Public Defense

Raising The Bar

I have been enjoying the first season of Raising The Bar so far, although for reasons I can?t really explain, I should say that I?ve already watched the first few episodes on DVD and this week will finally be a new episode for me.

There was a story on David Feige (Indefensible) in Bloomberg.Com today on Raising The Bar and Feige. Its an informative short read so click here to read it. I did find one part particularly interesting:

Television critics have been mixed about the series. After Episode 1, Feige received about half a dozen e-mails from current and former public defenders who were unhappy about an affair between Feige's doppelganger in the show, played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar (``NYPD Blue''), and an assistant district attorney (Melissa Sagemiller)?

?He describes the affair as a necessary compromise in creating popular television and a useful plot twist.

How and why are we unhappy about the affair between these two? I don?t think you?ve been working in a PD office for very long if you haven?t seen some serious f*cking going on in the office and between the different species (Public Defenders and District Attorney?s). I?m not saying its right, I?m just saying that its realistic.

I do have two very minor complaints on what so far is an outstanding series. 1) The transitioning between scenes involves a weird blurring thing that for some reason really bugs me and 2), where the hell is the PD investigator!?!? Please don?t give us some cute young paralegal who is magically an amazing investigator. I want an ex-journalist or disgruntled ex-attorney who fell into investigations?something juicy, ya know? Maybe even someone with a wild past and his name starts with Sancho and ends with Villa...I think you know where this is going.

Alright, nuff said. Watch the show!

Full post as published by Of a Public Defender's Life on September 22, 2008 (boomark / email).