I know what you’re thinking… here’s yet another law firm show. You already enjoy Law & Order, why would you need another lawyer show? You tried watching The Defenders and it failed to tickle your fancy. In comes Kathy Bates with her hot new show. Hard ass lawyer, with a fancy office, fancy team, tons of legal jargon to go around, a disagreeable DA to deal with, and no character development whatsoever, right? WRONG! What Harry’s Law has going for it is the entire OPPOSITE of all those things on this list.
Kathy Bates plays Harriet (aka Harry), a burned-out patent lawyer with no criminal experience who gets fired after pretty much boring herself out of a job. After being fallen on by a suicide jumper, and ran over by a car by a young former court rival, all in the same day, Harry decides to simply rent a space in that neighborhood where these strange things happened, and start a law firm. But guess what, that space she rented came with a whole inventory of designer bags and shoes, which her former assistant goes ga-ga over, and decides to join her in that little office, determined to continuing the shoe selling business and starting, much to Harry’s chagrin, the new “Harriet’s Law and Fine Shoes” locale. And, wouldn’t you know it, the young patent lawyer who ran her over, also itching for a change of pace from the corporate world, decides to quit his cushy job and join her in her new adventure.
The show shines with Academy Award Winner Kathy Bates’s performance, and makes you root for her because she REALLY has no idea what she is doing!!! After having spent 32 years trying patent cases, she is a complete fish out of water in a criminal court room.
I cried at the end of the first episode. I can’t say I have cried at the end of ANY TV show pilot I have ever watched. The build up to the final verdict on that first episode was simply breathtaking.
I also need to mention that the show has managed to cast a STELLAR actor for the role of the annoying and disagreeable D.A. (ok, yes, there is a disagreeable D.A.). They managed to get Paul McCrane, whom you might know as major asshole Dr. Bob Romano on E.R. (the chief of surgery who lost his arm on the blades of a helicopter).
In addition to that DREAM of a character (which I’m very much looking forward to watching getting into fights with Kathy Bates’s character), I am also looking forward to seeing my girl Jordana Spiro (you may know her from the show My Boys). That girl is so gorgeous I’d watch anything she was in. I love her voice and her overall demeanor on camera. Can’t wait to see more of her here!
Anyways, I think this is going to be a good show… but people should watch it to make up their own minds. I recommend it! At least based on the pilot episode…
Happy TV’ing everyone!
ina
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