JamesRutland This series is well made but its aim is to show in good way the evil in the individuals which manage power and laws disdaining human beings. The cynicism is to paint in good way the evil so to make it gracious; also the good figures are in some way bad because they appear as pathetically hypocrite full of false goodness unable to recognize the evil in front of them. This kind of series is the attempt to undermine the evil within the hearts of people embellishing it with curiosity and morbidity. The only benefit concerns with the description of what USA are: a false evil tyranny full of false dreams by which to scam citizen based on the contempt and corruption of human life. As far as the narrative structure a lot of incoherence is present: processes ends soon; the protagonist wants to be a good state attorney to pursue honesty but during her contest helps assassins, drug system and other criminal to avoid the condemnation. Many characters and situations are ridiculous. The good directing and pace seem only to mask these weaknesses. A series to depict a cynical evil world where greedy enriched, criminal system and power individuals represent the mediocrity of the society with their useless existences which damage and corrupt the life of the whole community ("the only "good" message": the system is completely corrupt and you are part of this system).

RHL First of all, I loved this series and have watched all 156 episodes; completely brilliant, until the end!!!Julianna Margulies (Alicia) is magnificent as 'The Good Wife' and holds everything together, simply a stellar performance. There's suspense, intrigue, insights to the darker machinations of American politics and the corruption that emanates from all of this. There are wonderful characters that are woven into the fabric of this drama, Archie Panjabi (Kalinda Sharma) stands out as an example. I came into this epic saga late but was enraptured; there are so many great performances!I've read many reviews regarding Alicia's character and most seem to resonate with negativity as the years roll by. WHAT? Yes, she is a privileged person because she is intelligent and articulate, hence her job, BUT she stands by her flawed husband for years and, for the most part, allows her life to be in a state of limbo; other than holding down a difficult job and caring for her teenage children whilst her philandering husband has his nefarious liaisons!Finally she has found love, following tragedy when love was almost realised, but still has to 'stand by her man' (really?) because she is 'The Good Wife'. 155 episodes of varying excellence is finished off with the 156th being a total let-down; yup, a bit of a slap in the face! Bet the writers thought that Julianna Margulies would be drawn into the spin-off series so it was worth the risk; oh well, they were wrong. Finish a great story properly for goodness sake; it just feels as if the end of this fantastic series was ultimately being used as a vehicle to promote the new spin-off. Very disappointed...but Julianna Margulies was always dazzling.

Bob 7 seasons of Alicia Florrick feeling sorry for herself. blaming every other for her mistakes. her husband cheats on her. she cheats on him again and again. and he is the bad guy, while she keeps spreading legs for ever man she run in to. The slutty wife is a TV Series about Alicia Florrick a women who needs to stop acting as a teenager and start taking responsibility for her actions

TxMike May 9th, 2016, this series ended last night with its final episode of the 8-season run. My wife and I were regular viewers of this dramatic series, although some seasons the story lines didn't interest us much so we at times watched sporadically.Julianna Margulies, who also produces, is the star 'good wife' as Alicia Florrick. She is an attorney in Chicago and her husband is a politician. During the run he actually becomes Governor of Illinois. During the last few episodes his corruption trial was featured, from his days as State's Attorney.During the 8 seasons we saw much drama and office politics. We find that Alicia is not a good wife, she has extramarital affairs, and her husband similarly is not a good husband. But they try to be good parents to their son and daughter.When it is all said and done we fully realize it is well-written fiction, the characters do not live on after the final episode. What was good about it? The story lines contain lots of ambiguity and real life has lots of ambiguity, that never goes away, just gets replaced by different ambiguities. All the actors are good and all create interesting characters.