The Good Wife
CBS | Release Date: September 22, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 53 Critic Reviews
Positive:
47
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 5, 2015
Season 7 Review: The show tries to keep up with the goings-on at Lockhart/Agos, but these stories are awkwardly untethered from the main Alicia plot in the first two episodes of the new season. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleySep 19, 2014
Season 6 Review: The Good Wife has endured, despite borderline ratings, because it handles the fundamentals so well. It needs to keep doing that. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Margulies and Noth--both of whom have a similarly dark appeal--are well-matched onscreen. Alas, if you feel a “but’’ or two coming, you would be correct. The problem I have with The Good Wife is something that mars too much TV: telegraphing. Read full review
50
PopMattersCynthia Fuchs
Season 1 Review: Even as this plot pattern bodes ill, Margulies and Panjabi make a formidable team. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: There's nothing inherently wrong with The Good Wife other than it's a legal series with too many close-up shots of knowing glances and "attagirl Alicia" moments of empowerment that you saw coming 20 minutes prior. Read full review
50
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: With the drama so thin, it must be the richness of Alicia's situation that makes 13 million people a week want to enjoy her company. Read full review
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