A New Day

"A New Day" is the first episode of the third season of The Good Wife and the forty-seventh episode overall. It has aired by CBS on September 25, 2011. It was written by Meredith Averill and directed by Brooke Kennedy.

Summary[]

While the staff at Lockhart/Gardner adjusts to new realities and relationships, Alicia must put aside distractions in her personal life to defend a Muslim student accused of murdering a Jewish classmate.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Guest Starring[]

Dallas Roberts as Owen Cavanaugh
Anne Marsen as Jennifer
Lisa Edelstein as Celeste Serrano
Nina Arianda as Gretchen Battista
Kristen Connolly as Maggie Reeves
James Eckhouse as Walter Kermani
Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Ira Protopapas
Michael Arden as Finn
Rick Holmes as Dr. Howard Farland
Leon Addison Brown as Teamster
John Bolton as Jason Doyle
Nat McIntyre as Heather Farm Worker
Sarah Litzsinger as Olivia Sumner

Background Information[]

Production[]

Broadcast[]

This episode has aired on September 25, 2011.
On its forty-seventh airing this episode attracted 10.66 million viewers.

Deleted Scenes[]

Trivia[]

Every episode in season 1 had a one-word title. Every season 2 episode had a two-word title. Starting the third season, episode titles are now three words long.
At 10.5 minutes, the pre-title-sequence takes about 25% of the actual running time.

Goofs, Bloopers & Continuity Errors[]

At the beginning of the story, Alicia has curls bobbling up and down as she walks. Then, as she enters Diane's office, her hair is straight as an arrow. Fastest hairstyle makeover ever.
In the first scene where Diane is viewing the video it is shown on a Mac but when the camera shows Diane speaking to Wasim she is in front of a PC.

Quotes[]

References[]

v • e • d The Good Wife Episodes

Season 1
Pilot • Stripped • Home • Fixed • Crash • Conjugal • Unorthodox • Unprepared • Threesome • Lifeguard • Infamy • Painkiller • Bad • Hi • Bang • Fleas • Heart • Doubt • Boom • Mock • Unplugged • Hybristophilia • Running

Season 2
Taking Control • Double Jeopardy • Breaking Fast • Cleaning House • VIP Treatment • Poisoned Pill • Bad Girls • On Tap • Nine Hours • Breaking Up • Two Courts • Silly Season • Real Deal • Net Worth • Silver Bullet • Great Firewall • Ham Sandwich • Killer Song • Wrongful Termination • Foreign Affairs • In Sickness • Getting Off • Closing Arguments

Season 3

A New Day • The Death Zone • Get a Room • Feeding the Rat • Marthas and Caitlins • Affairs of State • Executive Order 13224 • Death Row Trip • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot • Parenting Made Easy • What Went Wrong • Alienation of Affection • Bitcoin for Dummies • Another Ham Sandwich • Live from Damascus • After the Fall • Long Way Home • Gloves Come Off • Blue Ribbon Panel • Pants on Fire • The Penalty Box • The Dream Team

Season 4

I Fought the Law • And the Law Won • Two Girls, One Code • Don't Haze Me, Bro • Waiting for the Knock • The Art of War • Anatomy of a Joke • Here Comes the Judge • A Defense of Marriage • Battle of the Proxies • Boom De Yah Da • Je Ne Sais What? • The Seven Day Rule • Red Team, Blue Team • Going for the Gold • Runnin' with the Devil • Invitation to an Inquest • Death of a Client • The Wheels of Justice • Rape: A Modern Perspective • A More Perfect Union • What's in the Box?

Season 5

Everything is Ending • The Bit Bucket • A Precious Commodity • Outside the Bubble • Hitting the Fan • The Next Day • The Next Week • The Next Month • Whack-a-Mole • The Decision Tree • Goliath and David • We, the Juries • Parallel Construction, Bitches • A Few Words • Dramatics, Your Honor • The Last Call • A Material World • All Tapped Out • Tying the Knot • The Deep Web • The One Percent • A Weird Year

Season 6
The Line • Trust Issues • Dear God • Oppo Research • Shiny Objects • Old Spice • Message Discipline • Red Zone • Sticky Content • The Trial • Hail Mary • The Debate • Dark Money • Mind's Eye • Open Source • Red Meat • Undisclosed Recipients • Loser Edit • Winning Ugly • The Deconstruction • Don't Fail • Wanna Partner?

Season 7
Bond • Innocents • Cooked • Taxed • Payback • Lies • Driven • Restraint • Discovery • KSR • Iowa • Tracks • Judged • Monday • Targets • Hearing • Shoot • Unmanned • Landing • Party • Verdict • End

See also: • The Good Wife Seasons •