Character: Mindy Arkin
Creators: Michelle King, Robert King
Other Cast: Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Chris Noth
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
THE GOOD WIFE is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband’s very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and public humiliation caused by her husband, Peter, Alicia Florrick starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney. As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner, who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm’s top litigator, Diane Lockhart, offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she’s going to need to succeed on her own merit. Alicia’s main competition among the firm’s 20-something new recruits is Cary, a recent Harvard grad who is affable on the surface, but is competitive to the core. Fortunately, Alicia finds an ally in Kalinda, the firm’s tough in-house investigator. Gaining confidence every day, Alicia transforms herself from embarrassed politician’s scorned wife to resilient career woman, especially for the sake of providing a stable home for her children, 14-year-old Zach and 13-year-old Grace. For the first time in years, Alicia trades in her identity as the “good wife” and takes charge of her own destiny.
Amy played the wife of a cop; clients of Lockhart, Gardner — her husband was killed while in the process of exposing police corruption.
1×23 – “Running”: At Eli Gold’s urging, Alicia must decide if she’ll stand by her man during Peter’s new political campaign, or if she’ll pursue a relationship with Will instead.
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• Aired May 25, 2010 on CBS
• Although the show is set in Chicago, it’s filmed in New York
• Episode is the season 1 finale; the show has since been renewed for a second season
• Amy’s husband, James Carpinello, is also guest starring in this episode as an unrelated character; thus they don’t share any scenes together.
