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Close to home a winner! (May 15 2007 - Cancelled by CBS), 4 octobre 2005
Auteur : picturetaker de Canuckia

After just seeing the first episode of this new court/law drama "Close to home" I can see it becoming a hit! It reminds me of years ago after watching the first episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" the WOW factor was huge with this and that show! The opening scene was VERY impressive, the middle of the show was Great and the ending was perfect! The cinematography is very wonderful and keeps it fresh and the story is well done.

The characters are very likable. Starring Jennifer Finnigan (Commited) as Assistant DA, and John Carroll Lynch (Drew Careys brother on "The Drew Carey show") and Kimberly Elise (John Q). The cast is experienced and they act well in this show.

Close to Home is yet another great show from the CBS network and I will be watching it every chance I get! 5 Stars out of 5!

EDIT & UPDATE: Unfortunately since I wrote this review on October 4th 2005, Close to Home has gone down the toilet. Mainly with a bad time slot that usually competed with other shows people watch. Effect May 15 2007 it seems that CBS has pulled the plug on this show. Too bad, it was pretty good, the episodes I did watch anyway.

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the best prime time drama of the fall, 16 octobre 2005
Auteur : cool_imran89 de vancouver, canada

Well... first when i heard of this show, i thought that this will be a mixture of CSI and Law and Order. When i heard that Jennifer Finnigan will be playing the lead in the series i thought that she will bring the "soap opera" acting in this show. But when i saw the show i was proved wrong. Jennifer Finnigan plays a brilliant lawyer and a mother of a child. When i saw her acting i realized that she has forgotten all about the soap acting and created a new taste in her acting. In the start of the show, she is taking care of her new baby and her career as a lawyer and struggling to maintain both jobs at a good position. Her husband is played by the former Angel's villain Christian Kane. He is a loving husband and is helping his wife to maintain her job and take care of their baby. CBS has done a great job of picking up this show and taking actors who are best for this show. This show should continue for many seasons and all of my friends loved it. I recommend it to everyone to watch it.

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Passionate, convincing...a potential hit!, 18 octobre 2005
Auteur : shikinluv de Singapour

After watching the pilot of this TV show, I'm convinced that CBS have a winner on their hands. The lead character, Annabeth Chase, played by the talented Jennifer Finnigan, is portrayed as a realistic working mum. On her first day back at work, she has to deal with a difficult case and also her emotions regarding her baby whom she misses. She's also unyielding in her resolve to bring the perpetrator of a heinous crime to justice and Finnigan plays Annabeth with a wealth of fiery passion that is lacking in most other shows on air at the moment.

Though it feels at times that it might be bordering on melodrama, it never crosses the line. The writing for this pilot was top-notch and though there is always room for improvement, it was a delight and a breath of fresh air. I hope this series will be picked up for a full season by CBS because it would be a waste should it be cancelled.

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Quite a good show, 13 avril 2007

Auteur : cahorn de Etats-Unis

I really enjoy this show. It is the perfect lead into Numb3rs because they are both crime/justice shows taken from a different angle. I love how this show is set in Indianapolis. Im sick and tired of NY and LA shows. There are so many other great cities to set the show in. I have been a big fan of Jennifer Finnigan after seeing her on the short lived show Committed.

I don't see why people are criticizing it so much. Of course this show isn't Law and Order, but what is. Its a very enjoyable show with good acting and fun plot lines. I like how they use takeoffs of story lines that actually happen in Indianapolis.

I recommend this show to everyone.

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Good o very good actors and actresses with very poor writers, 9 juin 2006

Auteur : chrismcreynolds de Etats-Unis

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I really wanted to like this series. I normally would since there is quite a bit to like about it. At first when I found so many problems, I kept thinking that it was me who was not paying close enough attention. Within a few weeks (of giving it another shot each week after watching the pilot) I finally decided that its weak writing was not from my missing something or that they ran out of creative ideas. The whole style of this show is intentionally written for a demographic that knows very little about the technical and legal issues in "th real world" and unfortunately this also includes anyone that has made it through more than a few CSI and or Law and Order shows. In short, this show is for viewers weaning off of daytime soaps and it perhaps watching this series in preparation for understanding Law and Order, SVU (the least realistic L & O variant).

It really is sad because the cast is really excellent. They also get some strong (some times too strong, or strong in the wrong areas) to play defense attorneys).

The show seems to intentionally open with the 1) The same suburban setting with a small town DA that works closely with the staff of 2 gorgeous young ADAs. On the other hand, there seems to be a huge detective division for such a small DAs office. That is complete knit picking to show how forgiving I am. The stories always start out with outrageous "Urban" crimes happening "Close to (Suburban) Home(s)" Get it? OK, so the case always looks like a "cakewalk" for the ADA staff in the first 10 or 15 minutes of the show. After that the case falls apart because of one unrealistic "problem with the case" or another. These problems are always stupid and seen from a thousand miles away. This goes back and forth for the about next 30 minutes.

By the time the clock gets close to 45 or 50 past the hour, the resolution can be seen easily and the show always concludes with several minutes of the young ADA at home in the 'burbs with her new baby and young husband contemplating the lesson.

The worst part is that at the end of the first season (a few weeks ago) the star of the show arrived home to find her husband (and I think her baby too) killed from a car wreck or a fire. Normally I would not be so uncaring about the details but I had already given up on the series. I really like the cast though and there is nothing else on TV at the time so I watch it while surfing the web some times.

If you have also seen this show and wondered what it was that was bothering you, it is not you. It is the show's writers. They suck intentionally.

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Great Suspense Show, 21 mai 2006

Auteur : pwj27214 de Etats-Unis

I watch this show every time it comes on. I look forward to it every week. It always has a surprise close to the end of the show. When you think you know who did it and why; you get surprised by who really did it or why they did it. It has a great lineup of great stars. The actors in the district attorney's office and the police department are great. They do such a great job of acting that you think you are actually there with them. If you are looking for a show that shows police work, district attorney's office and a jury trial this is the show for you. I would recommend this show to everyone. GREAT SHOW AND A GREAT LINEUP OF STARS.

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Close to Home with Lenny Schmidy, 1 août 2006

Auteur : jmcmanus10 de Etats-Unis

Wasn't the scene where the garbage man was talking to the detective great? The garbage man, played by none other than the infamous Lenny Schmidt, gave a great rendition of his account of how he ran across the suspect earlier that day. He explains to the detective that in no uncertain terms if he runs by that guy again he would most likely clock him a good one since he cut off his truck earlier that morning. He also explained to the officer that as a garbageman he is very busy and doesn't have much time to watch TV and other stuff. So hence, and I quote, "I read books". Books? A garbageman reads books? Good stuff. I'll keep watching.

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One more good show that got canceled too soon, 29 août 2009

Auteur : smallrage1 de Canada

Working 4 to midnight I don't get to watch too many shows and this show was one of them, I'm into police and legal dramas such as this one. Being able to watch prime time shows online that I might of missed when I was at work has been a great plus. Personally I am very disappointed when good shows such as this one get canceled, I wished networks would visit this site and read peoples feedback on shows.

Maybe then networks would have a change of heart when canceling shows that have a cult following and that networks listen to what people like and don't like. They don't and to me its a shame, I know that networks bases for canceling shows is advertising and I fully understand that but sometimes they pull the plug on a show when it's barely has time to develop That said this was one fine show a hidden pearl among a sea of trash, yet it got pulled when it was just had started to get interesting. I would of welcomed watching another season of this show,the reason why it got axed in my opinion it's because the violence was toned down. I see no other reason why anyone in their right frame of mind cancel it other than the fact that they centered the show on the investigations, rather than showing the usual blood and gore.

I really liked this show the beginning of the first season was rather slow but it picked up nicely at the end. What I did find odd who knows maybe it why it got canceled is the addition of new characters and removing others with no explanation what so ever as to why they weren't there. So the beginning of season 2 started a little weird but hang in there because once again the characters develop nicely.

Which is why I find it odd it got yanked, people tend to have loyalties to actors and when they were missing they might have dropped the show. I'm sure had they explained why the characters suddenly vanished people would of warmed up the the show once more.

I rate this show a 9 only because of the relationships that developed and I found Jennifer Finnigan/Annabeth Chase played a very convincing prosecutor. Yet she hasn't had many roles since then

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Possibly the worst Court room drama in the last few years, 12 mai 2009

Auteur : iterativeend de Etats-Unis

"Close to home" follows the trials of a Public attorney who seems to have a near perfect record. That is true for all court room drams on TV, but one aspect that i felt that could differentiate between this and others like LA Law or Boston legal is that the star does not have an ivy league education to shove in our face. No, they decided to differentiate this show by making the attorney win even when she is awful at her job.

I haven't seen all the episodes but in almost all the episodes I've watched, she does a horrible job proving her case even when she has all the evidence to back her up. Great court-room dramas have lawyers brilliantly winning their cases with little evidence. The good ones try to make us believe that with luck, what was shown could actually happen. But in this show, even when the opposing attorney was great and does a great job, the public attorney always wins.

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It really hits Close To Home, 10 juin 2006

Auteur : EvergreenPhoenix de Etats-Unis

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This isn't your average crime drama. When you watch CSI: or Cold Case and even Law & Order, all you see is the crime. The before and after.

To watch this show, you need to ask yourself: How much do you know about your neighbors? How well do you think you know your friends? Your lover? Your wife or husband? And even your child? This show centers itself around the lives of everyone involved, whether its the victim, the criminal, the families of those involved and even the prosecutor handling the case.

Very emotionally draining at some points, this show really does hit close to home.

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