Just Legal
Just Legal is a television courtroom drama that stars Don Johnson and Jay Baruchel as two courtroom lawyers in Venice, California. The series premiered on The WB on September 19, 2005 and was canceled on October 3, 2005 after only three episodes had been aired. Almost a year later The WB decided burn off 5 unaired episodes following a repeat of the pilot on August 6, 2006. The series concluded on September 10, 2006.
Synopsis
Just Legal, starring Don Johnson and Jay Baruchel, is a drama about two "amusingly mismatched lawyers" that "comes at you unassumingly." David "Skip" Ross (Baruchel), 19, is a legal genius who graduated from law school at the top of his class, but now can find no one to hire him. Enter Grant Cooper, a washed-up middle-aged lawyer who has made one too many bad choices in his career, leaving him a jaded court-appointed attorney, rejected by his peers. Skip is Grant's golf caddy, and he convinces Grant just to let him write a legal brief for him; but when they arrive at the courthouse, Grant is told he needs a "second chair" (an attorney to sit at the second seat at counsel's table), and he gives them the only one he has: Skip Ross. Grant has no intention of actually bringing Skip into his practice, but his charm, enthusiasm, intelligence, and most of all, ability to actually win a case, win Grant over.
Just Legal
Skip Ross graduated from law school with honors at 19, only to find no firm will let him do all what he, in youthful naivety, wants: plead so justice be done in court. So the prodigy accepts a partnership with his antipode: Grant Cooper has the worst reputation and honor nor reputation. In every case Grant's cynical, pessimistic pragmatism clashes with Skip's simplistically noble virtue and legal brilliance. Yet their LA clients, usually too poor to afford a decent firm, are served surprisingly well. Kate Manat, second only to him in class, chose a subservient, well-paid job in a prestigious firm, but envies Skip being a trial lawyer.
Cast
- Don Johnson
- Jay Baruchel
- Jaime Lee Kirchner
- Susan Ward
- S. Zev Esquenazi
- Reiley McClendon
- Gregory Michael
- Eric Sandeen
- Pete Stamatelatos
- Zvonimir Hace
- Patti Yasutake
- Julie Warner
- Raphael Sbarge
- David Starzyk
- James Patrick Stuart
- Brenda Strong
- James Jordan
- Gil McKinney
- Dax Griffin
- Dean Norris
- William Russ
- Season 1
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Episode 1: Pilot
Genius David 'Skip' Ross skipped enough classes to still graduate from law-school at 19. Yet he can'...
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Episode 2: The Runner
Skip's own mother claims he should look for 'better' work, but a rich law school classmate is jealou...
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Episode 3: The Limit
Grant wants to settle Nadine Abbot's civil case against plastic surgeon Steven Benson who put her in...
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Episode 4: Body in the Trunk
Valley Real estate agent Sean Walker is charged with the murder of Jeanet solely because she was fou...
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Episode 5: The Heater
Rebecca Chase's body washes up on the beach in front of Cooper's office. He uses witnessing crime sc...
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Episode 6: The Rainmaker
The D.A. refuses to prosecute press tycoon Kale's son Jared's alleged 'n-th rape', hinting he has a ...
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Episode 7: The Code
The LAPD arrests street kid Claude Osteen after finding William 'Billy' Singer's body, his throat sl...
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Episode 8: The Bar
Last show of the series....
Just Like A Wall
On my way, way to the stars, I found…
You were there, laying down, next to a hole
Oh, hold me
You said, you had faith in God above
But it seemed that you didn’t believe
In reality, in people on earth
In people to whom you’ve given birth
And I forgot to call you
This is just what I do
You stand there just like a wall that
I can’t even try to talk to you.
I wrote down all of your thoughts,
Well, the ones you let me see
When you’re not watching TV.
You said you’d go for a walk
But that was three weeks ago and now
You spend your time counting the pages
Of a second hand bible pocket edition that you have.
And I forgot to call you
This is just what I do
You stand there just like a wall that
I can’t even try to talk to you.
And I forgot to call
This is just how I work
I stand there still like a photo on your hands