Targets - [s7e15]
The Good Wife: Season 7, Episode 15 - "Targets" - PopMatters
🎯 Under the Scope: Dissecting The Good Wife S7E15 "Targets" [S7E15] Targets
Alicia Florrick ( Julianna Margulies ) is recruited to sit on a secret civilian-and-military panel advising the U.S. government. The task? Deciding whether to execute a drone strike against an American-born ISIS recruiter. Alicia finds herself acting as the moral compass of the room, questioning whether the target has actually crossed the legal threshold to justify a state-sanctioned assassination. The Good Wife: Season 7, Episode 15 -
Originally airing in February 2016 as the 149th episode of the series, serves as a masterclass in tension, paranoia, and the messy intersection of personal desire and professional duty. With only a handful of episodes left before the series finale, the writers used this hour to turn up the heat on the Florricks from both the inside and the outside. ⚖️ The Plot: Moral Grey Areas and Tech Paranoia Deciding whether to execute a drone strike against
In true Good Wife fashion, the background noise becomes the primary threat. The NSA agents who have been listening in on Alicia's life are still tuned in. Even when she leaves her phone outside the secure government boardroom, the device's "hot mic" capability allows the eavesdroppers to listen to the classified deliberations. 💔 The Character Dynamics: A Sloping Moral Ground
