Just Legal

Name: Just Legal
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: September 19, 2005
Rating: 53
Cast: Don Johnson, Peyton List, Jay Baruchel, Jamie Lee Kirchner, Raphael Sbarge

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WB | The WB | Release Date: September 19, 2005

Starring: Don Johnson, Peyton List, Jay Baruchel, Jamie Lee Kirchner, Raphael Sbarge

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.“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. When he can't land a job at a prestigious L.A. firm because he's too young, Skip ends up working for Grant Cooper (Johnson). Once a great lawyer, now burnt-out by the realities of life, Cooper is barely scraping by in his beachfront law office. Together, Skip and Cooper become defenders of the accused and crusaders for the unjustly wronged. Their cases vary from stories ripped from today's headlines to clever mysteries with procedural twists. Skip's middle-class parents, Deborah (Veanne Cox, “Erin Brockovich”) and Lenny Ross (Raphael Sbarge, “The Guardian”), and his under-achieving younger brother Tom (newcomer Michael Mitchell), are all extremely proud of Skip's accomplishments, but are also concerned for his well-being, especially when his first case involves proving the innocence of a young woman named Paradise (Peyton List, “The Greatest Game Ever Played”) who has been falsely accused of a gang-related murder. Always the underdogs, forced to do the gritty work of finding clues and tracking down witnesses in the beautiful, but often dangerous world of Southern California, Cooper teaches Skip to be a lawyer and a man, while Skip renews Cooper's faith in the law and himself. Jerry Bruckheimer (“CSI, ” “Cold Case, ” “Without a Trace”), Jonathan Littman (“CSI, ” “Cold Case, ” “Without a Trace”) and Jonathan Shapiro (“The Practice, ” “Boston Legal”) are executive producers for Jerry Bruckheimer Television in association with Warner Bros. Television Production Inc.… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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S1:E8. The Bar
Air Date: September 10, 2006
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S1:E7. The Code
Air Date: September 3, 2006
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S1:E6. The Rainmaker
Air Date: August 27, 2006

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David Zurawik

Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Season 1 Review: There is something extraordinarily appealing about the show's central pair. Read full review

Barry Garron

Season 1 Review: If you can ignore for a moment a logical flaw that permeates the series, you'll find an absorbing, well-paced legal drama with both heart and attitude, not to mention cinematography good enough to carry the Jerry Bruckheimer imprimatur. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Season 1 Review: Mostly overcomes its contrived premise and clichéd courtroom theatrics with well-played characters you might actually root for.

Dalton Ross

Season 1 Review: The constant moral back-patting leaves me feeling, well, limp. [30 Sep 2005, p.87]

San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times

Charlie McCollum

Season 1 Review: Baruchel and Johnson (who is quite appealing in his role) have real chemistry. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Season 1 Review: Give it credit for consistency: a bad concept, badly written for bad actors. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

53
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 19, 2005
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  S1:E8. The Bar
  Air Date: September 10, 2006
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  S1:E7. The Code
  Air Date: September 3, 2006
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  S1:E6. The Rainmaker
  Air Date: August 27, 2006
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  S1:E5. The Heater
  Air Date: August 20, 2006
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  S1:E4. The Body in the Trunk
  Air Date: August 13, 2006
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  S1:E3. The Limit
  Air Date: October 3, 2005
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  S1:E2. The Runner
  Air Date: September 26, 2005
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: September 19, 2005
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  S1:E0. Original Pilot
  Air Date: unknown