OH.MY.GOD.
I think I had stopped watching this around season six.
I thought Gabrielle Anwar's attempt at an Irish brogue in Burn Notice's pilot was awful, her attempt at what? British, here? was absolutely HORRID.
And what the fuck, Bobby? You have feeeeeeeelings for this twat? The way he held and stroked her hair and hands, and let this person charged with a crime, hold and cuddle his child? Even if she wasn't guilty? Bobby's feelings for Kim Raver's murderer in the second season premiere was more believable.
And who did Dylan piss off? His hair was just awful, is awful this season, with the way it's flattened. Like I was convinced by his "I love you" to Lindsay at the end. Married less than two years, and they're acting as if they've been married much longer--gone is the passion, the love making, and all they do is peck each other on the cheeks. DA FUCK?
And it's aggravating how they drop story lines. After the bombing by Hinks, we have two episodes where DCAU's Amanda Waller CCH Pounder, who plays Helene, Rebecca's mother, saying that Rebecca would absolutely refuse a blood transfusion. And when she wakes up, do we, the viewers, get to hear if she adheres to the tenet of being Jehovah's Witness? No. I really wanted to hear and see what Rebecca thought and believed. But hey! one of the recurring judges (and one of my faves) from Mothership Law & Order, was the judge here and in a few other cases on this show! I love Susan Blommaert.
Or other cases that are a one and done and we never hear back, except for the ones with shock value.
I think the quality went down because David E. Kelly stopped writing. He wrote most of the episodes, or co-wrote them in the first four to five seasons. Hence the great writing and episodes.
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