Is anyone besides me bothered by the brother stealing a necklace off of a fresh corpse?
I try to be very kind when reviewing new mystery series on Hallmark because I would like to encourage them to have new mystery content. Having said that I had several issues with True justice. The whole brother character seemed unnecessary, you would think her investigating the murder of her friend would be enough of a motivation for our main character. So many illegal things...the police turning over evidence/personal effects to a boyfriend? A crime lab intern using the crime lab to run trace evidence...not to mention the issue of chain of custody for a conviction of the real killer?!?!? Lots of issues.
I loved seeing both Nikki Deloach as the main character's law professor and Benjamin Ayres as the D. A. It was kind of cool to have them in a relationship...but I wish they had played a bigger role in this film. They were almost so peripheral as to be superfluous to the story. The character of Liam, a rogue investigator, was the most interesting character in the show. I liked the idea of having a group of young students solving crime...but the script needs to be tighter and their roles need to be more well defined (aka what they each bring to the table skill-wise). The intern at the crime lab (as an actual 30 year lab employee with good friends and colleagues working in actual crime labs) would never be able to run random samples whenever they wanted. Testing is highly controlled and regulated. I think they could have benefited from some consultants. Also, there is no motivation for people to talk to these kids...so I don't know why they would.
I would probably watch another one just to give it another chance...but it is definitely not on my recommendation list yet and it has a long way to go to break into my top three Hallmark mystery series (Hannah Swensen, Aurora Teagarden (the original), and Mystery 101).
