Finally a legal drama with a well written script, punctual acting and expensive interior decoration that’s larger than life.
The series revolves around Alicia Florrick, a smart and determined litigator whose husband Peter Florrick, a family man destined for political power, was sentenced to jail for a major sex and corruption scandal.
Besides the likeable Florrick, the show includes some great characters. Diane Lockhart, for example, is a senior partner at the firm whose penetrating icicle glares and non-conformist views are to be reckoned with.
Additionally, Kalinda Sharma is a hardline in-house private investigator who shows the “reality’’ of winning cases illegally and unethically by snooping and practically stealing client information.
There are of course the major battles between each firm; each fighting and conniving on behalf of their clients in order to take the winner’s cheque and ego trophy home.
Most entertaining, I would say, are the sharp suited extras, with their expensive suits, oak wood desks, and clean cut and unhinged determinism to win.
This show overall is definitely one to watch, it might not break any major boundaries, but it’s entertaining, with occasional moments of suspense with gasping and raised eyebrows. It is riveting show, packed with characters whose allegiances and motives are unknown, creating a dangerous and ambiguous situation that the heroine has to negotiate in more ways that one.
The Good Wife keeps growing season by season and is universally acclaimed. This in itself should be reason enough to watch it.