I wrote a review last week, titled It Has Possibilities, but for whatever reason it seems to have disappeared. Basically, I'd said there were ups and downs, but it had some good moments, and some good actors, but that the first half of that episode the dialogue seemed to be trying too hard to seem witty and interesting. I gave that episode a rating of 7.
This episode started out much the same way and I was about to delete it (I record everything to watch at my own time) but I watched all of it and was glad I did. I realized that what has annoyed me is they seem to think having quite a few quirky characters will make it cute or heart-warming or whatever, and those characters are what annoys me. When they get down to dealing with the main story, like the drive-by shooting with the lawyer breaking an office rule by telling her client to take a plea, the dialogue and story line really improve. The plot line dealing with the problem of Sadie being attracted to her client also made a really interesting turn not only by evidence showing up that points to his guilt, but also a scene between Sadie's mom and Isaiah, explaining why she's in jail, why he's against clients taking plea deals and gets more into their relationship.
If the writers can hang on to the depth and story lines that seem to develop in the second half of each episode, I think they'll have a hit. They have some great actors: Dule' Hill, Laverne Cox, ElLiotta Gould and Kobi Libii. I even thought Katherine Heigl improved this episode. I hope each episode improves; most shows take a month or two to really hit their stride.
This episode started out much the same way and I was about to delete it (I record everything to watch at my own time) but I watched all of it and was glad I did. I realized that what has annoyed me is they seem to think having quite a few quirky characters will make it cute or heart-warming or whatever, and those characters are what annoys me. When they get down to dealing with the main story, like the drive-by shooting with the lawyer breaking an office rule by telling her client to take a plea, the dialogue and story line really improve. The plot line dealing with the problem of Sadie being attracted to her client also made a really interesting turn not only by evidence showing up that points to his guilt, but also a scene between Sadie's mom and Isaiah, explaining why she's in jail, why he's against clients taking plea deals and gets more into their relationship.
If the writers can hang on to the depth and story lines that seem to develop in the second half of each episode, I think they'll have a hit. They have some great actors: Dule' Hill, Laverne Cox, ElLiotta Gould and Kobi Libii. I even thought Katherine Heigl improved this episode. I hope each episode improves; most shows take a month or two to really hit their stride.
