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Originally Posted by Pturner
I watched because I did know it was the Boston Legal writer. I had enjoyed LA Law (same writer) and Boston Legal was my favorite show when it was on.
This new show is Boston Legal-like. First episode was funnnnnnnnny. As for the politics, it could easily offend no one or everyone. Why? Because it is quintessential Kelley in how it makes fun of itself. (Example: Appealing to Bates's character's bleeding heart: "my mother died in childbirth with my older brother".)
Lots of laughs. Look forward to the next episode.
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You are so right. Lots of funny dialogue. Like when the "security" guy tells her that she needs to pay him $200 a month because sometimes businesses in that neighborhood could be "burglarized, vandalized, or plagiarized."
And in classic Kelley mode, he throws us the juxtaposition of that "bleeding heart" beating inside the woman who has spent her career as a high-powered patent attorney to the fact that the lady packs heat. Bates' character is no cliché. That's for sure. But, of course, Kelley's characters are never clichés, unless he wants them to be. And that works for him, too.
One of the things I have always admired about Kelley's scripts is that he does not try to dictate what we are supposed to think, he just gives us some things to think about.
Boomer