TV series

The Client

1995–1996 · 1 season

A steady, talky legal drama that trades courtroom fireworks for quiet moral pressure and wounded, stubborn people.

Overview: The Client is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995 to August 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film The Client, itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel also of the same name.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, family, trauma, addiction
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
family
trauma
addiction
morality
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild