Cast of In Justice
So I figured I had to say a few words about this new show on ABC called In Justice. The sneak preview episode was on this past Sunday with the official pilot airing this Friday. I actually liked the show. The promo was better than the show, but that's something that can get better with time. On this first show they worked to free one person, and in my opinion, if the team followed two stories at one time, it would make for better television.
I won't give a complete rundown of what happens, but basically you get to see the crime, as the jury thought it happened. A woman robs a house, shooting and killing someone in the process. She runs out, is spotted by a neighbor, and then runs off.
We meet the team of investigators. There's the fearless leader, Kyle MacLachlan, who's fronting this pro bono organization. His investigators gather the info and he goes to court and argues the case. He's funny, charming, and a ladies man. And then of course they have to have a male heartthrob. Unfortunately they really screwed themselves on this one. Jason O'Mara plays the quiet brute who under the mean exterior is a great guy. He even lies to a priest, telling him he cheated on his ex-wife so she can get an annulment from the church to marry someone else. Where they went wrong with this guy is the actor is from Ireland, Dublin no less, and they have him speaking in an AMERICAN accent!! What the hell? He doesn't need to be an American, he's just an investigator.
Long story short two of the investigators meet with Jane, the woman in the opening clip. It was her father that got shot to death. She broke in the house, cut her finger, left blood on the door and in a cabinet where she stole money, and then killed her father because she was a drug addict. She admits to everything except the shooting. She says she was there two nights before and stole some money and was with her crackwhore friend the night her father was killed since her friend overdosed. The sassy girl investigator thinks there's something up, and the straight laced boy investigator thinks she killed the guy, especially because a witness saw her there. The witness, a nice family man walking his dog, is very compelling, as opposed to the crackwhore. So Jane has been sitting in jail for eleven years. She has a brother, but after that evidence against her, he's abandoned her as well. Sassy girl is able to convince everyone to take the case and they start investigating. They unweave the story and start discovering holes in the prosecution's story of what happened that night. The public defended did what he could, but with limited resources, couldn't give her a great trial.
The crackwhore story was rubbished by the prosecution in the first trial, saying that they went to the hospital and there was no record of the crackwhore. Our investigators go to the hospital and discover that not only are they jerks, but they dump patients without insurance onto County General. Not that there's anything wrong with County General, Drs. Pratt and Kovac have a good time there. The investigators visit the brother who is still pissed at his sister. For a while they think maybe the brother had something to do with it because he owned the family business with the dad and thousands of dollars had been stolen. Come to find out the dad was taking the money, and on top of that, paying his secretary $3000 a month. What kind of job was she doin' to get that much? It didn't take a genius to figure out that it was child support. It took this team a bit though. It wasn't until the secretary slipped and said that she couldn't have been mistaken for the person outside of the house because she could never pass for a fifteen year old. Jane was twenty-one, so this raises a red flag. Yes, the dad had an illegitimate child with his secretary.
Meanwhile Kyle has realized that in the 911 tape of the father calling in for help, not only does it sound like he's not afraid of the supposed intruder, but after he's shot, they hear an inhaler. Takes awhile to figure out what it is, but it's good drama. Of course you've probably already guessed it, the bastard daughter uses an inhaler. She found out this dude was her father, borrowed a gun from her boyfriend, and confronted the dad, eventually shooting him. The brother realizes the sister didn't kill their dad and when she's let out, they're reunited.
All in all I enjoyed the show. It was fun seeing all the pieces come together. I would recommend everyone check it out this Friday when the pilot is aired. You'll see what I'm saying about O'Mara, much hotter with an accent.
