I started watching Harry's Law expecting another law procedural, but the first season totally took me by surprise. It was unique, funny, and more of an evolving story than a separate-episode procedural. Harry's Law set the bar pretty high in its first season. The unexpected mix of law firm + shoe store, the ghetto neighborhood, the balance between jokes and serious situations, was quirky and fun and quite honestly really awesome to watch.
Then season 2 came and all went to the garbage bin. Harry's Law became more like Boston Legal part 2, the fun and unique moments reduced to a strict minimum to entertain the viewership. The ghetto aspect was gone, the shoe store almost a gimmick because they couldn't just cut it, and aside from the pageant episode that had me LMAO'ing to the top of my lungs, it had lost its unique charm that had made me fall in love with it.
Is season 2 good? Yes, very. But not even close to the awesomeness of season 1, which is why this show got axed. It just didn't live up to its stellar debut and that's such a loss because there was a lot of material to explore, had the show stuck to it roots.
However, I'm now very very much a fan of Nathan Corddry and Kathy Bates, and I believe Harry's Law was worth watching if only to discover these two actors that I hadn't seen extensively before, and to understand what an original law series could bring to the table vs other traditional procedurals.
@khouryrt The show was actually canceled because American Horror Story was just being released on FX, NBC felt like Kathy Bates was not giving the show its full deserved attention.
Review by Rita El KhouryBlockedParent2014-04-19T08:56:45Z
I started watching Harry's Law expecting another law procedural, but the first season totally took me by surprise. It was unique, funny, and more of an evolving story than a separate-episode procedural. Harry's Law set the bar pretty high in its first season. The unexpected mix of law firm + shoe store, the ghetto neighborhood, the balance between jokes and serious situations, was quirky and fun and quite honestly really awesome to watch.
Then season 2 came and all went to the garbage bin. Harry's Law became more like Boston Legal part 2, the fun and unique moments reduced to a strict minimum to entertain the viewership. The ghetto aspect was gone, the shoe store almost a gimmick because they couldn't just cut it, and aside from the pageant episode that had me LMAO'ing to the top of my lungs, it had lost its unique charm that had made me fall in love with it.
Is season 2 good? Yes, very. But not even close to the awesomeness of season 1, which is why this show got axed. It just didn't live up to its stellar debut and that's such a loss because there was a lot of material to explore, had the show stuck to it roots.
However, I'm now very very much a fan of Nathan Corddry and Kathy Bates, and I believe Harry's Law was worth watching if only to discover these two actors that I hadn't seen extensively before, and to understand what an original law series could bring to the table vs other traditional procedurals.