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Television Network: ABC
Premiere: January 31, 2008
Genre: Drama/Comedy
", "Prison Break" as amazing series (at least the first season of these series is quite amazing). After looking around, I finally found a good new show: "Fantastic Lawyer" (Eli Stone).
When I first saw the title of Eli Stone, I didn't know what to say. I thought it was a strange content. Compared with the clear title of "Desperate Housewives" or "Prison Break", it is not an attractive title. . But after watching a few episodes, I realized that the drama is really unbelievable. It's kind of like "Ally Mcbeal" plus "Justice," mixing the good stories of lawyer dramas with beautiful courtroom arguments, fantasy, and warm emotional elements, if you Now looking for a series with an interesting plot, great acting, and sincere feelings, "Wonder Lawyer" is an excellent choice.
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Klein is a well-known lawyer who represents the lawsuits of big companies and bigwigs. His beautiful fiancée Taylor is the daughter of the boss Jordan, and also a successful lawyer. His world is made up of Armani suits, Porsche sports cars, etc. It seems that Eli has a successful career and a smooth love, and there is nothing to worry about. Until one day, he suddenly felt that he could always hear a tune; then, he even saw the famous singer George Michael sang his famous song "Faith" on his living room table in the middle of the night... He soon found out that the big pharmaceutical company he represented was in a lawsuit with his first love girlfriend - now she is a single mother Sue a drug company's vaccine for giving his child autism. Eli felt as though he had an obligation to help her, so he made an unusual decision: to sue the drug company on her behalf instead! Everyone at the law firm thought he was crazy. In view of his auditory hallucinations, Eli went to his brother's hospital for a checkup, and it turned out that he had a tumor in his brain, and it was difficult to remove it through surgery. At the recommendation of his assistant, he went to see a Chinese doctor and tried to use acupuncture for treatment. Unexpectedly, acupuncture aroused his memories - he just discovered that when he was dating his first love, the music she played was George Mike's "belief"... According to this doctor Chen, he became a contemporary "prophet"! These hallucinations are a kind of revelation and guidance, and Eli thinks that this is a way to make him regain the belief when he first started as a lawyer: to be a good person and to help the weak. In his defense, the ex-girlfriend won the difficult case. However, Eli found that being a good person, or a contemporary "prophet", you have to pay a huge price - although he won the case, the firm lost a perennial big client; given his strange His behavior (I don’t know when he would stand on the desk of the office and dance...), colleagues thought he was crazy, and the boss Jordan (that is, the future father-in-law) regarded him as his successor Man, but now he has to consider whether to fire Eli; his girlfriend Taylor can't understand his behavior, and the engagement ceremony of the two also messed up in Eli's hallucinations... At the same time, Eli also slowly recalled him. The deceased father, the alcoholic who brought countless pains to his mother and their brothers, was also a brain tumor patient. He also had the ability to predict, and was also plagued by hallucinations. As a result, he ended up being the most unsuccessful guy. , abandoned by all. Will Eli repeat his father's mistakes? Can his relationship with Tylor last? Can he find a balance between interests and justice?
The features of the series
are generally the highlights of lawyer dramas, mostly in wonderful and suspenseful cases and beautiful court debates, but some dramas such as "Boston Law" and "Legal Shark" are special and beautiful, and it is not easy to make them stand out again. . "Magic Lawyer" takes a different approach, taking fantasy, singing and dancing, family and other elements as the core, and then putting on the good-looking coat of lawyer drama, it feels quite novel and unique.
Most lawyer dramas tend to be a little idealistic, and the show "Fantastic Lawyer" is more intense and focused. Because of this brain tumor, or "miracle", Eli suddenly jumped out of his ordinary life and became a spokesperson for God. He must walk a tightrope between a normal life and upholding morality and justice. Unlike the superheroes in the comics (we are tired of watching these justice messengers), Eli has no superpowers, no beautiful uniforms, no crowd cheers, just endless troubles and troubles. "Fantastic Lawyers" convincingly shows the identity crisis of Eli's image. For example, in one episode, he hallucinated that the neighborhood of the black assistant was about to be hit by an earthquake. At this time, a real estate tycoon was preparing. Buy the community building mall. As a result, Eli, acting as the tycoon's agent, had to insist on winning the lawsuit, and in the eyes of the poor in the community - especially the black assistants, he became an evil guy. Even more ironically, when he won the lawsuit with notoriety, the earthquake happened, which filled his heart with guilt. We can see that Eli is not an invincible messenger of God. His life is also full of contradictions, confusion, painful choices and various mistakes. However, it is also in this real life situation that Eli's loveliness and sincerity even more precious.
The themes of "Fantastic Lawyers" sound serious and serious, but the series is actually quite lighthearted, full of light comedy humor. Let's talk about Eli's black aunt's assistant. This role has graced the series a lot: this aunt has a strong sense of justice, and does not eat hard and soft. She is called an assistant, and she has more style than the boss, whether it is her immediate boss Eli or his girlfriend Tylor. , they can't even direct her, and she is often attacked by her sarcastic sarcasm. For example, one time, Eli said to her, "Please help me look up the names of these people named so-and-so." Then she saw the black lady having sex on the computer, and a video of two chimpanzees in the zoo came out! The aunt said to Maggie next to her with great emotion: "Look at these little things, how cute." Eli almost didn't hold his breath... And some cases are interesting in themselves: In exchange, black assistants help Eli look up names , and Eli is looking for someone to fight an unprecedented lawsuit-two gay orangutans in the zoo were artificially separated, and they had to host the "gorilla track" for the two little guys. It ended up being Eli's ex-girlfriend, Tylor, who has always hated orangutans! The lawsuit was very lively, somewhat comical but warm. Of course, the scenes where Eli suddenly hallucinates are often very interesting, especially those imaginary singing and dancing scenes - think about it, the usually serious boss suddenly sings and dances at him, let alone Eli, I can't stand it .
Emotion is another major element of the show. Eli's gradual understanding of his dead father, and his brotherhood with his brother, are very touching. Of course, the audience may pay more attention to Eli's love life: Eli and his girlfriend Taylor feel a little bit of a call, but he and the sweet and lovely Maggie have become a couple that many viewers look forward to developing - especially when Taylor and Matt have a relationship After a one night stand. In the latest episode, Eli foresees that he will marry Maggie and have a lovely child, but after that, he suddenly wants to distance himself from Maggie. "Wonderful Lawyer" will not mess up the relationship between men and women like "Grey's Anatomy". If you can put more effort into these four people, the series will definitely be more enjoyable.
The cast-
Fantastic Lawyers has a very strong team, and the creators have produced Brothers & Sisters and Dirty Sexy Money. And the cast is not to mention.
The actor of Eli, Jonny Lee Miller (Jonny Lee Miller) is a British actor. His more famous works include "Trainspotting" and "Mansford Manor", etc. The Eli he played is a bit neurotic. Temperament, but also with a humorous taste. In "Fantastic Lawyer", he combines hyperbole and realism just right. Although John Lee Miller is not handsome, he is quite cute, and he belongs to the type that looks more attractive the more he looks.
Victor Garber, who plays the boss of a law firm, is a very impressive old actor, and everyone may still have an impression of his designer image in "Titanic". And his taciturn and loving spy father in "Double Spy" is even more speechless. This time, he continued the role of lawyer in "Golden Lawyer", still so stylish and awe-inspiring.
George Michael's cameo is also a highlight of the show (I suspect that there are GM fans in the main creator), he not only sings and dances in the drama, but also has a humorous performance, which is impressive.
The first episode of "Fantastic Lawyer" received a high rating of 11.62 million viewers - of course, this is related to the fact that it is right behind "Lost" and has been greatly driven. ABC has already bought 13 episodes, and there is still no conclusion as to whether they can continue filming afterwards - such a good series, if it is cut, it is really unreasonable.
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