Head Cases

2005
5.6| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

Head Cases is an American primetime comedy-drama television program, best known as the first show cancelled for the 2005–2006 season. It was broadcast by FOX and premiered on September 14, 2005. It was cancelled after two episodes on September 22 after disastrous ratings and critical drubbing. Attorney Jason Payne (Chris O'Donnell) had a superstar career at a prestigious Los Angeles law firm -- that is, until his wife, Laurie, kicked him out of the house and he had a nervous breakdown. After three months at a "wellness center," Jason finds himself with no job, no place to live and no support system. Enter Russell Shultz (Adam Goldberg), an unkempt, unpredictable sufferer of explosive disorder, assigned to be outpatient "buddies" with Jason by their mutual therapist, Dr. Robinson. Payne and Shultz ultimately decide to open a law firm of their own.

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Pluskylang Great Film overall
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Abhinav Praneet hi this is abhinav. although i am not from the US of A (working temporarily in California), i still tune into most of the shows, since we do get them in India.so when i got to know that Head Cases got canceled after only 2 shows, i was surprised since the show seemed to have pretty good content and good star cast too. the comic timing of both Chris and Adam was nicely tuned and they seemed to compliment each other with respect to the roles they were portraying.the backdrop of Venice,CA gave it the right zing since the show deals with legal theme and it does become stale to see boring and usual setting of such shows.don't know what are the reasons to do that, but i do vote for it to be restored back!!
General_G I like Adam Goldberg. He has a great voice for comedy and should get his own show and he did and once again Fox screws up like they've been doing for ten years now. This was a good show, but it was taken away so Fox can cram in more crappy reality shows just like what they did to Oliver Beene and The Pitts and other good shows that stupid Fox didn't give a chance. Two episodes aired. How can you tell from that that the show wouldn't have been successful? I don't know much about Chris O'Donnell, but I know Adam Goldberg is a good comedian and that this could have been as much of a success as Everybody Hates Chris. Advise to some people out there with a good sitcom they are trying to sell, don't go to Fox!
appples2oranges I watched the first show and thought it was great .... taped the 2nd show .... They CANCELLED the show after 2 airings only? What was FOX thinking? Going up against LOST is a death sentence ...I do not think it was an advocacy for "mental" patients ... but I did love Adam Goldberg's character... and Chris O'Donnell is one of my favorite actors ...How can they make this judgment in 2 airings only .... and if they have other episodes "in the can" as they say, why don't they simply show them, instead of NANNY 911Perhaps that is why FOX will always be "the other network"
mommy9000 I decided to watch this show even though TV guide, Entertainment Weekly and IMDb:TV didn't pick it as a sure hit. I was surprised to find that I love it. This show has definite potential. I think there is definite chemistry between Chris O'Donnell and Adam Goldberg. They make a great TV duo. I found myself laughing out loud at a lot of the lines. Most of the characters are likable yet pretty quirky; I love Richard Kind as the naked guy. The cases they take on are odd, yet rooted in reality and very interesting. I hope this show makes it. I give this show *** out of ****. Please watch and recommend to your friends!!! I don't want this show to get canceled.