The writing crutch of having the characters explain their backstory with lame, unnatural dialog is annoying: "Luther, you were a former DA, what can we expect..." Next episode it'll be, "But Ron, even though you have a loveless marriage poisoned by your narcissistic need for media attention and the death of your beloved dog Rex at age nine, are you sure we should take this case?"

Also, Hollywood is expensive but they haven't started loading the ATMs with thousand dollar bills, as implied by the DA (something to the effect of "his ATM records show he took out $10,000...").

I didn't find the camera style all that disconcerting (though it works better with The Shield as that just seems more raw and real than Justice), but it was a decent episode. At least it was good enough to keep me watching. Even though Trott is a bit too pushy at times, the role is working well, and it's nice to see just how much of an impact the media has. Mind you, I didn't watch Alias (I will now based on him) so I have no idea how he differs from that character.

I loved it when the gag order came down, and he instead resorted to gossip.The reverse psychology I didn't like as it was just too convenient for my liking.

Ratings wise, Justice is doing okay (the CSI:NY rerun bet it), but it's good enough for the moment. The ratings were down a little bit from the first episode, but I'm also hoping that once the season really kicks into order, the ratings should improve a bit. This I actually would have liked to have seen partnered with House, as it seems like it would be an okay match.

At the very least, FOX has a lot of shit out this season, so I doubt Justice will get cancelled. That said, it is FOX we're talking about.

My thoughts so far are that there are definitely some excellent stories to be told in this series, and I'm really looking forward to it each week, just to see if it gets better, which it surely will.

My first thought that troubles me is why all four of these people (of greatly varying ages) are partners of the firm, and yet they feel the need to explain legal terms to each other. Sometimes it's the lawyers talking to their client, but it was increasingly often just between partners at a firm. This show hasn't gone the normal way and introduced a new character into the world of the series to justify these explanations, but it's something that bugs me nonetheless.

There's also the minor issue of complete inaccuracy. The law and trial procedures are complete crap, but Jerry Bruckheimer makes entertaining crap even so.

Smaller problems are camerawork and Victor Garber's hair, which I noticed as being stupid in the pilot. I imagine when they finally get it to one solid colour, it'll be fine.

I also really enjoy Kerr Smith, and Rebecca Mader was much better this second episode. Eamonn has got a way to come, but Victor Garber and the blonde host of American Crime work incredibly well together and I look forward to seeing more of her and them together.

Overall, humble beginnings for what will become an increasingly better show. Any word on the ratings so far?

Yes, the camera movement is jerky (a technique started by ER and still in use today), and it makes me nauseous and YES FOX felt it was required to change the color of Garber's hair (perhaps to make him younger and closer to his counterparts' age, except that he is SUPPOSED to be the elder and wiser so go figure). In the pilot, it was shoe polish black, and now they have softened it, but there were 1-2 scenes where it looked like had still been using the black. Geez, people...continuity, please? As far as I am concerned, Garber doesn't need hair dye. He is a wonderful actor and I hope he won't be wasted on this show, though I do relish watching him play the bad guy (e.g. Applegate in Damn Yankees on stage).

Was I seeing things or did Victor Garber's hair change colors right in the middle of the show? At the beginning, it was the lighter color (the grey) from Alias, then it went to the dark color from the season premiere, and then back to the lighter color! Maybe it was the lighting. I was unimpressed by this episode, but I still like the show. I also like the ending when we learn what really happened. It would be nice if they could switch it up sometimes -- get us a guilty one we would actually be surprised was guilty.

Garber's hair was lighter for this episode also

"Did anyone else get dizzy?" --- YES! The shakey camera movement was so annoying! I quit watching after 20 minutes.

The actress that played Anne Diggs is Amanda Seyfried, most famous for playing Lily Kane on Veronica Mars.

I am liking this show, even if Ron Trott is a slightly-meaner lawyer version of Jack Bristow.

Last week I said, I'd only watch this until 'Lost' came back. After this week's episode, I've amended that to 'Only because of Victor Garber will I continue to watch this until 'Lost' comes back.'

I think his performance as Ron Trott is spot on and isn't supposed to be likable. (Probably one reason why the network promos make that comparison to 'House'.)

So far, I've seen their shady legal techniques employed before on old 'Perry Mason' episodes. They've just been dressed up in a high-tech fashion being carried out by less personable lawyers than Raymond Burr's. That's probably why Perry Mason got away with it in the audience's eyes.