Courting Alex

Alex Rose (Jenna Elfman) is a successful workaholic single lawyer in the city. She works for his father Bill Rose (Dabney Coleman). Molly (Jillian Bach) is her elevation-challenged assistant and Julian (Hugh Bonneville) is her lascivious neighbor. Tavern owner Scott Larson (Josh Randall) is taken with her and he's the spontaneous passionate one.

This is based on a British sitcom. It lasted one season. Twelve episodes were made but only eight were aired. I remember getting bored. Elfman was coming back to TV a few years after Dharma. She made the Looney Tunes movie in between and nothing else of note. The role is the complete opposite of Dharma and it doesn't fit her. If she never did Dharma, this could have been a standard single gal sitcom. No one is inventing anything new here. I rarely laughed and the standard laugh track does not help at all. Randall is stiff in this role. Bach adds her height to the comedy. I didn't know Bonneville back then. Coleman is the one big hope but he can't do much with this. It's one season and quickly forgotten.