The countdown is on for the ending of "The Good Wife," which wraps up its seven-season run this year. With just a couple of episodes left to shoot, the cast and crew of the Julianna Margulies starrer are feeling the pangs of goodbye.

"Michelle King was on set the other day, and we were looking at her with puppy dog eyes," reports the show's Nicole Roderick, referring to the series' co-creator. "Write a spinoff, do something, please."

She laughs, but the fact is, if "The Good Wife" is leaving any character with a sense of unfinished business, Roderick's Nora is it. Stepping out this season in episodes include "The Debate" — in which she accused boss Eli Gold (Alan Cumming) of using her as his "Black shield" for bringing her along in a racially charged situation — at least Roderick has been able to give viewers a taste of what might have been.

"I saw that script and said, 'Whoa!'" recalls Roderick, who enjoys her back-and-forth dynamic with Cumming. "I'm so glad Nora said what she said. I do know how she felt: 'I know why I'm here.' There's a whole wide ocean to explore with this — if not on this show, then on another. People are aware of the truth behind the smiles."

Roderick has a very different kind of character upcoming in HBO's "Vinyl" series about the music scene in 1970s New York — as a "fantasy wife, a money-hungry woman. I don't know why they don't give me a supportive, stand by your man type to play." She laughs. "The wardrobe is incredible."

Asked what she would like to do next in her perfect world, the former model, whose other credits include "Ugly Betty" and daytime's "All My Children," doesn't hesitate. "I would love to do something on Angela Davis." She is fascianted by the iconic 1960s radical. "There are so many ways to explore her. You know, she did not come from the ghetto, she was from a suburban neighborhood, well-Seducated — in many ways, she grew up how I grew up."

And, who knows, perhaps "Good Wife" creators Robert and Michelle King will summon her for their next show, the horror comedy "BrainDead" about "zombies in Washington, D.C." No jokes, please.