History Trivia / TheGoodWife

** One episode when Peter Florrick is running for State's Attorney has a minor kerfuffle blow up over Alicia's brother Simon turning up on not-Website/YouTube saying he thinks Peter doesn't like him for being gay. Eli goes to Peter asking if he has a problem with homosexuality and Peter mistakenly thinks Eli is coming out to him, saying he couldn't care less if Eli was gay. Eli's actor Creator/AlanCumming really is gay.

* {{Blooper}}: Subverted. In ‘Loser Edit’, the report revealing Alicia’s private e-mails was apparently a cross between her e-mail and someone else’s, as it reads ‘From: Alicia Florrick’ and mentions having to put two kids through college, but also says, ‘Alicia is a perfect example of someone [[CastingCouch sleeping their way to the top]]!’ Then whoever wrote the e-mail says (in the first person) that her husband is the SA and will probably be governor and is probably already taking enough bribes to pay for their tuition. Then there’s the final line:
-->''‘[[IfYouCanReadThis If you’ve read this far]] you aren’t paying any attention to our show. So, bite me.’''

** One episode when Peter Florrick is running for State's Attorney has a minor kerfuffle blow up over Alicia's brother Simon turning up on not-Website/YouTube saying he thinks Peter doesn't like him for being gay. Eli goes to Peter asking if he has a problem with homosexuality and Peter mistakenly thinks Eli is coming out to him, saying he couldn't care less if Eli was gay. Eli's actor Creator/AlanCummings really is gay.

** One episode when Peter Florrick is running for State's Attorney has a minor kerfuffle blow up over Alicia's brother Simon turning up on not-Website/YouTube saying he thinks Peter doesn't like him for being gay. Eli goes to Peter asking if he has a problem with homosexuality and Peter mistakenly thinks Eli is coming out to him, saying he couldn't care less if Eli was gay. Eli's actor Creator/PeterCumming really is gay.

** When Fred Thompson guest starred in one episode, his client referred to him as [[LawAndOrder The DA]] as he played one on TV and his character referred to actually passing the bar before going into acting, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson#Career_as_an_attorney which Fred Thompson actually did]].

** In ‘KSR’, Dr. Portnow’s wife, a clinical psychiatrist, is an obvious {{Expy}} of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Leonard Hofstadter’s mother]], played by Christine Baranski, who plays Diane.

* WrittenInInfirmity: Michael J. Fox plays a lawyer with a neurological disorder (tardive diskinesia, rather than Fox's own Parkinson's, but close enough) which he plays up to gain sympathy from jurors he argues in front of. This backfires against a paraplegic judge in one episode: the judge basically says, "Yeah, so what?" and tells him to get on with the case.

* HeyItsThatGuy: So, we have [[Series/{{ER}} Carol Hathaway]] married to [[Series/SexAndTheCity Mister Big]], best friends with [[BendItLikeBeckham Pinky]], and working for [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety Knox]] (or [[SportsNight Dan Rydell]]) and [[Film/{{Chicago}} Mary Sunshine]]. Sometimes [[Series/TrueBlood Russell Edgington]] and [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]] stop by. [[RaisingHope Virginia Chance]] is a frequent adversary.
** [[{{Series/Eureka}} Henry]]/[[{{Terminator}} Miles Dyson]]! [[Series/TheWire Frank Sobotka]]! [[Series/{{Lost}} The Man in Black]]! Et cetera! Et cetera!
** MirandaCosgrove guest starred in an episode about a teen starlet going off the rails. It talked about the ContractualPurity of the real-life Disney stars and how they generally have to smash that purity into bits once they turn 18 to get work outside Kids TV even if it's not who they are inside, poked at Sloan being a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of LindsayLohan, and managed to be an ActorAllusion since Sloan was dressed up in a way that made her look like a grown up version of [[Series/DrakeAndJosh Megan]] as well as one episode where [[Series/{{iCarly}} Carly Shay]] dressed up as a punk rock chick.
** Diane Lockhart was one of Meryl Streep's friends in ''Film/MammaMia'' and is also [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Leonard's cold fish mother.]]
** Series/UglyBetty has a guest role for a few episodes.
** The judges are an endless parade of these, including David Paymer, Ana Gasteyer, and Jerry Stiller.
--> Judge Charles Abernathy is none other than [[TrueBlood Russel Edgington]].
--> Don't forget [[Series/{{ArrestedDevelopment}} George Sr.]] as that judge who may or may not have hit on Alicia
** Elsbeth Tascioni is played by [[TrueBlood Arlene Fowler Bellefleur]].
** Alicia herself is Morgaine le Fay from "The Mists of Avalon"
** In this universe, [[Series/TheWire Bodie]] is still a smart-ass pawn. Likewise, [[Series/TheWire Commissioner Burrell]] became a pastor (as did his son, [[Series/TheWire Chris Bartlow]]), but he's kept his scheming ways. [[Series/TheWire Cutty Wise]], however, ended up on death row.
*** Between the ones above, Kima, Carver, Clay Davis, Rawls and Cheese it's safe to say that someone in the casting department is a "Wire"-fan.
** [[Series/GilmoreGirls Logan Huntzperger]] went into law rather than follow his dad into the newspaper biz.
*** And Francie shows up in the sixth episode.
** [[Series/{{Smallville}} Lionel Luthor]] represents a university that Lockhart & Gardner sues for permitting hazing.
** [[Series/{{Community}} Britta Perry]] appears as an seemingly overworked Cloudcuckoolander legal assistant in the pilot episode.
** [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Odo]] is a coroner in a neighboring county.
** [[Series/{{ER}} Abby Lockhart]] aspires to be Governor and becomes a [[spoiler: [[PoisonousFriend Poisonous]] ]] friend to Alicia, [[spoiler: but she's a BitchInSheepsClothing]].
** [[Series/{{Friends}} Chandler Bing]] [[PlayingAgainstType is a morally dubious adversary of Peter's]].
** [[Film/{{Pitch Perfect}} Aubrey from Pitch Perfect]] is Caitlin D'arcy, David Lee's niece and former employee of Lockhart/Gardner
** [[Series/{{TheWestWing}} The First Lady]]/[[Film/{{Grease}} Rizzo]] is Alicia's mom
** [[Series/{{Fringe}} Walter Bishop]] is Alicia's headache-inducing [[spoiler:dead]] client Matthew Ashbaugh
*** As of 5x17, the new State's Attorney is September.
** Becca is [[Series/{{DontTrustTheBInApartment23}} June Colburn]] .
** [[Series/{{House}} Wilson]] is a Christian arbitrator.
** [[Series/{{HouseofCardsUS}} Peter Russo]] played a bouncer in a minor role, for a [[RetroactiveRecognition retroactive recognition]] bonus in the second episode.
** [[Film/{{Watchmen}} Ozymandias]] is an opposite counsel to Will [[spoiler: and tries unsuccessfully to keep him from dying from a gunshot to the neck]].
** [[Series/GossipGirl Eleanor Waldorf and Cyrus Rose]] appeared in separate episodes just shy of one another.
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride Vizzini]]/[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Grand Nagus Zek]] is Lemond Bishop's personal attorney.
** [[Series/{{Frasier}} Niles Crane]] is Frank Prady.
** [[Series/{{Gotham}} Oswald Cobblepot]] is a witness in 'Battle of the Proxies'.
** [[Series/{{RizzoliAndIsles}} Vince Korsak]] is a blowhard lawyer who tries to throw a case- which would let him challenge DOMA on appeal- in 'A Defense of Marriage'.
** [[Series/{{Hustle}} Danny Blue]] appears in Season 4 as [[spoiler: Kalinda's psycho husband]].
** [[Series/{{Weeds}} Silas Botwin]] shot [[spoiler: and killed]] Will.
** [[Film/ScoobyDoo Shaggy]] sues a ''Series/{{Glee}}'' {{Expy}} for ripping off his parody video.
** [[Series/{{Supernatural}} John Winchester]] is Alicia's new PI.
** [[Series/That70sShow Bob Pinciotti]], of all people, is Manny Hofstadter, a.k.a. Ortolan246.

* ActorAllusion: When Fred Thompson guest starred in one episode, his client referred to him as [[LawAndOrder The DA]] as he played one on TV and his character referred to actually passing the bar before going into acting, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson#Career_as_an_attorney which Fred Thompson actually did]].

* {{Blooper}}: In ‘Loser Edit’, the report revealing Alicia’s private e-mails was apparently a cross between her e-mail and someone else’s, as it reads ‘From: Alicia Florrick’ and mentions having to put two kids through college, but also says, ‘Alicia is a perfect example of someone [[CastingCouch sleeping their way to the top]]!’

* [[Series/{{Weeds}} Silas Botwin]] shot [[spoiler: and killed]] Will.

* WrittenInInfirmity: Michael J. Fox plays a lawyer with a neurological disorder (not Fox's own Parkinson's, but close enough) which he plays up to gain sympathy from jurors he argues in front of.
** Except for one time when it's an utter NoSell against a judge who himself suffers from a disability.

** Diane Lockhart was one of Meryl Streep's friends in MammaMia and is also [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Leonard's cold fish mother.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: So, we have [[Series/{{ER}} Carol Hathaway]] married to [[Series/SexAndTheCity Mister Big]], best friends with [[BendItLikeBeckham Pinky]], and working for [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety Knox]] (or [[SportsNight Dan Rydell]]) and [[Film/{{Chicago}} Mary Sunshine]]. Sometimes [[Series/TrueBlood Russell Edgington]] and [[Film/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]] stop by. [[RaisingHope Virginia Chance]] is a frequent adversary.

** [[GossipGirl Eleanor Waldorf and Cyrus Rose]] appeared in separate episodes just shy of one another.

** [[{{Eureka}} Henry]]/[[{{Terminator}} Miles Dyson]]! [[Series/TheWire Frank Sobotka]]! [[Series/{{Lost}} The Man in Black]]! Et cetera! Et cetera!

** Matthew Perry was also willing to avoid playing it safe by taking on the role of slimeball Mike Kresteva.[[note]]Though not for the first time: he’s appeared as a cutthroat weasel before in a guest appearance on ''Series/DreamOn'', and even dropped a few F-bombs there![[/note]]

** Cantonese 法妻 -> Law Wife.

* HeyItsThatGuy: So, we have [[Series/{{ER}} Nurse Carol]] married to [[Series/SexAndTheCity Big]], best friends with [[BendItLikeBeckham Pinky]], and working for [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety Knox]] (or [[SportsNight Dan Rydell]]) and [[Film/{{Chicago}} Mary Sunshine]]. Sometimes [[Series/TrueBlood Russell Edgington]] and [[Film/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]] stop by. [[RaisingHope Virginia Chance]] is a frequent adversary.

** Matthew Perry was also willing to avoid playing it safe by taking on the role of slimeball Mike Kresteva.

* CompletelyDiffrentTitle:

* HeyItsThatGuy: So, we have [[Seri{{ER}} Nurse Carol]] married to [[Series/SexAndTheCity Big]], best friends with [[BendItLikeBeckham Pinky]], and working for [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety Knox]] (or [[SportsNight Dan Rydell]]) and [[Film/{{Chicago}} Mary Sunshine]]. Sometimes [[Series/TrueBlood Russell Edgington]] and [[Film/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]] stop by. [[RaisingHope Virginia Chance]] is a frequent adversary.

** As of 5x17, the new State's Attorney is [[Series/{{Fringe}} September]].