The Good Wife: Pilot (series premiere)...

The Good Wife: Pilot (series premiere)

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Posted 2 months ago by wdweditorial
(S01E01) 0 0 0 You might think that you're watching a variation on Law & Order when the first few minutes of The Good Wife commences. It's not just that Chris Noth is in the scene, looking every bit like Mike Logan. It's more that the scene is ripped from the headlines. Disgraced politician -- Elliot Spitzer, David Vitter, Jim McGreevey -- caught in a sex scandal. His innocent, good wife, standing beside him. As Alicia Florrick, the wife of a Chicago prosecutor who was caught sucking the toes of prostitutes and forced to resign, Julianna Margulies masters the shell-shocked, distant gaze. Her eyes, in fact, fixate on a stray thread on his suit. But the fog lifts quickly and away from the podium, reality comes in the form of a smack in the face. She delivers the smack, and from that moment, you're on her side. Maybe it was a cheap trick, but it worked. Continue reading The Good Wife: Pilot (series premiere) Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free Permalink | Email this | | Comments
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