MyAimIsTrue December 27, 2016 Share December 27, 2016 When Bull assists CEO Ginny Bretton, whose company is accused of killing an employee with its self-driving car, he discovers his client is keeping a major secret that could sabotage a trial win Link to comment
JackONeill January 4, 2017 Share January 4, 2017 Lead actress was interesting. Is it just me or have all of Bull's clients been 40 or younger? Also, one other thing: runaway tech-driven car was already done on NCIS. 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter January 4, 2017 Share January 4, 2017 (edited) 20 minutes ago, JackONeill said: Lead actress was interesting.... I kept wondering if the actress has dyskinesia (facial tick) or if she decided to give her character that trait. Edited January 4, 2017 by shapeshifter typo 2 Link to comment
HurricaneVal January 4, 2017 Share January 4, 2017 OK. I've decided how I'm going to look at this show. I'm going to ignore it as a vehicle for Dr. Phil's ego. I'm going to ignore the fact that it tromps all over legalities and the law. I'm going to ignore the fact that most of their manipulations and machinations would clearly result in a mistrial in the real world. I'm going to ignore the fact that to really run a jury consultation company like that with all those specialists and that tech and mirror juries and research etc. it would take waaaaaaay more money than most of these people could make in a lifetime. I'm also going to ignore how Bull always finds the "real" bad guy in the end. You know what this show is? A high-brow, citified remake of The A-Team. That's what it is. A team of quirky specialists, with one very clever, handsome, and irascible charismatic leader who swoop in and save the day with amusing misdirection and manipulations. Once I had that epiphany last night, I really, really enjoyed the show. Try it. I loved The A-Team. 13 Link to comment
JackONeill January 4, 2017 Share January 4, 2017 24 minutes ago, HurricaneVal said: OK. I've decided how I'm going to look at this show. I'm going to ignore it as a vehicle for Dr. Phil's ego. I'm going to ignore the fact that it tromps all over legalities and the law. I'm going to ignore the fact that most of their manipulations and machinations would clearly result in a mistrial in the real world. I'm going to ignore the fact that to really run a jury consultation company like that with all those specialists and that tech and mirror juries and research etc. it would take waaaaaaay more money than most of these people could make in a lifetime. I'm also going to ignore how Bull always finds the "real" bad guy in the end. You know what this show is? A high-brow, citified remake of The A-Team. That's what it is. A team of quirky specialists, with one very clever, handsome, and irascible charismatic leader who swoop in and save the day with amusing misdirection and manipulations. Once I had that epiphany last night, I really, really enjoyed the show. Try it. I loved The A-Team. If only it were that simple. Yes, most first year shows suck, but there are some that have merit and deserve a chance, but they won't because of "can't-miss-shows" like this one. (Can't-miss-shows = a show that is tailor-made for a perceived can't miss star like Weatherly.)(And to add insult to injury, this show has already been given a green light for a second season.)(I think.) Link to comment
Dowel Jones January 4, 2017 Share January 4, 2017 So it's okay to toss electronic waste into a waterway? Hmmm? The writers better watch out. Tech advances may mean that they will be replaced by robots who compile plots and characters according to complicated algorithms that maximize repetitive, easy to understand episodes with a minimum of twists and turns, that fit into a 47 minute window. Wait a minute... 4 Link to comment
brgjoe January 5, 2017 Share January 5, 2017 I was a bit confused on how this episode unfolded. Earlier in the show, Bull asked her why she didn't settle. Something to the effect of, "Money isn't the issue, she wants to kill EJ.." So she feels she has no choice but to go to trial. Trial ends. She wins. Her company isn't liable. And...she kills EJ anyway. Wut? I mean, I get it that part of it was Bull wanting her to let go of her past and move forward. But to entirely scrap her automated car concept (even if it meant dumping the "EJ" AI persona), just seemed way extreme to me. <shrug> 1 Link to comment
JessDVD January 5, 2017 Share January 5, 2017 21 hours ago, HurricaneVal said: OK. I've decided how I'm going to look at this show. I'm going to ignore it as a vehicle for Dr. Phil's ego. I'm going to ignore the fact that it tromps all over legalities and the law. I'm going to ignore the fact that most of their manipulations and machinations would clearly result in a mistrial in the real world. I'm going to ignore the fact that to really run a jury consultation company like that with all those specialists and that tech and mirror juries and research etc. it would take waaaaaaay more money than most of these people could make in a lifetime. I'm also going to ignore how Bull always finds the "real" bad guy in the end. You know what this show is? A high-brow, citified remake of The A-Team. That's what it is. A team of quirky specialists, with one very clever, handsome, and irascible charismatic leader who swoop in and save the day with amusing misdirection and manipulations. Once I had that epiphany last night, I really, really enjoyed the show. Try it. I loved The A-Team. That's pretty much where I ended up after about the first episode. Show is ridiculous but yet I enjoy it anyway by ignoring all that. Although I never watched the A-Team. 5 Link to comment
lh25 January 10, 2017 Share January 10, 2017 On 1/4/2017 at 10:29 AM, HurricaneVal said: I'm going to ignore the fact that most of their manipulations and machinations would clearly result in a mistrial in the real world. I'm trying to do the same. It was hard this last episode when they were on the roof with the car and the jury, and Bull was talking about what he was doing to manipulate them, with them standing right there. 1 4 Link to comment
marina to January 11, 2017 Share January 11, 2017 On 1/5/2017 at 1:25 AM, brgjoe said: I was a bit confused on how this episode unfolded. Earlier in the show, Bull asked her why she didn't settle. Something to the effect of, "Money isn't the issue, she wants to kill EJ.." So she feels she has no choice but to go to trial. Trial ends. She wins. Her company isn't liable. And...she kills EJ anyway. Wut? I mean, I get it that part of it was Bull wanting her to let go of her past and move forward. But to entirely scrap her automated car concept (even if it meant dumping the "EJ" AI persona), just seemed way extreme to me. <shrug> She had to kill EJ because the CEO said he'd been programmed to kill the driver in certain scenarios. People weren't going to trust it after that. But man, that broke my heart. Hated that ending. 2 Link to comment
Dowel Jones January 11, 2017 Share January 11, 2017 Just as an aside, out here in CA, EJ means (to me) Ernest and Julio, the Gallo winemakers. Never could get by that throughout the episode. 3 Link to comment
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