L.A. Law）
This groundbreaking television series, which tells the story of a Los Angeles law firm called McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak, focuses on the social and cultural trends of the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, and many of the series explore many hot topics of the time, such as abortion, racial discrimination, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS and domestic violence, etc. The TV series also shows the social conflict between wealthy senior lawyers and low-paid newcomer lawyers.
The series aired on the National Broadcasting Corporation on September 15, 1986, and ran live until May 19, 1994, with 172 episodes. The series won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1990.
Year: 1986-1994 Total 8 seasons
Starring: Corbin Burnson, Harry Hamlin, Susan Day, Jill Aikenbury, Alan Lachins, etc
IMDB score: 7.0
Recommendation index: ★★★ ☆☆
Better Call Saul
Riding on the east wind of "Breaking Bad", "The Wind Lawyer" has a wide mass base as soon as it starts broadcasting, of course, the performance of this drama is also quite good. In the case of serious homogenization of new dramas in recent years, "Wind And Storm Lawyer" has proved its value with its own strength. This drama is equivalent to the prequel to "Breaking Bad", but it has nothing to do with Lao Bai. Set in 2002, the story tells the story of How a young lawyer named Jimmy McGill, known as Jimmy, struggles step by step to become a Thor Goodman who fights for the bad guys six years later.
In December 2016, "The Wind Lawyer" was selected as one of the 2016 American Film Institute's Top Ten Drama Series. [5] On February 12, 2018, the 2018 Writers Guild of America Awards were presented, and "The Wind lawyer" won the best screenplay in the television series category.
Aired in: 2015-present, four seasons currently available
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Leia Sejon, Patrick Fabian, Jonathan Banks, Michael Mando, Michael McKeeon
IMDB rating: 8.7
Recommendation Index: ★★★★ ☆
《逍遥法外》（How to Get Away with Murder）
Different from the traditional legal and political Dramas, "Get Away" arranges a lot of thriller elements in the plot, so there will be a very novel experience when watching this drama. The story depicts a group of aspiring law students and mysterious criminal apology professor Annalise DeWitt involved in a murder plot that causes the lives of all of them to be radically transformed. DeWitt not only teaches, but is also a well-known criminal litigator. She is smart, passionate, charming, creative, and ruthless in court and in class. She is very good at manipulating others, especially her students. She hand-picked some of the best students to work in her firm. Michaela, Wes, Laurel and Patrick are all aspiring first-year students at East Coast Law School. The prestigious school is full of fierce competition within itself, and only the best students receive the most valuable reward: the opportunity to take on real cases. They were both students of Professor Annalise DeWitt, a smart, charming and sexy female professor who was responsible for lecturing on the Introductory Code of Criminal Procedure. In order to gain the favor of Professor DeWitt, these students are in cahoots and deceitful, and compete fiercely at all costs.
Aired: 2014-present, with three seasons
Starring: Led by Viola Davis, Alfred Enoch, Jack Farah, Aya Naomi King, Carla Suza, Matt McGregor
IMDB rating: 8.2
"Umemori Draft Collection" (Perry Mason)
This is a rather old American drama, a black and white film, and the narrative is clean and neat. The confessed after the criminal was caught and killed. The characteristic is that it often finds flaws in cross-examination to break through the psychology of criminals and forces him to confess in one go. The story is more clichéd, telling the story of Perry Mason, with the help of his assistant Della Stilett and investigator Paul Drake, who eventually wins cases that seem unlikely to be won by digging up the truth.
Year aired: 1987-1966, 9 seasons
Starring: Raymond Bull, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Tarman, Ray Collins
Law & Order: Special Victims
First aired in 1990 as the first spin-off of Law & Order, the longest-running crime drama in the history of American television, it was born as the first spin-off of Law & Order. The drama not only has a tense and intense plot, but also explores the various social issues behind the case in depth, and teaches the audience various simple and feasible ways to protect themselves, which is very popular in the United States. The drama mainly tells the story of the New York Police Department in cracking various related cases and saving the victims, the protagonist is a group of New York Police Department agents, the elite of the American police community, they show their might, and all kinds of people and other wits and courage.
Year aired: 1999-present, 20 seasons
Starring: Richard Belzer, Dane Floreck, Mariska Hargitt, etc
IMDB rating: 8.1
The Good Wife
The Good Wife is an American legal drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009.
The series is based on a politician scandal in the United States, telling the story of Alicia Florrick, the wife of a politician, who chooses to resume her original career as a defense lawyer after her husband is imprisoned for a prostitute and corruption scandal. She joined her former classmate, Will Gardner, as a junior partner at a Chicago law firm, while her former classmates wanted to see how she would get back in court and get back to life after 13 years. The story has ups and downs, but on April 26, 2014, many American dramas such as "The Proud Wife" could not be played due to policy reasons, and then removed from the shelves.
Year aired: 2009-2016, 7 seasons
Starring: Josie Charles and Christine Barensky
IMDB score: 8.3
Suits
Couple-as-duo dramas like "The Gold Lawyer" always have endless points to watch, such as "Sherlock" and "Detective Thief". The play tells the story of Harvey, a famous lawyer from Manhattan, who is ready to hire a new person as a deputy, but in the face of the high-achieving Harvard Law School students who come to apply, none of them make him cold, and the only thing that catches his attention is a Mike who has been kicked out of the university and is not yet a lawyer. Mike has a child prodigy-like brain, not only unforgettable, but also with a charming wit and cunning, and in this way, two people who do not play cards according to common sense form an invincible "suit partner".
Aired: 2011-present, seven seasons remaining
Starring: Gabriel Machte, Gina Torres, Meghan Markle, etc
IMDB score: 8.6
Law & Order
Law & Order is a 20-season, 456-episode television series that truly reflects the American legal system, making it the longest-running crime drama in the history of American television, the longest story drama (tied for first with Red Dead Redemption), and the second longest drama on public television. It also spawned a series of spin-off dramas, and Law & Order, along with its own spin-offs, was collectively known as the "Law & Order Series". （law and order franchise）
Thanks to the excellent realist creative team, the most powerful point of "Law and Order" is "as close as possible to the truth". Although the fast-paced TV series cannot completely restore the difficult judicial process, the drama still strives for realism in detail. In contrast, scenes such as explosions, flying cars, chases, fights, and gunfights rarely appear, and the two policemen who appear as the protagonists have not fired a single shot in the entire 22 episodes, and the investigation relies on two legs and one mouth. I believe that all those who know something about the judiciary will agree that this is the way the legal system really works. Many members of the judiciary and the police praised the show, with those who liked it saying "this is reality" and those who didn't like it criticizing it as "like a popular education class, not like a TV show." The popularity of the series has profoundly affected the television industry in the United States, and the police dramas that have emerged since then have paid more attention to documentary flavor and team spirit, such as "Crime Scene Investigation" (CSI) and "New York Major Crimes Unit" (NYPD Blue).
Year aired: 1990-2010, 20 seasons
Starring: Denis Farina, Jace Martin, Ipasha Moxon, Sam Waterston
IMDB score: the average value was 7.7
Referral Index: ★★★★★
The Practice
The Practice is an American television series written and directed by David Kelly, produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, starring Dylan McDermott and others, and premiered on the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from March 4, 1997 to May 16, 2004, with eight seasons and 168 episodes. The True Colors of a Lawyer is an American television series on the theme of legal investigation, telling the story of a group of criminal defense lawyers. This American drama presents a large number of court debate processes, which can basically be said to be a detailed reproduction of the cross-examination of the common law system. The main line of this drama is how criminal defense lawyers help employers win lawsuits, so they are very well done in the series, including case investigations and interpretation of provisions. Compared with the above-mentioned episodes, the drama "The True Colors of Lawyers" can be said to be a pure legal drama. The plot is led by the male protagonist Bobby Donnell, Boston Law Firm with the purpose of maintaining social morality and racial equality, and has successfully fought for the rights of the parties in many cases. As the story unfolds, young lawyers such as Jimmy, Eugene, Ellenor and Lindsay have gradually gained some experience in the litigation against the district attorney.
In the prime-time Emmy Awards drama category competition, the whole series received 41 nominations and 15 awards, including 2 best drama series and 1 best actor.
Aired: 1997-2004, 8 seasons
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Camureen Mannheim, Michael Badalucco, Lisa Guy Hamilton, Kelly Williams
IMDB score: 7.7
Boston Legal
"Boston Law" as a derivative drama of "The True Colors of Lawyers" upstairs, the creator has obviously gone out of a new way, the traditional legal drama is too serious, so the two protagonists of this drama have become two living treasures, and the constant play of treasure makes us very relaxed when watching this drama. And the "Put the Wine Night Talk" link in each episode is very profound. In the play, several independent cases defended by different lawyers are cut into pieces, connected together with some trivial matters of life, and poured with some heavy taste humor, which makes this unique taste of lawyer drama feast. In addition to a large number of traditional trial sessions, Boston Law also focuses on the lawyers themselves. However, the play sometimes does not pay attention to the outcome of the case, so the play can be said to be more inclined to "lawyer drama" than to a thorough "legal drama".
The play tells the story of Alan Shaw, who decides to work for The Law Firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt after being fired by Young, Frutt, and Berluti. With the help of his boss, Danny Crane, he won several cases that no one wanted to take over, mainly civil litigation. He quickly built up his prestige and became famous for it. Allen's outstanding achievements in his work and his usual disgraceful methods made his colleague Brad, who adhered to traditional values, very dissatisfied, and the two became competitors at work.
The series won consecutive Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes and Emmy Awards in 2005. As a spin-off drama, "Boston Law" not only continues the professionalism of "Lawyer's True Colors" for cases, but also adds a unique comedic effect, suitable for understanding the common law system in a relaxed atmosphere, so the network rating of the show is higher than "Lawyer's True Colors". Friends who are interested in legal dramas must cook this drama.
Year aired: 2004-2008, 5 seasons
Starring: David Directed by E. Kelly, René O'Bonnoys, Mark Varley, etc
IMDB score: 8.4