‘The Good Wife’ season 7, episode 6 review: Did Peter announce his Presidential run?

Sure, it has been the worst-kept secret for some time on “The Good Wife” that Peter Florrick is running for President. With that said, this was not exactly something that was public knowledge before we made it to the new episode Sunday night.

Peter chose to make his proclamation clear within an Illinois gymnasium, a place that was far from his first choice in an effort to recreate a moment from Abraham Lincoln or Barack Obama. For him, much of the campaign has been about timing. Until this episode, it seemed that this was really only about the Vice-Presidency. Now, he’s seeking potentially a higher calling. Also, prior to this episode it was slightly more ambiguous as to Peter’s role with the voting machines. This is the storyline that just won’t go away. It’s also going to have damning implications for Alicia if the information continues to fall into the wrong hands.

The Peter story was strong enough this time, thanks in part by the constant back-and-forth between Eli and Ruth, to compensate for an Alicia story that, other than an investigation into Jason, that was really not that exciting. The case-of-the-week had legs in how it looked at troubles in the workplace and complications surrounding polygraph tests, but the only moment we’d proclaim as particularly memorable was seeing Diane be read the riot act over trying to compare her situation to another of a woman of a different race. It was a powerful scene for Christine Baranski to play, even if it showed some of her character’s lack of empathy in difficult situations.

Will this conversation actually change things at Lockhart, Agos, and Lee? We’re not entirely sure, given that this has hardly been set up as a warm, cuddly legal environment where fairness is placed onto a pedestal.

At this point, we do feel that “The Good Wife” does need a huge episode to really get people talking about the show again. While Peter’s announcement is huge for this character, this is not his show. It’s her story, and we find that the pacing for her has become somewhat glacial in recent weeks. Grade: B-.