Season 5
TV Show · Drama

THE GOOD WIFE stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, a wife and mother who reinvents her life following her husband’s sex and political corruption scandal. Four years into her tenure at the law firm of Lockhart/Gardner, Alicia accepts a prestigious partner offer from her bosses, Diane Lockhart, Will Gardner and David Lee. However, a mutual attraction with Will leaves Alicia conflicted after she agrees to renew her vows with her husband, Peter, who has won the gubernatorial election with the help of campaign manager Eli Gold. After much thought, Alicia agrees to leave Lockhart/Gardner to start a new firm with her colleague, Cary Agos, who is unable to convince investigator Kalinda Sharma to join them. Now, Alicia must find a way to balance her evolving career, her new position as First Lady of Illinois and her roles as a wife and mother to her teenage children, Zach and Grace. Emboldened by the prospect of taking control of her future, Alicia bravely ventures into unknown territory.

2013 · 46m
Starring Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Josh Charles
Director Robert King, Josh Charles

Season 1

  • Pilot
    EPISODE 1
    Pilot
    When her husband is involved in a very public sex and political corruption scandal that lands him in prison, Alicia Florrick goes back to work as a defence attorney at a prestigious and highly competitive Chicago law firm to support her two children. In this first episode, Alicia returns to work and soon finds herself landed with a tricky case.
    43 min
  • Stripped
    EPISODE 2
    Stripped
    Alicia represents a stripper who was raped at a stag party and may have previously been abused by her husband. Alicia and her husband Peter discuss whether the children should be allowed to visit him while he's in prison, and Alicia finds incriminating pictures of Peter that her kids had hidden to save her from further pain.
    34 min
  • Home
    EPISODE 3
    Home
    Alicia puts her pride and misgivings behind her and represents the son of a former friend who snubbed her as soon as news of the scandal broke out. The boy has been accused of murder. Meanwhile, Alicia sees Peter who takes a call from a prostitute while in her company.
    39 min
  • Fixed
    EPISODE 4
    Fixed
    Alicia finds evidence of possible wrongdoing on the jury's part in a case against a major pharmaceutical company. Meanwhile, Peter's legal team work on his appeal.
    39 min
  • Crash
    EPISODE 5
    Crash
    Alicia represents three widows of train engineers who have been accused by the company that they, and not the company, were responsible for their deaths in a train crash. Meanwhile, Jackie and Alicia fall out when Jackie takes the children to prison to visit Peter for his birthday.
    41 min
  • Conjugal
    EPISODE 6
    Conjugal
    Alicia and Will work on the appeal of a death row inmate accused of killing a police officer. Alicia swallows her pride and visits Peter in prison for information on the client as Peter was the state attorney at the time of the client's conviction.
    41 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Matthew Goode
    Finn Polmar
  • Julianna Margulies
    Alicia Florrick
  • Matt Czuchry
    Cary Agos
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan
    Jason Crouse
  • Christine Baranski
    Diane Lockhart
  • Chris Noth
    Peter Florrick
  • Alan Cumming
    Eli Gold
  • Zach Grenier
    David Lee
  • Josh Charles
    William Gardner
  • Archie Panjabi
    Kalinda Sharma
  • Michael J. Fox
    Louis Canning

About

Season 5

Drama

THE GOOD WIFE stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, a wife and mother who reinvents her life following her husband’s sex and political corruption scandal. Four years into her tenure at the law firm of Lockhart/Gardner, Alicia accepts a prestigious partner offer from her bosses, Diane Lockhart, Will Gardner and David Lee. However, a mutual attraction with Will leaves Alicia conflicted after she agrees to renew her vows with her husband, Peter, who has won the gubernatorial election with the help of campaign manager Eli Gold. After much thought, Alicia agrees to leave Lockhart/Gardner to start a new firm with her colleague, Cary Agos, who is unable to convince investigator Kalinda Sharma to join them. Now, Alicia must find a way to balance her evolving career, her new position as First Lady of Illinois and her roles as a wife and mother to her teenage children, Zach and Grace. Emboldened by the prospect of taking control of her future, Alicia bravely ventures into unknown territory.

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CBS
Released
2013
Rated
Caution
Region of Origin
United States
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