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This is, of course, the show that was spun off from the long-running CBS show The Good Wife. Even though the show is a spin-off, you do not need to have seen a second of The Good Wife to be able to follow 99% of this show. That is mainly because there was nothing in the final season of The Good Wife done to set up the events that kick-off this show, aside from introducing the character of Lucca Quinn.
The Good Fight picks up a little more than a year after the series finale of The Good Wife. The opening scene is Diane reacting to the inauguration of Trump, and then planning her retirement in France. Of course, she signs the paperwork to give up her partnership in the law firm (which now has eight named partners because of mergers with two other firms), much to the delight of David Lee. She is then caught up in a Madoff-like financial scheme allegedly run by the parents (and uncle) of her god-daughter and newly hired associate of the firm (who was never mentioned on The Good Wife), played by Game of Thrones alum Rose Leslie. When she tries to revoke her retirement and resume her role as named partner in the firm, she is essentially forced out and ends up with a rival, mostly black-owned firm, Reddick, Boseman, and Kolstad. That is all the set up the show gives, or that the audience needs before it gets going.
There are a few main themes that run throughout the season, Diane trying to catch on at the new firm, and being a fish-out-of-water, Maia (Leslie's character) trying to navigate being a new lawyer and dealing with the scandal involving her family, and, of course, the various cases of the week. We do not really get much of an idea of what happened to the main characters from The Good Wife. We learn through Lucca and Marissa Gold, (the latter of which comes in as Diane's assistant) that Alicia has left, but do not learn of her "post slap" fate beyond that. Really the only plot point from The Good Wife that carries over to this show is Diane and Kurt's relationship after the final trial from the other show.
The series does a good job of introducing the new characters into the universe the prior show set up. The great (mostly) character actor Delroy Lindo and Justified alum Erica Tazel play the new partners opposite Diane, and Justin Bartha (probably known best from the National Treasure movies) plays an AUSA, and love interest for Lucca. Those who were fans of The Good Wife will recognize many of the guest stars including Christine Lahti, Matthew Perry, and Jason Biggs (among others). Michael Boatman also reprises his role as Julius Cain, who has left Lockhart, Agos, Lee and become a partner at Reddick-Boseman.
As was the case with the parent show, this one delves not only into politics (and if you are a trump supporter you will probably not like the political bent) and current (or recently current) events. It is well written and acted, and like The Good Wife, does get a lot (although not all) of the legal stuff correct. Any lawyers will appreciate the scene where Maia is refreshing the screen waiting for her bar exam results to come in, which is something that a lot of us have done. It does take many of the same creative liberties with the courtroom scenes that The Good Wife did to make things more dramatic than would occur in real life.
For those who get the DVD set, it is very bare-bones. Almost a MOD release, but it does have some extras (deleted scenes for most episodes and a gag reel) and captions (which kind of hilariously were clearly done knowing most sets would likely be sold in the UK because they spell words like honor as honour, and use mum for mom, as would be done in the UK). But given that most shows do not get a DVD release in the US these days, it is nice to get anything from those of us who prefer the physical media. I do think the showrunners made a good decision keeping the season shorter, 10 episodes as opposed to the 22 that The Good Wife got. It enables them to get in and out of the main storylines and leave the viewers wanting more. Because it airs on the streaming platform, and not over-the-air, the episodes are a bit longer (usually between 45 and 55 minutes), and they get away with swearing (there are a lot of f-bombs dropped). While I cannot say that everyone who was a fan of The Good Wife will like this one, I generally think if you enjoyed that show, you will like this. That said, the show really goes out of its way to stand on its own, and while it does pay homage to the parent show it, wisely, does not try to be a carbon copy of The Good Wife.
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