SummaryThis show follows two Las Vegas defense attorneys who support their clients above all else. Nick Morelli, a hard working attorney and Pete Kaczmarek, who loves not only the law but beautiful women and fast cars work together to protect their clients in Sin City.
SummaryThis show follows two Las Vegas defense attorneys who support their clients above all else. Nick Morelli, a hard working attorney and Pete Kaczmarek, who loves not only the law but beautiful women and fast cars work together to protect their clients in Sin City.
The Defenders is a standard-issue legal drama, but Mr. Belushi and Mr. O'Connell bring a playful exuberance to their roles that allows the series to rise above its trappings.
Whether Belushi is using the firm's private detectives to follow his estranged wife, or O'Connell is sleeping with the prosecutor who's trying to put his client in jail ("You really don't like me much, do you?" she asks while taking off her blouse), the show has an irresistible outlaw quality.
There's nothing particularly bad about this new legal drama starring Jerry O'Connell and Jim Belushi as a couple of skeevy Las Vegas lawyers--but then again there's nothing particularly good about it, either.
Sure, it's nice to see Belushi in a new incarnation, and if I were trapped at a car repair shop in front of an episode I might be happy. But there are much better shows out there right now, and only so many hours in my day--and on my DVR.