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by Jason Reed and Marissa Garza
Rewatching The Good Wife? Start anywhere. We've recapped every episode in order since the pilot — 5 seasons and counting! Jason Reed and Marissa Garza work through the entire Robert and Michelle King universe: The Good Wife, Elsbeth, and The Good Fight. One episode at a time, in order, no skipping. The cases, the firm implosions, the Alicia and Diane of it all — plus the details you missed the first time and the ones you only catch on a rewatch. Alicia Florrick, Diane Lockhart, Kalinda Sharma, Eli Gold, Will Gardner, Elsbeth Tascioni. If you have opinions about any of them, you're in the right place. Elsbeth recaps every week the show is airing. Also from us: The Gilded Pod, covering HBO's The Gilded Age — separate feed, same hosts.
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- 3 days ago1h 21m
The Gilded Pod: Season 4, Episode 1 - Ring the Bells (subscribe to The Gilded Pod)
First episode of the season dropped here and on The Gilded Pod, all other episodes will be on The Gilded Pod)---- The Gilded Age is back! In Season 4, Episode 1, "Ring the Bells," Oscar van Rhijn marries Enid Turner in a pink gown and a flower crown, and the after-party takes Marian Brook somewhere she never expected to go: Webster Hall, followed by a stormy night with Larry Russell that Larian fans have waited three seasons for. The morning after brings its own consequences. Across the pond, Gladys faces a dangerous delivery while Bertha squares off with Hector's family. George Russell is spiraling. Peggy Scott's book finally arrives while her future mother-in-law plans everything else. Jack gets a crash course in high-society manners, and Agnes prepares to host President Cleveland until Armstrong drops a secret. Plus: did you spot David Letterman and Matt Damon?00:00 – Intro: Season 4 is here03:15 – New opening credits and the David Letterman / Matt Damon cameo06:43 – Oscar and Enid's wedding14:58 – Webster Hall and Marian's dance with Larry22:58 – The carriage, the hotel, and the morning after32:05 – Peggy's book and Elizabeth Kirkland's wedding takeover42:43 – Jack's investor lunch and etiquette lessons48:09 – Gladys gives birth59:29 – George Russell, laudanum, and the Pinkertons1:08:25 – Agnes, President Cleveland, and Armstrong's reveal1:16:51 – Wrap-up and where to find usEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review. It really helps the show grow. Want to support The Gilded Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod. Every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 4 days ago1h 6m
The Good Wife: Season 6, Episode 14 - Mind's Eye
The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 14, "Mind's Eye," is one of the boldest creative swings of the whole series, and we are here for it. With her voice gone and a make-or-break editorial board interview hours away, Alicia Florrick rehearses every possible question inside her own head. Louis Canning wants a deathbed settlement, Lamond Bishop's money is suddenly a headline, Grace may be losing her faith, and Zach still isn't picking up the phone. Eli Gold, Johnny Elfman, Diane, Howard Lyman, and David Lee all crash Alicia's imagination, along with one very familiar voice. Jason makes the case for one of his favorite episodes of the season, and Marissa, who can't picture anything in her own mind's eye, reports back on just how overstimulating it all was.00:00 – Intro: Jason's raspy voice and Marissa's aphantasia confession04:31 – Alicia loses her voice before the big editorial board interview13:06 – Canning's "I'm dying" settlement play and the imagined depositions21:30 – The Lamond Bishop tape, a familiar voice, and Alicia's daydreams34:27 – Grace's crisis of faith, "Richard Dawkins," and a prayer request53:44 – Calling Zach, Prady on truth, and our final thoughtsEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 5 days ago1h 2m
Cupertino: Season 1, Episode 4 - AJ & Buddy
Cupertino Season 1, Episode 4, "AJ and Buddy," trades the Beau storyline for a wild side quest into prediction markets. A one-night stand lands Christie on a private jet bound for St. Kitts with AJ, founder of the betting site Wager Mode. Meanwhile, Michael and Olivia hunt for his retainer in a closet full of Nike boxes and a kitchen full of baking powder, right before the cops show up. Marissa and Jason dig into Olivia's first brush with criminal law, Michael's real talk on dealing with police, the legal screen that splits the firm's clients, and the DA's warning about betting markets and election interference. Plus, Natalia moves into the office, rewrites the partnership, and Nicole arrives with a cease and desist over Beau.00:00 – Intro, the laugh bet, and a listener shoutout03:29 – Christie's bar meet-cute turns into a surprise private jet ride15:24 – The shoebox and baking powder cash hunt, and the cops arrive28:38 – The fingerprint fight and Olivia's creative stalling tactics33:56 – Michael and Olivia split the clients behind a legal screen47:44 – Natalia takes over the office and Nicole delivers a cease and desistEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review. It really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod. Every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago44 min
The Good Wife: Season 6, Episode 13 - Dark Money
The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 13, "Dark Money," brings back Colin Sweeney. This time he's suing a TV crime show for dramatizing his wife's murder, and the actor they cast looks exactly like him because he's also played by Dylan Baker. Diane Lockhart and Cary Agos try to keep their client from incriminating himself, while Renata takes the stand and the defense tries to prove Sweeney really did it. On the campaign trail, Alicia Florrick and Frank Prady deal with a fake robocall and a meeting with Ed Asner's mega-donor Guy Redmayne that gets very uncomfortable. And Kalinda Sharma finally learns what favor Lemond Bishop wants from her. Jason and Marissa call it a throwback to early Good Wife, with a lot of 2014 moments that don't hold up.00:00 – Intro: back to court after last week's special episode02:12 – Colin Sweeney sues a TV show, and Dylan Baker plays his own doppelganger15:39 – Renata takes the stand, and Colin makes a "joke" about the gloves23:47 – Alicia, Frank Prady, and a fake Rainbow Brigade robocall26:51 – Alicia's meeting with mega-donor Guy Redmayne (Ed Asner)36:09 – Lemond Bishop calls in his favor from KalindaEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago51 min
Cupertino: Season 1, Episode 3 - Juno
Cupertino Season 1 Episode 3, "Juno," brings the AI fight into the courtroom. Natalia (Busy Philipps) hands Mike and Olivia a case against ChatLike, the chatbot company run by her ex Kurt (Fisher Stevens), after a teenager's AI companion, Lady Marguerite, helps him plan his father's murder. Opposing counsel? Nicole, played by Renée Elise Goldsberry, making an entrance worthy of Geneva Pine and bringing some history with Mike along with her. Meanwhile, Beau the AGI incorporates himself, Christie works her blue-collar network to track down fired ethics staff, and a very unsettling visitor from Colt AI shows up with an off switch. Jason and Marissa dig into the vibes, the Silicon Valley shell game, and how the Kings are using real-world AI headlines to build this world one room at a time.00:00 – Intro and Jason's board of directors03:45 – Juno, Natalia, and the case against ChatLike09:55 – Renée Elise Goldsberry makes her entrance as Nicole22:37 – Fisher Stevens takes the stand as Kurt33:45 – Beau incorporates and the firm gets a board43:58 – Rosetta Lane, Colt AI, and the Noriega kill switchEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago56 min
Elsbeth: Season 4, Episode 3 - Consciously Unsistered
Elsbeth Season 4 Episode 3, "Consciously Unsistered," goes full Goop. Winter Redgrave (Jemima Kirke) runs Kreem, a wellness empire selling $550 candles and nose stones, and she is not about to let her pop-star sister Summer sell it out from under her, drag-along clause or not. When a knockoff smoothing envelope turns deadly, Elsbeth Tascioni pokes around a sensory deprivation tank, a very convenient red herring named Paul, and one very specific shade of nail polish. Meanwhile, Elsbeth's mother Lydia (Christine Ebersole) finally arrives from Peoria, skips Orphan Girl, and quietly takes over the precinct with Captain Wagner. Jason and Marissa get into the pacing, the too-cute clues, the wasted tank sequence, and why the long-hyped mother-daughter tension landed so softly.00:00 – Intro and the great candle-naming debate03:24 – USA Sings, The Seasons, and the rise of Kreem15:11 – The smoothing envelope does its worst30:58 – Elsbeth goes in the tank (and we wanted more)38:17 – Summer's Breath candles and the nail polish takedown41:59 – Lydia arrives and the mother-daughter storylineEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago1h 26m
The Good Wife: Season 6, Episode 12 - The Debate
The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 12, "The Debate," finds Alicia Florrick on the state's attorney debate stage just as a jury reaches a verdict in the Cole Willis case, a police killing the show ties directly to Ferguson. Jason and Marissa set the 2014 timeline, then dig into whether The Good Wife earned the right to tell this story. Along the way: Eli and Nora's standout car conversation, a kitchen staffer who calls out Alicia and Frank Prady, and Peter's reunion with Pastor Isaiah, who asks whether he wants to be a good man. Plus Chris Matthews wandering the set, David Lee raising Neil Gross's divorce settlement to $100 million, and an awkward Johnny Elfman talk that Jason and Marissa have a lot to say about.04:11 – Setting the timeline: Ferguson, Michael Brown, and when this episode was written versus when it aired16:41 – The Cole Willis footage and Alicia's chaotic debate prep25:52 – Eli and Nora in the car: "Am I your Black shield for the night?"51:27 – A kitchen staffer calls out two white candidates debating race57:37 – Peter and Pastor Isaiah: good man or effective man?1:19:11 – David Lee is back, and Alicia's "if I were a man" momentThe Good Wife recap, The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 12, The Debate, Alicia Florrick, Peter Florrick, Eli Gold, Frank Prady, Pastor Isaiah, David Lee, Ferguson TV episode, legal drama podcastEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago57 min
Cupertino: Season 1, Episode 2 - Vik & Bo
Cupertino Season 1 Episode 2, Vik and Bo, puts Price, Siffre and Associates to work before the office even has walls. Coder Vik Malhotra climbs out a bathroom window mid-deposition and lands in Michael Price and Olivia Siffre’s lap, blamed for a drone accident that killed a man at a light show. Moonchaser wants to pin it on him, but fake cops, a convenient drug find, and a cheaper battery tell a different story. Meanwhile, Christy fields calls from Bo, a mystery client with deep pockets and a secret the team is not ready for. Plus Joe Morton’s Bayard makes Michael an offer, and Olivia tracks down Busy Philipps’ Natalia Boutella at a very strange party.00:00 – Intro and why Cupertino is getting its own feed04:37 – Vik’s deposition escape and the Moonchaser drone case21:29 – Olivia turns the CEO’s ego against him25:16 – Christy takes a call from a mystery client named Bo36:27 – A contract on the wall, a money hunt, and Michael’s dad45:15 – Olivia crashes Natalia’s partyEnjoyed the episode? Subscribe to The Good Pod: Cupertino feed so new episodes land automatically — after this week, Cupertino coverage lives only there. Leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow, and it tells us to keep going. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Rewatching The Good Wife? Start anywhere. We've recapped every episode in order since the pilot — 5 seasons and counting! Jason Reed and Marissa Garza work through the entire Robert and Michelle King universe: The Good Wife, Elsbeth, and The Good Fight. One episode at a time, in order, no skipping. The cases, the firm implosions, the Alicia and Diane of it all — plus the details you missed the first time and the ones you only catch on a rewatch. Alicia Florrick, Diane Lockhart, Kalinda Sharma, Eli Gold, Will Gardner, Elsbeth Tascioni. If you have opinions about any of them, you're in the right place. Elsbeth recaps every week the show is airing. Also from us: The Gilded Pod, covering HBO's The Gilded Age — separate feed, same hosts.
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