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May 29, 2014
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The series shows signs of rising above its airport-bookstore pedigree, and it just happens to boast the best and deepest cast of any autumn newcomer. [17 Sept 1995, p.7C]
May 29, 2014
70
The pilot is plodding at times, the result of a few too many heart-to-heart discussions among the characters. Still, Williams, Holliday and Heard create such fresh, memorable characters that it's impossible to get bored. [16 Sept 1995, p.E7]
May 29, 2014
63
Williams and Heard are good fill- ins for Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. [17 Sept 1995]
May 29, 2014
63
This is hardly a plot to test Hercule Poirot's little gray cells. It is a fairly typical movie-of-the-week type action-lawyer show, and Reggie's a nice change as the strong-woman-hero character. 16 Sept 1995]
May 29, 2014
60
Viewers shouldn't be fooled into expecting more than a conventional lawyer show. [16 Sept 1995, p.8E]
May 29, 2014
60
A first-rate movie thriller has been turned into a second-rate TV show, but upper-second-rate, not lower. And among this season's new entries, with one or two exceptions, second-rate is about as good as things get. [16 Sept 1995, p.D01]
May 29, 2014
60
Show is cast better than it deserves, with Williams gamely in for film's Susan Sarandon, Polly Holliday nicely restrained as Momma Love and Ossie Davis noble as the friendly judge who pops up all over the place. [15 Sept 1995]
May 29, 2014
50
The story told in tonight's pilot is more of the same old TV stuff. [17 Sept 1995, p.TV6]
May 29, 2014
50
The original pilot was a mess, confusing and annoyingly full of holes, but an extremely well-cast mess with a lot of potential. [17 Sept 1995, p.6C]
May 29, 2014
50
Reggie doesn't need gunshots or explosions when she can talk her foes to death. [15 Sept 1995, p.53]
