| Season 3 | |
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| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Original run | September 25, 2011 – April 29, 2012 |
| DVD release | September 4, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
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Season 3 of The Good Wife has consists of 23 episodes and aired from September 25, 2011, to April 29, 2012. The Region 1 DVD was released on September 4, 2012.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick
- Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos
- Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma
- Graham Phillips as Zach Florrick (14 episodes)
- Mackenzie Vega as Grace Florrick (16 episodes)
- Alan Cumming as Eli Gold (20 episodes)
- Josh Charles as Will Gardner
- Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
Recurring[]
- Chris Noth as Peter Florrick
- Monica Raymund as Dana Lodge
- Mary Beth Peil as Jackie Florrick
- Anna Camp as Caitlin D'Arcy
- Zach Grenier as David Lee
- Anika Noni Rose as Wendy Scott-Carr
- Michael Boatman as Julius Cain
- Renée Elise Goldsberry as Geneva Pine
- Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni
- Jerry Adler as Howard Lyman
- Lisa Edelstein as Celeste Serrano
- Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning
- Parker Posey as Vanessa Gold
- Amy Sedaris as Stacie Hall
- Tim Guinee as Andrew Wiley
- Dallas Roberts as Owen Cavanaugh
- Mike Pniewski as Frank Landau
- Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney
- Jill Flint as Lana Delaney
- Matthew Perry as Mike Kresteva
- Kurt Fuller as Judge Peter Dunaway
- Romany Malco as Justin Coyne
- Michael Kelly as Mickey Gunn
Guest[]
- Nina Arianda as Gretchen Battista
- Kristen Connolly as Maggie Reeves
- James Eckhouse as Walter Kermani
- Emily Swallow as Mandy Cox
- Suzy Eddie Izzard as James Thrush
- Nicole Beharie as AUSA Imani Stonehouse
- Harvey Fierstein as Judge Francis Flamm
- Sterling K. Brown as Andrew Boylan
- Wayne Duvall as Detective Harcourt
- Meghann Fahy as Shelby Hale
- Anthony Ruivivar as Captain Moyer
- Michael Irby as Ricky Parker
- John Michael Higgins as Rodney Jesko
- Jennifer Carpenter as Pamela Raker
- Romany Malco as Justin Coyne
- Susan Kelechi Watson as Lauryn Fisher
- F. Murray Abraham as Burl Preston
- Jason Biggs as Dylan Stack
- Jennifer Ferrin as Elaine Middleton
- David Furr as Tim Landis
- Mike Colter as Lemond Bishop
- Denis O'Hare as Judge Charles Abernathy
- Chris Butler as Matan Brody
- Titus Welliver as Glenn Childs
- Gary Cole as Kurt McVeigh
- Martha Plimpton as Patti Nyholm
- Mamie Gummer as Nancy Crozier
- Rita Wilson as Viola Walsh
- Sarah Steele as Marissa Gold
- John Benjamin Hickey as Neil Gross
- Joe Morton as Daniel Golden
- David Paymer as Judge Richard Cuesta
- Kelli Giddish as Sophia Russo
- Morena Baccarin as Isobel Swift
- Jonathan Groff as Jimmy Fellner
Episodes[]
| Season # | Episode # | Series # | Title | Writer(s) | Director | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 47 | "A New Day" | Meredith Averill | Brooke Kennedy | September 25, 2011 |
| 3 | 2 | 48 | "The Death Zone" | Leonard Dick | Jim McKay | October 2, 2011 |
| 3 | 3 | 49 | "Get a Room" | Julia Wolfe | David Platt | October 9, 2011 |
| 3 | 4 | 50 | "Feeding the Rat" | Keith Eisner | Frederick E. O. Toye | October 16, 2011 |
| 3 | 5 | 51 | "Marthas and Caitlins" | Ted Humphrey | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | October 23, 2011 |
| 3 | 6 | 52 | "Affairs of State" | Corinne Brinkerhoff | Dean Parisot | October 30, 2011 |
| 3 | 7 | 53 | "Executive Order 13224" | Leonard Dick | Brooke Kennedy | November 6, 2011 |
| 3 | 8 | 54 | "Death Row Tip" | Matthew Montoya | Joshua Marston | November 13, 2011 |
| 3 | 9 | 55 | "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" | Robert King & Michelle King & Meredith Averill | Rosemary Rodriguez | November 20, 2011 |
| 3 | 10 | 56 | "Parenting Made Easy" | Courtney Kemp Agboh | Rosemary Rodriguez | December 4, 2011 |
| 3 | 11 | 57 | "What Went Wrong" | Keith Eisner | James Whitmore, Jr. | December 11, 2011 |
| 3 | 12 | 58 | Alienation of Affection | Corinne Brinkerhoff | Michael Zinberg | January 8, 2012 |
| 3 | 13 | 59 | "Bitcoin for Dummies" | Courtney Kemp Agboh | Frederick E. O. Toye | January 15, 2012 |
| 3 | 14 | 60 | "Another Ham Sandwich" | Leonard Dick | Frederick E. O. Toye | January 29, 2012 |
| 3 | 15 | 61 | Live from Damascus | Ted Humphrey | Brooke Kennedy | February 19, 2012 |
| 3 | 16 | 62 | "After the Fall" | Meredith Averill | James Whitmore, Jr. | March 4, 2012 |
| 3 | 17 | 63 | "Long Way Home" | Keith Eisner | Nelson McCormick | March 11, 2012 |
| 3 | 18 | 64 | Gloves Come Off | Matthew Montoya & Leonard Dick | Michael Zinberg | March 18, 2012 |
| 3 | 19 | 65 | "Blue Ribbon Panel" | Courtney Kemp Agboh | Rosemary Rodriguez | March 25, 2012 |
| 3 | 20 | 66 | "Pants on Fire" | Ted Humphrey | Roxann Dawson | April 15, 2012 |
| 3 | 21 | 67 | "The Penalty Box" | Julia Wolfe | Michael Zinberg | April 22, 2012 |
| 3 | 22 | 68 | "The Dream Team" | Corinne Brinkerhoff & Meredith Averill | Robert King | April 29, 2012 |