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Season 1 – Franklin & Bash

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Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are best buddies, forging their friendship through their work as aggressive street lawyers. They'll chase down their clients, literally, and work just as aggressively to win any case. Their style, notably Jared's brash presentation skills and Peter's penchant for connecting with a judge and jury, also wins over Stanton Infeld, the senior partner at one of the top law firms in Los Angeles, who recruits the pair to inject some life into his buttoned-down firm. That won't be easy, however, if Damien Karp has his say. Karp is Infeld's nephew, a straitlaced lawyer whose own plans for the firm in no way include welcoming unpredictable co-workers.
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Franklin & Bash — Season 1

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Slick, playful, and occasionally witty, Franklin & Bash unfortunately sticks too close to the courtroom drama formula.

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Maureen Ryan HuffPost Jun 1, 2011
Gosselaar's appealing qualities aren't enough to make up for Franklin & Bash's other shortcomings. Go to Full Review David Wiegand San Francisco Chronicle Jun 1, 2011
2/4
F&B will rise or fall almost entirely on the basis of how likable you find Gosselaar and Meyer, not to mention the wisecrack-stuffed dialogue. Go to Full Review Mike Hale New York Times Jun 1, 2011
The problem is that Franklin and Bash themselves are resolutely uninteresting. Go to Full Review Mark A. Perigard Boston Herald Oct 16, 2018
TNT bills Franklin & Bash as a dramedy, but it is more accurately a comedic bromance laced with pop-culture jokes and a dash of legal jargon to trick you into thinking you spent an hour on something of substance. Go to Full Review Tom Gliatto People Magazine Oct 16, 2018
If they don't entertain us as much as they seem to entertain themselves, we still catch some of their buzz. Go to Full Review Ellen Gray Philadelphia Daily News Jun 1, 2011
A new lawyer show the network's calling an "offbeat drama"--though it's hard to think of something whose beats are this predictable as off-anything. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Susie S @MovieRater2026 Sep 16, 2025 Franklin & Bash feels like one big dad joke because it lands like a series of winks and handguns. It’s a tapestry of cliché bro-movie tropes, doused in stupidity. The chemistry between the characters is forced, and the courtroom antics with the eye-rolling judge are tired and predictable. Overall, Franklin & Bash is catastrophically cringy and aggressively dumb. See more Apr 25, 2021 I watched several episodes of the first season, just to be sure it wasn't starting slow or I had somehow missed something great. It stinks. They copied the Boston Legal formula to an almost criminal level. Seriously the producers of Boston Legal should sue them for copyright infringement. It has almost the exact same character types and stories, but somehow every one is inferior. Like they just ripped off each episode but changed enough so casual observers wouldn't notice. The problem is the final product is garbage. Most jokes are terribly unfunny and the plots are either boring or horribly stupid. Shame because most of the actors are very good, they just arent given decent material here. Take a pass on this. Go watch literally any other law firm dramedy and enjoy yourself more. See more Read all reviews
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Jason Ensler

Director

Andrew Fleming

Director

Steve Robin

Director

Fred Savage

Director

Breckin Meyer

Jared Franklin

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Peter Bash

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jun 1, 2011 Pilot Two young, but nontraditional, lawyers are noticed by a partner in a prominent law firm and offered jobs. Details Episode 2 Aired Jun 8, 2011 She Came Upstairs to Kill Me When a woman is charged with murdering her husband using sex, the guys use unorthodox tactics to defend her. Details Episode 3 Aired Jun 15, 2011 Jennifer of Troy A plain Jane who believes she was fired for being too attractive seeks legal representation; the man-cave's technology causes the server to crash. Details Episode 4 Aired Jun 22, 2011 Bro-Bono Peter represents an old acquaintance of Jared's in a legal dilemma; Karp and Hanna's history prevents them from working together on a divorce case. Details Episode 5 Aired Jun 29, 2011 You Can't Take It With You Family members sue each other over a baseball; Peter works with Hanna to defend a reality-TV father; Karp seeks Pindar's help on a secret project. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 6, 2011 Big Fish A wealthy CEO expresses interest in hiring Franklin and Bash; Karp and Hanna seek Pindar's help to attain a new client. Details Episode 7 Aired Jul 13, 2011 Franklin vs. Bash Peter and Jared represent two pole-dancing instructors who are charged with stealing from their clients; Karp and Hanna defend a teenage boy who wants to kayak the Amazon. Details Episode 8 Aired Jul 20, 2011 The Bangover A judge places Franklin and Bash on house arrest; Infeld's niece faces an unsympathetic judge; Carmen's ex-boyfriend places her in legal jeopardy. Details Episode 9 Aired Jul 27, 2011 Bachelor Party After his bachelor party, Janine's fiancé seeks legal counsel; Jared returns to his former high school for a case involving a teacher. Details Episode 10 Aired Aug 3, 2011 Go Tell It on the Mountain When Stanton Infeld is charged with murder, he selects Franklin and Bash to lead the defense; Damien puts his career on the line to defend his uncle; Hanna represents a wrestler. Details

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Franklin & Bash — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Jason Ensler, Andrew Fleming, Steve Robin, Fred Savage
Executive Producer
Jamie Tarses, Jason Ensler, Kevin Falls, Bill Chais
Screenwriter
Bill Chais, Bill Krebs, Sandy Isaac, Jeff Rake, Dana Calvo, Aeden Babish, Matt McGuinness, Kristi Korzec, Kevin Falls
Network
TNT
Rating
TV-14 (D)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 1, 2011
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