Dianne

The sad thing is this really could’ve been good! The plot is good, the acting is good but the storyline is almost comically, contrived. The judge, who is supposed to be trying to keep his son safe, goes out of his way to make stupid decisions instead of the normal responses that would actually work. He sets up an elaborate ruse, actually visiting his dead wife’s grave, bringing flowers and cards to leave on the grave the day after the anniversary of her death in order to give his son a credible alibi for the day before. Then when his mother-in-law says she visited the grave the evening of the anniversary and there was nothing there, he immediately fesses up to a lie which blows the entire alibi. Logically, he would’ve just said he didn’t know what happened to the flowers and cards. They easily could’ve been stolen or picked up by the groundskeeper. This is just one of several stupid things that happen in this show. Earlier, again… he set up this elaborate ruse in order to get rid of the car his son used in the accident but then blows up his ruse by telling his detective friend his car was stolen which leads to the arrest of the kid that was hired to dispose of his car for him. He just volunteered that out of the blue for no reason at all other than to affect an unbelievable, contrived plot twist. I’m surprised such a talented actor signed onto this really bad script.

I like the premise of the show and the first two seasons were pretty good. Like so many shows, it really falls apart in the third season. At a minimum, they need to get better medical consultants. Episode 11 of season three where they do surgeries without anesthesia is just too stupid.

The first season was shown as a teaser on regular CBS and it was excellent. Because of this, I chose to subscribe to CBS all axcess. The second season was equally as fantastic. I am now on episode five of the third season and can’t fathom what’s happened. It has turned into a shallow, boring show that strives to be funny with meandering and disjointed storylines. It’s gone from one of the best shows i’ve seen to one of the worst. If it doesn’t turn around, I doubt I will finish season three and I will definitely cancel my all access subscription. I would have given it a five except that season three gets less than a one.

This movie was so bad it was laughable. The characters make choices that don’t even make sense in the real world just so they can get into dangerous situations. Parts of it are very trite and predictable and the parts that aren’t are just too unbelievable and Silly. If I was watching it on the television, I would’ve change stations 20 minutes in.