'The Good Wife' rests: CBS staple has been one of TV's most intoxicating soap operas

For the past five years, astute viewers of Sunday night television have borne witness to the ultimate battle for power, played out by a formidable field of warriors: baby dragons eager to spread their wings, power brokers willing to be castrated for their masters, claimants to the throne so convinced of their rightful destiny that they've redecorated the royal castle a hundred times in their minds. …