Just a long yawner. Acting was fine; there just wasn't nearly enough plot to carry 10 episodes. Tech guy accused of killing wife. LL takes on the case after the tech lawyer's first lawyer is murdered. Mickey Haller gets the guy off . . . trick is the guy is guilty. He used a drone to dispose of bloody clothes. Subplot Maggy McFierce trying to get a conviction of a human trafficker. She loses but then wins. The divorced couple almost gets back together, but they are on opposite sides of the adversarial process and work comes first. Won't be in a hurry to watch Season 2
February 1895 (Alice died in 1892) Money problems, jealousy of Wilde; time spent with Lord Wolseley1; off to Ireland to lick his wounds; Irish unrest--Irish landlords boycott all social events; much time spent with manservant Hammond (homosexual attraction again); fancy dress ball, appalling to James, who is only happy in company of Hammond, though Hammond remains a servant and no more; little girl alone on the grounds--inspiration for Turn of the Screw?; conflict with Webster who alludes to Wilde's successful play and HJ's failure; Wolseley was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army . He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, West Africa, and Egypt, followed by a central role in modernizing the British Army in promoting efficiency. He served in Burma, the Crimean War , the Indian Mutiny , China, Canada and widely throughout Africa—including his Ashanti campaign (18...
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