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Just Legal

Summary “Just Legal” is a fast-paced procedural drama with humor starring Jay Baruchel (‘Undeclared," ‘Million Dollar Baby”) and Don Johnson (“Miami Vice, ” “Nash Bridges”) as lawyers who save their clients, and in the process, save themselves. David “Skip” Ross (Baruchel), 19, a brilliant legal prodigy, dreams of becoming a great trial lawyer. ...

  • 2005
  • WB
  • 2005
  • WB

Just Legal

Season 1 Premiere: Apr 1, 2005
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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Summary “Just Legal” is a fast-paced procedural drama with humor starring Jay Baruchel (‘Undeclared," ‘Million Dollar Baby”) and Don Johnson (“Miami Vice, ” “Nash Bridges”) as lawyers who save their clients, and in the process, save themselves. David “Skip” Ross (Baruchel), 19, a brilliant legal prodigy, dreams of becoming a great trial lawyer. ...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 21 Critic Reviews
53
38% Positive
8 Reviews
48% Mixed
10 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 21 Critic Reviews
53
38% Positive
8 Reviews
48% Mixed
10 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews

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80
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.
By David Zurawik FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Alessandra Stanley FULL REVIEW
63
There's promise here, as long as it gets grittier and funnier, and doesn't descend into bombast.
By Doug Elfman FULL REVIEW
60
It's rather old-fashioned, except that there's something real about the chemistry.
By Paul Brownfield FULL REVIEW
50
By no means is "Just Legal" a top-notch drama as yet, but it certainly has potential to be agreeable lighter fare.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
40
It's a formulaic, lazily devised legal series that fails to surprise or amuse.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
0
Give it credit for consistency: a bad concept, badly written for bad actors.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Jerry Bruckheimer Television
  • Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Apr 1, 2005
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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