Over the course of 5 seasons, with its unique blend of serial and procedural storytelling, /The Good Wife/ expands the clichéd “good wife,” or melodrama’s martyred “coping woman,” with a contradictory and mercurial characterization of a woman whose liberation and corruption are increasingly intertwined.

It's rare that a show peaks in its fifth season, but "The Good Wife" did it. It excels because it is relevant, intelligent, dark, and witty. Don't forget your amazing, "Good Wife".

Wow! What a season. I'm speechless. I'm so happy with this show, it is definitely the best drama on broadcast tv. Episodes such as Hitting the Fan, The Last Call and A Weird Year are perfect examples of excellent tv. You all should be watching The Good Wife!!! So ready for season six.

The best season of the best broadcast drama on TV right now. It has two of the best episodes of TV have ever seen. It has the superb acting that it had for years and the writing that got even better. If you haven't watched the show yet this is a good time to start.

Forget bloodied vampires, gory zombies and sexed-up king-slayers; leave behind the meth lords, groovy ad execs, and grim crime-fighters, The Good Wife (once looking past the subservient title) is the best show on television. Without resorting to sensationalist gimmicks, or lurid and visceral trappings, or naughty cable-channel hi-jinks, The Good Wife delivers the goods with good old- fashioned story-telling. Great characters, conflicts, themes and plot lines. Excellent rhythm, pacing and form. Splendid acting and fantastic recurring guest stars. Great mix of orchestral, electronic and contemporary music. Did I mention themes? Power, politics, scandal, corruption, ambition, loyalty, lust, rebellion, ego warfare, family guilt, and free-market ferocity. The dramatic tension builds without blowing off blood and bullets (not when power and money, and wit and wile are mightier than the sword). It's now the show I look forward to the most. Better yet, a single season offers up twice as many episodes as any of the cable network darlings. And it bravely goes head-to-head against HBO's Sunday night playbill. I stumbled upon it last year and haven't stopped paying attention since. Season four was good but felt too careful and restrained. So far season five exceeds my expectations. TGW is great drama. And no screaming dragons. Go figure.

I honestly thought that after 4 seasons, the show would slow down a bit before heating things up again. Only a few episodes into the season, it proves the complete opposite. Right after the absolute chaos caused by Will and Diane finding out the fourth-year associates plan to exit Lockhart-Gardner and all, everything really gets 100 times more interesting again. It's like a whole new show to get excited again. I somehow really love it that Josh Charles's character, Will, exited the show this year because I was really getting sick of him being the jerk he has been (by that I mean that he has not really tried to own his past mistakes and dealt with it. Instead he keeps on blaming everyone else for his own mistakes). Finn Polmar is a very fresh addition and I feel like Matthew Goode is going to make future seasons way more interesting for the show. Can't wait for season 6! and 7! and 8! and 9! I'll never get bored of it!

Not really sure why this show has lasted 6 seasons. I thought 3 episodes of season 1 was more than enough. I do like the actor-ensemble but story is lackluster and surprised it gets such high reviews. The Good Wife should be Good Riddens.