History Series / FairlyLegal

** Her father was the Wizard. An entirely appropriate metaphor, it turns out, since [[Spoiler: Kate and Lauren discover that Teddy wasn't nearly so moral as he held himself out to be, founding the firm with embezzled money and seeking places on various boards of directors for the sake of power, in the same way the Wizard is a fake.]]

** Her father was the Wizard. An entirely appropriate metaphor, it turns out, since [[Kate and Lauren discover that Teddy wasn't nearly so moral as he held himself out to be, founding the firm with embezzled money and seeking places on various boards of directors for the sake of power, in the same way the Wizard is a fake.]]

** Her father was the Wizard.

-->[[spoiler: Leo]]: [[ItMakesSenseInContext I told you to fix the stove.]]

** Justin's ID pic is the Tin Man, which upsets him when he finds out. "You think I don't have a heart?"

* YourCheatingHeart: ''[[spoiler: Justin]]'' has a one night stand while still married. [[WhamLine Whoa.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Judge Nicastro, with shades of BaitAndSwitchTyrant. The twist is he's a bait and switch tyrant in each individual episode: he starts out tyrannical, but softens by the end. As opposed to being tyrannical in the beginning but softening in later episodes. And as little as Kate might like to admit it, Lauren is also this. Everything she does is quite reasonably calculated to keep the firm alive (which is on the ropes since the death of Teddy Reed, Lauren's husband and Kate's dad).

* {{Fanservice}}: Not gratuitous, but one memorable scene has [[SexyShirtSwitch Kate walking out of Justin's kitchen in his shirt]], and he tells her he intends to wear it to work. [[PantyShot So she]] [[BabyGotBack takes it]] [[ToplessnessFromTheBack off]].

* ScrewTheRulesIAmDoingWhatsRight:

* BeleagueredAssistant: Leo. Not that Kate is incompetent, she just has a lot of trouble sticking to her schedules/appointments etc., leaving Leo to clean up the mess.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Judge Nicastro, with shades of BaitAndSwitchTyrant. The twist is he's a bait and switch tyrant in each individual episode: he starts out tyrannical, but softens by the end. As opposed to being tyrannical in the beginning but softening in later episodes.

* IceQueen: Lauren.

* GoldDigger: Averted by Kate's former stepmother Lauren. She really did love her husband, and her depth of emotions are reflected in the episode where she cannot even bear to enter his office.

* MsFanservice: Kate and Lauren. In addition to that mentioned above, Kate routinely wears tight/short skirts and heels. And despite Lauren's [IceQueen iciness]] she almost always wears extremely flattering dresses and heels. Not to mention the almost absurdly tight dress she wears on her date with [[BattlestarGalactica Helo]].

* {{Fanservice}}: Not gratuitous, but one memorable scene has [[SexyShirtSwitch Kate walking out Justin's kitchen in his shirt]], and he tells her intends to wear it to work. [[PantyShot So she]] [[BabyGotBack takes it]] [[ToplessnessFromTheBack off]].

* IdiotBall: As an intelligent, experienced former attorney Kate really should now better than attempt some of the stunts she pulls. She seems to think that mediation can solve everything and seems surprised when quite often it will blow up in her face and make the situation worse.

* {{Fanservice}}: Not gratuitous, but one memorable scene has [[SexyShirtSwitch Kate walking out Justin's kitchen in his shirt]], and he tells her intends to wear it to work. [[PantyShot So she]] [[BabyGotBack takes it]] [[SexyBack off]].

* WorkingWithTheEx: This is a primary source of drama and romantic tension on ''Fairly Legal''. The main character is a mediator and her ex-husband works for the DA, so naturally they butt heads.

* {{Adorkable}}: ''Leo''

* GoldDigger: Averted by Kate's former stepmother Lauren. She really did lover her husband, and her depth of emotions are reflected in the episode where she cannot even bear to enter his office.

* TheJudge: Judge Nicastro, who is pretty harsh and could cross-over into HangingJudge. YourMileageMayVary, of course.

* WorkingWithTheEx: This is a primary source of drama on ''Fairly Legal''. The main character is a mediator and her ex-husband works for the DA, so naturally they butt heads.