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So trying to keep up with all new tv is hard, so sometimes I cannot quite make it home for the first episode of a tv show, and I have yet to set up my vcr, it is all very stressful. The point is that i missed the first episode of Justice and had to watch the second instead.

Anyway, this show is about a law firm that defends very rich people accused of murder. It moves fast. The dialouge is snappy and the plot moves quickly and scenes are short and fast, and the camera keeps jumping from scene to scene and to different characters within a single scene. It is also very pretty. The interiors are pretty, the actors are pretty. (except for the district attorneys who are ugly, go figure). But I don't know, it was too much for me. The characters are supposed to be these very media savvy attorneys. They are all about focus grouping jury members and manipulating public opinion. And every 5 minutes the show has to explain in what way the lawyers are now manipulating the public and the jury. The show is basically about the games "smart" lawyers use to win cases. And i found all the explanations of the games, and all the manipulation itself, very tedious.

Postscript: this is from Allessandra Stanley's review of the show. I thought it was very funny.

Trott’s manner is so abrasive that he rarely speaks up in the courtroom; he defines his role as “spinning” on talk shows and news conferences on the courthouse steps. Juries are left to his handsome young partner Tom Nicholson (Kerr Smith, “Charmed”), a sincere Nebraskan who is described by Fulcrum as “the all-American face of ‘Not Guilty.’ ” Actually, Mr. Smith’s slick, sculptured features make him look more like the Eurotrash face of “Charge it to her room,” but her description is close enough.