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Mar 14, 2017 · A Wrench in the Case: Directed by Jeffrey Blitz. With Nicholas D'Agosto, Jayma Mays, Steven Boyer, Krysta Rodriguez. Josh and his team find another man's DNA, but Larry seems to lack any emotion about the murder.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Jeffrey Blitz
- 2017-03-14
Mar 15, 2017 · S1 E2 | 03/15/17. A Wrench in the Case. Josh investigates the bloody handprint found in Larry's home while Dwayne exhumes Larry's first wife's body to prove she wasn't murdered. NBC.com....
- This NBC sitcom has a bit of a bite to it.
- Verdict
By Jesse Schedeen
Updated: Oct 11, 2022 11:20 pm
Posted: Mar 14, 2017 1:50 pm
Note: this is a spoiler-free advance review of the first two episodes of Trial & Error, which both premiere on NBC Tuesday night.
If the popularity of TV series like The Jinx and Making a Murderer and podcasts like Serial have proven anything, it's that people really, really love their serialized true-crime documentaries. NBC is banking heavily on that fact as they roll out their newest comedy, Trial & Error. Despite some initial hurdles, this new sitcom proves there's still room for a good mockumentary in NBC's comedy lineup.
Basically, Trial & Error plays out like a southern-friend version of Parks & Recreation with a season-long murder mystery thrown in. John Lithgow (The Crown) stars as Larry Henderson, a quirky, roller skate-obsessed poetry professor accused of murdering his wife. Cue the arrival of hotshot legal aide Josh Segal (Gotham's Nick D'Agosto), a "Northeasterner" dispatched to begin mounting his firm's legal defense. Once he arrives in the quaint town of East Peck, South Carolina, Josh quickly assembles a crack team that includes bumbling ex-cop Dwayne Reed (The Wolf of Wall Street's Steven Boyer) and staggeringly inefficient secretary Anne Flatch (Less Than Perfect's Sherri Shepherd). Rounding out the main cast are Josh's courtroom rival, Carol Anne Keane (The Millers' Jayma Mays) and Larry's daughter, Summer (Smash's Krysta Rodriguez).
Trial & Error has its problems in these first two episodes, with the Southern-friend humor hitting a lot of familiar (if generally effective) notes. But between John Lithgow's engaging performance and the generally enticing murder mystery element, there's enough here to make Trial & Error play like more than a mere Parks & Rec clone. Trial & Error'...
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A Wrench in the Case is the second episode of the first season of Trial & Error and the second episode overall in the series. It has aired on March 14, 2017. In trying to find an alternate theory to Larry throwing his wife through the window, Josh and his team discover another man's DNA in the...
Mar 14, 2017 · NBC's new mockumentary sitcom combines the humor of Parks & Recreation with the drama of Making a Murderer.
Mar 14, 2017 · The first big case for New York attorney Josh Segal (Nicholas D’Agosto) takes him to a small southern town to defend an unconventional poetry professor (John Lithgow) of murder in this comedic series created by Jeff Astrof and Matt Miller.
