What is The Good Wife about?
Alicia Florrick 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.
The Good Wife (2009)
A disgraced politician's wife navigates gritty legal battles and tense family drama with earnest resolve.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+ and The Roku Channel (free).
The Good Wife parents guide
Nothing past what a TV-14 promises: some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Created byMichelle King, Robert King
StarringJulianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Alan Cumming, Cush Jumbo, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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