Julianna Margulies, who plays Alicia on The Good Wife, spoke about working on the CBS legal drama and gave hints relating to what fans can expect from her character in the next season, at a SAG Foundation panel on June 17.

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Michael Ausiello of TVLine hosted the event and spoke to Margulies about the rewards and challenges of playing Alicia on the show. The finale of season 5 concluded with Eli Gould (Alan Cumming) proposing Alicia (Julianna Margulies) become a candidate for State's Attorney. A few other big changes were afoot, with Diane (Christine Baranski) deciding to join Florrick/Agos. The cliffhanger obviously had to do with the big decision Alicia will have to take now. When specifically asked by Ausiello about what she will do, Margulies seemed inclined to having Alicia take the challenge up.

"I want her to run. I think it would be so interesting if she ran. I actually asked Robert and Michelle, "If she ran what happens with Peter's endorsement? Is that legal?" And they had a great answer which was, "When Kennedy was President he brought his brother in. Anything's legal if you can do it," she said. "So I think it would set up a great story for Peter and Alicia and a great story for her professionally. I think it would be really fun. There's something sexy about politics, and it would be sort of a different... We're never going to top what we did [in Season 5]. So, my feeling is, the only way we can do it is to do it differently. To keep people interested we have to not try and top it but go out at a different angle."

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In May, the show creators spoke to E!Online. Robert gave a hint about what might be going through Alicia's mind.

"You know what? We ended season four with "I'm in," where it was given that she and Cary were going to leave the firm even though there was some question," he said. "We start next year exactly where we left off this year and Alicia's reaction is, 'Are you f---ing insane? That's the last thing I want to do.' But things tend to change on the show."

But it seems like without giving away too they alluded to Alicia seriously considering the idea.

The finale, titled A Weird Year, aired on May 18.

Watch the promo for the finale here:

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