Probably not.
Nope, this slick drama with Tim Daly in charge of his own "risk management" investigation firm with a team filled with secrets and hidden agendas. Each member is unfortunately the usual gang of minorites and stereotypes, like the classic two-in-one minorites: the black women, and the black gay man. Then, there's the "attractive" blond woman, the nerdy guy, and so on. But Daly's the one who shines as the glib and sarcastic Harlan Judd, who confesses that this character is more like himself than his usual "by-the-book" do-gooders.
The pilot introduces each character, and a number of their vices, and their relations with others (i.e. conflicts), and this takes precedence over the actual cases which seem to be treated in a very light tone. I enjoyed watching Daly use every trick in the book to get his man.
Daly compared his new show as "The Rockford Files of the Twenty First Century," which is an just comparison. Starting off, Judd is faced with a lawsuit, going bankrupt, his former boss (who's morally impaired) wants to buy Judd's firm, and there's a mole within his firm. This avalanche of bad luck does sound like something that James Garner's legendary alter ego would have to handle every week.
The ratings for the pilot are average, if not bad, so start tuning in...
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