The Good Wife S1.E1 “Pilot” Preview

©2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cr: Eike Schroter

Air Date: September 22, 2009 at 10/9c on CBS (series premiere)

Show Description: 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 crushing 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 has 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 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.

Episode Synopsis: After having to return to work following her husband’s corruption scandal and incarceration, Alicia is assigned her first case – a straightforward retrial of a woman accused of murdering her ex-husband. Since her firm successfully deadlocked the first jury, sticking to the same strategy should work again, but Alicia soon discovers that she has a real fight on her hands, on the series premiere of THE GOOD WIFE, Tuesday, Sept. 22 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).

Cast and Crew:

SERIES REGULARS:

Alicia Florrick…………………. Julianna Margulies

Diane Lockhart……………….. Christine Baranski

Will Gardner………………………….. Josh Charles

Kalinda Sharma……………………. Archie Panjabi

Cary Agos……………………………. Matt Czuchry

Zach Florrick……………………… Graham Phillips

Grace Florrick……………………. Makenzie Vega

GUEST CAST:

Peter Florrick…………………………… Chris Noth

Jackie Florrick…………………….. Mary Beth Peil

Sonia…………………………………… Gillian Jacobs

Matan Brody…………………………… Chris Butler

Sandra Pai………………………… Luisa D’Oliveira

Judge Richard Cuesta…………….. David Paymer

Jennifer Lewis……………………….. Katie Walder

SA Glenn Childs……………………. Titus Welliver

Mr. North……………………….. Simon Longmore

Cormac…………………………….. Kevin McNulty

Detective Briggs……………………. Fulvio Cecere

Bailiff…………………………………….. Dalias Blake

Cindy Combs………………….. Katharine Isabelle

Mrs. Duretsky……………………… Karin Konoval

Dr. Sobel…………………………….. Charles Siegel

Dr. Torrance………………………. Ingrid Torrance

Lanie………………………………… Chirstine Willes

Brian……………………………….. Cameron Cronin

Lilly Combs………………………. McKenna Laing

Prison Guard………………………… Forbes Angus

Busy Secretary………………. Elizabeth Weinstein

Political Ops………………………… Robert Clarke

Facile ND Lawyer……………… Stephen Holmes

Receptionist (28th fl)……… Johannah Newmarch

Will’s Paralegal…………………….. Sarah Penikett

Press Cnf. Reporter……………… Chris Nowland

Cindy’s brother Danny…………………. Jeff Sanca

Michael Lewis……………………… Phillip Mitchell

Amber………………………………….. Molly Slinger

Court Sec. Guard……….. Michael Adamthwaite

Jogging CEO…………………………. Ivan Cermak

WRITTEN BY: Robert King & Michelle King

DIRECTOR: Charles McDougall

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