Shark: Season One: DVD Review (2007)

Structurally, the series is a rip-off of "House," though with a legal backdrop.

James Woods is Sebastian Stark, a famous, Los Angeles-based criminal defense attorney whose life is changed when he successfully defends an abusive husband who, upon his release, goes home and kills his wife.

Let the self-loathing and public loathing begin, with Stark eventually getting the opportunity to start over again when the mayor suggests he mold a group of new district attorneys, all of whom can benefit from his years of experience, most of which are of the cut-throat variety.

This is Woods' first lead role in a television series and, given the title and what you know about the actor’s aggressive on-screen persona, he predictably bullies the show from the rest of the cast and makes it his own.

And that's a good thing, since this strictly by-the-number series needs all the spit and fire Woods can muster.

Grade: C+