An outspoken and self-destructive criminal defense lawyer takes on the most challenging cases.An outspoken and self-destructive criminal defense lawyer takes on the most challenging cases.An outspoken and self-destructive criminal defense lawyer takes on the most challenging cases.
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- Peter Duncan(based on the Australian television series created by)
- Peter Tolan(developed for U.S. television by)
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- Peter Duncan(based on the Australian television series created by)
- Peter Tolan(developed for U.S. television by)
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- 1 nomination
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- Peter Duncan(based on the Australian television series created by)
- Peter Tolan(developed for U.S. television by)
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Follows the chaotic world of criminal defense lawyer Keegan Deane. Brilliant, iconoclastic and innately self-destructive, he has a mind-numbing lack of discretion and a total inability to pause before speaking his mind. From bigamists to cannibals and everything in between, the clients Keegan loves most are those whose cases appear to be utterly hopeless without him realizing that he, himself, is perhaps the most desperate case of all. —Fox
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- TV-14
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- TriviaGreg Kinnear suggested character name of Keegan based on him being called "Kee" by Jack Nicholson on the set of 'As Good as It Gets (1997)'. Although Kinnear says he was excited to be given a personal nickname by Nicholson himself, he soon learned that "Kee" was the name Nicholson called anyone whose name he did not know.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Late Late Show with James Corden: Pamela Adlon/David Harbour/Wallows (2019)
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Yet another US remake
Once again the USA is remaking another brilliant show, this time from Australia. Why they'd feel the need to remake a show in English, and replace the cast with B-listers (at best) is beyond me, however being a massive fan of the original series, I figured I would give this a shot.
The overlying plot is basically the same - a smarmy lawyer getting up to shenanigans, and getting himself into situations that are borderline criminal.
However, with shows like this it is impossible NOT to compare them to the original, and this version falls far, far short. The jokes are delivered in a more sitcom fashion, and rather than having little funny bits amongst the drama, they are forced upon and delivered like one-liners. The characters are hard to relate to, and become dislikeable very quickly, especially Cleaver (sorry, I mean Keegan) who has a likability in the Australian version.
I, in all good conscience, cannot recommend this to anyone. If you want a gritty drama with occasional humour, I highly suggest you watch the original series, which is in its 3rd season currently.
This, I suspect will go the way of so many remakes, and end up failing miserably.
The overlying plot is basically the same - a smarmy lawyer getting up to shenanigans, and getting himself into situations that are borderline criminal.
However, with shows like this it is impossible NOT to compare them to the original, and this version falls far, far short. The jokes are delivered in a more sitcom fashion, and rather than having little funny bits amongst the drama, they are forced upon and delivered like one-liners. The characters are hard to relate to, and become dislikeable very quickly, especially Cleaver (sorry, I mean Keegan) who has a likability in the Australian version.
I, in all good conscience, cannot recommend this to anyone. If you want a gritty drama with occasional humour, I highly suggest you watch the original series, which is in its 3rd season currently.
This, I suspect will go the way of so many remakes, and end up failing miserably.
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- Blathnat69
- Jan 23, 2014
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