‘The Good Fight’ Creators Break Down Series Finale; Tease Spin-Off Possibilities
10.11.2022 - 13:07
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SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals major plot points from the series finale of Paramount+’s The Good Fight.
The date was September 22, 2009 when viewers were first introduced to the character of Diane Lockhart in the CBS series The Good Wife, portrayed by Christine Baranski. Now, 13 years later, Diane walks off into the sunset one last time—at least for now—as the show’s streaming spinoff The Good Fight says goodbye after 6 seasons on Paramount+.
Everyone on the series was really put through the ringer this season, much like most of the world the last two and a half years. Diane, Liz Reddick (Audra McDonald), Marissa Gold (Sarah Steele), Jay DiPersia (Nyambi Nyambi), and Carmen Moyo (Charmaine Bingwa), among others, spent a lot of time in their law office where they were safe from the violence just outside their building where civil war loomed.
From her desk, Diane imagined a future far away from court, Donald Trump, and the NRA, specifically in a breathtaking villa in France. But could she walk away from the life and career she built, as well as all the people she’s helped following in the footsteps of her heroes like Ruth Bader Ginsberg? There were certainly clients who made that decision difficult like Felix Staples (John Cameron Mitchell)— who hilariously wanted to bring down Ron DeSantis by alleging that the Florida Governor had sexually assaulted him. I mean, where did that stain on the red “Florida is for Lovers” t-shirt come from anyway?
And could she walk away from her husband Kurt McVeigh (Gary Cole)? She abruptly dumped him citing their political differences, but is this really it? Yes, she’d been indulging in a flirtation with her handsome Buddhist doctor Lyle Bettencourt (John Slattery) but she