Carl Deuker -- Books, Movies, TV

Trial starts even though neither side is ready--Billie forces it. Lucy (stutterer) goes from wunderkind to fired after she stutters in practice session. Show ends with Billie calling to the witness stand his archenemy and former partner, Cooperman, played by William Hurt.

Explosion on boat.  Ruled suicide, but drunken ex-hotshot lawyer takes the case. Cover-up of military testing? Contest between two lawyers, one highly successful (Hurt) and a pervert. The other a drunkard who quit the firm after a client he got off later committed murder.  Very good so far.  Episode 5 tonight.

Held up very well. Painterly style, to put it mildly. Ryan O'Neal excellent in some scenes, good in others, but really a director's film if there ever was one.