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First and foremost when you have practically every character blah blah blah about random stuff in every scene it does NOT WORK. If there is one or two ramblers and the rest to bring them back to their point it would be so much more funnier. I found myself tuning out several times and at least 4 times I wished I could just fast forward specific conversations. Considering the cast, the talents involved this should have been a blast with several ups and a few lows to level things out.

There have been other shows with several dimwits but good hearts (which is really funny characters). This could have been that. Instead it's like rambling people. What happened to show and not tell?

I watched this reboot season 1. I wasn't too impressed and immediately disliked the prosecuting attorney.

To turn a male, womanizing Dan into a suck up female dumb blond in disguise was simply all around horrible. Her character is annoying, slim and one dimensional, suck up, and no character development. She sounds more like an air head than anyone who could pass the bar let alone prosecutor of New York! It was a great idea to go from male to female but there are so many female types that could have worked here: strong and bold, too strict and by the book, female goofball, etc. It could have been in mind of Original Christine where she was great looking, sometimes got things based on her looks but always earned what she got, passion, love of people, and love of friends and family.

Abbey stone the never mentioned before daughter of Harry Stone is a good hook. But her character is too cutesy, too mousy and too sweet. To change from funny, goofball Harry to this is just sad. Especially that Melissa is actually such a good actress and her work on Big Bang clearly shows how funny she could be: the biggest part was her ability to go from mousy to mother monster was always a kick. But here she's just a mouse that manipulates peoples emotions to get what she wants. If she wasn't a straight little mouse and manipulating emotions she could have taken much more after her father with sense of humor and a hell of a lot more guts and never a push over.

The new Roz is spot on. Funny. Pops on screen. Steals every scene she's in. Has the intimidation Roz carries with the same love and tenderness. I enjoy every scene of this character.

The new Mac is a bit too nervous. Mac character came from background of army. This one comes from background of schooling and is so far just another minority. This character could have been female, or someone newly citizen or just something much much more.

There is no attempt for the new Bull. It's just a big empty spot that could have been someone just as sweet, funny and quirky. This spot could have been multiple characters as there isn't just one bailiff per courtroom.

Dan being brought back and changed to essentially legal aid is somewhat weak. How many prosecutors of say over 20 years would just one day leave the courts, become a server and then go be legal aid? Maybe if he was a corporate lawyer and then after making his millions gained humanity to defend the little people - Dan was originally all about the money, the women, and self glory until he got humanity when put in charge of the Phil foundation (until the last season changed him back to women and money as his missions). He is no longer a dashing woman chaser but a sentimental old goat.

Overall this show is so far not strong enough. I'm surprised it got a second season. Ideas should have been way more flushed out before any sit down reading let alone shooting and airing any episode.

Like the original the first few seasons took some time to get their legs. Maybe this one will someday soon?

I've seen this a few times as I play it in the background. But at one point I felt like if I was sitting in theatre this is one movie I would have walked out on. This feels like it was made for non English speaking audiences and specifically for all those who never heard of Transformers. The main characters that have been tested time and time again as favorites (Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, etc) are not much to be seen in this one.

The animal transformers are almost immediately boring. The animation didn't feel like any of the bots were real and felt like they were sticker on top of the live backgrounds. Most lines were corny from humans to bots. This one should have been a 30 minute cartoon. Not sure why this was even produced especially when the Michael Bay to other live actions didn't get amazing reviews (although I recently went back and watched all live action in release order).

I don't reject too many movies but this was very much a play it in the background as you do something else kind of movie.

At least in the original ending there was an ending. Grace and Will's kids find each other in college.

The return deletes all that and ends with the baby is coming and no celebration or arrival. No more mentions about Will's baby or due date. A boyfriend comes back into town. And they move away...

I want a refund! There should have been a big bang ending. A celebration of the best moments without being a flashback episode. I missed this original airing first time around and watched the whole show from start to finish. What a disappointment of an ending.

Blah blah stupid requirements of length.

First and foremost with all the possible situations, moments, and dramatic options of any of the previous episodes gave us and could have been reused or gave us more to pursue, THIS episode is the lowest and most stupid episode ever. Of all the shtick that could have been done the lowest joke in all comedy barrels is a poop joke.

This episode not only mainly surrounds a poop joke but it takes it far over the edge. There was nothing funny about the joke, the situation, the attempt to handle it by needing a plumber, the plumbers lines (they all sucked so hard), the attempt to cover it up and more specifically the attempt to use the fire extinguisher was simply dumb. Grace isn't supposed to be the dumbest of them all let alone isn't supposed to be absolutely incompetent: it is not complicated to use a fire extinguisher and it sure as hell doesn't shoot out so much material that one is flung around as if using a fire hose with water at full blast.

I went and rewatched this entire show from pilot to renewal seasons. I've enjoyed the characters and the shtick. But this one sucked so badly I had to write this review. If you never saw it or it's been a few years just skip this one if you aim to watch this show again.

I watched this episode and was so absolutely bored by it. The logic that if you were to pick up a stranded person on the side of the road, if things went from fantasy to reality, to the things that eventually happened seemed to me out of sync and not Logical. David is not a fighter or anything but to be so absolutely willing to do as he is told by a man with a gun. The worst moment was when they stopped to rid the body why didn't he just drive away? Even if he grabbed the keys the lights were still on. When the guy took crack and as it was hitting him then opportunity to take the gun, punch or kick him or so much more.

I tend to go back and watch entire shows from start to finish and the previous episodes always had something. But this episode from start to finish was simply long, boring, irritating and got worse as time went on. It felt like it was an idea but was never flushed out into a working idea or like it never had a purpose: much like saying you want a story about a fire truck but no other details means that is not a story at all.

If anyone in power abuses their power for personal reasons there is zero reason for anyone (let alone the rest of the team) to blindly and stupidly follow.

The normal process of this show, of the team, is to get things done and not just to win. When you watch this show the bad guys often die and therefore little to no regard for human life. It's typical hood guys win and it may as well be a western for the most part. There was an episode where Beale had killed someone and was afraid to even shoot his gun in the shooting range. This team doesn't just blindly follow the rules but they do not allow innocent people to be left with or at the bad guy's hand and evil doing.

This episode there is an innocent, a child. But the blatant and blind disregard for everything logical, everything that makes a case stick, everything that makes a case legal and just is simply not there. If someone in power demands illegal searches, phone taps, beatings, illegal imprisonment not just false imprisonment, kidnapping for the purpose of false imprisonment, threatening to fire anyone who won't blindly follow illegal orders, gets threatened by those she is threatening with correct legal defense, and continues to be in power... there is no way the SecNav wouldn't be called almost immediately upon Hettie hearing the first accusation of abuse. There is no way there isn't an internal affairs department. There is no way Sam would blindly go into battle and against logic just because it's a child that isn't directly at risk.

This is the worst episode. It follows in line of NCIS where character Jenny Shepard goes on her blind pursuit of personal justice. This means for the entire NCIS realms that is there is a female in charge she is only run by her one train of personal thought and revenge, except Hettie because she's a spy and never shows her hand or her one mission she might be on.

I give it a one star as there was no logic, no due process and no reasons for Callen to be the voice of reason and the team to still go into things blindly and stupidly.

This whole season seemed to be based on which actor/actress doesn't want to guest appear. Of all the deaths, cases and such there is little to no point of killing off side characters as they basically don't matter: they are background to the main characters and even then sometimes are not worth mentioning.

As for earlier episode where Jimmy's wife apparently died of COVID it was a side note. She wasn't on the show much at all but Jimmy being now a main character his loss was felt deeper by us all.

Now this episode is about food trucks. I simply lost how NCIS was involved other than he was a navy guy. But there was little mention of the guys service record and this episode felt more like "let's comment on food trucks" and "here's another mention how COVID has affected the business of food". The other viewers comment that even suggests the security footage first viewed and then the killers footage was the same: that viewer clearly didn't watch or pay attention to the show at all (they were clearly different locations, angles and backgrounds).

The last part about Fornell's daughter I found was more of a side note. The earlier episode about drugs clearly showed she suddenly was into drugs, almost died of an overdose and was allergic to the life saving drugs to save her. If anyone was an addict early or far into their addiction it is sobering when they nearly die compared to waking up feeling barfy and a hangover - this plot line was seemingly not well thought out. The only comment is basically addiction can hit anyone and if you leave an addict alone they will always overdose (not true).

Some other reviewer said Jlo acts her butt off. She does the basics only. No one talks about the kid because she's super boring - logically if you were adopted you would wonder who you came from and why given up, when you meet a strange woman you wouldn't be so calm let alone when you've been suddenly taken from your life. The only line the kid said that made her adopted was she loved and missed the foster/adoptive mother. The kid had zero charisma, and the character wasn't even needed.

Overall this movie is simply a mashup of others. Some dragon tattoo, Haywire, some 007, random video clips, and maybe more. If each scene were to be played either side by side or back to back against each other the viewer would not pick this movie scene as best effort. It is technically sound but overall most scenes are dark, when JLO character is serious her voice is low and growl-like, and her character may as well only be a hired mercenary instead of the mother. From opening boring scene and quiet introduction to the very last scene, Jlo character is just a merc and not rounded out at all: she may as well have been nothing but a voiceover.

The pacing and other characters (from bad guy to FBI saved now partner) is all slow, not based in reality as in most things said and done have no reason, no meat, no meaning. This movie isn't entertaining it just exists. It never pulls the viewer in. It never leads to anything. There is no character development and the only close possibility would be to train up the kid and even that doesn't lead to anything. And the random blurry camera work is just a bad choice.

I give this a 5 because some parts looked good but was more like watching a play you've already seen a hundred times and those moments were adequate. I don't get why anyone thought this was so amazing - that must simply be the PR consultants posting fake reviews.

The music numbers are simply random.

The story is so over done and nothing at all new to see. At least with Hook the old guy lost his marbles, Peter Pan grew up and forgot who he was, Tink talked and laughed, and old Wendy was fascinating.

In this version there is nothing new. Nothing noteworthy. Captain Hook has zero intimidation factor. Smee was simply boring and may as well have been a coatrack in the background. Peter Pan had a few moments that basically matched the cartoon but totally fails from the moment he catches his shadow and doesn't see it to his foot. The whole interior is too dark and depressing.

I can see the reason of the remake was to simply include a few more races. But this make was as I said boring, nothing new, with random music numbers. Why wasn't this premiered and presented to a focus group and thus noted and fixed the entire problem? Who decided to make this so boring and yet be so proud of it? It's no wonder it wasn't theatre released as maybe 10 people who have never heard of Peter Pan would have seen it and the rest of the world would have asked for their money back.

I know this is based on a real murder. But overall it didn't feel like the full and real story was told. Yes the claim is the victim was this jealous bad guy protecting the innocent dame and her kids... but that doesn't match at all that the victim would just one day give her part of the house. It would be more believable if the woman conned the victim into "loving her" and ask him to sign the house over to her "out of fear of having nothing without her husband".

The other claim her husband was also this aggressive mean guy doesn't sound right either even with the real guy being part of the interviews. Yes it is interesting to see the difference claims but without the wife interviewing that's just suspicious. It would have made more sense if the spouses worked together to con to victim out of his house.

Now as for the killing itself. Yes the claim was in the spouse's side and the evidence was between (bullets). And overall your wife is being attacked and you take an AK47 to shoot the woods? Then shoot the corner of the house? Why not shoot the door off and blow out the windows "to save her".

Yes I know this happened and someone actually was murdered. But this was the most unbelievable story told (for me) on this show. It was like they needed more interviews for people who knew the victim from where he moved from and where he died at instead of I think one person saying "I don't believe that happened."

Overall I'm sorry a man got killed. But this episode seemed to be lacking research, sometimes a district attorney or Police comments or something.

As a whole this show was to be about plastic surgery and the two men that use it to superficially plaster the world. Seasons 1, 2 and 4 follow this. Season 3 is murder mystery. But season 5 and 6 are just garbage - not just over the top stories and characters but the show went from mostly attractive young Kimber (from innocence to straight up desperation and prostitution but deals with drug addiction by giving it to a church and bam total cure?).

There was a relative understanding of why the clients get the work done, where the line is for the doctors to do the work or not, and it's not all just about the money. Then season 5 not only moves to Los Angeles but there is very little surgeries, a lot of old ugly women, a darker insanity without any reason, no one has any morals or desire to have any, there is no reason to exist as a show or as any characters.

People complain about Rosie O'Donnell being back for a few episodes but for the entire season 5 she's the only one worth watching along with Oliver Platt's supporting characters. The rest is simply boring, waste of time, mindless and pointless. I don't understand why this show didn't simply get cancelled at end of season 4 or shortly into season 5. It's not one person from creator to writers to directors' faults but it is across the board boring and garbage for season 5 and 6. I regretted watching them the first few times and I regret watching them again. But seasons 1 to 4 are good enough to watch, binge, enjoy and see the "oh the humanity" darkness.

First off this should have been a great comeback and go from films to TV streaming. This should have been a great idea. But the overall delivery from effects (really great graphics for sleigh movement but zero purpose for a donut???) to story line was supremely weak and not flushed out. Generally movies (at least some) are test screened. Tv shows should be test screened and both should be well flushed out: don't flush the jokes but work out the idea. This entire episode felt half-baked and like someone ran out of money before or during shooting. If there were big ideas and the money ran out before shooting then nothing should have been shot = work it out on paper far before shooting anything, work the budget for the needed stuff, and because it's episodic instead of a film (much shorter time to write/shoot/edit and air) don't waste or half-bake anything. This is supposed to be done by professionals not lazy people. It could have been amazing, funny, entertaining. But it was simply one moment of fun, weird decisions and uncomfortable at times.

Second this is a supremely weak attempt. Next episode is much more Worked out and way better.

First interrogation room- the table not bolted down? The mirror not double layered and shatterproof? No more pandemic glass divider?

This is first ever episode that someone gets out of interrogation room. Isn't the door locked from the outside? What's the protocol?

I watched this series from the beginning and I saw 18 and 19 out of order so I felt in another review like it was dying and weird transitions to next leader. But I went back and watched all 18 in order and then 19 so it all makes sense. Everyone in any position needs to grow, develop, be promoted to higher positions or retire so to hand it over makes sense (let alone for actor/producer Mark Harmon getting up in age, pandemic, protocols and more).

The next episode claim of stopping bleeding from artery in basically about 5 seconds is impossible. The Artery is the big fat blood supplier to the body and any tear, nick, cut, strangulation, pressure issue would almost blow out like a tire or immediate choke out, symptoms like chest clutching or just drop dead. I know all of these errors are used to drop info and move on but they are impossible and not reasonable.