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Diane Lockhart-McVeigh is a fictional character of CBS television series The Good Wife and is portrayed by actress Christine Baranski, who has received acclaim for her performance, [1] such as being nominated for six consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. [2]
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart, [a] who loses her savings after an enormous financial scam and joins Reddick, Boseman & Kolstad, one of Chicago's pre-eminent law firms. [4] In season two, Diane becomes a name partner in the renamed Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart. The firm later becomes Reddick Lockhart.
The Good Fight is an American legal drama produced for CBS's streaming service CBS All Access (later Paramount+). It is the platform's first original scripted series. [1] The series, created by Robert King, Michelle King, and Phil Alden Robinson, is a spin-off and sequel to The Good Wife, which was created by the Kings.
Diane, on the verge of retiring from Lockhart/Gardner & Canning, attempts to get a partner, Dean, to come with her to Florrick/Agos. Eli, meanwhile, now having Peter's approval to pursue Alicia's State's Attorney campaign, again tries to convince Alicia to run.
In the prior episode, Diane uncovered Alicia and Cary's plan to leave and start their own law firm. In the opening scene of Hitting the Fan, Diane reveals it to Will, and he angrily confronts Alicia about the situation. Hence, Alicia is removed as partner and then fired along with all fourth year associates and a frantic pursuit of clients begins.
Eli tries to deal with a new rumor regarding a detail of Peter's "anatomy", and Peter hires a new assistant state's attorney after Alicia recommends Laura Hellinger. Lockhart/Gardner is almost sold by the firm's trustee, saved only by last-minute maneuvering by Diane, Will and David Lee.
The fifth season of The Good Wife began airing on September 29, 2013. The season received critical acclaim, with the general consensus calling it the series's best season. The show's critical resurgence and creative renaissance won the season the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama and the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Dram
Lockhart/Gardner takes on the US Government on behalf of a military contractor who claims that he was imprisoned and tortured by the Army in Afghanistan. While Diane and the team plow through boxes of censored documents looking for evidence, Alicia must meet with a government monitor whose authority overrides attorney/client privilege.