In its seven seasons on air, The Good Wife was notable, among many other reasons, for mastering the cliffhanger. Unfortunately, in Sunday night’s series finale, they left us with an uncertainty that felt less like a thrilling open book and more like a wasted opportunity.

Following an announcement from creators Robert and Michele King in January that this season would be their last working on The Good Wife, it was unclear if the show’s lead, Julianna Margulies, or CBS would let it go quietly into that good night. Now that’s been put to bed: a promo that aired during the Super Bowl…

At this point, it seems fairly clear that Archie Panjabi and Julianna Margulies, who play Kalinda and Alicia on the CBS show The Good Wife, did not shoot the final scene their characters appear in together because of an unidentified issue between the actresses. Given all the evidence out there regarding this theory, …