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I thought it was a good show overall and much better than the last few.
While I appreciate and respect that Adam Kinzinger is putting his political career at risk by taking a stand against Trump, he did still vote for Trump last fall. WTF? I'm glad that Bill called him out on that. Kinzinger had 4 years to see what horrible president Trump was and then you still vote for the guy. Kinzinger though did made an interesting comment about stoking fear for fund raising. It's been a very successful tool for years now and the opposition parties (whichever side) love to use it.
When it comes to self inflicted wounds related to the financial crisis, both parties are guilty of contributing to that IMO. There was a lot of financial deregulation during the Clinton years that greatly contributed to the events of the financial crisis in the 2000s. A financial crisis just doesn't happen over night and it takes years (sometime decades) for the true effects of the deregulation to have an effect on the economy. I wish Bill would have pointed it out to Moulitsas who just laid the blame solely on the Republicans because they were the party in power at the time.
100% in agreement about Bill's comment on MSNBC (or CNN) which I once enjoyed watching. There's barely any political debate happening there and this equally applies to the right leaning media stations too. They are all reporting carefully calculated a one sided views of the news so they can retain a specific targeted audience. They are afraid to have any real debates or discussions that would go against the views of their target audience. It's pretty awful that our news media has come to this. Bill even said it, there are so many news worthy events and topics happening that could be covered on a 24 hour news show yet they spend the majority of the time catering to their target audience by repeating the same news discussions day after day so they can maintain their precious ratings. Multiple episodes this season that Bill has brought up this attack on the media and I have no issues there.
Schmidt is a Democrat now? Yikes not sure I want him influencing the Democratic Party. Bill did go easy on him over the Lincoln Project scandal. The amount of money that goes through super PACs is mind blowing. So easy to have illicit activities passing though there.
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I found the opening segment with the FBI guy talking about the American Gov't increasing their spying on it's own people to be very disturbing at the potential implications. My understanding is that it's already being done quite quite extensively by the various gov't intelligence communities. So I'm not sure what "new" spying requirements are required by the FBI to properly investigate domestic terrorists and various militia groups. I wish Bill would have simply asked Frank Figluizzi how the current laws prevent them from properly investigating terrorists groups and what new laws they want passed. Simple enough questions. Slightly off topic, but I checked Frank Figluizzi's twitter feed after the show and he posted a backstage picture from his dressing room. Looks like the RT guests get served up a whole lot of liquor before the show. What is this ... "the Bachelor/Bachelorette" ? 🙂
I thought the topics brought up on the panel were interesting enough just the actual discussion was a let down. Interestingly enough Bill Maher brought up again this week Matt Taibbi's quote about the media presenting the news only in the way that their target audience wants to hear it. This is one topic that I hope he keeps revisiting because I do agree that presenting the news in a one sided way is never a good thing and only contributes to the divisiveness.
As for Trump forming a successful new party, that would probably ensure the Republicans never win an election again! Seriously though, the panel was going into the direction of the importance of a viable 3rd party. Not sure it'll ever happen in my life time, but having a viable 3rd choice in the U.S. would force both parties IMO to work together to get things done for the fear of getting voted out.
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On 1/19/2021 at 2:34 PM, heatherchandler said:
Am I the only person who still loves Bill and the show? I thought this was a great show.
Didn't like Katie Couric and her "deprogramming" comment, I thought that was scary.
I still do enjoy the show very much. I don't need to agree with everything Bill says to enjoy the show.
Disappointed that Bill let the panel brush off the Matt Taibbi quote that he brought up last Friday as I was especially curious to hear what Katie Couric would have to say on the role of media in flaming the divisiveness in the country. Bill brings up the topic of media influence and quotes the following from a Matt Taibbi article: “How does our target demographic want to understand what’s just unfolded?”. That would have been a discussion that I would have thoroughly enjoyed to see explored by the panel. Bill does that too many times. Brings up an interesting point of view to discuss and lets the panel go in a different direction.
btw, the article by Matt Taibbi that Bill quoted is worth reading IMO.
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In season 1, it was mentioned that Cobra Kai under Kreese had received a lifetime ban following the events of KK3. This lifetime ban was conveniently left out at the city council meeting when Kreese was talking to the councilwoman.
Nitpicks aside. I really enjoyed this season. The show continues to hit all the right notes for me on the nostalgia factor.
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Pretty good episode overall imo to begin the season. Glad the show pointed out how many mistakes Nolan made and that he'll suffer the consequences. My disappointment is how they wrote out Armstrong. It felt pretty anticlamatic for me since I liked the actor and character.
And as usual, crime bosses in LA continue to hire goons with the worse aim.
Despite the show runner saying he won't go there with a Bradford Chen romance, he sure likes to fan the flames of the shippers with the scenes he writes for them.
I'm probably the only one, but I enjoy the buffoonery antics of Smitty. The actor's deadpan delivery does it for me.
For those that care about ratings, show did 0.5 in key demo last night which is not bad give the crappy lead-in and going against football.
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On 12/19/2020 at 5:40 AM, magicdog said:
Heads up for an epic KK Zoom reunion!
In addition to Ralph Macchio, and Billy Zabka, the chat will include the producers/writers from the show, Ron Thomas (Bobby), Tony O'Dell (Jimmy), Darryl Vidal (Pat Morita's stunt double and inventor of the crane kick), Tamlyn Tomita (Komiko), and Yuji Okomoto (Chozin) .
Best of all:
Elizabeth Shue (Ali) and Thomas Ian Griffiths (Silver) will be there too!!
Thanks for the heads up. that was a really fun reunion. Can't wait for season 3
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1 hour ago, GHScorpiosRule said:
I stand corrected. I just checked Amazon, and the complete series on blu-ray, furnished by Mill Creek, has ALL OF THE ORIGINAL MUSIC restored!
I have the blu ray set and the video quality is pretty good IMO. Most importantly like you said the set has all the original music including "Georgia on my Mind" from the episode "M.I.A.". That song was the deal breaker for me on purchasing the set.
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Just speculation (and a wish!) on my part, but since the show loves to gives us nods to the original KK movies, I'm thinking the series will end with Daniel saying to Johnny "You're all right Lawrence" as an homage to the ending of the original Karate Kid movie and bringing the series full circle.
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Another fan here! The show is fantastic and crossing fingers for a season # 2. I did get a Buffy vibe from a lot of the dialogue on the show. The cliffhanger wasn't too bad IMO as from reading the comments above, I was expecting something much more dramatic such as the final scene showing Bowser getting shot or one of the girls getting kidnapped.
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On 9/1/2020 at 8:21 PM, GHScorpiosRule said:
Not quite. NBC cancelled the show after the fourth season--so that we were left with that INSULT of a series finale,🤬 where Steele doesn't tell Laura that Keys found out about his forged passports and that he needs to get married asap to remain in the States. Instead, he lies, and tries to get that call/escort woman to marry him.🤬🤬
THEN, Pierce Brosnan was one of the names being thrown out as the next James Bond. So what does NBC do? Says he can't try out for that role because he's got a 7-year contract with their asses for this show. And so they foist Tony on us with that horrid and horrible movie, where Laura and Steele are supposed to be on their honeymoon, but waste it with Tony and Laura playing games, for reasons. BOTH Steele and Laura were out of character. And they finally get their happy ever after in the last episode.
Why no, I don't remember what a shitshow NBC turned this into.
And I know that Pierce Brosnan has stated that he wasn't ready to take on the role in 1985, but I will never believe/accept that NBC screwed him over.
No, not bitter at all. Just ask @BkWurm1
You're right. I had completely forgotten about NBC bringing back RS and Pierce Brosnan having to pass up the James Bond role. Not sure how accurate this is, but IMDB writes that SZ also lost out on a big part due to NBC bring back the show from cancellation. Apparently she was cast as the female lead in Robocop and had to turn it down when she returned for the final season of RS.
The first 3 seasons were fun so I wouldn't mind seeing Netflix give it a crack for a reunion season or movie.
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Pretty good show IMO overall.
To answer Bill's question about Michael Cohen's jail sentence, I think he should have gotten more jail time IMO for participating in all those crimes with Trump. I do agree with Cohen's point about those working with Trump are not in for it just for the money but the intoxicating feeling about being able to do whatever you want and getting away with it.
Jane Fonda was great and good for her in continuing to fight the good fight on climate change. Yes we shouldn't be giving up the fight but damn the future doesn't look good when you read the news and look at the data about climate change. Seems we can never make any progress on climate change despite decades of warnings. And we passed the scientist's warning for the Earth's point of no return in carbon parts per million in the atmosphere a decade ago so not sure how they are going to come back from that when it looks like producing renewal energy takes up soo in much fossil fuels.
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I'm late to discovering this show but damn it's hilarious. Easily one of my favorite comedies on TV right now. Kaley Cuoco is awesome. Looking forward to season 3!
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Not sure this is the right place but came across this video on YouTube featuring Rick Springfield in "Jessie's Girl 2".
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On 8/11/2020 at 6:47 PM, WendyCR72 said:
Welcome to Primetimer, @BettyHale! 🙂 And I so hear you about Tony Roselli. UGH. No need for him whatsoever.
I have vague recollections of season 5 so my memory is probably off about the following timeline. At the time RS will still one of my favourite shows (along with Hunter 😉 of course) so I was anxiously awaiting its return after season 4. I think that season 5 of RS started much later that other shows that fall season and probably in a different time slot too. So I never saw the first few episodes of season 5 until I just randomly found the show one night midway in season 5. Then after seeing the character of Tony Roselli and his introduction as a romantic obstacle, I kept thinking to myself WTF have they done to this show? Gone was the charm of the previous seasons. Since it was going to the last season anyway, not sure why they bothered to introduced him.
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8 hours ago, Loandbehold said:
Crazy camera angles so you can't see that there's more than six feet b/w the stunt people during a fight. And lots of extreme close-ups of the actors for reaction shots after "being hit."
Lol yes !
The Captain's briefing room will always be empty except for our 3 rookies and their TOs appropriately spread out in the room. The mostly empty briefing room will be explained as everyone else already out on their "assignments". Rosalind's character will now be Nolan's new informant and she'll show up in each episode by way of either a phone call or Nolan visiting her in jail separated by a safety glass. Nolan will only talk about his new love interest but we'll never actually see her.
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On 8/28/2020 at 10:14 AM, BlakesMomma said:
Rumor and comments from The Rookie crew indicate principle filming will begin on September 19th, with S3 premiere in late October or November according to Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/abc-pushes-scripted-originals-from-fall-schedule
This should be interesting on how they are able to film around covid-19. I'm expecting more episodes to feature police car chases and less scenes inside the police station.
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On 8/28/2020 at 2:24 PM, BettyHale said:
Hi Thomas Crown: (love the reference:)
One of the things that first drew me to this series, outside of the fact that Brosnan and Zimbalist were both so good-looking, was the idea that Laura ran the agency and the fact that Steele was someone who loved old movies and referenced them whenever he could. Since I am a huge fan of classic movies, he had me at "Death Takes a Holiday, Evelyn Venable, Paramount, 1934." Don't get me wrong, I very much appreciated that Steele happened to be played by the very beautiful-looking Mr. Brosnan, but just based on the fact that the character loved movies, he could have looked like James Cagney, and I would have loved him.
I also remember reading that they were looking at rebooting the series and making it a 'comedy' with the lead being the daughter of Laura and Remington and am glad that it never took off. In case the people behind the idea of a reboot had forgotten, the whole 'hook' of the show was the two leads. The chemistry between Brosnan and Zimbalist was off the chart (not including that horror show of the fifth season), which was magic and something that doesn't happen every day. Besides, I appreciated that the show was acted by adults who played smart and witty adults. Adults who led a somewhat sophisticated life-style, which I appreciated then, as I do now.
At this point, I have watched the series up until almost the end of Season 3, but have gone back and forth between favourite episodes in Season 1, 2 and 4. I find episodes like "To Stop A Steele", in Season 1, or "Have I got a Steele for You" in Season 3, funny and romantic. In both those episodes we have Laura and Steele actually acknowledging their feelings and acting on them, which is always fun to watch. Do you have any favourite episodes or seasons?
It's been a while since I've watched RS so my memory is a bit hazy, but I do have recollections of a few episodes that stand out in my mind. I'd have to look them up on IMDB to see which season they aired but I do remember one where LH's car blows up and she spends the night at RS's place. I remember that they had a few episodes taking place in Acapulco and those were fun. Then there's one episode that was featured in the opening credits where LH and RS break into a museum. Those credits were wonderful along with the Henry Mancini theme. One thing the 80's had was great opening credits and RS was no different.
The funny thing about RS quoting old movies is that he would often quote the plot and the ending. Viewers today would be yelling spoiler alert at the TV when watching the show 🙂 For some reason I remember RS not being very good at solving the mysteries in early seasons often guessing the wrong killer. It was always Laura coming along for the rescue and solving the crime.
Maybe it's time for a rewatch so that I can rediscover this classic.
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On 8/11/2020 at 9:53 AM, BettyHale said:
I'm obviously late to the party, but if the conversation is still happening, I would be more than happy to join in. I'm rewatching episodes of Remington Steele a) because I've always loved the show and b) as a way of helping me cope with the pandemic. I'd forgotten just how young, and gorgeous both actors were in the 80's and what great chemistry those they had. I'm about half-way Season 3 and am taking my time re-watching the episodes, keeping in mind that I was not a fan of how they ended Season 3 and let's not even talk about how they ended Season 4. As far as I'm concerned, the last episode of Season 4 and all of Season 5 never happened. I don't know what the writers were thinking re-imagining or two favourite characters and then adding that ass Roselli. I hated, hated the character of Tony Roselli and don't want to see his character again. And I also hated what they did to RS and LH in those few episodes.
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Hi Betty 🙂
Although it's been a while since I've seen the show, I do remember enjoying very much Remington Steele along with its cousin Moonlighting. 1980s detective and P.I. shows were the best IMO. Back then I thought it was great that RS would go around referencing classic movies in each episode when trying to solve a crime.
I also remember reading a few years ago about a potential reboot/spinoff featuring the daughter of RS and LH becoming a detective. I guess it never went anywhere past the discussion stage.
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On 8/22/2020 at 12:25 PM, Gothish520 said:
Ha, caught that. But to his credit, he did admit that he has no idea which route the Democrats should take - focus on centrism in order to win back wayward Dems and win over disillusioned Trump supporters? Or lean into the liberal, progressive side and give folks like AOC more exposure? It looks like a lose-lose situation for them.
Yes that moment of self-reflection from Bill Maher was nice. He kind of conceded that going after the disillusioned Trump voters seemed like a lost cause with + 40 % of the population voting Republican no matter what.
I wish Bill had followed up more on Thomas Frank's comment that the U.S. is a failed state and the centralist part of the Democratic party having won over the progressives. I agree with Frank's comment that the party did not want Bernie to get the nomination.
19 hours ago, Tara said:I loved Oliver Stone. He cut through the bullshit, dismissed silly theories, and spoke his mind with maturity. How refreshing!
I did laugh when Oliver Stone pretty much called Maher a gullible idiot and for him to get himself properly informed.
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21 hours ago, heatherchandler said:
I didn’t like how Paul dismissed the possibility that Bill Clinton was seen on pedophile island. He smirked or rolled his eyes.. well the woman who saw him there has been through enough and I hope people take her accusations seriously.
Exactly. Paul's rolling of the eyes and dismissal was disappointing. Perhaps someone should remind Paul that Bill Clinton has a history a sexual improprieties including abusing his position of power with the much younger Monica Lewinsky back in the 90s. So I can certainly entertain the idea that Bill Clinton could be involved in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Heck Ghislaine Maxwell was a guest at his daughter's wedding. And someone should also tell Paul Begala that there are now multiple witnesses that have seen Bill Clinton on Jeffrey Epstein's private Island.
I was actually pleasantly surprised that Bill Maher brought up the topic of Bill Clinton/Jeffrey Epstein even for a brief moment on Friday's show. The national media should be all over Epstein story given the sheer number of victims involved and all the high profile men that have been linked to the accusations by those women. You have high ranking members from both parties linked to the scandal, a prince as well as other foreign leaders. It's astonishing that there isn't any type of ongoing serious investigation or even discussion of this scandal by the news media. You can't tell me that a 24 hour news cable show can't find the time to cover this scandal. It goes to show that money and those in positions of power still have way too much dangerous influence over the supposedly independent media. We now know that ABC was threatened by the Royal Palace a few years ago for a potential news story that they planned on running about Prince Andrew being linked to Epstein. Of course ABC caved in and killed the story citing that it did not meet their journalistic standards. A lot of the names of the men involved have been leaked already and I wonder how many media outlets these days have been threatened to not discuss it.
I hope Bill Maher continues to cover the scandal because those women deserve justice.
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2 hours ago, monakane said:
I've suffered with my weight most of my life. I've lost and gained more times than I can count. I think we should be discussing obesity in this country. I don't think anyone should be shamed because of how they look. Nor should the health consequences of obesity be ignored. My feeling about Bill is that he is uncomfortable around fat people. He doesn't care about their health. I wonder how he would feel if he needed to stop smoking weed because of his health.
Exactly. To quote one of Bill Maher's bits ... "I don't know it to be a fact, I just know it's true that Bill Maher has an unhealthy obsession on the topic of obesity". I think Bill lacks empathy when talking about the subject of obesity and he prefers to address it with a sledgehammer when there's no need to. That being said, despite Bill's clumsiness when talking about the subject, I still think his central point is correct and that we should be talking more about the subject. It is a real crisis (among others that we are facing). Too bad this administration is not leading the way on the topic.
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I think Patton Oswalt summed it up pretty well with a big FU to Joseph DeAngelo. Fuck his very existence. Unbelievable how many lives were utterly destroyed by DeAngelo and as the show pointed out in previous episodes, with better co-operation between police departments there was a chance that he could have been caught earlier thus sparing some lives along the way. As for what Bonnie's father said or did, whatever it was it must have put the fear in DeAngelo as he never returned and turned his rage unto his victims.
On another note, I watched the Genetic Detective on ABC this summer which also showed how using genealogy to identify suspects (such as as the GSK) opens up so many possibilities for solving decades old cold cases. Let's hope this technology continues to be used by law enforcement agencies because there's unfortunately still lots of unsolved crimes out there where criminals still need to be brought to justice.
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On 6/8/2020 at 5:59 AM, devilhalo said:
Will The Rookie Season 3 Bring Lucy/ Tim Romance? Showrunner Warns That Would Be a 'Huge Line' to Cross
The dynamic between The Rookie‘s Officer Lucy Chen and TO Tim Bradford may have warmed up some during Season 2 of ABC’s light procedural, but that “intimacy” likely won’t segue anytime soon into romance.
From go, Tim (played by Eric Winter) was a gruff, all-business TO committed to cutting his “boot” little slack, all in the name of shaping Lucy (Melissa O’Neil) to be the best officer she can be. But in Season 2, Lucy’s very close brush with death, at the hands of Rosalind Dyer’s protege, Caleb Wright, affected Tim deeply — in part because he felt responsible for nudging Lucy into what turned out to be the date from Hell. In the aftermath of that harrowing ordeal, Tim seemed different, nurturing almost, especially when at Lucy’s hospital bedside he showed up with what he knew to be her specific take-out food of choice.
The Rookie showrunner Alexi Hawley admits there is now a certain “intimacy” between the TO and rookie, but warns that to take things too far would make hypocrites of the series’ writing staff.
Surveying the “Chenford” dynamic, Hawley told TVLine, “The actors definitely brought it. I mean, they’re just sogood individually and together.” Looking back to the drama’s launch, he said, “Tim was always designed to be a character who was much more complicated than he seemed, and Lucy was always designed to be a really strong ,empathetic character, but I think [what we’ve seen] is the magic of chemistry that happens that you just can’t know when you’re writing a pilot.”
That magic, however, won’t make a workplace romance appear. “We do walk a line — me maybe more than some of the staff — about how there’s an intimacy between them that’s born from an incredibly heightened experience over these last two seasons,” Hawley noted. “But Tim would never cross that line. She’s his rookie and he would never even consider crossing that line. So while I’m obviously aware that there’s a big ‘shipping there, and I appreciate any kind of passion about the show, that’s a huge line [to cross]” for a TO and his padawan. (Eric Winter said same during a fall 2019 TV Insider interview: “It’s something that Bradford would never organically do, being a superior to her.”)
Hawley then pointed to the Season 1 plot point that cast aspersion on the secret romance between Chen and fellow rookie John Nolan (Nathan Fillion). “We’d be hypocrites [to write a Lucy/Tim romance] because we made it very clear in those first four or five episodes that female officers unfairly get tagged if they sleep with cops, and it’s why Nolan and Lucy couldn’t be together — and ultimately I think that was the right move. I mean, he was on the rebound from a 20-year marriage and she was 20 years his junior, and so it worked out the way it was supposed to, but if we turned around and threw [Lucy and Tim] together, that would be somewhat hypocritical.”
As for what is ahead for Chen and Bradford in Season 3, which will premiere… actually, ABC hasn’t said booabout its 2020-21 scheduling… Hawley shared in our Season 2 post mortem Q&A, “Tim has made a commitment to at least try and figure out what it’s going to be like with Rachel [now living] in New York.” Lucy meanwhile “is at the beginning of this relationship [with firefighter Emmett Lang] — but she’s probably still got some stuff she’s working out, even if it’s subconsciously, about what happened to her with Caleb back only a few months prior. I just don’t want to gloss over that.”
While I'm not a full blown shipper of Chen and Bradford, I thought I would spin a positive light on the article for those who are shippers 🙂 Reading between the lines of the above article stating the show not wanting to cross the line in writing a romantic relationship between a superior and their subordinate, I could still see the writers addressing the chemistry issue by having one of the 2 characters developing romantic feelings for the other and then not acting on it for the reasons stated in the article. The show could then revisit the romantic issue between the 2 characters down the line in future seasons when Bradford is no longer Chen's training officer.
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I checked out the Genetic Detective Facebook page and Cece writes that for the moment there is no intent on the part of ABC to produce more episodes. 😞 bummer. She does however invite everyone to leave feedback on the ABC website and maybe they'll produce some more.
Meanwhile Cece is still helping to solve cold case crimes. She is posting links on the Facebook of arrests being made based on her work in identifying potential suspects in cold cases.
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S01.E08: The End is Near
in Big Sky
This show is completely bonkers and off the rails with Ronald killing one person after another. It's almost like an SNL sketch. Not gonna lie, I can't help but be entertained at the ridiculousness of everything on the show. I'm find myself looking forward to it every Tuesday.
Now sure how much involvement David E Kelley has on the show or in writing the scripts, but the lawyer representing Legarski is a classic Kelley lawyer character with her own catch phrase "Best Efforts" in the mold of a Denny Crane/Douglas Wambaugh from Kelley's previous legals shows. I hope she sticks around.