Just Legal

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Season 1
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21

Critic Reviews

  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Paul Brownfield
    60
    It's rather old-fashioned, except that there's something real about the chemistry.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    60
    There's something weirdly charming about the pair's chemistry.
  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    60
    Mostly overcomes its contrived premise and clichéd courtroom theatrics with well-played characters you might actually root for.
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  5. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    50
    A gimmicky, cliched legal drama that seems to have been unearthed from 20 years ago.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Dalton Ross
    50
    The constant moral back-patting leaves me feeling, well, limp. [30 Sep 2005, p.87]
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  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    50
    By no means is "Just Legal" a top-notch drama as yet, but it certainly has potential to be agreeable lighter fare.
  8. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    50
    Baruchel and Johnson (who is quite appealing in his role) have real chemistry.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    50
    It's Don Johnson's irascible charm as a boozing, bottom-feeding barrister that occasionally elevates this hour above its mundane legal jockeying.
  10. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    40
    It's a formulaic, lazily devised legal series that fails to surprise or amuse.
  11. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    40
    The central issue about Just Legal is that it's such a predictable series.

Awards & Rankings

42
#42 Best TV Season of 2005
22
#22 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005

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User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 66 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 66
  3. Negative: 5 out of 66
  1. DebbieF.
    Sep 25, 2007
    10
    Please bring "Just Legal" back, my husband and I both liked the show very much.
  2. JenniferR.
    Sep 19, 2007
    10
    The show is great. PLEASE bring it back. Email me when it is scheduled. I check the t.v. guide everyday to see if it's on. Thank you.
  3. CHRISTOPHERG
    Apr 24, 2007
    10
    i loved the show it pissed me off when i found out it was canseled. there so much garbage on tv and when something go comes on without tits i loved the show it pissed me off when i found out it was canseled. there so much garbage on tv and when something go comes on without tits and ass it gets canseled. BRING IT BACK----BRING IT BACK--NOW… Full Review »
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