SummaryHarriet, Matthew and Malcolm are three people from completely different walks of life. They are brought together through fate and decide to start a law practice together based out of a rundown shoe store.
Created By:David E. Kelley
❮ Harry's Law
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Jan 17, 2011
Metascore
Mixed or Average
48
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
29% Positive
6 Reviews
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43% Mixed
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29% Negative
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6 Reviews
Jan 17, 2011
75
An improbably entertaining outing that initially finds Kathy Bates' character reclining at her office desk while smoking pot and bemoaning her fate.
Jan 17, 2011
70
What the show lacks in originality it makes up for in crisp, politically tinged dialogue.
User score
Generally Favorable
67% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
24% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
8% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
May 9, 2012
10
This is one of the best shows on television! David E. Kelly tackles issues facing us today that the media generally chooses to ignore. When you add that and the charming cast, you get an amazing show. Its definitely no Boston Legal, but it is still one of the only shows I watch on television.
Jan 15, 2012
10
very good show although not as nice as "suits" still better than shows like "homeland" which is utter nonsense and so draggy; it shows the true humane side of the law. a good show.
Jan 17, 2011
60
Since we like scrappy underdogs, and Bates has the skill to slide from exasperation to amusement to determination, she just might coax this hybrid into the race.
Jan 17, 2011
42
The pilot's accumulation of cute - oh, for the straightforward simplicity of bowling alley lawyer "Ed" - feels overbearing long before Kelley's courtroom summation turns societal sermon.
Jan 17, 2011
40
Fans who've stuck with Kelley ("L.A. Law," "Ally McBeal") as his series became more outlandish (and yet repetitive) might enjoy seeing Bates in those inevitable scenes where she sways the court with the power of the writer's convictions. But there's a disconnect between Kelley's whimsy and his rhetoric here that too often leaves the cranky Harriet looking merely foolish.
Jan 17, 2011
30
The show's pea-brain sociology is eclipsed only by its Dadaesque conception of courtroom drama.
Jan 17, 2011
10
David E. Kelley hits rock bottom in the derivative courtroom cartoon Harry's Law, which makes last fall's defunct and equally ridiculous Outlaw look as noble as The West Wing.
Aug 9, 2011
10
I just want to say I can't believe anything so real and truthful about facts that come up on this show is actually allowed to stay on the air. Every show seems to tell it like it is about things. Law, lawyers, the legal system, right and wrongs being done everyday and I really didn't think it would survive the first episode. I'm thrilled and love to hear the things going on in life (not good things) are put out there to hear. Makes me believe there are still some people out there that believes in truth, justice and reality in the real world. The cast of characters are great and the writer is to be congratulated on having the gutts to let the honest people in the world know that others see and know how we feel about lawyers, the legal system, and other things in life. Really can't believe it stayed on after the first episode. Enjoy it tremendously.
Feb 23, 2011
6
Too preachy. I get all the social problem news I need without my entertainment reminding me of it. If the resolutions were plausible that would be one thing but the social commentary just gets in the way of a cute premise. It reminds me of watching day time talk show where you here the blatantly obvious and the audience claps in agreement. I think this is on after The Cape which I like so I just watch it while doing some housework.
Oct 7, 2011
5
This show's second season may kill it. All of the things I liked about its first season are gone. It's gone from a small neighborhood law office inside a shoe store, to a large firm above the shoe store. Are we supposed to believe that huge office is upstairs from that very small retail space? Come on. Too many new characters have muddied the waters. A great show with so much potential has become dull, dull, dull.
Jan 30, 2011
1
The characters are decent enough. Not amazing, but serviceable. Where this show is hurt, and in many ways crippled, is that the defendants are all guilty. Everybody knows this, it's clear. But instead of trying to find something that disproved the charges, or even busting them on technicalities. They clear them by blaming others, or by being nice people. The first episode has a college kid (the first in his family, keep this in mind) who got busted for buying cocaine (a repeat offender too). He gets let go because his lawyer says that he's a nice guy. Seriously. A repeat offender gets let go because he's nice. The acting and everything else is irrelevant. This show has terrible plots.
Jan 20, 2011
1
Predictable,stupid and very unrealistic.Terrible premiere and by the looks of it.will only get worse.
