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Just Legal
SERIES: WB, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)


9.3

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Starring Don Johnson, Jay Baruchel, and Jamie Lee Kirchner

This legal drama pairs an older, drunker, down-and-out Venice Beach, California attorney (Don Johnson) with a new younger partner (Undeclared's Jay Baruchel), who just graduated from law school at the age of 18.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Jonathan Shapiro
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 19, 2005
LAST AIR DATE:	October 3, 2005

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Baltimore Sun David Zurawik

Baruchel... plays Ross with a winningly earnest goofiness, while Johnson skillfully navigates the darkly comic territory of being over the hill and irritated by everything and everyone who reminds him of his glory days.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

These attorneys quickly become characters, not just caricatures, and make "Just Legal" very easy to enjoy.

USA Today Robert Bianco

There is something extraordinarily appealing about the show's central pair.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

Mr. Johnson is surprisingly deft, and even at times poignant, in the part. Even when the plot and other characters turn cartoonish, he manages to strike a deeper chord.

PopMatters Samantha Bornemann

Sure, this has all been done before, but familiarity doesn't make Just Legal any less fun.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

If you can ignore for a moment a logical flaw that permeates the series, you'll find an absorbing, well-paced legal drama with both heart and attitude, not to mention cinematography good enough to carry the Jerry Bruckheimer imprimatur.

Chicago Tribune Sid Smith

The plotting is OK, the dialogue is better and the two leads are appealing.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

There's promise here, as long as it gets grittier and funnier, and doesn't descend into bombast.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

There's something weirdly charming about the pair's chemistry.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

It's rather old-fashioned, except that there's something real about the chemistry.

TV Guide Matt Roush

Mostly overcomes its contrived premise and clichéd courtroom theatrics with well-played characters you might actually root for.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

A gimmicky, cliched legal drama that seems to have been unearthed from 20 years ago.

Entertainment Weekly Dalton Ross

The constant moral back-patting leaves me feeling, well, limp. [30 Sep 2005, p.87]

Variety Brian Lowry

It's Don Johnson's irascible charm as a boozing, bottom-feeding barrister that occasionally elevates this hour above its mundane legal jockeying.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

By no means is "Just Legal" a top-notch drama as yet, but it certainly has potential to be agreeable lighter fare.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

Baruchel and Johnson (who is quite appealing in his role) have real chemistry.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

It's a formulaic, lazily devised legal series that fails to surprise or amuse.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

The central issue about Just Legal is that it's such a predictable series.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

"Just Legal" is just tedious.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

Stunningly flat.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

Give it credit for consistency: a bad concept, badly written for bad actors.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 64 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Debbie F. gave it a10:
Please bring "Just Legal" back, my husband and I both liked the show very much.

Jennifer R. gave it a10:
The show is great. PLEASE bring it back. Email me when it is scheduled. I check the t.v. guide everyday to see if it's on. Thank you.

CHRISTOPHER G gave it a10:
i loved the show it pissed me off when i found out it was canseled. there so much garbage on tv and when something go comes on without tits and ass it gets canseled. BRING IT BACK----BRING IT BACK--NOW

Therese M gave it a10:
Great stories and characters.

Karen M gave it a10:
Please bring it back!!!!!!!!!!

Deb K gave it a10:
love it!!

Kay G gave it a10:
Please bring "Just Legal" back ...It is a great well cast show. I am a die-hard Don Johnson fan. I saw Jay Baruchel on "Numbers" last week & it made me wan t to do something to try to bring the show back.!

Just Legal SERIES: WB, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Just Legal
SERIES: WB, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)