
Scripted series · Paramount+
The Good Fight
Kill all the lawyers.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Good Fight actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Good Fight reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 60 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201710 episodes
7.5IMDbDue to an enormous financial scam, in which they lost all their savings and reputation, the first season follows Diane Lockhart and her goddaughter Maia Rindell as they are forced to join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
Best episode · S01E01 Inauguration

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201813 episodes
7.7IMDbThe Chicago murder rate is on the rise, and amidst the insanity, Diane, Lucca, Maia, and the rest of the law firm find themselves under psychological assault when a client at another firm kills his lawyer for overcharging. Following a copycat murder, the firm begins to look at its own clients suspiciously. Meanwhile, Diane battles with a new partner at the firm, Maia becomes tougher after her parents' scandal puts her on trial, and Lucca is brought back into the orbit of Colin.
Best episode · S02E12 Day 485

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201910 episodes
7.4IMDbThe world went crazy in the second season, and now, in season 3, the resistance does. Diane Lockhart tries to figure out whether you can resist a crazy administration without going crazy yourself, while Adrian Boseman and Liz Reddick-Lawrence struggle with a new post-factual world where the lawyer who tells the best story triumphs over the lawyer with the best facts. Meanwhile, Lucca Quinn balances a new baby with a new love, and Maia Rindell finds a new Mephistopheles in Roland Blum, a lawyer who is corruption incarnate.
Best episode · S03E01 The One About the Recent Troubles

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20207 episodes
7.5IMDbSeason four finds Reddick, Boseman and Lockhart navigating a very different landscape. After their defeats in the previous season, Reddick, Boseman and Lockhart was forced to accept an offer by a huge multinational law firm, STR Laurie, to become a small subsidiary.
Best episode · S04E01 The Gang Deals with Alternate Reality

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
202110 episodes
7.3IMDbIn the fifth season, Diane is forced to question whether it’s appropriate for her to help run an African American law firm with Liz when the firm loses two top lawyers. Meanwhile, Marissa and the firm become entangled with Hal Wackner, a regular Chicagoan who decides to open his own courtroom in the back of a copy shop.
Best episode · S05E02 Once there was a court...

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
202210 episodes
5.6IMDbThe final season has Diane feeling like she’s going crazy, struggling with an uneasy sense of déjà vu, with everything from Roe v. Wade, to voting rights, to Cold War aggressions returning. Meanwhile, the lawyers of Reddick & Associates wonder if the violence that they see all around them points to an impending civil war.
Best episode · S06E10 The End of Everything
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S02E12 · Signature episode
Day 485
While on his way to court with Maia and a witness, Jay is being arrested by the police. When Diana and Liz rush to help him out, they discover that it is an immigration issue and federal agents are about to deport him. Meanwhile, Adrian goes back to work.
- Directed by Ron Underwood
- Written by Marcus Dalzine, Jacquelyn Reingold

S01E01 · Signature episode
Inauguration
After a financial scam destroys the reputation of lawyer Maia Rindell, while wiping out her mentor and godmother, Diane Lockhart's, savings, Maia and Diane join one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
- Directed by Brooke Kennedy
- Written by Robert King, Phil Alden Robinson

S05E02 · Signature episode
Once there was a court...
Diane and Marissa find themselves arguing at the Circuit 9 3/4 Court, led by the quirky "Judge" Hal Wackner. Meanwhile, Carmen Moyo proves herself to be an effective, yet underestimated, new associate.
- Directed by Michael Trim
- Written by Jonathan Tolins

S04E01 · Signature episode
The Gang Deals with Alternate Reality
Diane Lockhart finds herself living in an alternate reality where Donald Trump was never elected and Hillary Clinton is the current president of the United States. While Diane's liberal self is overjoyed, she soon realizes how a different outcome of the 2016 election might have unexpected consequences.
- Directed by Brooke Kennedy
- Written by Robert King, Michelle King

S01E07
Not So Grand Jury
Mike Kresteva takes his case against Reddick, Boseman & Kolstad to a grand jury, but the firm devises a grand jury strategy of their own to hamper Kresteva's efforts. Colin finds himself in an awkward position in court.
- Directed by So Yong Kim
- Written by William M. Finkelstein

S02E08
Day 457
Reddick, Boseman and Lockhart represent an African-American undercover cop, Rashid Clarkson, who was left crippled after being shot by another Chicago police officer in the line of duty. The case's opposing counsel is legend Solomon Waltzer, whose tactics have the firm questioning the legitimacy of his evidence. Diane finds herself at a crossroads with both Kurt and Tully.
- Directed by Clark Johnson
- Written by Aurin Squire
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S06E10
The End of Everything
- Directed by Robert King
- Written by Robert King, Michelle King

S06E09
The End of Democracy

S06E08
The End of Playing Games
- Directed by Robert King
- Written by Jonathan Tolins, Anju Andre-Bergmann

S06E07
The End of STR Laurie
- Directed by Nikki M. James
- Written by Daniel Beaty

S06E06
The End of a Saturday
- Directed by Michael Zinberg
- Written by Tegan Shohet

S06E05
The End of Ginni
- Directed by Lily Mariye
- Written by Jacquelyn Reingold
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Robert King
Creator

Phil Alden Robinson
Creator

Michelle King
Showrunner
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William M. Finkelstein
Executive producer

Brooke Kennedy
Executive producer
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Jacquelyn Reingold
Executive producer

Liz Glotzer
Executive producer
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David W. Zucker
Executive producer

Jonathan Tolins
Executive producer

Ridley Scott
Executive producer
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Davita Scarlett
Writer
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Daniel Beaty
Writer

Aurin Squire
Writer
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Marcus Dalzine
Writer
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Tegan Shohet
Writer

Keith Josef Adkins
Writer
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Eric Holmes
Writer
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Joey Scavuzzo
Writer
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Anju Andre-Bergmann
Writer

Joey Hartstone
Writer
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Laura Marks
Writer
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Ryan Pedersen
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- William M. FinkelsteinExecutive Producer
- Robert KingExecutive Producer
- Brooke KennedyExecutive Producer
- Debra LovatelliProducer
- Jacquelyn ReingoldExecutive Producer
- Robyn-Alain FeldmanProducer
Writing
- Davita ScarlettWriter
- William M. FinkelsteinWriter
- Daniel BeatyWriter
- Aurin SquireWriter
- Robert KingWriter
- Marcus DalzineWriter
Direction
- Ron UnderwoodDirector
- Michael ZinbergDirector
- Alex ZakrzewskiDirector
- Nikki M. JamesDirector
- James Whitmore Jr.Director
- Robert KingDirector
Cinematography
- Tim GuinnessDirector of Photography
- Fred MurphyDirector of Photography
Music
- David BuckleyOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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