KerrSmith-related stories
Posted Oct 24th 2006 11:08AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice
Finally! TNT&G loses a case! And the client--a kid, even--is wrongly accused! Unfortunately, it came too late for me. Last night, as I sat down to write my review of "Crucified", I realized that I loathed the idea of watching another episode of this show. Even though it has been on hiatus for three weeks because of baseball, I did not miss it one bit. As I watched, I realized that I hate this show. And I mean
hate.
But as an aside-- was the acting and the writing in this episode especially horrible, or what? The parents of the victim were given AWFUL, generic lines that they delivered without emotion ("Have you been driving my car again? I told you not to!") and the attorneys' dialogue between each other was way too expositionary. I think this episode was written to catch up new viewers.
Here's why I'm no longer watching/reviewing
Justice:
Continue reading Why I'm dropping Justice
Posted Oct 4th 2006 7:23PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, Justice, Pickups and Renewals
Jerry Bruckheimer's newest crime/law drama is not dead yet. Reuters reports that FOX has ordered up three more scripts for the series.
Justice, starring Victor Garber, has regularly finished fourth in its time slot on Wednesdays at 9 pm (even behind reruns of
Lost- ouch!). Late last month,
Fox announced it was putting
Justice and
Happy Hour on early hiatus ahead of the World Series. That didn't look promising for either show, but at least
Justice gets to take another swing at the viewers. No word on the fate of
Happy Hour.
Even though I really want to see Kerr Smith and Victor Garber be successful, they can do better.
Justice is already predictable... and enough with the handheld cameras!
Posted Sep 21st 2006 3:01PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice
(
S01E04) I really enjoyed Tom Nicholson's (Kerr Smith) storyline in this episode. We get to see his weaknesses as he loses sight of his job when his relationship with a client clouds his judgment. Plus, someone else gets to try a case for once.
The episode opens with a man falling from a skyscraper and then the shaky camera work begins. This week's victim is Daniel Benson, son of legendary studio head Scott Benson. The victim's girlfriend, Molly Larusa, is missing. The two were dating in rehab, which is where Benson plummeted to his death. TNT&G fits into the equation because the missing girl's father is their client, Frank Larusa.
Continue reading Justice: Addicts
Posted Sep 14th 2006 7:12AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice
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S01E03) Good opening sequence. We see a guy strangle a girl, then learn it's on a film set, and then we see it's a reenactment for smarmy
American Crime. A chick named Beth, who is about to be married, disappears after getting a ride home from a bartender, Jake Garcia.
Garcia has some good evidence against him. He lied to the police about giving Beth a ride home, her sweater is in his car, and so is her blood (which he says came from a cut to her foot). It looks like the cops are going to ambush Garcia at TNT&G offices, but Ron Trott (Victor Garber) turns the tables by parading his client in front of the media and offering a $1 million reward for the safe return of Beth, who may or may not be a runaway bride.
Continue reading Justice: Behind the Orange Curtain
Posted Aug 22nd 2006 2:09PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, Industry, Press Kits Unwrapped
First off, let me say that I am very jealous of the sweatshirt that
Keith got from the
Prison Break press kit. Since I'm covering
Justice this season, Keith sent its press kit all the way across the country to my house. FOX didn't quite go all out with this press kit the way it did for
Prison Break. No newspaper. Just a stack of office paper with bios for the actors, including a pathetically short bio for Kerr Smith, and a letter from the law firm instructing me to watch the pilot on DVD (also included).
Continue reading Press Kits Unwrapped: FOX's Justice
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