The Deep End - Pilot, S01E01

The Deep End, a new court room drama focusing on 4 first year associates and the trials (haha) of their lives, premiered at 10pm Wednesday night. While it did not earn a spot of my exclusive roster, I will say that it shows possibilities, and might end up being a lot of fun. If it becomes a smash hit, I will have not problems revisiting.

Within the 1-hour premiere, the writers did a good job of establishing four interesting and different associates who, while a little cliched, are realistic enough to be enjoyable. Dylan Hewitt (Matt Long) is the pretty boy who has the saviour complex; Beth Branford (Leah Pipes) comes from a family of lawyer, and though she may be smart and beautiful, she needs to prove that she deserves everything she has; Addy Fisher (Tina Majorino) gets walked all over, despite the fact that she is clever, but she will surely grow a spine and get interesting; and Liam Priory (Ben Lawson) has a weakness for women that gets him into trouble professionally more than emotionally.

Add to these the evil boss (played by Billy Zane, who has aged since Titanic 14 years ago), his wife, Susan (Nicole Ari Parker), and a female law clerk sleeping with the boss and interested in Dylan, and a picture begins to emerge of where this show is going.

There will be fun, and sex, and major complications, and every once in a while a case will be solved and we will care about it. So enjoy it if it's your kind of show, and let me know if I'm missing something.