Robert King, who co-created “The Good Wife,” says he regrets the direction in which the show has taken Kalinda (Archie Punjabi).

Fans of “The Good Wife” have mostly disapproved of an S&M storyline involving Kalinda and her husband, Nick. “I think . . . people just don’t want Kalinda to go there, which I think is a worthy response that I never thought,” King told tvguide.com.

“I think it was pushing buttons that are not really healthy buttons to push . . .

“I thought it would come across as Kalinda was giving as good as she got, but it’s not coming across that way.”