The Good Wife

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Channel 4

The storyline focuses on Margulies as Alicia Florrick, the wife of Peter Florrick (Noth). Her husband has been jailed following a very public sex and corruption scandal. She returns to her old job as a litigator to rebuild her reputation and provide for her two children.

 Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick: The wife of a disgraced State Attorney; Alicia returns to work as a junior litigator at a prestigious law firm. Having spent so many years as "the good wife", Alicia finds herself at the bottom of the work ladder; trying to juggle both home and professional life with the ongoing scandal surrounding her husband.
 

Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos: Another junior attorney, taken on at the same time as Alicia. In the first episode it is established that there is only one permanent position for the pair at the firm, putting Cary into competition with Alicia. He has a romantic interest in Kalinda, but so far emphatically unrequited by her.

 Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma: The firm's in-house private investigator. Kalinda previously worked for Peter Florrick, who fired her. She has a cynical, misanthropic outlook on human behavior. In the 12th episode of the first season Kalinda becomes a double agent for Glenn Childs. It has been hinted that Kalinda is a closeted lesbian.

 Josh Charles as Will Gardner: An old friend of Alicia's from law school who is a partner at the law firm.
 

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart: A Senior Partner at said law firm.