"The Good Wife" wrapped its fifth season with a couple of bombshells -- Diane seemingly leaving the firm she started to join Florrick/Agos, and Eli Gold asking Alicia Florrick to run for State's Attorney. Zap2it spoke with "Good Wife" executive producers, husband-and-wife team Robert and Michelle King, about the latest developments and what this means for Season 6.
Zap2it: Is Diane leaving Lockhart/Gardner for Florrick/Agos a direction you always knew the show would go once you were faced with writing out Josh Charles' character Will?
Robert King: We knew that it was going to be Diane joining Alicia, we just didn't know how. Some of our decisions are based on what casting we can get. We knew it would be a threat internally with Diane, but we didn't know where it would come from. We didn't know if we would get [Michael J. Fox] or Martha Plimpton or one of our other lovely go-to villains.
Michelle King: There's an odd trio now with Diane, Cary and Alicia and that causes even more problems. I don't think Diane respects Cary as much and Cary doesn't really like Diane, and Cary's worried that the two women will gang up on him, so all those things start flying.
Will Florrick/Agos welcome Diane, or at least welcome her money?
MK: We're hoping to play that question out in Season 6.
RK: We're not going to back away from it, that's going to be a lot of the dispute going forward.
We imagine Diane wil want her name on the letterhead.
RK: [ laughs] That does seem like the first argument, doesn't it?
Zap2it: Is Diane leaving Lockhart/Gardner for Florrick/Agos a direction you always knew the show would go once you were faced with writing out Josh Charles' character Will?
Robert King: We knew that it was going to be Diane joining Alicia, we just didn't know how. Some of our decisions are based on what casting we can get. We knew it would be a threat internally with Diane, but we didn't know where it would come from. We didn't know if we would get [Michael J. Fox] or Martha Plimpton or one of our other lovely go-to villains.
Michelle King: There's an odd trio now with Diane, Cary and Alicia and that causes even more problems. I don't think Diane respects Cary as much and Cary doesn't really like Diane, and Cary's worried that the two women will gang up on him, so all those things start flying.
Will Florrick/Agos welcome Diane, or at least welcome her money?
MK: We're hoping to play that question out in Season 6.
RK: We're not going to back away from it, that's going to be a lot of the dispute going forward.
We imagine Diane wil want her name on the letterhead.
RK: [ laughs] That does seem like the first argument, doesn't it?