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The Good Wife: Season 1

23 episodes Premiered Sep 22, 2009 Updated Jul 18, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Pilot

Sep 22, 2009 · 43 min

Alicia returns to work as a defense attorney after her husband's corruption scandal and incarceration. She is assigned her first case - a retrial of a woman accused of murdering he

S1·E2

Stripped

Sep 29, 2009 · 43 min

After the State's Attorney refuses to pursue criminal charges, Alicia becomes second chair on a civil suit involving the rape of a prostitute at a bachelor party who may have been

S1·E3

Home

Oct 6, 2009 · 43 min

The son of Alicia's former friends is charged with felony murder, and Alicia decides to defend him, despite the fact that they ostracized her ever since the scandal.

S1·E4

Fixed

Oct 13, 2009 · 43 min

Alicia uncovers evidence that possibly proves that the jury is tampering with her firm's class action law suit that she has against a pharmaceutical company, while the legal team o

S1·E5

Crash

Oct 20, 2009 · 43 min

Alicia and Will have only 72 hours to find the smoking gun that proves the train company, and not the three engineers, is responsible for the crash, thus securing the widows their

S1·E6

Conjugal

Nov 3, 2009 · 43 min

As Alicia works with Will on the appeal of a death row inmate, she agrees to a conjugal visit with Peter in order to get information from him since her client was convicted under P

S1·E7

Unorthodox

Nov 10, 2009 · 43 min

Alicia, representing a daughter of one of the partner in the firm, finds herself very attracted to her co-counsel, mostly because of his unorthodox approach of defending their clie

S1·E8

Unprepared

Nov 17, 2009 · 43 min

While Alicia is preparing in a case defending a scientist accused of arson, she is suddenly asked to testify on Peter's behalf. Damages Peter Riegert guest stars as the judge in Pe

S1·E9

Threesome

Nov 24, 2009 · 43 min

Alicia is asked to represent a partner in the firm on a DUI charge. Her attention is split when she is suddenly forced to face the Other Woman.

S1·E10

Lifeguard

Dec 15, 2009 · 43 min

When a judge overturns a simple plea deal that Alicia arranged, she looks into his motivation, and Diane is made an offer she can not refuse.

S1·E11

Infamy

Jan 5, 2010 · 43 min

Alicia learns more about Peter's fall from office when she represents Glenn Child's wife, Carla Browning, in her divorce appeal. Meanwhile, Will and Emily, an opposing counsel, get

S1·E12

Painkiller

Jan 12, 2010 · 43 min

Alicia and the kids have to deal with some really bad news; Peter learns some new information that makes him furious. Meanwhile, Alicia has to represent the doctor who prescribed m

S1·E13

Bad

Feb 2, 2010 · 43 min

Tensions are high as Peter's appeal begins while Alicia has to defend a wealthy client who doesn't seem that innocent, even after he's found not guilty of murdering his wife. Meanw

S1·E14

Hi

Feb 9, 2010 · 43 min

Alicia defends a man accused of killing his child's babysitter. Meanwhile, Peter's appeal seems to be going well, and Alicia prepares for the idea of him returning to her life.

S1·E15

Bang

Mar 2, 2010 · 43 min

While Peter gets acclimated to life at home and works on a comeback strategy with his political team, including Eli Gold, Alicia and Diane wrestle with spousal privilege laws in a

S1·E16

Fleas

Mar 9, 2010 · 43 min

As Peter strategizes on how to handle his retrial and the next steps in his public rehabilitation, Alicia and Will defend an attorney arrested for murder.

S1·E17

Heart

Mar 16, 2010 · 43 min

In an emergency courtroom set up in a hospital, Alicia and Will battle Patti Nyholm and an insurance company that refuses to pay for life-saving in-utero surgery. Meanwhile, Alicia

S1·E18

Doubt

Apr 6, 2010 · 43 min

Alicia and Will defend a college student accused of killing her sorority sister while under the influence of a sleep aid. At the same time, they also deal with their growing sexual

S1·E19

Boom

Apr 27, 2010 · 43 min

When Alicia goes head-to-head in the courtroom with former boss Jonas Stern, she debates whether or not use personal information to her advantage. Meanwhile, Peter uses religion to

S1·E20

Mock

May 4, 2010 · 43 min

The police are quickly at the door when Peter's electronic monitor sounds after he chases Alicia out of the apartment. As a result, Grace and Zach scramble to figure out a way to k

S1·E21

Unplugged

May 11, 2010 · 43 min

While the firm takes on a case involving a divorce settlement for the wife of a musician who is in a coma, Alicia reluctantly considers a bold move to make sure that Lockhart and G

S1·E22

Hybristophilia

May 18, 2010 · 43 min

Eli Gold works on getting Peter's charges dropped, and Alicia defends Colin Sweeney, a client and accused wife killer, who claims self defense after she finds him handcuffed to a d

S1·E23

Running

May 25, 2010 · 43 min

At Eli Gold's urging, Alicia must decide if she'll stand by her man during Peter's new political campaign, or if she'll pursue a relationship with Will instead.