TV Bender

I’ve been after networks to try relocating a show before canceling it, and that is exactly what Fox did with Justice. The problems is they moved it to a night that doesn’t work for me! Now I do realize they are not out there to please ONE person, but pitting Justice against Two and a Half Men does not help me out. Even in the summer when I want to catch up on shows I was unable to see, now they air fillers instead. It’s getting annoying and I’m beginning to agree with my brother that it’s better to cancel satellite or cable all together and then spend the money you save on the box sets that come out every fall.

Anyway, last night was spent bouncing back and forth between Two and a Half Men and Verdict.

Now Verdict stars Alias’s Victor Garber (Played Jack Bristow) and the entire show revolves around a defense team building their case. I happen to love this show, and my son who is currently taking Mock Trial says it is the first show he’s seen where they actually do list reasons why they are objecting which is typical in real law according to his teacher. He watched it with me for the first time and admitted he thinks it is a better show than others.

Last night’s case involved a Goth teenager accused and arrested for the murder of another teen (one who bullied him.) The murdered teen was found hanging from a cross.

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Now while I missed pieces of the show, I did catch the gist. The teen’s room is searched and the prosecution and the police go after his computer files, books, and the kid’s goth artwork. It looks bad for this kid, so the defense team polishes the kids image. Gets him looking rather preppy and then searches for other possible suspects. The problem is that the lawyer defending this kid feels the kid is guilty for most of the show, so his efforts are not great. The kid’s father also doesn’t feel his kid is innocent, so that doesn’t help matters.

Alibis rule other other potential suspects (another friend and the Goth kid’s own father who hated the bully), and the case doesn’t go well. The kid is found guilty.

The end of Justice shows what really happens. This was a first for me with this show, but the kid actually went to jail for a crime he did not commit. The builder say this teen spray painting (tagging) the house he was building, so the builder kills him. Unfortunately, the builder has an issue with this goth kid and decides he would be perfect to frame, so that’s exactly what he does.