Pittsburgh corporate lawyer Nick Fallin (Simon Baker) is arrested for drug possession. His father and boss Burton (Dabney Coleman) gets him off with 3 years probation and 1500 hours of community service working at the Children's Legal Services under Alvin Masterson (Alan Rosenberg). His cold-blooded money-centric personality clashes with the reality of his new work. Jake Straka (Raphael Sbarge), Louisa 'Lulu' Archer (Wendy Moniz-Grillo), James Mooney (Charles Malik Whitfield) are three of the other lawyers.
This is a great show. I love the lead character and Simon Baker's portrayal of the role. I like his selfishness melting away as he defends his small helpless clients. I actually dislike the change in the client pool. I'm guessing that it's a little more difficult to have too many child actors. Some of the younger performers get nominations over the years. For some of the more notable side characters, Farrah Fawcett and AJ Michalka have an interesting run. Will Ferrell gets shot in the head. Chloë Grace Moretz is even more diminutive in her first role. There are some more difficult episodes in the third and last season. They lose a lead character and the other characters all have some personal problems. I actually like the cases. It could have leaned into the legal procedural aspect. This lasted three seasons. I certainly could see more of this show. It's too bad that it got canceled.
This is a great show. I love the lead character and Simon Baker's portrayal of the role. I like his selfishness melting away as he defends his small helpless clients. I actually dislike the change in the client pool. I'm guessing that it's a little more difficult to have too many child actors. Some of the younger performers get nominations over the years. For some of the more notable side characters, Farrah Fawcett and AJ Michalka have an interesting run. Will Ferrell gets shot in the head. Chloë Grace Moretz is even more diminutive in her first role. There are some more difficult episodes in the third and last season. They lose a lead character and the other characters all have some personal problems. I actually like the cases. It could have leaned into the legal procedural aspect. This lasted three seasons. I certainly could see more of this show. It's too bad that it got canceled.