Video: The Good Wife's Christine Baranski Previews the 'Alicia-gate' Blow-Up

Good Wife Season 5 Diane Alicia
Good Wife Season 5 Diane Alicia

Fans of The Good Wife know that Diane can’t possibly take Alicia and Cary’s imminent defections in stride. But just how volcanic will her reaction to the news be?

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“My nostrils flare,” Christine Baranski tells TVLine’s Michael Ausiello in this video from her stroll down the Emmy red carpet.

And, though the actress notes that her back is getting sunburned during the conversation, it’s all worth it – for us, anyway. She goes on to not only preview the “emotionally exhausting” Season 5 that the CBS hit has in store, but also the life-changing decision that her own character is forced to make.

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So go ahead and press PLAY. And cross your fingers that Baranski’s back didn’t wind up as red as her dress.


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