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Spot on. My brother is a lawyer. I'll have to get him to watch. While he doesn't teach law, I'm sure he'll get a kick out of all the malpractice you point out in the show.
Do you know what entertainment means? Just imagine taking seriously great shows like Dr. House Or just imagine the following: Real housewives reacting to desperate housewives. You are not smart, you are just a pain in the ass no one wants to spend time with.
@Felutia's Fans Uh.. what? Your post sounds AI generated - like it's so close to meaning something but ultimately none of it actually makes any sense. I really have no idea what you're even trying to say.
if they were speaking the truth then you know how many murderer is would get away with this if it was real they have to fake something so no one will know how-to-get-away-with-murder it's just a show obviously no one's going to really tell us how to get away with killing some one
I can't believe how many comments are pointing out it's a TV show and not understanding that the point of videos like this is to teach those that want to learn more. We all know it's a TV show and doesn't need to be realistic, but it's interesting to learn more about how the legal system works. He's not criticising the show for choosing entertainment over realism, he's just using it as a way to teach people how real law works.
He is teaching people how real law works?????? HAHAHAHAHAHA sorry but, Are you that stupid? My God XDDD I hope you are not a lawyer or a law student. This is RU-vid. You don't come here to learn how LAW WORKS.
@@kdelmal You can learn whatever you want on RU-vid. Obviously anyone practising law will do more than watch a RU-vid channel but that doesn't mean people can't watch and learn for their own personal enjoyment.
Well you missed her opening statement in the class...She said she wasn’t there to teach them law, she said she would be teaching them how to get away with murder😂😂😂
@@katnblu nope. she didnt say that she would actually teach them how to get away with murder, she said that she named her teaching strategies, techniques and uniqueness "how to get away with murder".
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Morgan Allen Yes it does . Just a lot of questionable stuff happens and the characters start to become real annoying like wes and laurel Also shit starts to get real as the seasons go on like a butterfly affect !
@Morgan Allen I think everyone is forgetting that this is a tv show FOR ENTERTAINMENT. The writers and producers never came out and said "this is how law school is and how practicing law works" It's for pure entertainment and if people can't understand that then that's there problem
Meh, I've gotta give it a pretty low grade for realism. Not nearly enough bodies, dude didn't even die. No information or advice on how to actually get away with murdering your boss. D+, and I'm being generous.
imagine going to the hospital for a gynecological procedure and discovering that because it's a teaching hospital all the doctor's students will be watching as you are examined ...
@@scottmatheson3346 Apples and oranges. You are explicitly informed and must provide signed consent. Also, you can do your research before going in and know that if you chose to go to an academic institution they are going to, well, teach.
I need doctor Mike and legal eagle to make a video together! Doctor mike breaks down the medical part while he breaks down the legal part! I suggest the plane crash in greys anatomy or when Callie gets sued by a patient!!!!
@@imjuliewaters Frank killed Lila intentionally, Bonnie killed Rebecca intentionally, Asher killed the detective intentionally as well. Nate killed Xavier, the FBI agent killed Asher intentionally as well. These murders were not mistakes
My mother is a Harvard graduate Attorney, and she does this exact kind of reaction when she watches crime shows. It's the best to see someone else reacting this way.
Gurl. I even started nursing school due to grey's anatomy. Then coming back to that show gives me goosebumps. How did they get away with such med malpractice and violation of HIPAA???
Doctor Mike watches and tears apart multiple medical dramas in a very entertaining ways, and obgyn Mama doctor Jones reacts to any dramas showing pregnancy and birth etc. I find their videos more entertaining than the actual shows 😆 Also educating at the same time, so it's a double win.
Dr. Mike always say chest compressions, chest compressions, and chest compressions on his videos. LegalEagle is about malpractice, malpractice and malpractice 😂
A seriously hilarious scene, that one. If you ever need a reason to not watch forensics dramas (aside from "enhance the image"), just remember that TV producers put that kind of thing in their shows.
I like how kept his calm in the bee movie, eventhough the "lawyer" was a florist, but has a complete meltdown when it comes to malpractice regarding client-lawyer privilige
@@leaffinite2001 I think it's actually because of how badly she's misled and endangered her client, when she's a real attorney and should know better. I bet if lawyer-florist was actually licensed to practice and invited a bunch of student lawyer-florists to a bee witness interview he'd be just as upset lol.
I dont even know why i watch these im not in law school and will never go into law school but I'm interested in the vids Edit holy shit thanks for the likes
Honestly, same, but they're kind of entertaining and educational. I'm not the least bit interested in becoming a lawyer at all, but I find this fascinating.
I binged this show in a week. So addictive. Thinking of law school and I’m glad I won’t have to worry about having to cover up murders for my law professors. 😌
You know, she ends up ruining their lives. You are right that she isn’t teaching them anything because later in the show they struggle to get those summer jobs and internships because they were studying under her. Some of them even end up failing their exams, too.
Naw hahaha it's just funny because it's exactly what not to do when you're a lawyer. And that's what the whole show is about. And it doesn't look like he watched the show which makes it even funnier!
It might be the case that this show is about lawyers using unorthodox method to win murder case. However, he's right; it doesn't excuse how she treat her students. How can a student learn anything when the basic is not even taught to them.
I 100% agree with you, I was just saying that the entire show is basically about how she ruins her core student's lives and only wins cases by breaking the law instead of employing actual legal strategies. In fact, the show even goes out of it's way to show what a bad mentor she is by showing the core character's grades to be in the bottom 20% (or something I don't remember the exact figure) because they are so busy at her practice all the time but not actually learning anything.
I dont know why the comment thread is butthurt. He is reviewing as a lawyer and how realistic the show and practice is ( even though it is a drama). Its interesting to hear what it actually should be like and someone pointing out the malpractice. I am a trained social worker and i would do thr exact same if i saw how social workers acted in dramas
I know right!! He never said it was a bad show, just what parts wouldn't be correct. I can still enjoy the show after watching this. I like the show, but it's fun to see what's illogical and wrong about it too.
Also, he’s not doing it to pretentiously deconstruct inconsistencies in pop culture, but rather as a launching point to give good tips on the essentials of practicing law
From the view of fact, some of the dramas can be quite incorrect when it comes to scene with professionals. So, this guy here points out the flaws of the dramas based on his profession. Some people just couldn't take the critics 😑
Actually, the funny thing is that of the videos that I've seen, he's actually complimented the show or movie for how realistic it was. The Social Network and the Good Wife. This is the first one where he's trashed it the whole time.
The requirement that every student must present a different defense is not realistic with hundreds of students. What is the last one supposed to plead? That the victim was, in fact, a chicken and that the killing of poultry is no criminal offense, maybe? At least no one else is going to propose pleading that...
I did : 9:50 - The woman clearly says "each of you" when talking to, at the very least, a few dozen of people. Furthermore, I am not commenting in a comment section for that specific scene but under a video made by Legal Eagle who, himself, declared at 9:22 that there are "literally hundreds of people". Last, but not least, you may not have realized that you were answering to what was basically a joke and even if I really had been incorrect about the facts you could still have decided to shut the hell up instead of answering something irrelevant, fractious and stupid.
SUSTAINED! These shows, especially medical, legal, or police dramas are all the same. A hard-ass instructor, students who get reamed out, narcissistic students, lots of strutting around, and a lack of caring about what it's really like in those professions. Props to you for calling it out!
That's why I like "the rockie" in police dramas, ok, so as it's continued, it's become way too preachy & lost what made it great, but I love that it doesn't stick to the stereotypes, the hard arse instructor (Tim) gets a second rockie to train who is former military & so he goes the total opposite way, teaching her to appreciate butterflies & making her feel good about herself & when his first rookie, who he was super hard on confronts him about it, he explains to her that she needed to see the dangers, the new one already does & needs to see people as people, not enemies & it makes it clear that he is in fact a genuinely good instructor, genuinely responding to whatever his rookies need. Same with the students, hugely diverse, not narcissists & genuinely caring about the job, but all for different reasons
Y'all came to a channel about legal stuff to complain that this lawyer is taking the show too seriously...duh? He's not an entertainment reviewer, obviously he's going to talk about the actual LEGAL content and not how fun it is to watch Viola eviscerate law students.
House is a really good show but not a great representation of working in medicine. Which I don't think it's necessarily supposed to be. I watched some old ER episodes recently. It's for sale on youtube and still outpaces a lot of current medical drama, imo. But Code Black was pretty good.
Just finished the entire series which kept me glued for the past two months as I binge watched all 6 seasons. I laughed, I cried, I got angry, I got jealous, I got turned on, I got perplexed, I got hurt. But most importantly, I was satisfied because I felt so much love from the very start to the very end!.... This is one hell of a show!....
@@QuirkyFactos It absolutely is worth watching. I work in the medical field and when I watch TV series that are based around Emergency Rooms, Patients, Doctors and they way handle certain scenarios, I always find myself rolling my eyes because I know they are so way off and wrong. But at the same time, they take situations and cases that would normally not be intresting whatsoever and turn it into some of my favorite episodes. I'm just so glad that you are watching it, once you make it to season 2, there's no turning back and things are about to start popping off my friend and you will hooked to the very end!... Enjoy!....
I now have to wonder how much of what it did wrong was intentional. Annalise is a lying -----. How much of it was the writers playing with that and how much was them being clueless?
I think the show title gives you a major clue as to how many shits this show gives to law and its (ethical) practice. It's about murder, the most sensational of crimes and the "How to Get Away With..." implies several seasons worth of pointless in-universe scandals.
Scott Mew ... couldn’t put in better words ... then again it was created by the same writers of another stupid show Grey’s Anatomy ... which shows what’s shouldn’t happen at any good Hospital!
@@amstreater This. He 100% was the type of guy who would make it seem like he was doing hotshot stuff interning at that firm, but in reality he was getting coffee and answering phones and was nowhere near any legal files.
I know its intended to make the professor look like a prodigy of law practice, but the simple fact that she shanghaied a bunch of know-nothing first year law students into her WITNESS INTERVIEW for a trial she has in TWO DAYS makes it seem like this crazy lady actually has no idea what she's doing and she's bringing her class on board to pick and poach their brains about ideas that she can't think of on her own and to have a scapegoat if the trial doesn't go her way.
@Proud Mudhutter : I think he knows that more than you do. Still, it's a _bad_ TV series, for the reasons he provided, among others. Most of us would rather see a _good_ show than a _bad_ one, see.
@PhantomSavage: AND she doesn't give a crap-care about her job, her clients, nor the Law nor a proper, legitimate, and functional Legal System. She says so herself in the previews! I'd bet that she's a New York City Socialist Worker in her spare time, given what you've described.
@@Missyydebbyy : There's no way in hell I'm watching that shit. It's gutter-junk trash-crap like untreated sewage and I don't have to torture myself watching that. Why, are you gonna pay me to sit and watch that god-awfulness...? Ooo, I bet the paper check is already in the snail-mail oh so expediently even right now as I write this!
FreakStormer Objection! The defendant has a 5th amendment right against self-incrimination and a Right under Miranda to remain silent while under questioning! Also, a "pants reveal" qualifies as a search under the 4th admendment.....you will need a warrant if you desire such information!
Lol I love doing that. Since the Navy, where I found out our graduation photos in front of the flag has us wearing some random ass dress white top and cap, while wearing cami bottoms and boots. Now I think it whenever I see anyone at a desk
It's hilarious that Phoenix Wright with it's ridiculous tropes bothered him less than this show. How to Get Away With Murder certainly is out there lol.
maybe the fact that Phoenix Wright is supposed to be comedic and silly makes it so it doesn't really matter i they get the law wrong, just enjoy the ride. This show, on the other hand, is supposed to be realistic and taken seriously, therefore the laws should be represented well.
It helps, I think, that Pheonix Wright at least has the excuse that it's based more on the Japanese legal system, so it's easier to suspend your disbelief if you're not so intimately acquainted with that. How To Get Away With Murder, being set in the states, has no such excuse.
Phoenix Wright deserved more slack because it's taking place in an imaginary legal system and isn't really saying anything about how things work in the American system.
Phoenix Wright's legal system is more of a dystopian future kind of deal. HtGAWM is the kind of show that wants to be "dark and realistic" but only manages one of those things.
I did always think it was strange the students were always at her house studying and never their school and library lol. Like didn’t they have other classes? Lol.
No, this should would probably put you in jail faster (and possibly with a death penalty) with the amount of (easily provable) crimes committed per episode
Oh... But it does. You need a firey attorney to protect you at every angle because so far everyone's gotten away with murder... And they definitely need to be in jail.
Because we’re ALL pointing out the fact that the whole POINT of the show is to show how unethical Annalise Keating’s teaching methods are..that’s LITERALLY the synopsis of the show and he would know that if he did research before turning on the camera and getting so frustrated about a fictional TV show that he had to take a 1 hr break to cool off. It’s never that serious😂😂
People can get defensive of things they guard close to their heat. Anyway, they just salty, every othher channel on youtube does this and you'll get complaints like this. Still they continue to watch hahaha.
Objection! Nobody really watches HTGAWM for the impeccable use of law, we watch it for the DRAMA and the fact that the show leaves you speechless each episode haha
What about the alliteration though? The Legal Eagle has a beagle, The Legal Beagle. How are you gonna make more puns like Steven Segel meets the Legal Eagle with Regal meal pleuuse beagle beagle beagle.
Thank you. Everyone just praising this show so much and I’m just like “This is freaking ridiculous”. Grad to hear from a profesional that I am not crazy for thinking that.
As a law student, I SERIOUSLY enjoyed your reaction. I still watch the show (for the incredible acting), but man, the inaccuracies always make me either laugh or cringe
Some might say the Professor is strong and incredibly intelligent, but I’m pretty sure she’s just a bad professor. There is literally no better way to turn someone away from any field than to intimidate them and make them feel like an inadequate idiot on day one lmao.
Agreed! I'm a psych major and I had a professor once that was just a straight up asshole. A classmate was called on to define conditioned punishment and unconditional punishment. He got them mixed up and my professor harrassed him so much that he got up and left. He didn't come back. It was a psych 101 class. That was like 4 years ago for me and I still remember it.
I think the combination of you as a lawyer doing this and the show showing what it shows is art. As a show they obviously can’t spend the time to explain all of the legal concepts so as an audience we just have to assume they’re right however you as a lawyer are explaining to us the legal concepts because that’s what you do on your platform. So it really makes sense, as an art form, that they do not explain the legal side of things even though they’re in a classroom. And it’s really great that there’s someone like you explaining the legal side on the Internet
@@Lotus-bo3rw well I'm only at S3 (right at the end), but it's already major chaos and I have spoiled everything for myself and I have no idea how anything at the end even happened
@@shellysimmons8812 Just like every GREAT show, the ending is... meh. I think these kinda shows start good and fresh, they captivate us and then can’t seem to finish as highly as they started?
Probably wouldn't even have been a murder if Wes had run away. (Well, except that Sam still killed that poor girl. But no ensuing web of murders keeping the premise of the series going.)
My girlfriend studies law and watching this show was revenge for the amount of scifi shows I have to go through while studying physics. I was scared she was going to throw something at tv haha.
I’m pretty sure the amount of malpractice recognisable in this for an attorney would be like a doctor watching a show about a supposed medical professional who somehow got access and permission to perform several surgeries, botched a dozen of them (out of universe, but apparently in-universe the patient’s surgery is perfect because soap opera), teaches students as a professor in medical school, regularly have them handle real-time patients without proper sanitisation or procedure, and end up fine while romanticising and championing flaws that just shouldn’t exist in any drama show concerning these types of professions. *How to get away with inducing a pandemic* Also you’d have to be a good lawyer to let a client get away with murder, if anyone hired her they’d do nothing save for being convicted.
Actually what he is saying ties in. If the prosecution can pick apart the defense, its the fastest way to get your client in jail. also if you are dismissed on the grounds of malpractice, all your cases would be reopened.
@Second Wizards i dont agree with OP, but your insult was way off base and kinda awkward ngl. if youre gonna comment insults on a law video, at least make it factual and not just another ad hominem
ALSO let’s point out the fact that’s it’s just a show and it’s for entertainment purposes. It’s not like we all believe we’re gonna he lawyers after this show
It's refreshing to see real world professionals review these t.v. shows that get nominated for prestigious awards based on realism and authenticity only to be debunked on how stupid they actually are.
Actors get nominated for acting accordingly to the script their given. So maybe they deserve an award for acting the best way they can with such script. (Jk) Also realistic shows are a bit rare to come by. You are welcome to change my mind.
@@preciousvicious9025 you actually might be surprised by so of the shows that are out there that are surprisingly accurate. Particularly medical shows. Funny enough scrubs is actually know to be pretty darn realistic when it comes to the actual medicine. There are two main doctors that do RU-vid videos like this one but for medical shows, and you might be surprised by the accuracy that some of the shows have.
"Apparently, you guys want to get away with a whole bunch of homicides. Well, I'll do what I can to help." Question: Can you get disbarred for saying something like that in a RU-vid video? Asking for a friend.
Never seen one of your videos before, but when I saw the premise of a real lawyer responding to HTGAWM, I had to click lol! Man I know nothing about law and almost every part of that show came off as unrealistic lol. When you said "she's taught them nothing" - that was literally the discussion my wife and I were having several times through the two seasons, it became something of a running joke in our house to ask how much these kids were paying for a law school they barely seem to attend or study for (aside from randomly throwing the word torts around), and that when they do go to a lecture barely seem to ever get taught anything. I think you'll get a lot of good content out of this show... but it might make you pull your hair out lol.
OBJECTION! -Asher Millstone, the character who "interned" for a Chief Justice -His dad is a Judge so he's probably did intern for the Chief Justice... just not like a law student intern... more like a summer intern... if an intern at all... Okay, he probably just got to hang at the Chief Justice's house but he gets to fluff up his experiences when sizing up the Law School competition, so that's something?
I'm a law student myself (but from Germany) so it was very interesting to hear your explanation of how things are handled in the US. Also that woman is crazy
As a law student I agree with 99.9% of this. My one main objection is that class size depends on the school. My 1L classes had about 70-80 students. They got smaller in 2L. Also, it is my understanding that students can sit in on a client meeting if the client agrees and they sign a non-disclosure agreement, although this is very impractical for that many students and usually only happens when a student is interning at a firm. I agree with everything else, especially the parts about admitting evidence. I appreciated this video even though many people don't care about accuracy. I actually do think it is a problem because people generally have a very misinformed understanding of court proceedings based on theatrical portrayals like this. I've watched clients in mediation want to switch to litigation because they think they will dramatically tell their side of the story and win and get all of their legal fees paid by the losing side and everyone will cheer. That is extremely unrealistic. Even though many people say it's just a show and doesn't matter, it could actually impact their decision making in real legal situations.
@Triggered Latina exactly. I am a forensic science student and we are taught how to analyse an exhibit such as DNA or fingerprints so it can be admissible in court as an evidence. CSI only inspects the scene, finds exhibits and make reports based on the exhibits. They do not solve the case. It's the PD's Job.
I was coming here to say this. My 1L classes had about 100 people in them each (except for legal writing). 2L and 3L classes were much smaller, between 10 and 30 people. I'm not sure where "LegalEagle" went to law school, but it really depends on the school when it comes to class size.
Not a lawyer, but I always thought the reason lawyers say something even though they know they have to withdraw it immediately is to play with the jury's head. They can take it off the transcript, but the jury can't unhear what was said and in all likelihood, they'll keep it at the back of their minds while making a decision.
Also, not all trials have a jury. Lawyers will say an objections throughout trials, depositions, etc. just to have that as part of the record, even though it will most likely be overruled. In real life, lawyers have to give a basis for interrupting or saying something off-base. You can't just say shit willy-nilly like they do in movies and on TV
Under the British criminal court system the entire jury can be replaced if the lawyers say something they shouldn’t, as well as sanctions against the attorney.
Objection: Mrs. Keating specifically stated to the students that they were to find an idea that was "better than my own" not help her build the case. This entire scene was a teaching opportunity to see who were the ones that were thinking more like a lawyer and who weren't.
It's understandable when you spend years to master enough your profession to practice it and then you see a huge misrepresentation showing your job like "Hey, magic, it works ! This is easy." I could get mad too at something like that ^^ But it's funny for everyone else.
@@thibautisserant 100% agree with you. I'm almost done with my Computer Science university and I already work as a software developer, so it's a little bit uncomfortable for me, when hacking into the hight secured system is shown like just clicking on the button in the random application.
Miila I’ve talked to law school students who also don’t like the way the show portrays the legal system. Then again it’s TV and Viola Davis is a phenomenal actress.
@@thibautisserant You're forgetting this is a tv show for pure entertainment. The writers, producers, and director have never said "this is how law school and how practicing law works". No one should take it personal because you're going to have a miserable life if you're getting triggered by a tv show for not showing an occupation correctly. That's how the entertainment industry works.
He wasn't judging from law view He was after their acting skills N I only found the attorney client thing relevant, the rest of shit he said was just rubbish
