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Franklin & Bash : Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 1, 2011
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Jared Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Peter Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) are two unorthodox lawyers who join an old-fashioned law firm headed up by Stanton Innfeld (Malcolm McDowell).
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jun 1, 2011
    75
    Franklin & Bash sometimes tries too hard to be edgy, suffering some paper cuts in the process. It's otherwise a good deal of fun delivered with an abundance of energy.
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Jun 1, 2011
    60
    The show is kind of amusing, at least in a summer-TV sort of way.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Jun 1, 2011
    37
    As oversexed as it is underachieving, Bash is the kind of original programming that makes you reconsider your antipathy toward reruns.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. knisone
    8
    This is a summer series! It is light, energetic, and fun. The characters have enough depth that you do not get too serious yet you do care about them. Seriously what do you expect from a cast of basically stereo-types. From the college buddies who are best friends to the office mistress trying (and succeeding) to sleep with the new guy, the eccentric boss. Nevertheless Breck Meyer and Mark Paul make for a good combination for seasoned vets of the acting game. Granted they haven't achieved an Abbott and Costello height of chemistry but if the the show stays on they could. The supporting characters are interesting enough to warrant their own storyline that you actually give a crap about. The stories are going to be cliche as will the resolutions but this isn't about that. It is about the ride there. The ride on this one is "FUN" You laugh and you enjoy the hour. Isn't that what you want out of a summer series? They had a girl stripping in court on the stand no less. Seriously when was the last "FUN" legal show you have watched? Granted you could say that about Kathy Bates' show however at times (David E. Kelley) it takes itself a little too seriously. turn your brain off for an hour. Watch it,m enjoy it then turn it back on because there is still world hunger.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. steven
    5
    Watched the first two episodes and I am just not feeling it. This show feels too much like The Defenders. Two lawyers doing their job under their own rules, both looking to score big on their cases. Although there is one difference between the two shows besides their locale. The Defenders has two lawyers with distinct personalities. Franklin and Bash are playing both sides of the same coin.… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes
  3. justnother1
    2
    I started watching this show bearing in mind a reviewer had called it sophomoric (is fratermorphic a word? Anyway it was both so I said goodbye and went off to watch something less juvenile.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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