Franklin and Bash

[Halb]

Yet another law programme...that is quite amusing, and a bit different, yeah it's another duo approach like The Defenders but with a younger funnier style.

Law programmes seem to come along ten a penny, from the wk like Suits to the not bad like Fairly Legal.
From watching the first episode this seemed to be helped along by the easy going charismatic leads and curious supporting actors.

[johnfm]

Heh. Suits is substantially better than most legal shows for a while - interesting use of the photographic memory trope.

Franklin & Bash is fun, but not really much of a legal show.

[Halb]

It's to do with lawyers in a law firm fighting cases...seems fairly legal to me.

Of the most recent law shows on the box, The Defenders and Fairly Legal I stuck with, Suits got dropped quicker than a hot potato.

[telecat]

Started watching F&B but stopped fairly soon after. I actually prefer "Suits".

[Halb]

telecat said:

Started watching F&B but stopped fairly soon after. I actually prefer "Suits".

I started watching F&B and was gonna drop it too, but at some point in the intro episode it got interesting, can't remember why, it just seemed a bit different, if I was wrong then it'll get dropped too...maybe it was Malcolm MacDowell?

[Pulse]

I've just started watching this... The pilot took a little while to get going, but at about 25 minutes in, I was hooked.

I've just watched the second episode, and it was just as good. Not as comedic as a first thought it would be, but more interesting. It's nice to have something with a bit of comedy but some substance.

[johnfm]

Boston Legal always made me chuckle.

[Halb]

johnfm said:

Boston Legal always made me chuckle.

That's something that usually gets good references on here. If it was to start from s1e1 somewhere I would plus it.
It had Dr. Jackson and Captain Kirk in it!

Have to say my favourite 'law/legal' serial drama is Damages, it is up there in the top ten with the likes of The Wire, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones. It is cut of a slightly different cloth to the others mentioned above.

[johnfm]

Ooh, damages was very good.

[DJRC]

Didnt Franklin and Bash air last yr? On either after Beaver Falls or same timeslot, but next day.

[Pulse]

Just watched the third episode. I really liked it.

I really enjoyed seeing how they would twist it around, after they got assigned the 'beautiful' client.