The Good Wife

[left-of-center2012]

Tonight was the finale episode in the series. I'll miss it.

[Mary Mac]

1. previously tv will probably recap

I think it ended with a whimper.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. NOT happy with ending.

Have always appreciated the fine writing, but the ending surely left us up in the air.....

[a kennedy]

3. Yah, disappointed in it as well........

[murielm99]

4. I liked the ending.

I thought it remained true to the story and the characters.

Go to cbs.com and see what the writers say about it. I found that interesting.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Only thing in favor of the ending...

Leaves room for another season, but that would not be with these writers.

Now, people will always be wondering....what happened after this?

And, the characters are done so well, I will miss them.

[Paladin]

5. Split of opinion at our house.

I thought the final episode was very well done. My wife was bitterly disappointed.

Keeping in mind the following:

1.) My wife has followed the series a lot closer than I have, over the years; and

2.) I've developed a taste for ambiguous endings to dramas, where justified ("The Sopranos" "No Country For Old Men&quot .

[milestogo]

6. I hated the finale.

I would have rather had less legal wrangling - which serves no purpose and is hard to follow. And I would have liked some closure regarding the key questions about Alicia.

It was kind of frenetic.

It seems like the writers were trying to tie the end to the pilot. Who even remembers the pilot?

In this case less would have been more.

[murielm99]

8. It started with a slap and ended with a slap.

She was turning into Peter.

I think her true turning point was earlier, when Eli admitted that he had erased phone messages from Will, telling Alicia that he loved her.

She did not have to go after Diane's husband. She did it to save her husband, because she would go to any lengths for a client.

I liked that at the end, she composed herself, straightened her clothing, and went out into the world with no man at her side. She was strong enough to do that.

The show was also a commentary on marriage. What is marriage in the 21st century?

Remember, she started out as a woman who had given up hope of a career, and was left in a large home in an expensive suburb, with two teenagers to raise. Her husband was going to jail.

I still like her. She did what was necessary.

Was anyone in this show not morally compromised? I don't think so, unless maybe it was Kerry. Maybe.

I like that there are questions instead of a neat, happy ending.

[Ilsa]

9. Huh. I thought she was going back to the stage to

stand next to that miserable SOB she's still married to. Yeah, I think she remained who she always has been: both a victim and the defender.

But I would have liked to see some emotional growth from her. She wanted Will, who was dead. Why revert back to Peter? Take a chance, even if it doesn't last a year, on someone else she likes, even just her fridndship with Luca.

So, I guess I was disappointed that she didn't pursue Love, but I understand why they wrote her this way. It fits her personality, maybe even a definitive Myers-Briggs Type.

[WhiteTara]

10. I thought she walked out the door

and joined Jason on an adventure into the unknown.

[Ilsa]

11. But she didn't know where Jason was.

That man wasn't him. And I think she straightened her jacket, and turned to go back towards Peter.

[Still Blue in PDX]

12. I think Alicia was going after Jason, but if she doesn't find him she will be okay on her own.

At least that is my hope.

I wasn't terribly happy with the finale, but it seemed plausible. In real life people don't often behave the way I would like them to. I hated what happened to Diane. I haven't re-watched the episode, so I may have this wrong, but wasn't it Lucca who was forced to do the dirty work going after Kurt?

Slap or no, for better or worse, Alicia certainly isn't the person she was in the pilot, and I'm ready to binge watch the whole series again to witness her evolution afresh. Or devolution.

[left-of-center2012]

13. I didn't like Jason

Well, he was OK as an investigator, but I didn't like the affair with Alicia.
Archie Panjabi, who was the previous investigator (Kalinda), will be on a new series sometime this year.
Each season is to be about a different trial, from the jury's perspective.

[Still Blue in PDX]

14. Good! I really liked Kalinda.

As much as I lerve Jeffrey Dean Morgan, I didn't particularly like the man-of-mystery thing that Jason had going on. It seemed to me like the writers took the easy way out with that, not fleshing out his character and almost giving him superpowers. I don't recall ever actually seeing him doing much investigating, just calling in his findings or hopping into or out of bed. We got to see Kalinda doing all of the above.