This season saw the addition of a new character, Fred Dalton Thompson as a right wing Southern DA. I can guess why they wanted to do it, especially in the immediate September 11 world, but he’s a bit annoying – going on about how he doesn’t like Roe v Wade for constitutional reasons rather than religious (yeah right) and being dodgy politically. It does make for a few strong scenes where he clashes with Serena – but this tends to cut Jack’s balls off since Jack is already right wing.
Guest stars include Mandy Patinkin, Andrew McCarthy (excellent as a cocky defense lawyer – his part is too small), a very sexy Spanish chick, Gregory Hines and Lisa Eicchorn. A decent, reasonably strong season with some fresh takes (eg the Michael Jackson case) along with the normal cheating husbands and the mentally disabled. There’s another pushy-parents-at-school-for-rich-kids one – maybe that was on the minds of the increasingly wealthy show runners. Serena is better (even if I’ll never like her as much as Jamie)
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