The show is based on the
characters of John Grisham’s novel of the same name published in 1991. The
novel was adapted into a movie starring Tom Cruise in the lead role of Mitch
McDeere, a fresh grad from Harvard Law. The show is created by Lukas Reiter,
and Grisham himself is an executive producer on the show.
In this television reboot,
the story picks off ten years after the events of the movie. After taking down the
Memphis tax law firm of Bendini, Lambert and Locke, Mitch went into Federal
Witness Protection Program along with his wife and brother, Ray. Now Mitch has a teenage daughter and he has decided to come out of Wit-Sec. But it seems that the mob is still after him.
The series was short lived
but it had all the elements of a typical John Grisham legal thriller. Josh
Lucas portrayed a perfect Mitch McDeere, and while the 90’s movie starring Tom
Cruise failed to hold my attention, this series kept me hooked throughout this
run. The romance between Abee and Mitch was very endearing; the chemistry
between the couple was quite skillfully shown. The comfort level between high
school sweethearts who have been married for more than ten years was plainly
evident.
Talking about cliffhangers…The series finale of the newbie reboot of John Grisham’s The Firm, almost literally ended on a cliffhanger. The last scene shows Mitch running from some unknown followers, just like the famous run sequence in the season premiere, and the series end as Mitch jumps off the roof presumably to land on the opposite building. But we will never know if Mitch reaches across safely or not. Just as we will never know if Louis, Moraltos and the McDeeres actually decide to gang up against the Russian mob and the FBI.
I almost wish John Grisham
would write a sequel to this fabulous series which took forward the story he
wrote in his bestseller. Tell me; is there a precedent for this sort of a
thing? Can it be done? Until there is some good news on that front let’s keep
our fingers crossed.
