The writing is horrid and the only item to take away from the pitiful story lines are one's own conclusions that this, the bad fiction writing of the show, are likely collaborated on (and with) the hacks of the NY Times and Washington Post.The acting is choppy and the and imbecilic lines written for Carl Weathers are atrocious, leading to even worse "over acting" virus that plagues the show through its entirety.Do yourself (and mankind) a favor, skip Chicago Justice.

This one however, while not being bad exactly, leaves me unengaged! My mind drifts, it just has no riveting content. I find myself missing chunks, but it does not matter. There is nothing to miss.The shame is, I really was looking forward to it, but have been left wanting. It's not so much the cast, although Monica Barbaro looks far to young and delicate to be in the position she is.For me it's the story lines, they are quite honestly feeble. Big wins, were really simple word play, that most of us could manage. The writing quite honestly sucks!This really could be the only Chicago to fail!

I find this show a cut above any weekly show. It is well done as in the investigatory team, the scripts are good, there is just enough action and I enjoy, most of all, the courtroom scenes.At this time, it is the only show that I watch on a weekly basis.This surpasses Criminal Minds, a very different type of show that I have watched for many years, again the only regular one but I was skipping episodes.I like the psych. portions of shows. I have an advanced degree in that field so watching Criminal Minds taught me much. I bought Season One of Chicago Police Dept. and watched only one episode and tossed it. There was way too much action, and not enough talking about the facts of each case and how that led them to the target.When I read that this was going to be on weekly and similar but not the same I started to watch it. It is so much better.And,lastly, I saw Jon Seda in the movie Selena and liked his acting and presence in the movie so I looked to see what he was doing and that is how I found this excellent new show. He is a very good actor, self- confident as most of the cast seems to be. Hence, I will continue to be a faithful fan.Addendum:In reading over these reviews, I have to say that another thing this show has is class. Everything is done by the book. Also, I notice there is no vulgarity. It is such a relief to watch a show in which I do not have to cringe every time I hear God's name taken in vain. This is very important to me. I noticed it after watching it just once. Thank you producers and director for this added show of respect for the people and the law.

I was excited Dick Wolf had created a law show again as I enjoyed Law & Order immensely. It was a show I discovered from its reruns and nothing created since can compare.Chicago Justice, while unfair to compare to Law & Order, is a show that is a sore disappointment next to Wolf's exceptional L&O.I watched the pilot and half of the next show. The only character I liked was the detective from Chicago PD that crossed over to the show into an investigative role with the DA's office. The other characters are unlikable; the actors/actresses are wooden, terrible. The man portraying Benjamin Stone's son (Benjamin Stone was on the original L&O as an ADA and a character I especially liked) an ADA on this show is unbelievable as an ADA as is his counterpart with awful acting skills. The female detective now the partner to the original detective from Chicago P.D. both in investigative roles at the ADA's office is a horrific actor and character, too. What's even worse, adding insult to injury, is in the second episode the male ADA portraying the original ADA from L&O Benjamin Stone's son, bemoans and insults his father multiple times insinuating he is almost a man for whom his son cannot please. This story line is diametrically opposed to Benjamin Stone's actual character and demeanor on L&O --- it bothered me that this is the perception the show portrays although it does reinforce the lead ADA's whiny nature.I stopped watching and deleted that second episode since it made me disgusted with all the comments denigrating Sr. Stone by his jerk son and his buddy. I did not understand the point or need to keep insulting and denigrating the character of his father from Law & Order. None of the characters are likable, except the aforementioned detective from CPD. The acting is wooden; the story lines predictable easy to know where they're going, what's going to happen, etc.Too much good t.v. to waste time with this show.