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- TNT
- May 31, 2011
- TNT
- May 31, 2011
- TNT
- May 31, 2011
- TNT
- May 31, 2011
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
56
38% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
56
38% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
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.
So, it's not as intrigue-heavy as "White Collar," as satiric as "The Good Guys" or as beautifully located as "Hawaii Five-O"; Franklin & Bash is smart, it's fun and it's summer.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
7.1
62% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
29% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
10% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
7.1
62% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
29% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
10% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
I wanted to like this show, since I like the actors in it, but I thought it was poorly written and too juvenile for a successful show. There was too much silliness and quirkiness in all the characters. Why can't they get a better attorney show on TNT? I thought Raising the Bar was much better, but it was cancelled.
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SEASON 1
The show is a string of one-liners occasionally punctuated by women in underwear (one even strips on the stand in court). The lines, if taken by themselves, are pretty funny. But, in the context of what this show is attempting to do, it's not as funny as it could be.
TNT bills Franklin & Bash as a dramedy, but it is more accurately a comedic bromance laced with pop-culture jokes and a dash of legal jargon to trick you into thinking you spent an hour on something of substance.
F&B will rise or fall almost entirely on the basis of how likable you find Gosselaar and Meyer, not to mention the wisecrack-stuffed dialogue.
Your enjoyment of Franklin & Bash may depend on your tolerance for frat-boy antics and smarmy whimsy.
Franklin & Bash is not a guilty pleasure, because there's no pleasure here to regret, just strained, sexist, frat-boy self-love.
I'm all for a show not taking itself and it's plot lines too seriously but the set-up is a bit silly, nevertheless I am hooked on this summer bromance series with these two great actors the good supporting cast TNT has assembled around them. I don't take my law shows too seriously and expect this show to offer a lot more laughter than heartfelt moments and efforts to intrigue me with fake science. Light, airy, funny, and involving.
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SEASON 1
F&B was a great show, for the first and second seasons. After that the main premise had run out of legs, and what was a decent 'buddy comedy' became very contrived and lost its sparkle.
By the time the fourth season came around, you just knew it would be the last. When one of the established characters fails to return for the third season, and then two more are written out for the fourth.... Well, you're getting to the 'Great Gazoo' stage, when the writers/producers know their original idea can't carry on much longer, and need to bring in some even more wacky and meaningless characters/storyline in an attempt to prop up the ratings
As with most attempts in that vein..... It failed.
My '6' rating is based on an average across the four seasons (oh what a night).
Season One - 9/10
Season Two - 8/10
Season Three - 5/10
Season Four - 2/10
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SEASON 1
I started watching this show bearing in mind a reviewer had called it **** (is fratermorphic a word? Anyway it was both so I said goodbye and went off to watch something less juvenile.
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SEASON 1
I have tried very hard to like this show. I love all the actors in it and wish them the best, but the story lines make no sense, the writing is terrible, there seems to be no logic or continuity behind the characters actions and decisions. I can only hope the actors start working soon on something watchable.
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SEASON 1
