She came to us a victim.
She leaves us a villain.
A fair conclusion for Alicia Florrick?
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Her story continues, even though well never see it.
And maybe us, too, for being entertained by this kind of stuff?
But this time, she really was playing a role.
She was far from good, and she was hardly a wife.
Over seven seasons, Alicia had reconstructed into someone stronger and tougher than she used to be.
By the end, the show asked us to consider that she and Peter were spiritual equivalents.
Its a terrible thing, when someone loses their moral compass.
At this point, Alicia joins the jaunty musical score undercutting the pontificating thunder by rolling her eyes.
Then prove it, she tells him.
Ive defended enough people to know how shallow those words are.
I dont care what you believe.
I care what you’re free to prove.
But the person on trial really wasnt Peter it was Alicia, or rather, her moral character.
It came down to a mystery of missing bullets.
Solving it backfired on them; exposing the truth risked blowing up their case.
Were they fair, though?
Did they deserve them?
Thats what Im wrestling with.
Poor Grace (Makenzie Vega), left shock-eyed and mouth agape at the spectacle of awfulness.
He got it by quitting this ship of fools a couple episodes earlier.
Thats kind of depressing when you think about it.
for being a conscientious objector.
It might offer some mirthful catharsis for anyone frustrated by End.
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Speaking of Will, he showed up in the finale, courtesy of Alicias clouded imagination.
Jason himself was an interesting bit of representation.
After seven seasons, Alicia still needed to be somebodys someone for completion, to be good.
But either Jason had vanished, or he had never been there at all.
In the nothings ever over moral gospel ofThe Good Wife, life is a series of great awakenings.
The trick is stay woke.
There is no doubtThe Good Wifeshould be remembered as one of TVs great new-century dramas.
This season in particular was disappointing.
I would have a long, rigorously considered exploration of this climactic bid at reinvention.
There was a lot about this journey that was interesting.
I do wonder about the what-could-have-been had Josh Charles not quit in season 5.
Perhaps this was the end the Kings had in mind all along.
But I still want to slap it.
