Fairly Legal: Seasons 1-2 (2011)

Fairly Legal is more than fairly fun (and nonfattening). It's a bit like Ally McBeal meets The Good Wife, but not too loopy (or serious). Sarah Shahi is superb as Kate Reed, the perky, mostly confident, and always capable attorney turned legal mediator. (Kate got burned out on her profession, esp. after her father passed away and his blonde trophy wife took over the law firm instead, so she chose to make a difference brokering win-win out-of-court settlements.) She is very good at what she does -- partly thanks to the scriptwriting, but mostly Shahi's acting. She carries the show and will simply win you over. The producers try to make her more human than whirling dervish by having her get flustered or clumsy now and then; she even makes that bit work. She plays well opposite her femme fatale boss/stepmother (until the final moments of Season 1, but that only lasts until the start of Season 2). My grade moved from 4 stars up by the end of Season 1 to 4.5 stars. Enjoy! (3-9-2017)