Thursday, August 4, 2005

JURY'S STILL OUT: OK, the number of things that bug me about tonight's episode of The Law Firm mounted throughout the night. First, because they're doing two cases an hour, we don't get any semblance of continuity and compelteness of the case--things jump back and forth, and without a powerful personality (like last week's nutcase mastiff owner), things tend to blur together. Add to this mediocre lawyering, horrible teamwork (folks, review each other's cross outlines beforehand), and confusing trial rules (a video deposition is SOLELY to preserve testimony for trial? no document or deposition discovery? documents appearing from nowhere?), and the narrative can get a little muddled. The cake topper, though, is the judges, who (in both cases tonight) seemed to me to get it wrong on the law, with horrible or nonexistent explanations for their rulings. And NBC, do recall that people are TiVoing, and I'd like to watch the WHOLE SHOW rather than see it cut off. (Wasn't the last time this happened enough to explain the import?)

All those problems, though, are almost outweighed by Olivier, who's a fascinating, cocky, jackass who might well win this thing, despite (or perhaps because of) his vague resemblance to Mark Wahlberg and his actual talent. Most of the other "associates" are kind of a bore, but he's utterly captiviating to watch, and could become a Colin-esque model of Intensity.

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