Judge John Deed: Season One & Pilot Episode

Brilliant British Courtroom Drama
Each Episode is complete, yet there is an ongoing Political and Love theme which needs the avid viewer to watch all of them in order.

Fascinating interplay between characters whose depth develops throughout.

John Deed is the Judge you would want on your side IF YOU WERE INNOCENT and he doesn't care whose toes he steps on to arrive at the truth. The higher the better.

The 'Establishment' wants to get rid of him at any cost and many times John Deed lays out their opportunities on a plate.

We have watched most episodes previously via Satellite TV from the UK but they are so addictive that we are now embarking on acquiring the complete series.

Brilliant

Bill & Jenny Wynn
Port Elizabeth
South Africa

ENGROSSING DRAMA
WHAT A GREAT DRAMA. FROM THE PILOT THROUGH THE FINAL EPISODE YOU'LL THOROUGHLY ENJOY THE "JUDGE" WHO IS A VERY SERIOUS, HUMOROUS AND FAIR MAN DURING A TRIAL WHILE BUTTING HEADS WITH THOSE IN POWER.

Hypnotic, Though Flawed
This is a hypnotic series, but one that is radically flawed. The backstory: Deed is a baker's son (adopted, we later learn) who goes to Oxford and aces his legal studies. A successful `radical' barrister he takes a 300% salary hit to become a judge. On the bench he preempts the prosecutors and defense counsels by asking questions and interposing his own opinions. He loves the law, but when the law or its processes get in the way of justice he finds other ways to achieve the latter. This is a major problem for the bureaucrats in the Lord Chancellor's office who bedevil him with spies, moles, weasels and every manner of officialdom vermin.

Oh yes, and he's got an overcharged libido which, very curiously and quite implausibly is seldom matched (despite his love of the law) with a superego. He occasionally hits on his ex (`ice maiden') wife, continually attempts to seduce one of the QC's who appears before him in court but snuggles with him in chambers, and leaves room in...

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