is guest-starring on an upcoming episode of The Good Wife, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
As first reported by TV Guide Canada, Noble will appear in the 18th episode of the season as someone from Alicia's...
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Two of Lockhart Gardner's newest equity partners are being tasked with a surprising job: take down the bosses in court.
In these new photos from the Feb. 17 episode of The Good Wife (Sundays at 9/8c on CBS), Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Cary (Matt Czuchry) must battle Will (Josh Charles) and Diane (Christine Baranski) when a client asks the firm to...
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