Murder One - Season 1 Reviews

1995

Rated:
70
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Courtroom drama set in Los Angeles which spans twenty-two episodes in Season 1. The main character is Ted Hoffman - played by Daniel Benzali - who begins by successfully representing a young actor called Neil Avedon - played by Jason Gedrick, an actor with a drug problem and a liking for violence. Soon after, a fifteen-year-old .. Read more

Starring	Daniel Benzali, Mary McCormack, Michael Hayden, Grace Phillips
Director	Charles Haid, Michael Fresco, Jo Ann Fogle
Genres	Drama, Television

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Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Murder One - Season 1
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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful

Murder 1 Murdered Them All!

If you have never seen this series from the 90's then rent it now!

Twists, turns, shocks this is the original 24 genre before Jack Bauer was even a twinkle in the writers eye.

Daniel Banzali as Ted Hoffman gives the performance of his career with excellent supporting cast. Wish i could give it 6 stars.
- - A customer from Grays, Essex
  - Posted 14 May 2006 14:40
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

didnt like it

was fairly dated,couldnt get in to it
- - A customer from london
  - Posted 15 Oct 2007 19:51
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

Superb!

I've waited 10 years to watch this series again and it's every bit as good as I remember.

All the main performances are excellent, but the two lead actors (Daniel Benzali & Stanley Tucci) are mesmerising, particularly Benzali. He can be a loving family man, a warm and caring colleague/employer and a hard-as-nails attorney and he's a joy to watch. Tucci is also excellent as a charming man playing games; you just know he's not what he appears to be.

The pace and plot developments are just right and not so complex or unbelievable that you lose track of who's who and what's going on. Always enough to keep you wanting more though!

I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoyed 24 or legal dramas.
- - purplecat from Wiltshire
  - Posted 25 Apr 2005 13:13
Most recent members' reviews (2) of Murder One - Season 1
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

Superb!

I've waited 10 years to watch this series again and it's every bit as good as I remember.

All the main performances are excellent, but the two lead actors (Daniel Benzali & Stanley Tucci) are mesmerising, particularly Benzali. He can be a loving family man, a warm and caring colleague/employer and a hard-as-nails attorney and he's a joy to watch. Tucci is also excellent as a charming man playing games; you just know he's not what he appears to be.

The pace and plot developments are just right and not so complex or unbelievable that you lose track of who's who and what's going on. Always enough to keep you wanting more though!

I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoyed 24 or legal dramas.
- - purplecat from Wiltshire
  - Posted 25 Apr 2005 13:13

13 out of 13 people found this review helpful

Murder 1 Murdered Them All!

If you have never seen this series from the 90's then rent it now!

Twists, turns, shocks this is the original 24 genre before Jack Bauer was even a twinkle in the writers eye.

Daniel Banzali as Ted Hoffman gives the performance of his career with excellent supporting cast. Wish i could give it 6 stars.
- - A customer from Grays, Essex
  - Posted 14 May 2006 14:40
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

didnt like it

was fairly dated,couldnt get in to it
- - A customer from london
  - Posted 15 Oct 2007 19:51
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

Superb!

I've waited 10 years to watch this series again and it's every bit as good as I remember.

All the main performances are excellent, but the two lead actors (Daniel Benzali & Stanley Tucci) are mesmerising, particularly Benzali. He can be a loving family man, a warm and caring colleague/employer and a hard-as-nails attorney and he's a joy to watch. Tucci is also excellent as a charming man playing games; you just know he's not what he appears to be.

The pace and plot developments are just right and not so complex or unbelievable that you lose track of who's who and what's going on. Always enough to keep you wanting more though!

I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoyed 24 or legal dramas.
- - purplecat from Wiltshire
  - Posted 25 Apr 2005 13:13
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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.
- - A customer from UK
  - Posted 09 Oct 2005 20:56
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Possibly the best telly programme in the world!

I watched this when it was on telly and it is just as good second time around. It is a fabulous crime/courtroom drama and has yet to be equalled , in my own humble opinion ;-)
- - A customer from Scotland
  - Posted 21 Nov 2004 11:34
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Long, but interesting

This murder case stretches across 25 episodes, but it does keep you guessing. It is a typical US law series to a certain extent, but is slightly more focussed on the crime and evidence as opposed to who is seeing who! Worth watching but you need patience if you are desperate to find out who dunnit!
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 08 Nov 2007 09:45
Top Courtroom Drama

If you like to be sat at the edge of your seat for hours, this is one of the greatest DVD sets I have ever watched. Pure tension a rollercoaster ride of emotions, characters to love and hate. A courtroom drama with lots of twists and turns. My only hope is I find something as good to watch next!
- - Philip Spencer from Chester
  - Posted 21 Dec 2004 09:44
Hooked on Murder One

This series is excellent and had me hooked from the very beginning. The principal actor is superb in his role.

The series caused several very late nights as I couldn't resist the urge to watch 'just one more chapter' from each DVD. Excellent value viewing. Highly recommended.
- - A customer from Newbury, England
  - Posted 21 Mar 2005 14:31
Tale the 5th

Five stars that is - excellent crime drama. holds its age well and the suspense is still there, gripping in parts, slightly slow in others. Highly Recommended
- - A customer from Derry, Northern Ireland
  - Posted 11 Oct 2005 13:42