Well, I’m back here with my next random post
for this blog. In it, I review the first season of this show. There will be six
other seasons to review at some point and I imagine that they will probably be the
next six random blog posts after this one. I hope that I can come up with a
good way of reviewing each season.
Season 1 overview: It can be hard for most
shows that last a good while on TV to have the first season be remembered as
anything other than the introductory season of the show. This show started with
Peter in jail and he is eventually released and trying to run for office again
even though convicted felons can’t run for office in Illinois. Alicia competes
with Cary for a job at the firm and she eventually gets it leading Cary to
become opposition to their firm in future seasons. Not much happens in regards
with Will and Alicia’s romance with each other except for a kiss. I think that
a phone call that he tries to make happens at the very end of this season. I
don’t know of any other major events this season.
How this season was different than the others: Well,
for one, this started the series as a whole and served as a general introduction
to the series. Peter is in jail for a lot of the first season when he is
normally more present on the show. Alicia and Cary are competing for their job
at Lockhart Gardner during this time and that leads to riffs between them in
future seasons. But this is when they start working together, even though it
won’t be a long term agreement until much later.
What made it good: It seemed to be more focused
on the trials and crimes than future seasons would wind up being. I believe
that from the very beginning, they showed that the defense wouldn’t just wind
up winning every case similar to how it almost always was in Matlock. There are
more details of Alicia actually being loyal to her husband at the very
beginning, even though her first affair with Will would wind up starting to
leak through in this case.
What made it bad: I don’t think that there was
ever that much detail as to why Peter was in jail that was made apparent as the
show went on. I’ll admit, I came into this season a bit later than I should
have so I may have just missed the explanation. There wasn’t as much to the
characters just yet and no real story arcs that started other than Alicia’s
budding romance with Will.
More thoughts: Since a good portion of TV is
never made and another good portion only gets one season, then we are quite
lucky that this lasted longer than its first, introductory season. This season
was more it building steam for future developments that we saw along the way in
the future. While I haven’t ranked the seasons yet, I’m sure that this would
rank more in the middle as it was good, but future seasons wound up being
better.
That’s all for this blog post. You’ll see my
reviews of future seasons in the future. Just keep reading the cast updates and
you’ll see these random updates in other, future times. Just know that there
might be a pattern if I can do it. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.
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