The mysterious, bisexual, leather-jacket-wearing in-house investigator is a walking noir trope turned upside down. Kalinda is loyal, dangerous, and opaque. The off-screen tension regarding Panjabi’s departure is famous, but on-screen, Kalinda remains a brilliant device to expose the corruption lurking under Chicago’s concrete.
In the early seasons, Alicia tries to be "good." She tries to be ethical in a corrupt firm; she tries to be a supportive wife to a man who betrayed her. As the series progresses, the definition shifts. The show The good wife
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