"The Good Wife" Unorthodox (2009)

Director:

John Polson

Writers:

Robert King (creator) &
Michelle King (creator) ...
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TV Series:

"The Good Wife" (2009)

Original Air Date:

10 November 2009 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

While representing the daughter of one of the partner's at the law firm, Alicia finds herself attracted to her co-counsel and his unorthodox approach to defending their client.

Plot Keywords:

Lawsuit | Sabbath | Freedom Of Religion | Slipping And Falling | Call Girl

Cast

Julianna Margulies	...	Alicia Florrick
Matt Czuchry	...	Cary Agos
Archie Panjabi	...	Kalinda Sharma
Graham Phillips	...	Zach Florrick
Josh Charles	...	Will Gardner
Christine Baranski	...	Diane Lockhart
Chris Bowers	...	Ryan Alprin
Dick Latessa	...	Judge Horace Dunn
Emily Bergl	...	Bree
Natalie Gold	...	Anna Loeb
Daniel London	...	Isaac Loeb
Gregg Edelman	...	Aaron Abbott
Mary Beth Peil	...	Jackie Florrick
Jessica Bogart	...	Dawn DeCato
Aaron Simon Gross	...	Ben
Adam Kantor	...	Ezra
Wayne Pretlow	...	Hank (as Wayne W. Pretlow)
Tyagi Schwartz	...	Dwight Knox
Pearl Sun	...	Jury Forewoman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elli	...	Rabbi Elli (uncredited)
Anna Kuchma	...	Hasidic Woman (uncredited)

Directed by
John Polson

Writing credits
Robert King		(creator) &
Michelle King		(creator)
Robert King		(written by) &
Michelle King		(written by)

Produced by
Angela Amato	....	consulting producer (as Angela Amato Velez)
Ron Binkowski	....	co-producer
Corinne Brinkerhoff	....	co-producer
Ted Humphrey	....	supervising producer
Dee Johnson	....	executive producer
Brooke Kennedy	....	executive producer
Todd Ellis Kessler	....	co-executive producer
Michelle King	....	executive producer
Robert King	....	executive producer
Ridley Scott	....	executive producer
Tony Scott	....	executive producer
David W. Zucker	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Danny Lux

Cinematography by
Fred Murphy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David C. Cook

Casting by
Mark Saks

Production Design by
Stephen Hendrickson

Art Direction by
Kevin Rupnik

Set Decoration by
Beth Kushnick

Costume Design by
Daniel Lawson		(as Dan Lawson)

Makeup Department
Stephen G. Bishop	....	department head hair
Andrea Miller	....	department head make-up
Sanja Milic	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Kristin Bernstein	....	unit production manager
David Woods	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Denis Doyle	....	first assistant director
Sarah Rae Garrett	....	second assistant director
Genevieve Palmieri	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Martin Bernstein	....	construction coordinator
Emily Gaunt	....	charge scenic artist
Tom McDermott	....	leadperson
William F. Reynolds	....	property master (as Bill Reynolds)
Diane Andazola	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Sarah Bricker	....	props (uncredited)
Jenn Bubka	....	props (uncredited)
Kaem Coughlin	....	camera scenic artist (uncredited)
Kathryn Freund	....	props (uncredited)
Betsy Klompus	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Don O'Reilly	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Kevin L. Raper	....	graphic artist (uncredited)
Mark Sonderskov	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tim Boggs	....	sound supervisor
Eric Justen	....	re-recording mixer
Jeffrey Perkins	....	re-recording mixer
Alex Sullivan	....	production sound
Bradford Bell	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Gioia Birkett-Foa	....	sound utility (uncredited)
Dana Olsefsky	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Josh Miyaji	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Jason Wilson	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Anthony Vincent	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Guinness	....	chief lighting technician
Andrew Priestley	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Paul Volo	....	first company grip
Mark Cyr	....	video/computer playback engineer (uncredited)
Wesley Hodges	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Walter F. Rodriguez	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Mat Lucas	....	assistant editor
Jesse Rose-Smith	....	post-production coordinator
Alex Chernoff	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Sharyn Gersh	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Eugene O'Neill	....	transportation captain (as Gene O'Neill)

Other crew
Rachel Connors	....	script supervisor
Stephanie Lane	....	production accountant
Vincent Morano	....	production coordinator (as Vincent James Morano)
Lynn H. Powers	....	locations manager (as Lynn Powers)
Leah Baker	....	location coordinator (uncredited)
Rob Coleman	....	location scout (uncredited)
Leigh Dillon	....	dialect coach: Archie Panjabi (uncredited)
Adam Donnelly	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Logan Wolfe Edler	....	key set production assistant (uncredited)
Megan Gonyea	....	second assistant accountant (uncredited)
Kim Ludlow	....	additional script supervisor (uncredited)
Melissa A. Messick	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Tom Moran	....	executive assistant: Mr. Scott (uncredited)
Camilla Plummer	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)
Steven Robbins	....	assistant: Mr. Scott (uncredited)
George Sholley	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Aidan Sleeper	....	location scout (uncredited)
James P. Stephens	....	location assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Michael Bloomberg	....	special thanks (as Michael Bloomberg Mayor)
Katherine Oliver	....	special thanks (as Katherine L. Oliver Commissioner NYPD Movie & TV Unit)

Production Companies

• Scott Free Productions
• King Size Productions
• Small Wishes
• CBS Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (2009) (USA) (TV)
• Global Television Network (2009) (Canada) (TV)
• Channel 4 (2010) (UK) (TV)
• Hallmark Channel Magyarország (2010) (Hungary) (TV)
• More4 (2010) (UK) (TV)
• NHK-BS2 (2010) (Japan) (TV)
• Nelonen (2010) (Finland) (TV)
• Net5 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Network Ten (2010) (Australia) (TV)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Pro 7 (2010) (Germany) (TV)

Other Companies

• Micdi Productions  music editorial
• Wildtracks  post-production sound
• Warner Bros. Sound  sound re-recording facility
• Polycom (II)  promotional consideration furnished by
• New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development  the producers would like to thank
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  special thanks (as NYC Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-PG (LV) | Netherlands:9

Company:

Scott Free Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: The suing lady was supposedly on her way to a Kosher store for gluten-free products when she tripped. However, it was the Sabbath, so the store (being both Kosher and in a Hassidic neighborhood) would have been closed.

Soundtrack:

Didn't You See

Unorthodox: Plenty Here isn't Kosher ***1/2

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This was a really good episode but some might complain, and justifiably so, that there was entirely too much going on here.

A party girl totally reforms and weds an orthodox man. They are later sued because they did nothing when a woman fell in the street due to an exposed wire by their home. The accident occurred on the sabbath. Later, it's determined that the "observant" woman has made phone calls on Friday night. If that isn't enough, the alarm inspector is in cahoots with the person suing and the lawyer defending the orthodox couple isn't a lawyer! This becomes a little too much to fathom. Nonetheless, it is handled well and the storyline is interesting.

By the way, it's layoff time at the firm and Christine Baranski, with that cold veneer, has no feelings who is getting hurt.