"The Good Wife" Breaking Up (2011)

Director:

Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writers:

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

"The Good Wife" (2009)

Original Air Date:

11 January 2011 (Season 2, Episode 10)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

The firm tries to get a client's son to turn on his girlfriend when they both face murder charges, Alicia's brother comes for a surprise visit, and Will finds out that Diane is planning to break away from the firm.

Plot Keywords:

Courtroom | Law Firm | Corruption | Defense Attorney | Family Relationships

Cast

Julianna Margulies	...	Alicia Florrick
Matt Czuchry	...	Cary Agos
Archie Panjabi	...	Kalinda Sharma
Josh Charles	...	Will Gardner
Christine Baranski	...	Diane Lockhart
Elizabeth Reaser	...	Tammy Linnata
Scott Porter	...	Blake Calamar
Frederick Weller	...	Wilk Hobson
Dallas Roberts	...	Owen Cavanaugh
Michael Boatman	...	Julius Cain
Ollie Marsden	...	Jonathan Murphy (as Oliver Smith)
John Dossett	...	Kyle Murphy
Vincent Laresca	...	Detective Navarro
Nick Gehlfuss	...	Jesse
Vivienne Benesch	...	Eliza Symanski
Mary Beth Peil	...	Jackie Florrick
Leelee Sobieski	...	Alexis Symanski
Francois Battiste	...	Rodney Washo
DeWanda Wise	...	Jenni Salerno
Donnie Kehr	...	Real Estate Agent
Justiin A. Davis	...	Teen #1

Directed by
Félix Enríquez Alcalá		(as Felix Alcalá)

Writing credits
Robert King		(creator) &
Michelle King		(creator)
Robert King		(teleplay) &
Michelle King		(teleplay)
Courtney Kemp Agboh		(story)

Produced by
Kristin Bernstein	....	co-producer
Ron Binkowski	....	producer
Corinne Brinkerhoff	....	producer
Leonard Dick	....	co-executive producer
Keith Eisner	....	co-executive producer
Ted Humphrey	....	co-executive producer
Courtney Kemp Agboh	....	producer
Brooke Kennedy	....	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
David Buckley

Cinematography by
Fred Murphy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Hibah Frisina

Casting by
Mark Saks

Production Design by
Stephen Hendrickson

Art Direction by
Frank White III		(as Frank White)

Set Decoration by
Beth Kushnick

Costume Design by
Daniel Lawson		(as Dan Lawson)

Makeup Department
Rose Chatterton	....	department head hair
Andrea Miller	....	department head make-up
Sanja Milic	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Ralph Stanzione	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Kristin Bernstein	....	unit production manager
Melissa Cao	....	post-production supervisor

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

Art Department
Martin Bernstein	....	construction coordinator
Leni Calas	....	property master
Emily Gaunt	....	charge scenic artist
Tom McDermott	....	leadperson
Sarah Bricker	....	props (uncredited)
Eric Bryant	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Kaem Coughlin	....	stand-by scenic (uncredited)
Kathryn Freund	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Don O'Reilly	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Diana Salzburg	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Mark Sonderskov	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Larry Benjamin	....	re-recording mixer
Tim Boggs	....	sound supervisor
Alex Sullivan	....	production sound
Kevin Valentine	....	re-recording mixer
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Mark Cookson	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Jeffrey Cranford	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Paul Hammond	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Dana Olsefsky	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
David Torres	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Scott Waz	....	adr recording mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Geoff Leavitt	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Cort Hessler	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
René Crout	....	"b" camera first assistant
Joseph Finnerty	....	"a" dolly grip (as Joe Finnerty)
Tim Guinness	....	chief lighting technician
Andrew Priestley	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Paul Volo	....	first company grip
Ian Carmody	....	"b" camera second assistant (uncredited)
Christophe Johnson	....	camera loader (uncredited)
Raina Oberlin	....	camera production assistant (uncredited)
Patrick Quinn	....	"a" camera first assistant (uncredited)
Elizabeth Singer	....	"a" camera second assistant (uncredited)

Casting Department
John E. Andrews	....	casting associate (as John Andrews)
Matthew Skrobalak	....	executive in charge of casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Rogien	....	assistant costume designer
Courtney D'Alesio	....	costume coordinator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jesse Rose-Smith	....	post-production coordinator
Katy Skjerping	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Sharyn Gersh	....	music editor

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

Other crew
Meredith Averill	....	story editor
Rachel Connors	....	script supervisor
Stephanie Lane	....	production accountant
Vincent Morano	....	production coordinator (as Vincent James Morano)
Lynn H. Powers	....	locations manager (as Lynn Powers)
Matthew H. Wiesner	....	location scout
Leah Baker	....	location coordinator (uncredited)
Vince Brown	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Rob Coleman	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Adam Donnelly	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Logan Wolfe Edler	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Molly Egan	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)
Meredith King	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Mela Lee	....	adr voice artist (uncredited)
Diana Peterson	....	assistant to writer (uncredited)
Steven Robbins	....	assistant: Mr. Scott (uncredited)
Carlton Tanis	....	stand-in (uncredited)

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

Production Companies

• Scott Free Productions
• King Size Productions
• CBS Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (2010) (USA) (TV)
• Fox (2011) (Spain) (TV)
• Kabel 1 (2011) (Germany) (TV)
• NHK-BS2 (2011) (Japan) (TV)
• Nelonen (2011) (Finland) (TV)
• Net5 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Universal Channel (2011) (Hungary) (TV)

Other Companies

• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Wildtracks  post-production sound
• Smart Post Sound  sound re-recording facility
• Micdi Productions  music editorial
• Polycom (II)  promotional consideration furnished by
• New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development  filmed with the support of
• New York City Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment  special thanks

Runtime:

USA:56 min (including commercials) | Germany:42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:9

Company:

Scott Free Productions

Soundtrack:

Got It On

2.18 Best Episode Ever ****

Superb episode as Diane secretly plots to break up Lockhart and Gardner and take Alicia along with her to her new firm.

Cary steals the show in an extremely smug performance. Embittered by the fact that he lost out in his position at Lockhart and Gardner due to political considerations, he is going after the young couple accused of murdering a pharmacist in a vengeful way. Matt Czuchry is cocky and confident. He has come a long way in a very good performance.

This episode shows how the attorneys attempt to get their clients to turn on each other so as to save one's own neck.

Anyone notice that Alicia, Julianne Margulies, looks pale and rather gaunt? Hope nothing is wrong with her.

Some very good acting as well by Owen, Alicia's brother, and mother-in-law. Her scenes with Owen are excellent as she fears that her granddaughter may be turning to being a lesbian.

Breaking up is hard to do as the song goes. Let's see what happens in further episodes.