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Running an impressive four series, stylish crime show Street Legal centred around a struggling Auckland law firm, home base for unorthodox lawyer David Silesi (Jay Laga'aia), and sometime girlfriend Joni Collins (Kathleen Kennard). 'Ellis's Restaurant', the first episode made following the pilot, sees Silesi defending an ex-junkie on a possession charge, and facing off for the first time on screen against Sergeant Keens Van Dam (Charlies Mesure). The episode also sees the debut of Silesi's beloved 1944 Ford Jailbar, after his Ute unexpectedly ends up in pieces.
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Posted at 12.59AM - 14.11.2010
For Canadians this is a really unusual show -- CANADA HAD ITS OWN 'STREET LEGAL' just a few years before NZ.
It was about Toronto lawyers and barristers and solicitors. The two shows are probably equivalent to each other but not in the way anyone would understand or expect. This show was prime time hit TV in Canada for several years running, unlike its NZ counterpart.
Vaguely (from what I can tell) Canada "Street Legal' and NZ's version don't have much in common in the surface or in their plot lines. There was no cross influence here.
Odder still : Canada has not seen NZ's version nor visa versa.
Odder still for me : I am a Canadian national that has only seen the NZ version on your soon to be retired Analogue TV. Yes, that's right -- I have not seen any more than 5 minutes worth of the Canadian version.