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The Good Wife Season One

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Genre	Drama/Television
Format	AC-3, Box set, Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor	Makenzie Vega, Chris Noth, Christine Baranski, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Mary Beth Peil, Jerry Adler, Julianna Margulies, Robert King, Zach Grenier, Michelle King, Alan Cumming, Graham PhillipsMakenzie Vega, Chris Noth, Christine Baranski, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Mary Beth Peil, Jerry Adler, Julianna Margulies, Robert King, Zach Grenier, Michelle King, Alan Cumming, Graham Phillips See more
Language	English
Number Of Discs	6

The Good Wife is a female-driven drama about a politician's wife who pursues her own career as a defense attorney after her husband is sent to jail on charges of political corruption. Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) will not only have to deal with her career but also with keeping her family together by providing a stable home for her two children.

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The Good Wife is a compelling drama about Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies), a strong, articulate woman whose life has been turned upside down by the actions of her husband Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), a state's attorney who's been disgraced by a sex scandal and imprisoned for abusing his position in office. The series begins with a press conference in which Peter apologizes for his personal indiscretions and denies any professional wrongdoing, but the focus of this series is all on Alicia--how she endures the moment in front of the press, the personal impact of the experience just after the cameras are turned off, and how that instant in time will affect every aspect of her life from that moment on. A middle-aged woman accustomed to charity events and luxury in the suburbs, Alicia is suddenly forced to abandon her old life, move to an apartment in the city, and reenter the workforce as a junior associate in a local law firm in order to support herself and her two teenage children. Add in the extra baggage of the very public sex scandal, competition from a young and highly ambitious twentysomething lawyer (Matt Czuchry) at the firm, and a coworker (Archie Panjabi) whom her husband once fired, and things become really tricky for Alicia. The story is about much more than Alicia's reentry into the courtroom; it's about how everything in her life has changed and how every decision she makes impacts her future. Excellent writing and the powerful performances of Margulies and her costars make this series absolutely captivating. The blend of personal drama, courtroom action, sexual indiscretion, family dynamics, and political scandal is perfectly balanced and, as in real life, everything is complexly interwoven. The most compelling thing about the series is Margulies herself: she is completely believable as Alicia Florrick--everything she feels and thinks comes across as totally real to viewers, sometimes without even one word of dialogue, and viewers can't help but relate to everything she's going through and wonder what they might do in a similar situation. Viewers struggle right along with Alicia as she oscillates between self-confidence and self-doubt, resolve and vulnerability, hatred for her husband's infidelity and an inexplicable resilient love for him, even in the face of her renewed attraction to her former law school classmate and now-boss Will (Josh Charles). Viewers share in her determination to remain strong and somehow balance the demands of work and family. Panjabi is commanding in her breakout role as Kalinda, an extremely pragmatic investigator who regularly defies convention and will go to almost any length to get the information she needs, and every interaction between Alicia and Kalinda is simply electric. Christine Baranski is also stellar in her role as Diane Lockhart, a firm partner who sees Alicia both as someone to mentor and as a personal threat.

Besides the 23-episode season, this six-disc set contains quite a few deleted scenes (they get longer as the season progresses) and special features that include on-air promos and a discussion of some of the real-life scandals that caused the writers to ponder the wronged wife's point of view. The hour-and-15-minute-long "Education of Alicia Florrick: Making Season One" features cocreators/writers/executive producers Robert King and Michelle King and executive producer David W. Zucker, along with many of the actors and other important production crew members. They discuss the making of the pilot, location work, casting, costuming, photographic vision, and the show's groundbreaking point of view (they also offer a hint about the focus of the second season). Optional commentaries are available for several episodes and feature Robert King, Michelle King, Zucker, and executive producer Brooke Kennedy. --Tami Horiuchi

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 5.4 x 7.7 inches; 6.4 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ The Goodwife Season 1
Media Format ‏ : ‎ AC-3, Box set, Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 43 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ September 14, 2010
Actors ‏ : ‎ Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry, Christine Baranski
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified
Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003FSTN52
Writers ‏ : ‎ Michelle King, Robert King
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 6

This is a fascinating, well acted drama, with some superbly multi-faceted and unforgettable characters. My husband and I are binge-watching this. We also enjoyed "Homeland," "The Last Enemy" "Borgen" and "The Night Manager." This drama shares the smart snappy writing and the suspenseful plotting of those dramas, with a strong female lead--though all the cast is excellent. This is riveting and absorbing.

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Boy, I went into this expecting a mushy soap opera with some political overtones much like the current Scandal. Oddly enough, there are plenty of Scandal actors working in this series, so they seem related somehow. However, not quite through Season One, I am finding the show oddly intelligent and thoughtful and not at all what I expected. BUT, as a lawyer, I still cringe two or three times a show at the "made for TV" legal reality, which does not match up with the actual real legal world. For instance "you need to testify on appeal." In 99.99% of all appeals, there is no testimony, only the record from the court below. Despite what one sees here (and it was the same on Boston Legal) lawyers don't just visit another firm and sit down for a "settlement conference." We might gather for a mediation, but I don't see a mediator in sight. But it makes for dramatic, good TV for the non-legal folks, and I can live in that fantasy world of lawyering for an hour at a time. And why are none of them hunched over their computers, researching and writing? Not even the lowly junior associates. Let me tell you, a real junior associate at a firm of that kind would not see sunshine very often. They would be researching and writing for the older lawyers. The acting is good, the writing is good, the storylines are good, so I'll overlook these departures (and many others) for the time being at least

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The Good Wife is a show I nearly missed out on, partly because it takes nearly half of the first season to establish its tone and fully take flight. I tuned in originally because the premise was intriguing. The protagonist, Alicia Florrick, is the woman behind the fake political smile, standing by a man most women would be happy to be rid of. What makes someone like this tick? From the get go, it is clear that Alicia is complicated. That only develops further as the seasons unfold.

If the series had just been about her, I might have lost interest. However, it is also a first-rate courtroom drama and an intriguing political drama with an enthralling romance at its center. An episode like "Bad" features the strengths that hooked me. A disarming sociopath, Colin Sweeney, is introduced and you just can't look away. Who is this man and why would any decent person defend him? There are no easy answers. Equally engrossing is "Heart" in which Alicia crosses a professional line with her boss from which they will never fully recover. And if the final moments of season finale"Running" don't hook you, then you really aren't a fan.

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This a great series that starts off with a determined woman taking on the world. Her husband has been accused of corruption and consorting with prostitutes. A tape from one of the call girls plays on cable television. She is forced back to work to support herself and her two children. She has to compete against another younger male associate at the solicitors' office where she now works. Her mentor and others at the firm are uncertain about her and her husband's notoriety gets in the way. But through it all she battles on with steely determination.

The cases that she defends are always a little unusual and interesting and life becomes even more complicated as she is still attracted to one of the firm's partners that she has a history with.

There is plenty to "get your teeth into" and you need to pay attention while watching!