Here's the second episode in a row which is more or less a boilerplate legal drama, which could have been on just about any "lawyer show."
The writer apparently thought that Golden needed to have the spotlight again, even though he's no longer at the law school. Why? He was an annoying character brought on in season two to give grief to Hart and the other Law Review staff members. Why should we care about what he's doing after graduation?
The plot is similar to one that would be used to greater effect in "Broadcast News" a few years later: a TV host uses sneaky editing to create a story that harms a pharmaceutical company. Golden represents the company, and its head, William Schallert, a comic-book rendition of an anti-Semite. The point is hammered home again and again, including a "minister, priest and rabbi" joke. Golden overcomes his antipathy to the client and, with the help of some other staffers on the TV show, presents a convincing case.
Our only tie to the law school here is a cute little subplot about Laura's friendship with the library janitor, played by Scatman Crothers. Without this recurring lighthearted bit, this episode would have been "The Golden Hour." And who needs it? Did Michael Tucci's contract require him to get a script with a focus on his character?
The writer apparently thought that Golden needed to have the spotlight again, even though he's no longer at the law school. Why? He was an annoying character brought on in season two to give grief to Hart and the other Law Review staff members. Why should we care about what he's doing after graduation?
The plot is similar to one that would be used to greater effect in "Broadcast News" a few years later: a TV host uses sneaky editing to create a story that harms a pharmaceutical company. Golden represents the company, and its head, William Schallert, a comic-book rendition of an anti-Semite. The point is hammered home again and again, including a "minister, priest and rabbi" joke. Golden overcomes his antipathy to the client and, with the help of some other staffers on the TV show, presents a convincing case.
Our only tie to the law school here is a cute little subplot about Laura's friendship with the library janitor, played by Scatman Crothers. Without this recurring lighthearted bit, this episode would have been "The Golden Hour." And who needs it? Did Michael Tucci's contract require him to get a script with a focus on his character?