Justice (2006)

You can all most see the gleam in Mr. Garber's eyes has he sinks his teeth into a role that is probably a lot more fun for him to play than the role he played on Alias. You are just never sure what Ron is going to do or how he will react to the client. At the end of this one he knew that they had just helped a guilty man walk and rather than basking in the win, chatting with the media he sat brooding in the court room. Ron confuses Ron and everyone else around him which is one of the reasons he is so much fun to watch. He wants people to think it is just about money, but even he doesn't always buy that line. He is funny, slimy and just plain nuts; but that is what makes the show a hit with me.

You could tell the husband didn't do it. If he had he had enough money to move to another country and avoid the charges. This was a predictable episode on the whole. Getting tired of Victor Garber's snotty character though. I don't want him exactly like Tom but a little less arogant would be nice.

Good episode, even though Ron defending two suspects didn't make a whole lot of sense. Will Betche and his alleged Best friend are defended for the murder of Will's wife, Anna.



The whole logic with the firm defending both guys didn't make sense especially seeing as how Will fired them initiallly. It's true that this was a big case, but from what we've seen lately on Ron is that he doesn't always want do cases for money or prestige he has morals.



Likewise, in the end, he knew one of them did it and seemed resentful for still carrying out the job. Otherwise, it was entertaining and good. The firm did not do a whole lot of great defense here, though, there was just a lack of evidence that helped the. However, there was certainly enough motive there if they wanted to go after Will for murder as Robert and Anna were having an affair.

This episode of justice seems s oddly familiar. The wife is found dead in water, the husband is suspect of murder but he is innocent. This episode is a lot like the pilot episode and I was a little disappointed. There was one clear difference between the two episodes in this episode there was another suspect Robert Jones, best friend of Will Buchtel and secret lover of Amanda Buchtel. During a yacht trip the three were on Amanda goes missing and is later found dead on a beach on an island they had stopped at. The three had gone out to dinner and Amanda and Will got into a fight both going there separate ways and Will never saw Amanda again. After Will had gone to sleep Amanda returned to the yacht and ran into Robert they got into a fight during which Robert attacked Amanda before pushing her over the rail and set sail. TNT&G get off on charges of 1st degree murder. It was not a bad episode it just seemed a little repetitive to me.

Friends come first would be another good tittle for this eps. I thought this eps. had lots of Charter Devlompt in it and i think that's good. We find out that Tom thinks Frinds shoul't work with friends bacause something will go wrong and that her can't defend a client when he thinks there guilty. (which we learn in cricfid.)And that Ron has beem married three times and could relate to Will very well. Overall i thought that this episodie was really well written but the thing that i liked that most was that it had some good charcter devlompet.

Amanda Bechtel, the wife of the CEO of zinklink, Will Bechtel has washed ashore. Dead, and half eaten by sharks.

Robert, Wills best friend hired TNT&G to defend him. Ron informs ( aka : threatens) the police that they are to un-cuff their client know. Will is far from listening to him, he says he wants to cooperate with the police, tell them what happened. He can deal with this himself.

Ron tells him that he indeed is arrogant enough to actually believe he can. If you talk to the police we will not defend you.

So Will fires them. Ron is certain he will rehire them, Robert says no way : You don’t know Will. You don’t know Ron.

So, Will talks to the police, Robert talks to TNT&G who now represent hím. Robert by the way is a lot less arrogant and a lot more clueless.

He does listen to their advice. Keep your mouth shut. No one talks, everyone walks. The police will make Will blame you.



They had been having dinner in a restaurant that night, they were drinking, Robert was there too. They took the yacht ( Catalina) to an island.

Then Amanda went missing, we couldn’t get the radio to work until we reached shore. There was no cell phone coverage. Will and Amanda were having some relationship trouble, they were fighting over work ( Will always away) and money ( Amanda spending it all )



They find out that the DA for this case is Andrew Reyes. Which is bad because he never leaks.

On top of that Tom thinks Will is guilty.

And Ron was right, Will is indeed trying to rehire them. So he wants to defend them both. They have to sign a form to wave conflict of interest or something. Will hesitates, but then signs and does not mention that he told the police Robert might have killed his wife and that the DA offered him a deal – that he didn’t take.

But of course Reyes knows, and Ron as not at all happy when Reyes tells him. But he also knows that telling Robert was Reyes plan, because that would turn them against each other.



Will is still not really working with TNT&G and is about to fire them a second time, but changes his mind when Ron informs him that he’d better listen and do as they say or they will bury him in court.



The ME’s report shows that Amanda was beaten, she had a bruise on her back that indicated blunt force trauma and there were no signs of a struggle on the boat. The shark bites look pretty gruesome. Ron says juries hate rich people (Will), but they love sharks. So Alden has to make the shark bites relevant ( or as Ron puts it. A good defense attorney can make everything be relevant).



In the meantime Tom discovers that Will had motive to kill Amanda. Of all the forms and paperwork they found, there was no prenup. A divorce – which by the sound of it was inevitable – would have cost him millions. Ron just tells him that he needs to stop trying to prove Will is guilty, his job is to defend him.



Alden and the Criminal Expert ( the handsome man – Ron was right - whose name I forgot…) make the shark bites relevant.

There were two kinds of sharks that bit her. A Blue shark that lives in deeper water, and a Horn shark that only lives in shallow water.

And the Horn sharks bites were underneath those of the blue shark so Amanda could have been killed on the island and then dragged to the beach.



They also dig up Roberts criminal record. It turns out he was covering for Will, who was drunk and crashed his new car ( so unlikely he would let Robert drive). So they switched seats. But this time it doesn’t look like Robert was covering for him.

In fact, Robert was doing something else – he was sleeping with Wills wife. TNT&G made a nice chart of the travel history of all three and Roberts match Amanda’s while Will was away on business elsewhere.

So minutes later Robert and Will are going at each other in the hall. Blurting out accusations and also part of the true story of what happened on the boat. It was Wills idea to not radio immediately but wait until they docked. Will defends himself by explaining he thought she was still on the island.



But the fight is not good. They have to sit close to each other in the courtroom, and the jury will notice it.

The nice lady instructs them on how to behave, and on how to act and sit ( much to Wills annoyance), and throughout the trail Luthor coaches them as well ( which I found pretty funny ).



They looked into people near the restaurant who they could accuse of the murder ( in stead of their client ), and they found a nice match.

Convicted killer who worked nights in a hotel very close to the restaurant.

Ron plays it all very very smart. He first tries to file a motion for the jury not to be allowed to get in touch with family/any media ( which of course the DA opposes to ), and then he calls Kyle Brown to the stand to testify ( and of course he will not show since there is an open warrant for his arrest out).

Reyes is livid but knows there is nothing he can do, while a smirking Ron denies all of the above to the judge.

Tom then goes on attacking the lead detective in the case, Luhan, asking him about Kyle Brown. The detective didn’t even look at any other suspects, making him seem completely unbelievable.

But Reyes gets back at them. The statement Will gave of Ron maybe being guilty was not supposed to get out. But Reyes mentions it – it of course gets dismissed, but the jury heard it all right.



They know they have to put either Will or Robert on the stand. Robert can not be put on the stand because if Reyes knows about the affair he will fry him.

So Will it is. The instructions on his posture and behavior again do not go well.

Ron likes a minute alone with him, and successfully gets through to him. Knowing exactly how he feels. She threw wine in your face. You do not take public humiliation well at all. You feel guilty. Put short : Ron makes him cry.

And gets exactly what was needed, what the jury needed to see. Will makes a moving statement – he failed his best friend, he failed his wife. He didn’t kill her, and neither did Robert.

So the verdict for both Robert and Will is : Not Guilty.

Tom still doesn’t buy it, and neither does Ron. 3 people on a boat. 1 of them turns up dead. It’s 1 or both of the others that did it.

And Ron was right. Robert tried to come on to Amanda but she wouldn’t have it – we’re over, I told you. I’m with Will.

So he pushed her overboard after knocking her around ( back against the railing, maybe she hit her head, or it was the force of the blow when she hit the water, combined with the alcohol..) and she died.



Another good episode ! Victor Garber gets better ( or..worse ? pretty hostile at times) everyweek. I hope we get to see more of Luthor/Tom/Alden as well.

A great addition to this already fine show. This episode shows us friends aren’t everything when it comes to girls. Ron the whole time knew something was up but the truth is he even thought friendship bonds were strong. I mean how could he work with his fellow people without having a special bond. In the end the young mans wife was murdered by his best friend it’s obvious he used his second brain not his first. I also like this episode because they didn’t have hardcore evidence to prove anything what they had was their brains and they put them to good use!