EPISODE
SEASON
Trial and Error - Season 1
It centers on a brilliant young New York lawyer hired to defend a murder case for a professor who is made to fave trial in court for the cold murder of his wife.
21 April 1958, Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
15 November 1945, Santa Monica, California, USA
14 June 1931, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1953, Québec, Canada
15 August 1977, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
17 October 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
March 21, 2017
Clichéd courtroom comedy is funnier than it should be.
March 16, 2017
Lithgow's performance coupled with the serialized murder mystery element both serve to add a little flavor to an enjoyable but otherwise formulaic comedy.
March 14, 2017
A featherweight entertainment with a good cast, some charm, and not nearly enough laughs.
March 13, 2017
In 3rd Rock From the Sun, Lithgow was an alien trying to get by. In Trial & Error, he's a human trying to get by. His brilliance gives Trial & Error a good chance of succeeding.
March 14, 2017
It's Lithgow, as the hopelessly self-centered, sneakily endearing suspect, who steals every scene he's in.
April 19, 2017
Ah, look, it's okay. Not for now, but later. Perhaps for the flu season when you're lying on the couch, half-conscious, dosing up on Lemsip. Then it'll be suitably soothing and untaxing.
March 13, 2017
Trial and Error is blunter in its punchlines, but still frequently charming, mostly thanks to Lithgow's daffy appeal and D'Agosto's genial frustration as the straight man in a room full of kooks.
March 20, 2017
It's great to see Lithgow, who won a Golden Globe earlier this year for playing Winston Churchill in Netflix's series The Crown, but there's not much challenge here for him and too few laughs.
March 14, 2017
If you like your comedy dark and twisted, Trial & Error could be just your cup of cyanide-laced coffee.
