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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 157254" data-attributes="member: 23">Well, this is a novel little discovery. At only six episodes long I wasn&#039;t sure whether to mention it here or in the &quot;Cancelled Too Soon&quot; thread. But as I&#039;ve only watched the first two episodes it&#039;s too soon to say for sure if it fits that category.<img src="http://[IMG]https://www.acorndvd.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/a/lawanddisorder.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnetworkonair.com%2F3742-medium_default%2Flaw-and-disorder-the-complete-series.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />One has to wonder how a prime time sitcom featuring Penelope Keith at the centre of the action could last for only half a dozen episodes. It would have to be pretty awful... wouldn&#039;t it? It&#039;s safe to say expectations were low going into this one.But in fact there&#039;s a lot to like. Keith not least, of course. Phillipa Troy feels like a fully-formed character and while part of Keith&#039;s appeal is that she&#039;s always recognisably Penelope Keith no matter what the setting, she&#039;s also believable as a barrister-cum-children&#039;s author.Tying the two worlds together, my favourite of Phillipa&#039;s quirks is her penchant for semantics and her tendency to correct others&#039; improper use of English. Educating a judge, for example, about the difference between &quot;continuous&quot; and &quot;continual&quot; (a bugbear of mine) has happened twice now, and I think these moments set it apart. If not quite highbrow, they at least bring a flavour of public school snobbery (even though I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if Phillipa was state school educated and the judge a paid-up member of the old boys&#039; network).The rest of the cast will probably become clearer to me just as the series comes to an end. The only one that&#039;s instantly recognisable to me is Simon Williams - one of those actors whose face I always recognise but who I don&#039;t associate with any particular series. He was in Agony, of course, but I only watched that for the first time a couple of years ago. I think I know him best from playing himself on panel games and quizzes. Didn&#039;t he do a load of Give Us A Clues in the Eighties?!The opening images of the title sequence really grabbed me as it featured Phillipa&#039;s beautiful car a then-new MG RV8. It was gorgeous in the Nineties and it&#039;s still stunning today. It&#039;s a very appropriate vehicle for Keith. A luxury model with a vintage heritage but a modern outlook. And terribly British, of course (Phillipa&#039;s is finished, naturally, in British Racing Green). There&#039;s also a symbolism there that couldn&#039;t have been seen at the time, with both the car and the series being shorter-lived than one would expect.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 157254, member: 23"] Well, this is a novel little discovery. At only six episodes long I wasn't sure whether to mention it here or in the "Cancelled Too Soon" thread. But as I've only watched the first two episodes it's too soon to say for sure if it fits that category. [IMG]http://[IMG]https://www.acorndvd.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/a/lawanddisorder.jpg[/IMG][img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnetworkonair.com%2F3742-medium_default%2Flaw-and-disorder-the-complete-series.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/img] One has to wonder how a prime time sitcom featuring Penelope Keith at the centre of the action could last for only half a dozen episodes. It would have to be pretty awful... wouldn't it? It's safe to say expectations were low going into this one. But in fact there's a lot to like. Keith not least, of course. Phillipa Troy feels like a fully-formed character and while part of Keith's appeal is that she's always recognisably Penelope Keith no matter what the setting, she's also believable as a barrister-cum-children's author. Tying the two worlds together, my favourite of Phillipa's quirks is her penchant for semantics and her tendency to correct others' improper use of English. Educating a judge, for example, about the difference between "continuous" and "continual" (a bugbear of mine) has happened twice now, and I think these moments set it apart. If not quite highbrow, they at least bring a flavour of public school snobbery (even though I wouldn't be surprised if Phillipa was state school educated and the judge a paid-up member of the old boys' network). The rest of the cast will probably become clearer to me just as the series comes to an end. The only one that's instantly recognisable to me is Simon Williams - one of those actors whose face I always recognise but who I don't associate with any particular series. He was in [I]Agony[/I], of course, but I only watched that for the first time a couple of years ago. I think I know him best from playing himself on panel games and quizzes. Didn't he do a load of [I]Give Us A Clues [/I]in the Eighties?! The opening images of the title sequence really grabbed me as it featured Phillipa's beautiful car a then-new MG RV8. It was gorgeous in the Nineties and it's still stunning today. It's a very appropriate vehicle for Keith. A luxury model with a vintage heritage but a modern outlook. And terribly British, of course (Phillipa's is finished, naturally, in British Racing Green). There's also a symbolism there that couldn't have been seen at the time, with both the car and the series being shorter-lived than one would expect. [/QUOTE]

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