(Season 5, Episodes 4-6) The Scott Wallace ordeal mercifully comes to a close, albeit an unsatisfactory one. Three members of the firm reveal surprises to us, and Jimmy astonishes me tremendously by finally being a standup guy. And Richard Bay’s head looks set to explode! 5.4 “Appeal and Denial” Continuing on the theme of judging […]

(Season 5, Episodes 1-3) I enjoy long cases as much as the next legal drama fan, but it’s generally only enjoyable when the case is so massive that it requires multiple episodes. The Practice seems to have found another reason for dragging these out: the lawyers just care too darn much. And it’s not even […]

(Season 2, Episodes 6-7) It’s so nice during slow times in the normal television schedule to have something in the DVD player. In my case, that continues to be Carnivale, even though I’m running out of episodes quickly. These were a couple of big episodes, marking the half way point in the season, as well […]

(Season 4, Episodes 19-22) I can’t believe I’m halfway done with this series. There’ve already been a lot of reruns, although I suppose death row cases have to be respected enough to be done numerous times. But how many times do we have to be reminded that rape victims, or their families, do not have […]

(Season 4, Episodes 15-18) On a show not long on juicy quotes, this first episode offered up a doozy. After landing a murder trial, Richard gets stopped by a bunch of reporters outside the courtroom. Things are going fine, and then one asks him, “Were you surprised this case was assigned to you, after so […]

(Season 2, Episodes 4-5) Sofie has had a very interesting year since her mother died at the end of the first season of Carnivale. In this block of episodes there was a big focus on her. First she was put through the ringer at the carnival, showing up the rest of the crew and proving […]

(Season 4, Episodes 11-14) While Lindsay races to the bottom of my “enjoy” list, both Ellenor and Jimmy are slowly surfacing to a tolerable level. I was actually impressed a number of times by the competency that Jimmy showed, and Ellenor is becoming somewhat of an interesting study. I do think the show could use […]