Better Call Saul Analysis

When decided on what show to analyze for this essay, I was stuck between “Ally McBeal” and “Better Call Saul”. I already regularly watch “Better Call Saul” and so I decided that I would try out “Ally McBeal”. I had heard many good things about the show in the past, thus I was excited to watch the pilot episode. In the end, I ended up watching more than the pilot. While I did enjoy the show, I noticed that it was very unrealistic in terms of the legal field.
In the pilot, the titular character, Ally McBeal, quits her job at a law firm due to sexual harassment from a senior partner and is offered a job by a college classmate while walking out of the building, which all happens within a few minutes. Her college friend, which she never really liked, is now a senior partner at a law firm that he helped create recently. She begins her new job and is supplied with an assistant instantly. Within the course of a day, Ally quits her job and begins a new one. To me, that seems very unrealistic. Additionally, the law firm that was stated to still be very new had amazing interior design, great space and even a beautiful unisex bathroom. Am I expected to believe that they had enough
In this show, the titular character is an attorney that lacks proper ethics. While it is mentioned that he is an attorney, the show thus not center around law firms and trials. Because of this, I had never viewed a true legal television show. I know many people who watched “Ally McBeal” when younger and wished to become attorneys like her. After watching a few episodes, I hope that they aren’t too let down. The show is unrealistic and at times misleading. Ally McBeal is portrayed as a strong female attorney who is trying to make it is a man’s world, yet she states multiple times that she didn’t want to be an attorney and only went to law school to follow her then boyfriend