The Deep End: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

ABC | Season Premiere Date: January 21, 2010

Starring: Clancy Brown, Billy Zane, Nicole Ari Parker

Summary: The ensemble drama focuses on a group of first-year law associates at a Los Angeles firm.

Creator: David Hemingson

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. White Lies, Black Ties
Air Date: February 25, 2010
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S1:E5. An Innocent Man
Air Date: February 18, 2010
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S1:E4. Nothing Personal
Air Date: February 11, 2010

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Paige Wiser

There's nothing original about the series that wasn't already covered in "L.A. Law." Read full review

Tom Gliatto

The premiere delivers a show that's more winkingly cute than it really needs ro be. [25 Jan 2010, p.42]

Ken Tucker

There's nothing here you haven't seen elsewhere. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Basically, The Deep End is "Grey's Anatomy" with lawyers, and the execution is as cynical and flat as that premise sounds. Read full review

Rob Owen

The pilot offers a deft introduction to the characters and their situations. It's just unfortunate that more care wasn't taken to create a show that feels fresh--The Deep End is rather moldy. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Honestly, Deep End is the type of high-gloss, dim-bulb broadcast hour that makes you despair for broadcast hours. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

In the case of ABC's turgid legal melodrama The Deep End, you might not want to show up at all. Read full review

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CJK.

Jan 26, 2010

Are you serious? There are WAY worse premiers out there, and as far as they go, this one was actually pretty decent. I am a soldier who has been on several deployments, so I have watched many hours of television in various genres during my down time over the years, and while every show Are you serious? There are WAY worse premiers out there, and as far as they go, this one was actually pretty decent. I am a soldier who has been on several deployments, so I have watched many hours of television in various genres during my down time over the years, and while every show needs to build up a little bit before it becomes a success, I am confident if this one is given a chance it will become so. I'm trying to understand how so many fresh and innovative shows keep getting canceled, but boring, uninteresting ones stay on for years and years? I have typically hated law and cop type shows, save for Castle, Dark Blue, Raising the Bar, Southland, and from what I've garnered from just the premier, The Deep End. I, and many others I know, want to enjoy a show with a little bit less seriousness most of the time. After all, tv IS fiction, lol, and if I wanted to see more serious issues when I get the rare opportunity to relax for a while, I would read the paper twice each day or walk outside the wire more when I am deployed and see the realities of war. But honestly, I would prefer to get away from reliving the day's firefights and watch something even a fraction outrageous just to push the real world to the back of my mind and be drawn into the fake moment for an hour. People, I have one favor to ask. If you don't like the show, don't bury it with your negative comments, because those who do enjoy it may not have the time to gush about it all day long in blogs. Do those who like it a favor and just change the channel to something more to your tastes. I mean, there are more than enough channels out there, so you're bound to find something that is more in line with your particular interests, okay? Thank you.… Expand