The Good Fight

TV Series
2017–2022
NC16
45m

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

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Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight (2017)

When Diane Lockhart's life savings are lost, she must start from scratch at a new firm.

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When Diane Lockhart's life savings are lost, she must start from scratch at a new firm.When Diane Lockhart's life savings are lost, she must start from scratch at a new firm.When Diane Lockhart's life savings are lost, she must start from scratch at a new firm.

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IMDb RATING

8.3/10

33K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

853

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 8 wins & 84 nominations total

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Trivia
The show filmed two versions of the pilot due to the unexpected outcome of the 2016 Presidential election. As the production had erroneously assumed that Hillary Clinton would be a shoo-in, a second version was shot with Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) staring incredulously at her television screen as the announcement that Donald Trump had become the 45th President of the United States. For the duration of The Good Wife (2009), Diane even had a (photoshopped) picture of herself and Hillary on her office wall.

Connections
Featured in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Christine Baranski/Hans Zimmer (2017)

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7/10

End it now

It's sad to see one of your favourite shows die. This has gone from being one of the best shows on TV to being a shadow of its former self. It used to be beautifully written and was biting in its criticism of U. S politics. The clever introduction of occasional cartoon style songs was a feature.

It has lost some wonderful cast members, Rose Leslie and Cush Jumbo amongst them.

The show managed to maintain a very high standard through to the end of season 4. Season 5 is appalling. The entire story line is amateurish, unfunny and tedious. I feel for the cast having to work with the scripts they've been given.

I don't know whether they've changed the writers or they decided they'd hand Season 5 over to a computer so it could be written by AI. I've kept watching through loyalty to the show in the desperate hope things would get better but as the great Peter Finch once said, "I'm as Mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more.". I lasted to episode 8, season 5. I really can't take any more.

Maybe they'll have a series 6 Dallas style where season 5 has all been a dream. Should I say nightmare.

Seasons 1-4 deserve a 9/10. Season 5 I'd give a 1/10.

It's a tragedy when a great show dies.