Elsbeth Knows What to DoThe Kings’ Good Wife and Good Fight spinoff sets Carrie Preston’s character loose on NYC to remind us that procedural drama can still be fizzy fun.
The Good Fight Carries OnAfter six seasons spent toying with escapism, the frequently surreal legal drama ends with its feet on the ground.
ByKathryn VanArendonk
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The Good Fight Series-Finale Recap: A New NormalWhen someone in the future wonders what it was like to be alive right now, this has to be one of the first pieces of entertainment you’d show them.
The Good Fight Recap: Teetering at the AbyssThe Good Fight is obsessed with the idea of citizens having to step up when legal institutions fail them, and that’s exactly where Jay finds himself.
ByScott Tobias
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The Good Fight Recap: Own GoalsTurns out all Liz and Ri’Chard needed to do to take down their corporate bosses was to simply bear witness to an implosion.
The Good Fight Recap: Anonymous PlatypusDiane’s self-preservation reaches a new level as Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspires her to make questionable decisions regarding the firm and her marriage.
ByScott Tobias
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The Good Fight Recap: Hospital CornersJay’s experience as a Covid long-hauler might be more affecting were it not so useful for the writers to get themselves out of corners.
The Good Fight Recap: The Hidden HandHow can the Memo 618 people ever be exposed when they’ve gamed the system that’s supposed to hold them to account?
ByScott Tobias
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The Good Fight Recap: Win/LossThe staging of a modern-day A Few Good Men is the central point of an hour that coheres elegantly around the possibility of justice.
The Good Fight Recap: Foul PlayC**ksucker in Chains may be grating and unfunny, but it’s sophisticated in the ways it irritates, inspires, and freaks out the targets of its satire.
The Good Fight Recap: Gone to the DogsFor the first time in a while, The Good Fight behaves like a normal-ish courtroom drama. Emphasis on the “ish.â€
ByScott Tobias
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The Good Fight’s Most Scathing Episode Yet“The Gang Deals With Alternate Reality†is a study in not just the failures of corporate feminism but the white imagination itself.