Good Persons

Not all actors who emerge from a serial success like E.R. become as well known as George Clooney. Having worked with Julianna Margulies in 'Paradise Road', I wondered where she had been for a while. Now I know. She took time off to have a family and then looked about for a suitable vehicle for her return. 'The Good Wife' is it and a worthy role it is too. Not in the Frank and Ernest tradition but in the 'this is what happens in life' tradition, with all the subtleties and challenges being a grown women in the professional world can present.

For her erring husband there is no one better than Chris Noth. He is every one's idea of a good sort, no matter how bad his roles make him and fits so easily into the various types of challenging partner most women have had that it is good to know he IS happily partnered and has a young child. Noth is also a poet, builder of log cabins and owner of several restaurants in America. No wonder he is known for his wide warm smile!

The episode last week showed a scene were the two as Mr and Mrs Florick had a 'conjugal' visit in gaol which was enough to put anyone off A. marrying a goal bird and B. being one.

This series is set in Chicago and boasts a really marvelous support cast including Christine Baranski whose attitude to the newcomer in her law firm is fabulously two faced. Superficially delighted to see another woman in the workplace she never the less wages a quiet war against her escalating success rate. There are no trite plot lines in this which may be the result of a husband and wife writing team, Robert and Michelle King.


I look forward to this every week and that's not easy to say these days!

To watch a trailer of 'The Good Wife' click here: