I binged the entire show in less than a month (started on July 4th or 5th), which isn't exactly unheard of for me, but it still is a testament to just exactly how much I loved it. Since 2015, Scrubs has been my favorite show of all time, and I would probably still say it is, but I do know that no other show has ever made me laugh as much as Scrubs did -- until The Good Wife. And it's not even a comedy! From quippy one-liners to entire characters (looking at you, Elsbeth Tascioni), the writers definitely knew what they were doing. When I say I laughed and I cried, you can bet that's the truth. 
I decided to watch the show after all these years (and only vaguely remembering seeing commercials for it when it was still airing) because I've been working my way through one of the actors' filmography. I really didn't know much of anything about the show other than it was a legal drama and Julianne Margulies's character was... well, the wife... of a politician who had recently been caught in a scandal. I was hooked from the first episode -- truly from the moment of the slap heard 'round the world. Even when we lost Will and then Kalinda, the latter of whom was one of my very favorite characters, it didn't feel like a chore to watch. Sure, I can tell things were changed up a bit, new characters introduced to seemingly fill the gaps, but I don't feel that the show suffered as a whole because of it. Each actor, and therefore character, brought something to the table, something interesting, something that you couldn't help but want to know more about. 
I did (perhaps unsurprisingly) find myself rooting for Peter and Alicia right through 'til the very end, though I'm not naive enough to think that that doesn't put me in the minority. I absolutely get the appeal of Will x Alicia (and even Kalinda x Alicia), but for so long, it seemed that Peter really was putting in the effort to change, to be better. As for Alicia's reluctance to believe or truly trust him, who could blame her? After what she and Grace and Zach went through as a result of Peter's actions, she had every right to walk away from him. Even still, I felt myself pulling for him. And each time he would make another mistake (aka prove that he hadn't fully changed), I'd shake my head and be even more heartbroken than Alicia herself -- because at least her expectations for Peter's actions were already so low. 
I think there were really only a couple times when I was disappointed in Alicia's actions, and that was the first time she and Will kissed. Of course, it was bound to happen at one point or another, but she'd been so furious and so hurt by Peter's actions that it felt hypocritical of her (but again, given her character, I did understand). The only other time was her reaction when she found out that Peter had slept with Kalinda (well after the fact). She had every right to feel betrayed, but I also understood what both Kalinda and Peter were trying to say, that it had happened well before Kalinda ever even knew Alicia (not that that makes it right, but in a show with this much conflict, I feel like you have to overlook some of your own personal morals/ethics and look at it through the perspective of the show rather than real life circumstances. Because girl, I would have left Peter's ass the moment I found out lmao). 
Anyway, one of the real standouts of the show in my eyes came as a bit of a surprise. Keeping in mind that I had no knowledge of the show or any of the plot beyond the IMDb synopsis, I didn't know if Alan Cumming was just in a guest starring/limited role or if he'd become a main character. Am I thrilled it was the latter. I was already a fan of his, having loved Prodigal Son when it aired, though I hadn't seen him in much else. Eli Gold rapidly became one of my favorite characters on the show. His delivery, mannerisms, and his questionable sense of right and wrong, all of it was so much fun to watch. As the show went on and we got to see more of his "human" side and his interactions with not just Peter but Alicia, the kids, and his own daughter, Marissa, I came to love him more and more. I would likely go so far as to say he's my favorite character from the series, which is saying quite a bit.
To wrap this up (as I've rambled on much longer than I intended to), I would truly recommend this show to anyone. Yes, it's a legal drama, but there is truly such genius comedy woven throughout, many recurring characters you'll love (or love to hate -- looking at you, Colin Sweeney and Louis Canning), and no shortage of storylines to get invested in. Plus even just the one-off guest stars are amazing -- I found myself running to IMDb frequently throughout the show to see someone's name or what else I knew them from, if I didn't recognize them right off the bat, anyway. 

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Season 1

Season 2