JusticeGood news - My favorite secret agent dad from Alias, Victor Garber is back doing what he does best, playing an expressionless professional. This time, as a lawyer on Fox's law drama, Justice.
The new series from Jerry Bruckheimer, which is three episodes in, has a typical episodic, or fomulaic, format, à la CSI or Cold Case. But it does feature a new twist at the end of each episode - a peek into the real circumstances of the crime, meaning the viewers get to see the truth of the guilt or, so far, the innocence of the defendant after the verdict. And besides the stellar partners, Dawson's Creek's Kerr Smith, Rebecca Mader, and especially Oz's Eamonn Walker, the fictional law offices of TNT & G house the latest and greatest in technological gadgetry to simulate and demonstrate for the jury (and the mock test jury) their client's innocence.
One hitch - Garber is sorely underused as an egotistical spin doctor. It's all well and good, but one-dimensional. If Victor Garber was going to be playing a lawyer, I can't help but feel that his talents might have been better utilized on the highly quirky Boston Legal. I would have loved to have seen him run wild with the other looney lawyers, develop a real character, and deliver intelligent David E. Kelly dialogue/monologues. If you don't know Boston Legal, get to know it. Denny Crane.
But I guess as long as Victor Garber's in a suit, I'm happy.
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