Welcome to the Mother Court.
And you guys,I am here for this.
Cases from the Titanic disaster were heard here.
Credit: Eric McCandless/ABC
Aaron Burr sang practiced law here.
Judge Byrne tells them (us) that the cases are hard and the stakes are high.
They arent messing around here, and not everyone is worthy.
This is the Mother Court, yall.
And after that not-intimidating-at-all lecture, our lawyers are off to meet their bosses and get to lawyer-ing.
We like them, a lot.
Leonard is your classic super-hot, super-dick lawyer-key in.
A bad boy who deep down is a softy?
Yes, kindly and thank you.
Leonard and Sandra are the lead prosecutor and defender for United States v. Mohamed Fayed.
Sandra and Leonard are an even match-up.
They may be of different temperaments, but they are both extremely good, extremely tenacious lawyers.
Over at the U.S. district attorney office, Leonard discovers that friendly Seth has this juicy terrorism case.
Leonard is a guy who gets what he wants.
Sweet Seth sees this as an invitation to show he has integrity.
Seth doesnt realize Roger has no time for integrity or humility Roger hands the case over to Leonard.
Or, as Allison puts it, Sandra is the only person who would make a hard job harder.
And what case should come in first?
She does not confer with Jill about any of this.
Week one and Jill already has no control over her employees!
The risk pays off and Sandra learns that Mohamed was the mark in an FBI sting operation.
They just didnt count on a park ranger finding the bomb before Mohamed made it to the crown.
What follows is a battle of the lawyer minds.
In actuality, they are going to argue entrapment.
What, like its hard?
Leonard is raring to go.
He can play tricks, too.
He knows how to push Sandras buttons.
Sandra pushes the ferry boat driver until he gets emotional and opens up about living through 9/11.
Mohamed is found guilty.
Sandra will live to lawyer another day.
Meanwhile, Leonard is back at the office for a celebration.
He looks like he wants to be anywhere else.
He heads into Blunt Cuts office for some quiet.
She doesnt celebrate people going to jail.
Leonard sits in silence contemplating what happened in that courtroom.
He may have won, but was it really justice?
See, you guys, the Tin Man may have a heart after all.
Jay is a well-meaning, naive guy.
He says things like I trust my client, before, you know, researching anything about his client.
That last part is caught on surveillance tape, and Jay agonizingly listens to it over and over again.
It doesnt help that hes going up against Kate Littlejohn, easily my favorite character of the bunch.
Unlike Jay, Blunt Cut lives for research.
She also lives for highlighters.
Blunt Cut is my kind of girl.
As expected, Blunt Cut is a rule follower to the extreme; its why she is a prosecutor.
She easily shuts down any argument Jay has and is not swayed with his speech about having compassion.
Her few moments with Leonard, though, hint that Blunt Cut isnt as unfeeling as she comes off.
Seth and Allison are like a nerdy, legal Romeo and Juliet.
IT IS TOTALLY FINE, YOU GUYS.
The case seems like an easy one for Allison.
Chief Judge Byrne seems annoyed he is even hearing this case.
With a little help from Roger, he decides to up the charges against the woman.
He wants to pressure her into taking a deal.
Allison and Seth argue at home.
This is an innocent woman with a child!
She cant go to prison, even for six months!
He tells her he isnt planning on prosecuting the charges, hes just using them to pressure them.
Allison shouldnt take it so personally.
But of course it is personal.
Seth gets put on probation.
Allison isnt sorry she was doing her job.
So it turns out they were wrong: their relationship cannot survive this.
Come on you two, work it out!
Its only the law!
But these gals are not the bang out to wallow.
They are worthy, they tell each other.
And theyll prove it, together.
Were not reinventing the wheel here, but will you be back next week?
Is this show worthy?
