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I thought I had the ending for this episode pegged - that it would turn out that somehow the daughter was responsible for her mother's seat belt getting unbuckled. There hasn't been any shocker endings yet, which I think has been a mistake. They probably should have led off with one in order to generate buzz for the show.

I always enjoy seeing the shades of grey in the lead characters of TV shows, and last night's episode was a great showcase for Victor Garber as Ron Trott. It was almost like watching Ahab the Lawyer with the rival attorney as his personal Moby Dick.

The young actress playing their client was quite good - her grimace of fear on the roller coaster after her mother was killed was haunting.

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"the procedural is becoming awfully formulaic"

isn't that the definition of a procedural? to be formulaic?
it's just a less science-y version of CSI... if there's room for 3 CSI's, i think there's room for this...

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I like the show, and I like the cast quite a bit....But, I do agree that I think I would enjoy the show more if I was suprised by the ending. Or at least it wasn't always exactly what they think happened. Like last night, if the mother had actually unbuckled her seatbelt, and her plan had worked. Or, they sent a not guilty client to jail, or if a guilty person got off...Something different.

On a side note, I loved the move of Ron Trott to tell Mary not to cry, so when Lloyd asked her about it, she gave the perfect answer without lying. "No, they told me not to cry." That was great.

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um ... they are not cancelling this show. They just are NOT showing an episode next week since that will be the premiere of LOST and they do not want to be embarassed in the ratings.

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I like the show. I like the cast. But they really need to get a guilty person off. It's too touchy feely to have them save innocent people. Come on - let's get a slimeball off for once!

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I gave up on the show last week. I gave it three chances and I do like finding out the truth at the end and wish some of the other shows would do it. But this just feels like over acting and alot of gimmicks.

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I just can't stand the opening song. Does anyone feel that it drops the mood a little bit? I mean, I think what makes CSI Miami so awesome is how they start out the music with that riff! The Jusice's gotta go! As for the episodes, yea, it would be great for them to have some sort of guilty thing, I mean not everyone is innocent, however I love that they are using the ensemble more and making it less all about Victor Garber. Eamonn Walker is quite a presence and Kerr Smith is quite cute and vulnerable in the role.

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Don't count out Justice just yet. Last night's ratings showed improvement of some 20% in viewers and some 27% in Adults 18-49 compared to last week.

Last night's ratings:

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/newsletters/proginsider/index.jsp

Last week:

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003155047

I wonder if FOX will see this and keep it on the air.

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It made no sense that the company could absolve itself of blame if they proved the accident was the employee's fault. Since when does hiring an unqualified kid to handle the safety of an amusement-park ride, then giving him little training and no supervision, make the park itself less, rather than more, responsible for the results?

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I go back and forth with this show. It certainly has potential and the cast is actually quite good together -- they've really gelled into a cohesive group quickly. The problem I see is that it's becoming to formulaic, which is saying a lot for yet another crime procedural show. Also, they need to lose once in awhile. Even Johnny Cochran lost cases. Hopefully, this “hiatus” will give the show time to re-tool and come back better if FOX doesn’t decide to ditch it.

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The show is not cancelled and it is not concerned about lost! In case you TV experts did not know Fox has a contract with a little company called Major League Baseball. They will be airing the MLB playoffs till the end of October when Justice will return to the air on 10-30-06. But hay, thanks for the "updates" they are so useful.

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Re: Mike Hermann

And in case you (an arrogant "smart"-mouth) didn't know, FOX will not be airing a baseball playoff game next Wednesday, nor will they be airing Justice, hence the updates. The playoffs do indeed start on Tuesday, however a small organization in baseball called the "Player's Union" has days off built into the contract with the small "Major League Baseball" company you referred to. Justice was supposed to air next week, but as FOX announced this week it will go on hiatus one week early, and rather than air a new episode next week they will be airing a repeat of "Bones." Oh, one more thing.... next time you want to be overly sarcastic, you may want to get your facts right, it saves you from looking like a fool in the end.

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I love when TV Squad gets rowdy!

I want to see a guilty person get away with it (only on this show, of course!)

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RE: Bob Loblaw
"next time you want to be overly sarcastic, you may want to get your facts right, it saves you from looking like a fool in the end."

Re: Mike Hermann

You mean like my name you dumba**.

You are right you should get your facts right. It does not take a gunius to figure out that a 7 game series takes about 10 to 11 days to play due to "off days"
However, Incase you did not notice since Fox has had the MLB contract it has (and will continue to be) their MO to revamp the entire primetime schedule with previously high rated repeats. IE.. Bones! If the show is going on "hiatus" why does fox continue to run ads speaking of new episodes coming after the MLB playoff end? Oh, one more thing. Next time you want to argue maybe you should do it with someone who does not work for Fox. You should get out somemore and quit sitting infront of your TV all the time. See Ya!

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