The card at the end was a nice touch
I actually thought this is a clever tv show. I'm still watching.
We tried to watch the second episode, but we stopped by the 20 minute mark. Isd rather empty the trash.
Oh no. After a fairly charming 1st episode I had high hopes. This episode however leaves me feeling that the writers, directors and actors got surprised that there would be a 2nd episode and had to throw it together the night before the shoot. Everything just seemed off, forced and ill-timed.
And don't get me started on the music
Review by wolfkinBlockedParent2022-10-08T17:18:23Z— updated 2022-11-05T02:56:58Z
Wait what? No it didn't. I skimmed the episode again but, no. At most you could argue that the final scene where he gets into the courthouse because he was working another case that was a valid case but even then there was the opportunity to use his knowledge and pretend to be an expert but he didn't even know the expert's name. The guard had to supply it. It was just a waste of a scene that was inconsequential anyway.
This episode is about Todd starting work at the firm. Perfectly fine pick up point. The firm has a huge case and Todd wants in on it. Now very clearly the most sympathetic character in this show is going to be Lyle. He read Todd like a phone book just utterly shutting him down by pointing out how incredibly white and privileged he was being. And rather than actually take a step back, recognize that he IS trying to leap frog, like he's the only one who wants to do the big cases. Todd could have used this to maybe step back and at least fill out the proper forms. Instead Todd bulldozes ahead anyway. He's like a two year old without proper object permanence. He doesn't see anyone else. You could argue a lot of things about how he started working solo and isn't used to a team but that's not how the show is filmed. It's not how Todd is presented. Rather these are shown as obstacles to Todd that need to be removed not that he has to walk around the proper way. It's why at the end of the episode Todd never fills out the form. He gets permission to do stuff without any concession.
The show has potential but it needs to recognize a lot of these issues. You can't be so insular with the characters that anyone outside of the family doesn't matter and their motivations mean nothing. It's not JUST the Todd-Lyle relationship that's the issue but that's the biggest and more clear example.