3.03.2005
TV Review: Law & Order: Trial By Jury
Critics hail Jerry Orbach's final performances, but as for the show itself, not so much.
Law and Order: Trial By Jury
Created by Dick Wolf
NBC Fridays at 10:00 P.M.
Consensus Score: 53 [mediocre] (7 reviews)
Hollywood Reporter: 75
“This Law & Order acorn didn't fall far from the tree.”
Orlando Sentinel: 75
“Trial by Jury might not be doing anything new, but it's telling stories extremely well. The verdict: Long may this court be in session.”
Wall Street Journal: 75
“...the emphasis is on the contest between the prosecutors and the defense, the hard detail of the battle tactics. It's an emphasis that plays out superbly, if the first three shows are any measure.”
New York Post: 50
“Unfortunately, by the third episode the plot becomes so fantastical that only a blindly devoted Law & Order fan would buy it.”
Pittsburgh Tribune: 50
“While fans will want to give the new show a try, the weak Trial By Jury may be proof that NBC has dipped into the L&O well one time too many.”
Arizona Republic: 25
“ As it stands, Law & Order: Trial by Jury isn't so much a radical departure from the original series and its spinoffs as it is Law & Order: Another One. And there are more than enough already.”
San Diego Union-Tribune: 25
“...stories start out with a stacked deck that makes the drama far less interesting and complex than it might have been.”
Law and Order: Trial By Jury
Created by Dick Wolf
NBC Fridays at 10:00 P.M.
Consensus Score: 53 [mediocre] (7 reviews)
Hollywood Reporter: 75
“This Law & Order acorn didn't fall far from the tree.”
Orlando Sentinel: 75
“Trial by Jury might not be doing anything new, but it's telling stories extremely well. The verdict: Long may this court be in session.”
Wall Street Journal: 75
“...the emphasis is on the contest between the prosecutors and the defense, the hard detail of the battle tactics. It's an emphasis that plays out superbly, if the first three shows are any measure.”
New York Post: 50
“Unfortunately, by the third episode the plot becomes so fantastical that only a blindly devoted Law & Order fan would buy it.”
Pittsburgh Tribune: 50
“While fans will want to give the new show a try, the weak Trial By Jury may be proof that NBC has dipped into the L&O well one time too many.”
Arizona Republic: 25
“ As it stands, Law & Order: Trial by Jury isn't so much a radical departure from the original series and its spinoffs as it is Law & Order: Another One. And there are more than enough already.”
San Diego Union-Tribune: 25
“...stories start out with a stacked deck that makes the drama far less interesting and complex than it might have been.”
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