The newspaper Guardian has published only 15 unstarred reviews of a film or television series throughout its history. The Ryan Murphy series on Disney+, All the lawis the last to have achieved this infamous honor, and this was proudly highlighted by the British newspaper in one of its Instagram posts. But does this series starring Kim Kardashian really deserve the nickname “worst drama series in history” that The times or the “crime against television” that he wrote The telegraph? Yes and no.
The first thing is to make one thing clear: the series is bad. It’s not so bad that it becomes good. There’s no doubt about that after watching the first three episodes (of the 10 that make up this season) of this legal drama (or maybe it’s a comedy?) about an all-female law firm opened to help the wealthiest women with their expensive divorces. It has absurd dialogues, actresses with totally shocking tones, uninteresting legal proceedings (in these episodes they don’t even appear before a judge), monotonous motivations and an opulence of rich women with zero self-criticism that causes shame in others. 6% positive aggregator reviews Rotten tomatoes It’s fair. But it’s not the worst series on television either. It’s not even Ryan Murphy’s worst series, who has long since stopped having a ton of projects gourmet be pure fast food.
All the law It’s the most similar series of all the ones the writer has launched in recent years to that one. Pinch/Fold with which it was placed on the map. To the point that in the third episode Jessica Simpson shines as a guest facing a case of poor cosmetic surgery practices. It also has elements of its 911the franchise of independent episodic police series that mix the most viral romantic plots with cases ranging from a baby stuck in pipes to a meteor shower or a tsunami. Like her, this new series also doesn’t seem to take itself too seriously. Unlike other Murphy creations, such as hollywood (about the pioneers of the cinema mecca) or the Strife about Capote (which Jon Robin Baitz himself wrote), he has no intention of saving the world of the series, he is self-aware and is always bordering on parody as happened in happiness, The politician any Popular. That already gives you points against them.
The team always keeps in mind that this is a series made for its protagonists to wear random looks, wigs and hats, where Kardashian can stay at home in a bison coat to welcome her colleague Niecy Nash who comes with cleavage. And where a trifle like selling some jewelry can fill plots for two episodes. Explaining that they are the best lawyers is the last thing the series cares about. This is taken for granted. And that’s final.
Because this isn’t a serious legal drama like The good wifebut Disney asked for it in response to the success of Suits on Netflix. They wanted a series of self-contained episodes reminiscent of classic broadcast television. In other words, they didn’t require much thought on the part of the viewer and they had some good hot sauces that Ryan Murphy likes, but where everything ended well. That is, like the countless Chicago (DC Fire, etc.), NCIS, Matlock any criminal minds that flood television and triumph on platforms, and about which no one seems to make such savage criticisms. That’s why behind the project is Jon Robin Baitz, creator of classic series such as five brothers any Doctor Odysseyanother produced by Ryan Murphy (there are seven series released in 2025) and it’s no better than this one.
There are many bad series on television. There were even them in the golden age. Spanish is not good Berlinand much less The atomic shelter. The wizard It’s the most annoying and there’s nothing redeemable. Superheroes have perpetrated horrors like Arrow, Iron Fist and The inhumans. You He bordered on embarrassing others in his final seasons, and the same The idol. Not to mention that inadvertent comedy called Is that soanother song for the hard life between opulence and the lack of understanding of the world in which you live. And that’s only if we’re talking about those that aren’t canceled without anyone finding out.
Why then this furious attack? Maybe it’s easier (and even worthy) to get involved with a series that has Kim Kardashian as the protagonist, after being seen in a regrettable season of American horror story. The reality is that she’s not doing well in the series, and viewers could have lived without her leap into acting, but in reality neither are her companions: neither is Sarah Paulson’s exaggerated Disney rebel villain before he becomes another serial killer in Monster; neither the eternal exaggeration of Niecy Nash nor the vital negligence of Glenn Close. The only one who actually has fun is Naomi Watts. Each actress lives in different series, in opposite registers.
Or perhaps we live in a world of social media and exaggerated headlines where each debut can only be the best or worst in history, a statement that will never be true. And this bad series at least achieves, unlike other supposedly good ones, what it wants to be. Be closer to bad taste and camping so what Perry Mason. Maybe it could be funnier, but no one here wanted to do it The Sopranos.
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