Finally saw Harry's Law, and I agree with you, lcat - I was actually surprised when the jury came back with "guilty" because that's not how heart-warmer stories usually go. I liked the show a lot, cast and all. The fact that they randomly got a truckload of fine shoes to sell to float the business is hilarious. "Let me put it to you this way: Prada, Not Prada. Prada, Not Prada."

Kathy Bates remains awesome. I want to be Harry Korn when I grow up.

On another note: this may be my imagination, but I think I'm seeing more movies and tv shows with a theme of honorable vigilante justice in the last few years. Like the kid in the "protection racket" on Harry's Law who turned out to actually be protecting people when the law/police wouldn't/couldn't. The idea that the law, strictly adhered to, sometimes fails at justice and compassion, is certainly not new, but I feel like I'm seeing that idea characterized positively in mainstream and popular media more recently than used to be. I have no data, it's just something that occurred to me last night, and I wonder if it's just that I'm noticing it more.

It sounds right, zenkitty. And coincidentally, I just watched the first episode of Harry's Law On Demand and found it charming.

I think you are right, zk. Firefly has that same idea, and I think the zeitgeist was against it at that time. Now, with the conservatives in the "anti-government" camp, the idea is more braodly appealing.

Mentalist: What does a Latina corpse look like? And why are you putting forward Latina and Caucasian like they are mutually exclusive? US Government forms, if memory serves, let you choose Hispanic and black or white or whatever.

H50 viewers, don't forget, new episode tonight after the football game, even on the west coast.

Thanks for the reminder, Barb! I almost forgot about it.

H50 is 13 minutes late tonight.

Thanks, Kathy!

Woo! I'm actually intrigued by something on H50.

Oh, holy crap. Do we think Wo Fat replaced the money?

Also, Kono attempting to teach Danny surfing basics was darling, especially when one considers that Scott Caan's actually quite an accomplished surfer IRL.

As usual, the McGarrett and Danny show was worth the price of admission.