Chicago Justice (TV Series) Fake (2017) User Reviews

Bravo!

[Suziecutie-191-715654 · 8/10 · 5 March 2017]

This was the perfect introduction to Dick Wolf's newest. It melds seamlessly with the previously shown series, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. where the story line began. The story is brought to a successful conclusion in this episode.

If you were expecting it to be Law and Order, then you might be disappointed. On the other hand, this is part of the Chicago series and it's a different, and still very real, world. Since this episode was the completion of a three show arc, there wasn't a lot of individual character development, concentrating instead on the characters from previous parts of the arc. Given that, these characters appear believable and likable. I look forward to seeing then develop.

Finally in a nod to the show that started it all, Law and Order, the prosecuting attorney is named Mr. Stone. Perfect!

6.5/10. Not amazing. Not terrible.

[SyoKennex · 6/10 · 28 April 2017]

This episode is getting a 6.5 stars from me.

Nine out of ten for the special effects; seven out of ten for the acting; six out of ten for the plot line and four out of ten for the ability to grip the viewer. (Nine plus seven plus six plus four = twenty-six. Twenty-six divide four = six and a half.)

Maybe it was because I had really high hopes from what I've seen on the internet about this. I went into this with really high expectations and found myself utterly bored throughout the whole pilot episode. The aim of a pilot episode is to keep the viewer entertained and to want to watch more.

I was heavily disappointed. I felt that this was quite rushed, and the plot line was jumping through the plot points without much thought to the story itself. I appreciate when there isn't a lot of things in filler or too much story line that takes away from the plot of each episode -- however -- there needs to be some form of plot for a whole series. There was nothing in this that made me want to watch the second episode.

This is extremely clever, I admit it. I thought that Peter Stone was an extremely clever character. He thinks a lot through, he comes up with the points no one is expecting, but I think that Anna Valdez helps him with that. The problem is we haven't seen that. We haven't seen any connection between any of the characters so far, mere titbits of what we have been given.

There's no way of knowing where this season is going and it makes me very nervous to continue it. All bets are off. There is nothing to even hint at what the second episode could be about.

Overall, I'm not sure about this series, but it holds a good plot for the first episode, at least. From the little we've seen of the characters, they look like they're going to be good characters. The acting holds up really well, and the make up department have done wonders already. I have one or two hopes still for this show. I'll just have to watch the second episode and see what I think then.

Chicago Does Not Do The Legal Drama Justice

[bobcobb301 · 6/10 · 3 March 2017]

While The Good Fight is killing it right out of the gate, the fourth installment of NBC's Chicago series struggled mightily. This might be the most thrown together cast on television. Even though some of the actors are talented, their characters are bland, generic and lifeless.

The case itself was average by SVU standards, and did not provide that big moment you would hope a pilot can give you to inspire fandom.

Fake

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 14 April 2020]

If you have never watched any of the Chicago shows. The the first episode of Chicago Justice might leave you confused.

They do not set about introducing many of the characters as it is assumed they might be familiar to the viewer from the other shows.

Not that it matters, the lead Peter Stone is the stoic, self righteous determined prosecutor who realises he needs to be clever and cunning to convict a young man accused of arson.

A fire in a warehouse that was used for a rave killed 39 people. Stone discovers that a supposed confession was not strong and the evidence weak.

The defendant's attorney is playing clever games to lead Stone into a blind alley.

This was a solid story but the characters were rather bland. It was the defendant's attorney played by Bradley Whitford who stood out the most.

Chicago Justice was cancelled after 13 episodes. I guess the viewers did not find it riveting enough.

Weak

[montsesolisr · 3/10 · 19 July 2022]

The case had been built-up by the 2 previous episodes of the crossover (not the best one, but still). We knew this was the guy, we cared for the victims, it was just their job to tell us why he did it and make us LOVE the way they proved it. Well, the motive was weak, weakly explained, weakly delivered. Even for us knowing he was guilty, it didn't make sense, so it would be very hard to be believed by the jury. The worst part is that the actual motive which technically is what Stone's team are looking for the entire episode, is never mentioned in trial and when they finally tell the jury in closing arguments, it is delivered poorly. Boring episode.