Exclusive: Tony Award winner Nikki M. James on directing Ep 5 on The Good Fight Season 5
BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales recently spoke with actress Nikki M. James, who previously guest starred on the Paramount+ drama series The Good Fight about directing episode 505 of Season 5.
In the fifth season, Diane (Christine Baranski) is forced to question whether it’s appropriate for her to help run an African American law firm with Liz (Audra McDonald) when the firm loses two top lawyers. Meanwhile, Marissa (Sarah Steele) and the firm become entangled with Hal Wackner (Mandy Patinkin), a regular Chicagoan who decides to open his own courtroom in the back of a copy shop.
The cast of THE GOOD FIGHT includes Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Sarah Steele, Michael Boatman, Nyambi Nyambi, Zach Grenier, Charmaine Bingwa and Mandy Patinkin.
Episode 505: "And the firm had two partners..." (Available to stream Thursday, July 22nd)
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.
James originated the role of Nabalungi in the Book of Mormon, for which she won a Tony Award. She recently starred in Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day at the Public Theater. She had appeared in The Good Wife and The Good Fight as lawyer Monica Timmons. Her first directorial effort came with an episode on Spectrum’s The Bite.
