Darrow & Darrow

I've ALWAYS enjoyed a Hallmark movie and have been a fan of Kimberly Williams-Paisley for some time.

I wish they'd make the Darrow and Darrow movies into a series! I certainly would watch them.

LOTS of who-dunits on regular TV are morbid. You WON'T get that from a Hallmark movie.

Although Darrow & Darrow bears more than a passing resemblance to the Judging Amy series of the Clinton-Bush years it certainly has enough originality to be judged on its merits.

It does however look like a TV series pilot than a primer for a series of these Hallmark Mystery films. Kimberly Williams-Paisley is a single mom raising an on the cusp of pubescence daughter. She comes from a father and mother team of attorneys. But dad has passed on and Mom Wendie Mallick views the legal profession differently.

Williams-Paisley is an idealist and ready to give of her time and services to those in need as in her current client a guy who has a donut shop, but who is on parole and who is an old childhood friend. Mallick wants to make money because she spends a lot of it. They also have differing parent styles so its with a lot of trepidation that she comes into the home and the firm.

I know Hallmark will give us more of the Darrow family and their differing views on law and life. I do look forward.

All I can say is that I really enjoyed this! Darrow & Darrow! Really hope this will kick off a series. All the characters are splendid. I enjoy a lot of Hallmark movies, mainly because they make me feel good in the end. But this one offered more. For me, it never got too silly or trivial. The plots and sub-plots kept my interest peaked. Just give us a series! Like Garage Sale Mysteries or The Gourmet Detective, The Flower Shop Mysteries ...... This is way too good to end here!

Darrow & Darrow is a great addition to the regular Hallmark line-up. The pairing of Kimberly and Tom is a good one, both a little geeky, but in a good way. The tension between Claire and her mom, not unlike so many other mothers and daughters, adds to the believability of the situation. Wendy Malik's dry/sarcastic humor is on point and without it in the mix, the show might just bog down to just another courtroom drama.

Something is "off" with these movies, that something is Tom Cavanaugh. There's no chemistry between Cavanaugh and Kimberly Williams-Paisley. He's not quirky, he's annoying!

The show would have been so much better if Kimberly's character had no love interest. The focus should have been on the mysteries, along with her employees and her family. She's rebuilding her life, her relationship with her mother and her family's law firm, the character of Miles wasn't needed.

However, since it's Hallmark and therefore, a romantic interest is more or less mandatory, they could have had different potential suitors some of the episodes. No need for a regular and no need for that dweeb Miles.