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The Firm (2012): Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 8, 2012
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: This television continuation of the 1993 film sees Josh Lucas as Mitch McDeere, who returns to find there are still dangers from the past after years of hiding.
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
  3. Negative: 6 out of 23
  1. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jan 3, 2012
    83
    It's all quite sturdily built and well-acted, with characters one cares about.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Sarah Rodman
    Jan 5, 2012
    60
    Somewhere in this big pile of plot is a potentially enjoyable series, if the producers can figure out how to balance the week-to-week procedural elements of McDeere's court cases with the overarching mystery of his new associates' sinister secrets.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Jan 5, 2012
    37
    The Firm is part weekly procedural, part season-long conspiracy, and wholly unsatisfying.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. gronk
    8
    @chughead, if you are such a big Grisham fan, you would know that he was involved in this project and approves of it. If you think it is a poor continuation of the storyline, you have Grisham to blame for approving of it. The show is good but it just doesn't seem like something that can be carried over to a second season. Once the issues with Mitch's new firm and the mob get resolved (this can't be dragged out over multiple seasons), they will simply be left with a procedural legal drama that likely would not last.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. chughead
    3
    John Grisham may be turning in his grave if he had one...or least biting his lip for this DRY remake. Cancel! Left a review because I'm a Grisham and Firm admirer and hate to see something great get defaced. zzzzzz!… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes