Bluff City Law: Pilot
September 23, 2019 9:48 PM - Season 1, Episode 1 - Subscribe
Corporate attorney Sydney Strait puts aside years of conflict with her father Elijah to rejoin his legendary Civil Rights firm and take on a chemical company whose product may cause cancer. No sooner is Sydney back, when she stumbles on a secret Elijah has been keeping from her that may change everything. (NBC broadcast)
Variety review - "As a legal procedural emanating from outside the imaginings of Dick Wolf, “Bluff City Law” at least represents something novel for NBC. But its understanding of the workings of the legal profession is frustratingly limited in a familiar way — not merely because it falls so nearly into timeworn cliché but also because it seems to trust its audience so little. In its first two episodes, what works tepidly well here is a family dynamic that at least feels unusual; what does not are heard-them-all-before clichés about the power and responsibilities of attorneys. In its relentless speechifying and overly ingratiating need to constantly show off and burnish its moral compass, “Bluff City Law” resembles no current show more than “This Is Us” — and is proof that what has made that show a hit cannot easily be replicated in the courtroom."
TV Line - Bluff City Law Premiere: Grade It
TV Fanatic - Episode 1 Review: Change the World
Variety review - "As a legal procedural emanating from outside the imaginings of Dick Wolf, “Bluff City Law” at least represents something novel for NBC. But its understanding of the workings of the legal profession is frustratingly limited in a familiar way — not merely because it falls so nearly into timeworn cliché but also because it seems to trust its audience so little. In its first two episodes, what works tepidly well here is a family dynamic that at least feels unusual; what does not are heard-them-all-before clichés about the power and responsibilities of attorneys. In its relentless speechifying and overly ingratiating need to constantly show off and burnish its moral compass, “Bluff City Law” resembles no current show more than “This Is Us” — and is proof that what has made that show a hit cannot easily be replicated in the courtroom."
TV Line - Bluff City Law Premiere: Grade It
TV Fanatic - Episode 1 Review: Change the World
All of us in Memphis are seriously hoping for this show will grow some legs, but early reports are not great.
posted by absalom at 9:37 AM on September 24, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by absalom at 9:37 AM on September 24, 2019 [1 favorite]
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posted by oh yeah! at 9:54 PM on September 23, 2019