This is it. The Good Wife isover. Alicia Florrick is Peter Florrick. This is a lot to process. Let's getinto "End."
The episode featured way more ofPeter's corruption case than was needed. But in the end, it seemed like it wasnecessary to show the evolution of Alicia. She was willing to burn everythingdown to be the good wife to the very end. She ruined every relationship to bethe good wife. There is no Jason. There is no Diane. There is no Peter. Who'sleft? Lucca?Eli? The education of Alicia Florrick is complete and she has been changed. Forgood? That's up for debate.
Things were sparked by the jury wantingto hear the 911 call in the case Peter apparently fixed. Lucca requested Jason's help on the case andthey uncovered guest star Sutton Foster was there. You haveSutton Foster in an episode and you use her for 30 seconds? Anyway…the bullets were eventually found and retested and it showed they came from Locke's gun, so not great for Peter because he allegedly botched everything to save his friend'skid. In order to place doubt about the ballistic results, Alicia wanted to undercut Kurt. Diane, of course did not. So Alicia asked Lucca to step in and they went behind Diane'sback, asking if Kurt had an affair with Holly. Obviously, Diane was not pleased.In the end, Peter took the plea deal: a year probation and he resigned asgovernor. Alicia was by Peter's side once again. Jason ghosted her. Dianeslapped her (yes, just like Alicia did to Peter in the beginning of theseries). Alicia was alone.
Throughout the episode Alicia spoke to the ghost of Will Gardner (yes, Josh Charles was back in the flesh, not just his voice with a shadowy figure.) It seemed odd to have him there since so much ofthe last two seasons have been about putting the ghost of Will Gardner to rest,but nonetheless it was delightful to get more Will and Alicia time. Their scenes were the highlight of the episode, even if he was just there to be her Jiminy Cricket. He told her to go to Jason, to be with him, but it was too late. Now this I am OK with. Alicia did not need a man. Never did. This was her story. She had her fun with Jason, but this was her story. Not a love story.This was Alicia story. And that's why I'm glad it did not end with her running off to be with him. Alicia was left to pick up the pieces of her life, alone. And into politics? Eli had convinced Peter's donors to cut ties with him and back Alicia. So now she's alone and that working relationship with Diane is going to be strained or nonexistent. When/if The Good Wife gets revived, Alicia will be what? Senator? Governor?
Do I like that Alicia became Peter? No, ofcourse not. Do I like that this show has shown the growth of this character for seven years? Yes, of course. Did I want more character wrap up for the likes of Diane and Cary? Yes, yes, yes. That is my major gripe with this series finale.Too much time on the trial and bullets, not enough time to satisfy the needs ofthe audience. But finales aren't supposed to do that, right? Finales are thevisions of the creators.
