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For the last time, Ralph Nader had nothing to do with the theft of the 2000 election. In the summer of that year, Governor Jeb and Katherine Harris paid a private firm $4 million to throw about 90,000 people off the voting list. Do you not see a conflict of interest in having the Secretary of the State, in charge of counting votes, also be the co-chair of the gop campaign? Do you not see the effect of having thugs storm government offices in Tallahassee to intimidate election workers trying to count the votes? Do you not see the partisan, corrupt Supreme Court turning logic on its head by saying we decide elections by not counting votes? Did you not see the exciting lesbian kiss on LA Law that made the series memorable?

This show was very popular. People used to talk about it at work the next day.

It wasn't a very realistic presentation of a law firm. For instance, a lawyer would take a new case in the morning and have a court appearance on the case in the afternoon. It doesn't happen like that. Many months pass, along with the filing of many court documents, before the parties appear in court.

It jumped the shark for me when Arnie and Roxanne became a couple. I just could not buy it.

I was also sorry that they wrote Roz out of the show, no matter how memorably they did it. She was a great character, just like J. R. Ewing.

This was a show I watched in the first season or two, drifted away for a few years, then tried tuning in again and it was a completely different show! There were like four people (out of a huge cast) that I actually recognized.

And even the "familiar" characters were now completely different. Arnie and Roxanne having a "thing"? That was just wrong.

When Rosalind became the head of the law firm, it was strangely prescient of how George W. Bush stole the presidency in 2000. If it hadn't been for that a.h. Ralph Nader throwing his hat into the ring and taking votes from Gore, Bush could have never pulled it off. As if Ralph Nader had a snowballs chance in hell. He wanted to make a statement. Well thanks a lot for shooting your face off Ralph. Now we live in the Fourth Reich with no hope of ever getting rid of that damn dirty ape Bush once he declares himself permanent Commander.

Seasons 1-5 were great. In season 6 it started to go downhill. I think LA Law JTS when the firm almost collapsed and a judge ordered (utterly ridiculous) that it be run by that annoying a-hole (forget his name) finance guy.

I really didn't have a favorite episode, but I did love the way all of them started. How the producers would show everyone around the conference table eating something (and looking at the food strangely) and then someone would bring up a strange case and a joke would be made about it. Then the music starts...da da - da da da...

LA Law was one of the best legal dramas ever. My complaint is once again that a Jew is sterotyped. You had a good looking African American, Hispanic and WASP lawyers but when it comes to having a Jew lawyer once again they make him the same stereotypical type. Stuart Markowitz is a short, nebbish and of course a tax accountant lawyer. When the firm played basketball who was the one to be replaced for a good looking player Stuart. During the LA riots which chacracter got attacked once again it was Stuart. Who had a low sperm count once again it was Stuart. Then when Kuzak, Sifuentes, Abby and Rollins were going to form a new law firm why didn't they invite Kelsey. It was because she wanted to bring Stuart. It was obvious they all didn't like Stuart but patronize him. It wasn't until they brought Alan Rosenberg they almost redeemed themselves.

LA Law was merely a soap opera for yuppies who considered themselves above watching soap operas. And the courtroom scenes were about as true to what happens in an actual court of law as Looney Tunes characters are to actual denizens of the animal kingdom.

Roz was a great character and had a glorious end. There was nowhere to go.

Bennie as a character was fine. Bennie as the subject of entire episodes meant it was time to see what else is on.

People ask what happened to Dr Pulaski on Star Trek The Next Generation. The answer is she fell down the turbo lift shaft.

The moment Arnie (Corbin Bernsen) ditched the glam babes for frumpy Roxanne (Susan Ruttan), I knew the end was near. Egad, even Jabba the Hut wouldn't find HER attractive. That was also about the time the courtroom scenes took on a weird light-and-shadow dance.

At the end of season 5 things started to flopø. Kuzak leaving, Victor, Abby as well.. It just didnt become the same without those. And ofcurse then Grace left as well after the 1991/1992 season so by then i was out. I really enjoyed season 1-5. Season 6 was also ok, but thats the end for me.

I think the last season, when they had the LA riots, was when it JTS. Most of the main characters from the original cast were gone, except Arnie, and even he traded in is Porsche for a Bentley. The new characters just didn't stick for the most part, except for Jon Spencer's. The story lines got even worse, what with one of the new lawyers being a Christian in LA (yawn), another trying to adapt after moving from NYC (DOUBLE yawn), Arnie trying to be more mature for the umpteenth time and Ann and Stewart once again questioning their commitment to eachother. I missed Earl Williams...

This wonderful show has always been my favorite! But it really jumped the shark when Rosalind died! She was my favorite televsion character all times!

easy. Ros goes dow nthe shaft. All i remeber after that was that each new actor cominhg in was blander and more soap starrish. i stopped watching after another year or so; before that i never missed an episode.

LA Law was one of the best legal dramas ever. My complaint is once again that a Jew is sterotyped. You had a good looking African American, Hispanic and WASP lawyers but when it comes to having a Jew lawyer once again they make him the same stereotypical type. Stuart Markowitz is a short, nebbish and of course a tax accountant lawyer. When the firm played basketball who was the one to be replaced for a good looking player Stuart. During the LA riots which chacracter got attacked once again it was Stuart. Who had a low sperm count once again it was Stuart. Then when Kuzak, Sifuentes, Abby and Rollins were going to form a new law firm why didn't they invite Kelsey. It was because she wanted to bring Stuart. It was obvious they all didn't like Stuart but patronize him. It wasn't until they brought Alan Rosenberg they almost redeemed themselves.