I finally got to watch the entirety of The Practice after having watched the first few seasons as a kid on tv. And it holds up. It holds up pretty damn good even.
If you like the Good Wife, then there's a good chance you will like The Practice. Great characters and actors portraying them, from the main actors to the district attorneys and the judges. A lot of interesting cases with plot twist resolutions which you don't see coming, Besides being episodic, it also sometimes has long term storylines which take place the entire season(s).
This series is played straight and serious. The cases and situations become a bit more outlandish in the last seasons, but nothing too ridiculous.....untill season 8.
Season 8 isn't really the last season of The Practice. I would say season 7 makes for a MUCH better series' end. As it was intended to be, as they didn't know an 8th season would be made at that point. The 8th season however is more a preview for the spin-off Boston Legal. The main characters we know and love are relegated to bit players (or removed from the show entirely even) to accomodate the Alan Shore character.
From that point on this is no longer a serious show, but some ridiculous series of schmuckery with an House MD like character doing all kinds of illegal acts and being the worst type of human, yet gets away with it and gets portrayed like the cool main guy. When in reality, much like House, he would have been fired and even imprisoned for his actions long ago.
I don't know if I will watch Boston Legal. As it pretty much stars Alan Shore and the newly introduced Tara Wilson and Denny Crane. One who is one of the most wooden actors I have ever seen who totally didn't get chosen for their looks alone, and the other one is WIlliam Shatner calling out his character's name repeatedly like a Pokemon.
Maybe when I don't expect a serious series, I might enjoy it more and thus maybe appreciate Boston Legal more. However the complete turnaround of how this show was portrayed in season 8 versus it's previous 7 seasons is simply amazing. But not in a good way.
If you like the Good Wife, then there's a good chance you will like The Practice. Great characters and actors portraying them, from the main actors to the district attorneys and the judges. A lot of interesting cases with plot twist resolutions which you don't see coming, Besides being episodic, it also sometimes has long term storylines which take place the entire season(s).
This series is played straight and serious. The cases and situations become a bit more outlandish in the last seasons, but nothing too ridiculous.....untill season 8.
Season 8 isn't really the last season of The Practice. I would say season 7 makes for a MUCH better series' end. As it was intended to be, as they didn't know an 8th season would be made at that point. The 8th season however is more a preview for the spin-off Boston Legal. The main characters we know and love are relegated to bit players (or removed from the show entirely even) to accomodate the Alan Shore character.
From that point on this is no longer a serious show, but some ridiculous series of schmuckery with an House MD like character doing all kinds of illegal acts and being the worst type of human, yet gets away with it and gets portrayed like the cool main guy. When in reality, much like House, he would have been fired and even imprisoned for his actions long ago.
I don't know if I will watch Boston Legal. As it pretty much stars Alan Shore and the newly introduced Tara Wilson and Denny Crane. One who is one of the most wooden actors I have ever seen who totally didn't get chosen for their looks alone, and the other one is WIlliam Shatner calling out his character's name repeatedly like a Pokemon.
Maybe when I don't expect a serious series, I might enjoy it more and thus maybe appreciate Boston Legal more. However the complete turnaround of how this show was portrayed in season 8 versus it's previous 7 seasons is simply amazing. But not in a good way.