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Reviewed by Joel Zand February 7, 2001 Ed Is In: A) Lust B) Love C) A Wicked State Of Confusion D) All Of The Above This week Ed is dazed, confused, and determined. Whether he's helping Carol Stuckey get back a stolen family heirloom, or playing junior detective helping D.A. Bonnie Hain to catch the thief, Ed is beside himself with attention from the two most determined young ladies in Stuckeyville competing for his attention and affection. He's confident, cocky, and in demand. Hold on to your seats, folks, cause this episode is an action-packed legal thriller full of surprises. If you think that you know which lane that the bowling alley lawyer is going to use, you're in for a real surprise. The Truth Shall Set You Free When Ed gives up another week of cold cash to do some pro bono work helping Carol Vescey recover her music box and catch a thief, he finds himself in a pickle. The D.A. is more than happy to take Ed's help to build her case against a suspected jewel thief, but only if Ed and Carol reveal the more and more of the truth about their relationship - as you'll recall, the D.A. and Ed have also started to become romantically involved. In the words of Hannibal Lector, this is a quid pro quo situation. Quid pro quo, Ed, quid pro quo. Ed will stop at nothing to help Carol the stolen family heirloom. The cop on the case thinks that Ed is best known for "running hooch across the border." He resents Ed's persistent pressure to find the thief. But even with his never give-up attitude, Ed Stevens can only be an effective gumshoe with the D.A.'s help. Ed thinks that he can offer Bonnie a token of his affection by delivering her a gift of beef jerky. Who does he think he's kidding?! How many guys ever try to win a woman's affection with beef jerky. The fact that the D.A. is a vegetarian doesn't help either. Ed might be in Stuckeyville, but his head is in outerspace. Carol is nervous, but happy to tell the D.A. all about the status of her affection for Ed. "We're just friends," she says. "Buddies." The truth brings out a sly, mischievous grin from the D.A. What is she thinking? After Ed recovers the missing music box by showing the prime suspect in the case, a down-on-his luck crossing guard, that he's on to the crime, he impresses the D.A. It seems that Ed feels sorry for the thief, and promises to use his influence to get the D.A. to let him off easy. That's enough to send Bonnie into the strongest rage that we've seen so far: "What you did here tonight is the textbook definition of writing a check that your ass can't cash." Ed, my friend, you've been busted.
Can we still bring out the Jackson Brown tunes? Have we got two lawyers in lust, in love, or in a hot and heavy fight? One thing that seems to bind Ed and Bonnie is that the two have a little control game in their relationship: Bonnie, the strong, sexy, and single D.A., will always be in control. After making out on Ed's front porch like crazy kids, she's the one who tells Ed that they should go inside. But Ed will stop at nothing to please Bonnie. Why, he'll even break the windows of his own house to bring Bonnie inside so that they can spend the night together. Bonnie won't take "no" for an answer, and Ed will stop at nothing to make sure that she gets what she wants. The Burton Rule Dr. Mike has a family rule that he'll do anything to enforce. If there is something in the Burton house that hasn't been used in five years, it must be discarded. Whether it is his Dukakis for President T-shirt, his amazing collection of drinking birds, or pants that don't fit, Mike will do anything to enforce this household rule, as a result keeping more junk around the house for longer periods of time. But when Mike shows up on Ed's doorstep with a Bobby Hull hockey game (it hasn't been used in five years, and there are only twenty minutes left to save it from the junkyard), he learns that Ed has other plans. Serious plans. Warren Cheswick's Team Still crazy about the high school girl who's going steady with the school's football hero, high schooler Warren Cheswick signs up for a bowling league hoping to bowl with Jessica, the girl he's crazy about. Warren's bowling teammates may treat him like a tough Texan (how many people wear Stetson hats when they bowl?), but they'll stand by him through thick and thin. They'll do anything to help Warren get his girl. How many teammates do you know who would trash the Lexus sedan of an opposing team member? True friendship at it's finest. Although Warren isn't on Jessica's bowling team, it looks like they could become teammates of a different kind.
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In a curious role reversal with the show's protagonist, Joel Zand is a New York solo practitioner who left his Midwestern roots behind to work with Findlaw. He has represented New York City landlords, tenants, and folks with pets in pit-bullesque litigation (always representing the underdog, of course). Zand received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and his B.A. from the University of Chicago. |
