Bluff City Law

I was not overly impressed with the first episode, but figured i would give the 2nd one a try. Episode by episode it has improved and has caught my attention and had me looking forward to the next episode. I feel this one will continue to improve and captivate the audience. If people were not impressed by the first episode they should give it a try and watch the others.

I am enjoying this show less and less. Elijah Strait's wife is very revered by Elijah and all, and it is getting more difficult to accept the perfection of the woman while out of sight. I do recognize she is dead but she evidently is perfect. Hard to accept. And it seems this show wants to take on all current social issues that are causing some angst all at once. This current show deals with euthanasia, alternate life style issues, health care issues etc Seems a lot for one show when some of the viewers are wrestling with their own beliefs. I seems TV wants to take us into the brave new world all at once and I am starting to resent it.

Of course this type of dramatic civil suit courtroom battle(s) show has been on the re-hash wheel since the Perry Mason days of the 1950's. In fact for veteran actor Jimmy Smits who most recently played the Hispanic criminal rebel Nero Padilla on the hit crime series Sons Of Anarchy, in his earlier television roles he played ADA Miguel Prado in the Emmy winning 2008 series Dexter, and we can turn back the hands of time 33 years earlier he also played a young and hip lawyer named Victor Sifuentes in the 1980's drama series L.A. Law. So Jimmy Smits is a bona fide TV lawyer of the highest calibre and his resume is second to none.

In this new series Jimmy Smits plays Elijah Strait and he wants to team up in the courtroom(s) of America with his estranged daughter Sydney (Caitlin McGee) who definitely has a chip on her shoulder due to the way her dad treated her mom while they were assumed to be the darling family everyone dreamed of being.

It may seem to be that cookie cutter courtroom drama where because of some last minute information that is rushed into the courtroom during closing arguments that is provided to the lawyer heroes Elijah Strait and his daughter Sydney tears flow as the jury finds in favour of the smaller symbolic David to the corporate Goliath and the day has been saved once again....until next week.

I really like Jimmy Smits as an actor so I will cut the series some initial slack and watch a few more episodes and see if this series develops a real heart and soul, and a court room style all its own.

I give the series an 8 out of 10 rating

Everything about this show is great. Good acting, different challenges, and based in a very interesting town. Hope this gets renewed.

First episode was quite good, hoping the show continues to be good. Better than many new shows this season!!