We missed a few shows but had really gotten hooked on it after a couple of episodes. However this last episode (9/21/05) we really did not like the winning team being placed on the chopping block. In the apprentice the winning team is exempt, in survivor the winning team is exempt, and I could go on. In The Law Firm what is the point of being on the winning team.Chris made the decision not to take the risk of putting the weak client on the witness stand. His team won, a risk that paid off. Would Mr. Black have kept Chris on the team had he let the witness take the stand and subsequently lose the case. So if you lose you have just as good a chance of staying on as the winner. Now why are they working so hard to win? I am teaching my kids to be winners but your show is teaching them that losing is as good as winning "not".Does Aileen stay because she is the last female left? Americans like to win we don't like to win and lose at the same time. You win to win nobody wins to lose. For us this show has lost all credibility and we will no longer be loyal viewers.

I actually like the show, and look forward to it. However it's demeanor is SO much a copy of The Apprentice, I am not sure how they actually get away with it or why they need to. You can almost tell Black want's to say YOU'RE FIRED. I was so sure the story about the dog was going to be a hoax and George was going to turn out to be an actor... his comments and he is so animated and funny without trying to be, not sure if I am laughing with him or at him 'BIG DOG COMING' ...if this show get's the press it deserves I reckon it could be a legendary tag line ..I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. My only advice is they keep the lighter cases in there as much as possible. Also with the grand prize being $250k I am surprised it is with not more or that the winning attorney doesn't get a job with black (maybe there will be a twist at the end). Also they do miss one element of The Apprentice they should add, and a bit more about the lawyers, sort of a mini-biog. We don't get to know enough about their backgrounds before they start. \or is it just me...

Even though Roy Black says "you are here to serve your clients" it was clear how much a game of "winning" this was for this group of newbie lawyers. The ethic was not one of doing what's right and arguing on any ethical basis but employing tricks to "win".Moreover, this group of people is quite petty and bickering. Such is sadly in keeping with some of the negative impressions the public has of attorneys.It was amazing how unprofessional some of these supposed "professionals" were. For people who were supposedly trained to speak for a living they were surprisingly unskilled. Maybe they can look up some local Toastmasters clubs.Lastly, I'll point out that the judges seemed somewhat "scolding" in their comments in the middle of the trials. I personally haven't been in many trials but I can't envision most judges speaking to the attorneys in a manner like one would address freshmen law students.All in all, there's some remedial entertainment value here. It seems a bit contrived and unreal and it follows the hackneyed "reality show" format a bit much for my tastes but it's mildly interesting to see the attorneys put together their cases then argue them. Not as good as CourTV but what do you expect from one of the Borg (aka Major Networks)?

The Law Firm has a nice premise: young attorneys trying real cases and getting the boot if they screw up. The last one gets a big firm job or a wad of cash, whatever.Unfortunately, this is what the Law Firm is: evidence that, without Donald Trump, the Apprentice would have already folded. Roy Black is a terrific trial lawyer, but he's got the camera presence of a lump of wet moss. His emotionless delivery and bizarre arm movements were bad enough, but his attempts to build drama at the end before "dismissing" a candidate were laughable. What this show lacks -- the thing that really drives the Apprentice -- is the boardroom scene where the candidates face off and get grilled by the Donald. A couple of isolated comments like "he could have done better" or "I made a mistake" just aren't going to cut it. Black's got to get in there and start grilling them, hard.To make things worse, we learned almost nothing about the candidates, except of course that they all plan to win and think the people around them are a bunch of idiots and losers. None of them particularly stood out as a good lawyer or even an interesting personality. When someone got "dismissed", I didn't really care -- I had no vested interest in any of the competitors.And the real problem is, it's impossible to do justice (so to speak) to an actual case when it only gets 15-20 minutes of actual camera time. This show would work a lot better if they'd come up with one big case, split them into teams, and let them work through the various aspects as the weeks went by. Then, at the end, the final two would get to try the case (one on each side), and the winner of the case would win the competition.In short, don't waste your time. I'd like to think this show is evidence that the reality TV craze is headed for the dumpster at last, but I'm sure that more dreck will be right behind it.Rating: 0 out of 10.