Billable Hours

Anyone who has ever worked in an office environment will enjoy it.

When I began watching the series, I wasn't too sure how it would be. I was expecting slapstick, or something slow.. it's based in Toronto.. so I wasn't expecting it to be too funny. I was pleasantly surprised. The cast works, the stories are quick and funny.

If you've seen other shows, like The Office (BBC or NBC), or Office Space, those were kind of dry compared to the humor in this show. I felt right at home. Like I want to work there. :) There is only one rule in a fire, save the Beer! My wife, who chuckles from time to time, had a few bursts of laughter during this show. She likes it because it's not slapstick, its humor.

It's one I look forward to picking up on DVD. I look forward to watching more episodes.

I love the directing and the writing in this series. It's very eccentric, wry humour that only certain people can appreciate.

The characters are wonderful, the witty dialog is what makes this show tick.

There is some blunt and lowbrow humour in this; not much worse than family guy and if you respect the characters you'll really get the humour.

I can't stop laughing when I watch this show and I highly recommend that you watch it; it also dissects society today in great scenes like "sensitivity training" when the facilitator says that handicapped is a derogatory word.

If you like family guy then you'll love this.

Ignore the naysayers. This series is one of THE great sitcoms. If you don't get it, you don't really like good comedy IMHO. Great cast, great scripts, this has it all. Office sitcoms are a dime a dozen but this is a rare bird, a sitcom set in a law firm, that is incredibly witty and funny and cauatic and graced with three really talented and charismatic leads that you cant help but love. It's a standard sitcom format, not a pseudo documentary like The Office, but there is no intrusive laugh track, the leads are terrific and the supporting cast are just wonderful, grrat music amd a killer theme. This is really one of the best Canadian series I have seen, and hands down one of the most underrated and overlooked TV comedies of the 2000s. It deserves to be much better known and holds its own against any sitcom. 10/10 for me. I want to be Clark Claxton III when I grow up.

I'm amazed it only has a 5.2 average rating, I laughed my keister off.

Billable Hours is a great workplace comedy. The show follows a group of lawyers at the hopefully fictional firm of Fagen and Harrison. It's can be crude, it's often crash, it relies on a lot of old stand clichés, nurses stereotypes, and it does so perfectly.

While there are a few episodes that seem to drag a bit, most are watchable time and time again. The writers are not afraid to push the characters. Sadly the show is not popular enough to use great lines like "swallowing is 9/10th of the law" to any but your closest friends who will give you a chance to explain or show a clip.

The cast seems to have genuine chemistry and the actors never come across and trying too hard and seem to throw themselves at what is often very odd material.

Watch the gang waste their time and torture each other and you will enjoy it.