TMC
02-09-2016, 03:15 AM
http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/i-love-the-good-wife-and-im-so-glad-its-ending-20160208
Perhaps a firm end date can return the CBS drama to glory. As Sam Adams points out, last season was hurt by an "absurdly distended departure” of Archie Panjabi's Kalinda. This season, he adds, "has been worse: Reassigning Alicia to bail bonds hearing has produced some novel storylines, but it also reeks of a desperate need to find stories the show hasn't already told. The addition of Cush Jumbo and Jeffrey Dean Morgan brought in some fresh blood, and even at its worst, it's still a solidly acted, well put-together show, but The Good Wife was beginning to feel like a fish flailing about in an ever-diminishing puddle.” PLUS: The Good Wife perfectly reflected (http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/news/a41939/the-good-wife-annoucement/) our troubled times, there will be no Will or Kalinda (http://tvline.com/2016/02/08/the-good-wife-series-finale-spoilers-kalinda-will/) for the final episodes, creators Robert and Michelle King only learned of the cancellation last week (http://www.tvinsider.com/article/71664/the-good-wife-producers-spill-six-secrets-about-the-final-season/), here are 10 spinoff ideas (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/good-wife-series-finale-plot), these 9 things should (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/good-wife-series-finale-plot) happen before The Good Wife signs off for good, and The Good Wife will get to exit with its head held high (http://www.salon.com/2016/02/08/dont_mourn_the_good_wife_a_great_show_should_be_allowed_to_go_out_with_its_head_held_high/).
Perhaps a firm end date can return the CBS drama to glory. As Sam Adams points out, last season was hurt by an "absurdly distended departure” of Archie Panjabi's Kalinda. This season, he adds, "has been worse: Reassigning Alicia to bail bonds hearing has produced some novel storylines, but it also reeks of a desperate need to find stories the show hasn't already told. The addition of Cush Jumbo and Jeffrey Dean Morgan brought in some fresh blood, and even at its worst, it's still a solidly acted, well put-together show, but The Good Wife was beginning to feel like a fish flailing about in an ever-diminishing puddle.” PLUS: The Good Wife perfectly reflected (http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/news/a41939/the-good-wife-annoucement/) our troubled times, there will be no Will or Kalinda (http://tvline.com/2016/02/08/the-good-wife-series-finale-spoilers-kalinda-will/) for the final episodes, creators Robert and Michelle King only learned of the cancellation last week (http://www.tvinsider.com/article/71664/the-good-wife-producers-spill-six-secrets-about-the-final-season/), here are 10 spinoff ideas (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/good-wife-series-finale-plot), these 9 things should (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/good-wife-series-finale-plot) happen before The Good Wife signs off for good, and The Good Wife will get to exit with its head held high (http://www.salon.com/2016/02/08/dont_mourn_the_good_wife_a_great_show_should_be_allowed_to_go_out_with_its_head_held_high/).