I happened to watch the first episode reluctantly because I did not have enough money to go out on the evening on which it aired. After watching it I recognised this as a stroke of luck! The entire first season was an exciting whodunit about a team of attorneys defending a celebrity in a murder trial, with other cases they were involved in providing additional content from week to week.
Court rules and processes were fascinatingly revealed in the telling of the story, I was particularly mesmerised by the defence team's use of psychological profiling of potential jurors before the trial had even begun! I enjoyed the programmes so much that I started to worry that the ending might be a disappointment after so many great episodes. I should have trusted the writers more because the final episode was both brilliant and unforgettable.
The cast were uniformly excellent but the main character, Ted Hoffman, portrayed by Daniel Benzali, was like a force of nature. His screen presence was incredible, so much so that when I heard that he would not be involved in the second series I never bothered to watch it.
Despite my better instincts I found myself drawn to the lurid TV coverage of the OJ Simpson trial and I have always believed that it gave the producers the idea for this show. Regardless of where the inspiration came from, the original run of Murder One is the best American TV drama I have ever seen. The less than HD picture quality of the DVD set is worth putting up with because the story-telling and acting still stand up today.
Court rules and processes were fascinatingly revealed in the telling of the story, I was particularly mesmerised by the defence team's use of psychological profiling of potential jurors before the trial had even begun! I enjoyed the programmes so much that I started to worry that the ending might be a disappointment after so many great episodes. I should have trusted the writers more because the final episode was both brilliant and unforgettable.
The cast were uniformly excellent but the main character, Ted Hoffman, portrayed by Daniel Benzali, was like a force of nature. His screen presence was incredible, so much so that when I heard that he would not be involved in the second series I never bothered to watch it.
Despite my better instincts I found myself drawn to the lurid TV coverage of the OJ Simpson trial and I have always believed that it gave the producers the idea for this show. Regardless of where the inspiration came from, the original run of Murder One is the best American TV drama I have ever seen. The less than HD picture quality of the DVD set is worth putting up with because the story-telling and acting still stand up today.