Spin-offs can often leave a bad taste in the mouth.
Realising that the producers of the original hit show are merely trying to cash in on fans’ support can be disheartening (Friends spin-off Joey, anyone?).
But then a spin-off like The Good Fight comes along and blows them out of the water.
Picking up a year after the series finale of The Good Wife, we return to Chicago as Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) prepares to retire to Italy.
Her move comes just as her goddaughter, Maia Rindell, played by Game Of Thrones star Rose Leslie, begins working at her law firm.
Both are looking forward to their next phase of life.
Diane is ready to step away from her high-powered job, and Maia is preparing to begin her career.
But the women’s lives are thrown into turmoil when Maia’s father, Henry (Paul Guilfoyle), loses all his clients’ money – including Diane’s.
Cush Jumbo as Lucca and Game Of Thrones star Rose Leslie as Maia.
Maia becomes the victim of her father’s business woes and is pushed out of her new job.
Diane’s financial state forces her back into work, but her law firm no longer wants her.
What seemed like a promising time for the women becomes a black hole of uncertainty.
The cast of The Good Fight.
But Diane and Maia manage to land on their feet when they join a predominately African-American law firm as the “diversity hires”.
The Good Fight addresses the lack of diversity featured in The Good Wife and turns it on its head.
Now, these women must navigate their new realities.
Will they sink or swim?
