Grimerlana
Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Jakoba
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Pocketplayer
Yes, cable TV has raised the bar for dramas so high no network show can come close. The Blacklist is good, but falls short. This show is as good and possibly better. If you've watched Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Six Feet Under, The Wire, well the character development and writing is clearly for network TV. This isn't the fault of the actors. Juliette Lewis was a stretch for me playing the same role she always does, but hey, so does De Niro right? I really liked the show and Josh Lucas is money...excellent lead. He carries the show well. Where this show blew it is character development. The wife as a school teacher who seems always free to get involved in the cases. Really? They did not need this angle. The daughter is an excellent actress. Believable from scene one. This show could have been really good, but network TV wants to fail. This is classic pride before the fall. They will not give up their power and control to make a really good TV show and settle for mediocrity. This ain't 1985 anymore. They cannot get away with the A-Team type shows...we have reality TV for that now!
Tink1956
Best show I have seen on TV in a very long time. Great acting, great actors, and cannot wait for the next episodes. Terrific! It was so exciting with excellent story lines. Always left you anticipating the next episode. It's truly a joy to know that TV is coming back with the true television shows that you look forward to watching. So much garbage out there now, it's a refreshing change. The last time I enjoy watching TV was when Dallas was on and now that is coming back too. I'm so happy to see the networks noticing how people are so tired of the stupid reality shows. It's nice to have true entertainment coming back to the networks. Can't wait to see if the networks will bring back other shows.
MichaelBBBBB
While I am entertained by this show, it suffers from 2 major flaws. First has become the Hollywood standard of showing an exciting scene in the future at the beginning and then going back and building toward that. Shows that do this, such as "Flashpoint" really disappoint me. You know from the beginning that the outcome showed at the beginning is unlikely or out of context. This is simply a way for lousy writers to entice us without the skill of proper storytelling to build suspense. This has become the norm in too many shows now, including CSI and NCIS.The second problem is that you can't sustain this kind of story line for multiple seasons. "The Net" was one good example. The show will quickly become boring like "Nikita" where none of the major characters die. I get that, for the industry, the actors need a steady paycheck and that we as consumers need our favorite characters but, this story won't be worth watching by season 3. I hope that this show will finish with a respectable ending before they start beating a dead horse.
chinaspartan
I have no idea what these other people are thinking. They must be so starved for anything to watch. This has virtually nothing to do with The Firm book or movie. The characters have the same name and that's it. It's so flagrant what they did here. They used The Firm name just to sucker you into watching. And having someone like Josh Lucas made you think this could possibly be a good TV series. It's just a completely random lawyer show where he handles odd, random, meaningless cases. There is some semblance of a plot that they just bury underneath episode after episode of pointless crap that makes it nothing like The Firm. That's fine if people like random legal stories, but don't call it The Firm and try to pass it off as some continuation of the story from the book or movie. Such a terrible show, it will no doubt be cancelled at the first opportunity. How Josh Lucas ever agreed to do this is baffling. It's like Boston Legal, without the comedy. And Boston Legal was actually pretty good...but it's just random episode after random episode with an occasional two minutes spent to briefly mention that there is some kind of season-long plot, but it's just an afterthought. Terrible show. You'll waste your time if you watch it.
