Nick, played by John T. Woods, never seems to triumph, a la The Life and Times of Tim. He constantly bumbles chances to kiss butt and kiss girls, but does deliver us a few decent laughs. He’s a little too put together and good looking to be believable as the typical oddball that can’t seem to fit in or get anything right, yet that has never stopped Hollywood before, and John is a quality actor that makes the most of the material.
The first episodes have a few nauseating moments of excessive camera shake but the boat enters calmer waters in progressive episodes. At some point I think they realized that if they aren’t going to break the fourth wall, having the actors acknowledge or talk to the camera, like in The Office, then there’s really no point in the docu-style camera movement keeping us aware of an observer in the room.
This series lends itself to comparison with The Office in other areas as well. Sure it’s web show from a site for lawyers and by lawyers, but it’s a water cooler comedy. Just like when viewing, The Office, anyone that has ever been in a workplace setting and dealt with finding their position in the pecking order can relate. Characters like Nick’s co-worker Rick played by Jason Thompson is your classic credit crook, accepting accolades deserved by others, but with the added dimension of being a smart-talking slippery lawyer on the rise.
In a field of work like law, obsessed with articulation and clarification, these open endings seem quite ironic and a bit lazy. This is a comedy web series with real potential. With only one 9-episode season online we’ve already seen growth in the production, but what about Nick? Maybe next season we’ll discover some of the reasons why the best, most cutthroat, law firm in New York City took a chance on this guy, and hopefully, like its encouraging finale, the writing will take more chances to play out the comedy in fully developed short-form and not just rely on a quick laugh, quick cut to black, and cool theme song to hold its audience…but even if they don’t, I’ll still watch.
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