Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe White House asks Garza for help after a murderer escapes to Mexico. He must work to extradite a man who killed his child's murderer.
Few jobs are guaranteed for a lifetime, and a Supreme Court appointment is one you just don't quit. Unless you're Cyrus Garza. A playboy and a gambler, Justice Garza always adhered to a strict interpretation of the law. Until he realized the system he always believed in was flawed. Now, he's quit the bench and returned to being an attorney. Determined to represent "the little guy," he's using his inside knowledge of the justice system to take on today's biggest legal cases. And making plenty of powerful people unhappy along the way.
Acting
Jimmy Smits delivers every line like it's Shakespeare in the park.
Writing
Dialogue thinks it's Sorkin but lands closer than you'd expect.
Creator
John Eisendrath
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Creator John Eisendrath also wrote for Alias and was clearly chasing that 'brilliant jerk' formula.
This aired the same year as The Good Wife's debut; one became prestige TV, the other became a Jimmy Smits footnote.
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