As great as I remembered?

I remember that when Murder One was first on TV I thought it was one of the greatest TV shows I'd ever seen - almost on a par with Hill Street Blues (also from Steven Bochco). Revisited, it's very good indeed - but not quite great. Daniel Benzali is extraordinarily imposing as brilliant lawyer Ted Hoffman, but a bit one-note and he never makes a mistake. The crime is as serpentine as I remembered, and halfway through my re-viewing I still cannot remember or work out whodunnit. Jason Gedrick is so good as the troubled film star charged with murder that you wonder what happened to his career. I'd forgotten the ever annoying Mrs Bochco, Barbara Bosson, was in it. Also, I'd forgotten how rubbish the bits with Hoffman's wife are. The part's played by Patricia Clarkson, and all she ever does is toss salad, light candles and be incredibly understanding when her man has to work late. Does this woman not have her own career?

So: extremely good, fantastic theme music, but not as great as I'd remembered.