Highly enjoyable legal thriller which has a (then) unusual relationship at its core - between ruthless tort lawyer Glenn Close and protege/surrogate daughter/rival Rose Byrne. Apparently it was inspired by the writers seeing the relationships between successful female film executives and their proteges in Hollywood; it transfers well.
There is super support from Ted Danson as a villain tycoon (coke snorting, murder ordering, thief, bully) who is nonetheless shown considerable humanity (he wants people to like him especially his family, he tries to ghost write a book) Zeljko Ivanek's Southern accent did get on my nerves - not that it was bad, I just felt at times he used the accent instead of acting. Noah Bean is inoffensively bland as Rose's fiancee. Rose became known for comedy work but she's pretty good here - even if not as excellent as Glenn Close. Tate Donovan is alright (the episode that focused on him was the dullest) and that guy who plays the crusty old timer was really irritating. Still, a real "page turner" of a TV show.
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