The Good Fight/Season Five

Season Five
The Good Fight
Season Premiere	June 24, 2021
Season Finale	August 26, 2021
Episode Count	10
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Season Five of The Good Fight premiered on June 24, 2021.

Episodes

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Released
41	1	Previously On...	Robert King & Michelle King	Brooke Kennedy	June 24, 2021
A flashback to 2020 reveals how the team at Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart experienced the year's major events.
42	2	Once There Was a Court...	Jonathan Tollins	Michael Trim	July 1, 2021
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.
43	3	And the Court Had a Clerk...	William Finkelstein	Tyne Rafaeli	July 8, 2021
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.
44	4	And the Clerk Had a Firm...	Jacquelyn Reingold	James Whitmore Jr.	July 15, 2021
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.
45	5	And the Firm Had Two Partners...	Davita Scarlett	Nikki M. James	July 22, 2021
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.
46	6	And the Two Partners Had a Fight...	Aurin Squire	Brooke Kennedy	July 29, 2021
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.
47	7	And the Fight Had a Détente...	Tegan Shohet	Carrie Preston	August 5, 2021
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.
48	8	And the Détente Had a End...	Laura Marks	Michael Zinberg	August 12, 2021
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 Wacker, both Marissa and Wackner embrace different tactics to help revive the court.
49	9	And the End Was Violent...	Eric Holmes	Brooke Kennedy	August 19, 2021
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.
50	10	And the Violence Spread.	Robert King & Michelle King	Robert King	August 26, 2021
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.