Started watching "The Lincoln Lawyer"

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

First 15 minutes or so were amusing and interesting. He's called that because he drives Lincolns, the car.

But then he is assigned a case that is in being tried in court, NOW, as in he has to scamper to get to the courtroom and knows zero about the case. I turned it off because, while I'm not a lawyer myself, I seriously doubt that would ever happen.

I truly despise the way movies and TV will all-too-often show something that is totally counter to reality as I know it.

[CrispyQ]

1. Movie or the series? I liked them both.

Season 1 was the best, 3 okay, & 2 kind of sucked. The books are good.

[Ocelot II]

2. Yeah, that wouldn't happen. But it was an entertaining series anyhow,

and the guy who plays Mickey is kind of hot.

[Silent Type]

3. Like the show. They do get called in for arraignments, bail requests, etc. Plus, a little creative

license is OK.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Creative license is one thing.

Plus, in that first episode, he wasn't just called in for an arraignment or bail request. Nope. The first day of a full trial and he knew absolutely nothing about the case. Showing something that absolutely would NOT happen is another.

An example that makes me bat-shit crazy is showing someone flying into DCA, National Airport in Washington DC, in a 747, back before the main runway was lengthened to accommodate them. Even 707s couldn't land there until the runway was lengthened, and somehow those planes magically landed there in movies or tv.

Usually, the truth is much more interesting than this sort of thing.

[Brother Buzz]

4. In Michael Connelly's novel, Mickey Haller is called the Lincoln Lawyer because...

He’s chauffeured around in one of his two classic black Lincolns while he conducts all his lawyering in the back seat, running from court to court.

The closest he had for an ‘office’ was nothing but a trusted cohort who answers and screens telephone calls, and did deep searches on data banks she has access to.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. That sounds much more interesting.

I'll have to look for the book. Thanks.

[Brother Buzz]

7. The book is a total page turner

Oh, check out Michael Connelly’s Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch series. Bosch and Haller are half brothers, adversarial early in the series, but Harry crossed over to the dark side and worked with Mickey late in the series.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Actually, my library does have that physical book.

Hooray! I'll pick it up on Monday.

[Brother Buzz]

9. Interlibrary loan is your friend

My librarians are my friends, too. Hell, they hold books for me before I even ask because they know what I read.

[ColinC]

10. Its a good show, but tropes like that can be annoying

The other one I hate is when they do the "he thought he got away with it but admitted it in a recording! In a state where its illegal to record somebody without their knowledge!" trope

[Upthevibe]

11. PoindexterOglethorpe........

I totally disagree with you!

I loved the movie and I love the series. The actor who plays Mickey is awesome, and I enjoy the supporting cast as well. Obviously there are things that are maybe unrealistic but that happens often.

I'm a BIG fan of lawyer and legal movies. They're my favorite genre. Oh well, different strokes....

[Aristus]

12. I suppose it's preferable to watch a show the subject of which is not one's own profession.

I like "The Lincoln Lawyer" because I'm not a lawyer. I'm a medical practitioner (Physician Assistant). I can't watch medical shows, because everything they do in them is wrong. Even the way doctors use a penlight to check pupillary reaction; they do it totally wrong.

Doctors drawing blood and running lab tests? - Totally wrong.

Doctors obtaining medical imaging and interpreting the results? - Totally wrong.

Doctors having just one case to work on at a time? - Totally wrong.

Doctors being unconscionable jerks to clinic patients? - Totally wrong.

It's amusing to see doctors and other medical providers on TV doing things that in real life would get us fired at best and sued at worst.

[Upthevibe]

13. Aristus........

OMG.........Excellent point!

I'm a teacher and some of the things I see them do in shows make me shout at the T.V. "That would never happen!".....or "Teachers can't do that!"......

[Aristus]

14. Teachers ROCK!

I’m not a teacher, but even I can see some things on TV that IRL, no teacher would ever do.

[Nasruddin]

15. Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

Sounds like a version of this. Usually it's mentioned in regards to some news story.
The idea is that you believe everything in the newspaper (back when), except things in your own area of expertise, which stories you find to be full of errors.

I think this was named by Michael Crichton! He gave it this name because ... oh look it up.