The Good Fight: Season 5

2021 · 10 episodes · ★ 7.2

What Season 5 of The Good Fight

In the fifth season, Diane is forced to question whether it’s appropriate for her to help run an African American law firm with Liz when the firm loses two top lawyers. Meanwhile, Marissa and the firm become entangled with Hal Wackner, a regular Chicagoan who decides to open his own courtroom in the back of a copy shop.

10episodes

Jun 24, 2021released

Aug 26, 2021final episode

8.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Previously on...
Jun 24, 2021 · 51 min · ★ 8.0
A flashback to 2020 reveals how the team at Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart experienced the year's major events.
Directed by: Brooke Kennedy · Written by: Robert King, Michelle King · Starring: Michael Boatman, Cush Jumbo, Delroy Lindo, Tamberla Perry
5x02 Once there was a court...
Jul 1, 2021 · 54 min · ★ 8.2
Diane and Marissa find themselves arguing at the Circuit 9 3/4 Court, led by the quirky "Judge" Hal Wackner. Meanwhile, Carmen Moyo proves herself to be an effective, yet underestimated, new associate.
Directed by: Michael Trim · Written by: Jonathan Tolins · Starring: Michael Boatman, Charmaine Bingwa, Hugh Dancy, Ben Vereen
5x03 And the court had a clerk...
Jul 8, 2021 · 54 min · ★ 7.8
Diane is aghast when Kurt reveals he recognized the face of a man featured in a U.S. Capitol insurrection "Most Wanted" poster. Intrigued by Wackner, Marissa sneaks over to his copy shop "courtroom" and is thrilled by what she encounters. Back in legitimate court, Liz uses a current case to tackle Section 230.
Directed by: Tyne Rafaeli · Written by: William M. Finkelstein · Starring: Michael Boatman, Charmaine Bingwa, Bebe Neuwirth, Aaron Tveit
5x04 And the clerk had a firm…
Jul 15, 2021 · 56 min · ★ 7.8
When a comedy streaming network executive, Del Cooper, asks Liz to conduct a sensitivity read on one of his comedians, the entire firm ends up fighting over how comedy and 'cancel culture' collide. Meanwhile, FBI agent Madeline Starkey goes after Kurt for his alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol insurrection.
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr. · Written by: Jacquelyn Reingold · Starring: Michael Boatman, Charmaine Bingwa, Mamie Gummer, Ben Vereen
5x05 And the firm had two partners...
Jul 22, 2021 · 57 min · ★ 7.8
Liz and Carmen represent Oscar Rivi, who is suing Harbor Hospital over the wrongful death of his daughter. Jay's investigation of the case triggers some PTSD that forces him to dig deeper into his own experience with Covid. With Madeline Starkey still hell-bent on getting Kurt to come clean, Diane decides to take matters into her own hands.
Directed by: Nikki M. James · Written by: Davita Scarlett · Starring: Michael Boatman, Charmaine Bingwa, Morgan Weed, Danny Pino
5x06 And the two partners had a fight...
Jul 29, 2021 · 53 min · ★ 6.5
When Reddick/Lockhart associates start posting anonymous hate messages about Julius and Diane on a new interoffice app, Diane's name partner position at the firm is once again questioned. At home, Diane grapples with her marriage after learning Kurt is considering a job offer from the NRA. Meanwhile, Wackner goes to real court to have his approach and sanity questioned.
Directed by: Brooke Kennedy · Written by: Aurin Squire · Starring: Michael Boatman, Charmaine Bingwa, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jane Curtin
5x07 And the fight had a détente...
Aug 5, 2021 · 52 min · ★ 8.0
At Circuit 9 3/4 court, Marissa is assigned to "prosecute" two contrasting "cancel culture" cases, which both leave her questioning the intentions of Wackner, David Cord and Del Cooper. The tension between Diane and Liz increases while they work together on a high profile case against the Chicago PD.
Directed by: Carrie Preston · Written by: Tegan Shohet · Starring: Michael Boatman, Charmaine Bingwa, Wayne Brady, Stephen Lang
5x08 And the détente had an end...
Aug 12, 2021 · 41 min · ★ 4.7
Julius fights to defend himself in Wackner's court in a surreal and harrowing effort to reclaim his car...and his dignity-all because of an alleged parking violation. Meanwhile, after focus group feedback threatens to sink Del Cooper's reality show about Wackner, both Marissa and Wackner embrace different tactics to help revive the court
Directed by: Michael Zinberg · Written by: Laura Marks · Starring: Michael Boatman, Elaine May, Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, Brenda Braxton
5x09 And the end was violent...
Aug 19, 2021 · 46 min · ★ 6.4
Liz and Diane struggle to get David Lee and the Dubai overlords to accept the new name partner, Allegra Jurado. Oscar Rivi attempts to make his cannabis business legitimate, but realizes that the corporate world can be just as cut-throat as his own. When the justice system fails to detain and prevent a man from continually committing anti-Asian hate crime, the cops discover another way for justice -- Wackner's court.
Directed by: Brooke Kennedy · Written by: Eric Holmes · Starring: Charmaine Bingwa, Christian Borle, Tony Plana, Wayne Brady
5x10 And the violence spread... Season Finale
Aug 26, 2021 · 55 min · ★ 6.4
In the season five finale, it's too many courts and too little time for the folks at Reddick/Lockhart. Marissa is mounting a strong defense in Vinetta's court for Matteo, while Diane attempts to get an interview with him in order to spring Matteo from court. Carmen, Liz, and Allegra defend drug dealer, Oscar Rivi, as prosecutors attempt to put him back in prison.
Directed by: Robert King · Written by: Robert King, Michelle King · Starring: Michael Boatman, Charmaine Bingwa, Christian Borle, Brandon Mendez Homer