What would you do if you’re life was turned upside down? If you’re dreams of retirement were shattered when your funds were lost in a Ponzi Scheme? If your career ended abruptly, leaving you in disgrace, through no fault of your own? That’s what our family wanted to know when we hosted a viewing party of the first episode of The Good Fight, airing Sunday, February 19th, on CBS All Access.
The Good Fight, a spin-off of The Good Wife, begins with Diane’s (Christine Baranski) dream of a relaxing future in the South of France. She plans her retirement and welcomes her Goddaughter, Maia (Rose Leslie) into her firm. Both her future and Maia’s are destroyed when Maia’s father is arrested for a financial scam. Fans of The Good Wife will also be happy to see Lucca (Cush Jumbo) has a major role. It’s a smart, compelling drama that pulled me in from the first few moments of the show.
Want to host your own viewing party for The Good Fight? Here’s how to make it a hit:
1. Invite Friends. A drama with smart, strong, confident women is the perfect fit for a girl’s night in! Invite a few friends over for uninterrupted viewing and bonding time. Or, if the kids are older, make it a family night party, like we did.
2. Set the Stage. We prepared a table with goodies from the series, including The Good Fight napkins, cups, and poster. If you don’t have these, you could use wine glasses (or any stemware), cocktail napkins and white plates for an elegant look.
3. Don’t forget snacks! We kept our viewing party simple, serving buttered, caramel and cheddar popcorn, but you could go all out with this! Try anything from cute cucumber sandwiches to something more substantial, like this Kentucky Bourbon Cake.
4. Have drinks for everyone. This is a good time to set out the wine or sparkling cider. I also like to whip up a few mocktails, like this Cinderella Mocktail or this Appletini Mocktail.
After you’ve watched the show, plan to spend a few minutes discussing what you think will happen on the next episode. I think Maia and Diane are preparing to fight for their future and think it will be interesting to see how their future begins to play out. If you are a fan of smart women, compelling drama and intrigue, plan to tune in to The Good Fight this Sunday.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about this show! I can’t wait to check it out!
I’ve heard good things about this show. I do love Christine Baranski, and I can’t wait to check it out.
I haven’t heard of The Good Fight until now, clearly I need to watch more tv. LOL!
Cannot wait to watch this! Looks like it was a fun viewing party!
I started watching The Good Wife sometime back on Netflix. I thought it was pretty good. I will have to start watching The Good Fight now. Sounds like it might be as good as The Good Wife.
I would love to watch it but then again, I would have to endure all the teasing from my husband, saying “another chick flick? nothing good on TV tonight?” Haha. I am sure he will get hooked on the show too, once he starts watching.
I haven’t heard of this show yet. However, we do enjoy having folks over for tv series premiers or movies.
Sounds like a great gathering for a show that I hear is pretty interesting. I think I’d be going for the Apple cider the whole time.
I was so sad to hear about the good wife ending but now I am REALLY looking forward to the good fight. Looks SO good!
ive heard a lot about this show. it must be really good! i should check it out too!
I missed an episode and have to do some catching up. The Good Fight is so worhwhile watching!
This looks like a good show. I know my dad says he plans on tuning into it.
I’ve seen the trailer of this and it seem like a good show to watch. I would love to watch it on my free time.
This sounds so exciting! I haven’t watched The Good Wife yet so I guess binge watching this weekend would be awesome! 😀
It does sound like a really interesting show! I will definitely be watching it. Thanks for the great party ideas!
This looks like such a great girls night! This show looks awesome, I can’t wait to watch it.
This show looks interesting. I love a good watch party.
I will be watching this Sunday. I can’t wait to see it and having a fun party to view it sounds like a lot of fun.
I have heard positive things about this. The actors in this are solid and in general it looks like it is going to be an amazing show!
This looks like it is going to be sooooo good. I am excited to check it out. I loved The Good Wife.
Somehow I never saw the Good Wife, but this looks like a great show. I will have to keep an eye out for this show. It definitely sounds entertaining!
I’ve heard of this, haven’t seen it and am so glad that you put it back on my radar!
This is exciting news for the fans of The Good Wide. Sequel are just amazing since it gives you a different take of your favorite show.
What a fun viewing party!! I have never seen The Good Wife but the previews for this one looks really good!
This would be a fun viewing party! I have never seen The Good Wife, but I would love to see this new show. I probably should catch up on The Good Wife first. I think this calls for a binge watch with my girlfriends.
I am super excited to watch this. It sounds like it’s going to be a great show.
I never watched the Good Wife not sure why must have conflicted with something else going on. Haven’t heard about this new show the Good Fight. Will have to check it out.
I loved The Good Wife and cannot wait for The Good Fight to come out! Diane will come out swinging as she does 🙂
I’ve seen episodes of the good wife and I think it’s awesome that they made a spin off. It’s a great show and I’m sure women will appreciate this.
I loved the Good Wife and that is how I know this show is going to be awesome, too. So excited.
This is the second post about this show, it must really be good. I can’t wait to see the first episode