The dutiful wife and the cheating politician — a tale as old as time. After his very public sexual and political corruption scandal breaks, landing him in prison, Alicia Florrick returns to work as an attorney and takes charge of the family. No longer the politician's wife smiling brightly at the cameras, Alicia Florrick reaches out to a former law friend Will Gardner, played by Josh Charles Dead Poets Society , to work at his law firm.
As Alicia transitions from the role of the housewife and dutiful politician's wife, she realizes just how much she's lost to be the "good wife.
Let's look back at some of the best and most memorable episodes from The Good Wife. The aftermath of Will Gardner's death. After being gunned down by his client midtrial, Will's death becomes the before and after in Alicia's life.
Despite having ended their brief love affair, Will and Alicia were magnets that kept gravitating to one another. This particular episode chronicles Alicia's grief in real-time as she grapples with Will's sudden death. All through a single voicemail Will left her before he passed, her final lifeline to him. His last words after their significant fallout when Alicia left to start a firm with Cary Argos, played by Matt Czuchry The Resident : "Alicia… hold on, your honor… I'll call you back.
Alicia and Cary feel underestimated by the partners of the firm. This culminating act drives Alicia to agree to Cary's offer of starting their own firm at the end of Season 4 — but they don't know how much money the firm is hemorrhaging and how that factored into the decision to withdraw offers. However, it's not just the episode that plants the seed in Alicia's mind to start the firm.
