Kudos for trying to bring back a classic series. Sadly it falls short for a lot of reasons. The biggest one is times have changed. Dan Fielding had to change because we have a culture now that is sensitive beyond believe and pushing the envelope can only be done doing improv without scandal.
There are a couple of reasons this fail and it has to do with the original series larger than life characters missing. Bull has no replacement. His character was a great off the wall bailiff and the guy doing it here is like when he had a sub in the original series, and not impressive. The biggest hole is no Markie Post replacement. She was one of a kind and when they found her the original series took off. Harry Stones daughter is no Harry Stone, though it is creepy to think of Harry actually having a child. It just shows one of his magic tricks would have had to actually work.
While I think the replacement can work her way into the role, I would rewrite the script and make her not a daughter but an imposter who comically ruses everyone into think she is related to Harry. Replacing Markie Post we need an attractive woman with a lot of tattoo's to modernize her. Fielding needs to be given some of his teeth back. The replacement and him need some chemistry in the scripts which so far have been nowhere near the quality of the original series. Post always brought out the best in Dan Fielding.
One thing that is sad is this is way to late to get back the original series as so many folks are no longer with us. We could try to give the judge someone to idolize the way Harry Stone did the late Mel Torme. While I can't see her worshipping an idol from the past like the Velvet Fog, maybe she could be a fan of Jelly Roll? So far this reboot of Night Court is no Cream Puff (Puff Daddy).
There are a couple of reasons this fail and it has to do with the original series larger than life characters missing. Bull has no replacement. His character was a great off the wall bailiff and the guy doing it here is like when he had a sub in the original series, and not impressive. The biggest hole is no Markie Post replacement. She was one of a kind and when they found her the original series took off. Harry Stones daughter is no Harry Stone, though it is creepy to think of Harry actually having a child. It just shows one of his magic tricks would have had to actually work.
While I think the replacement can work her way into the role, I would rewrite the script and make her not a daughter but an imposter who comically ruses everyone into think she is related to Harry. Replacing Markie Post we need an attractive woman with a lot of tattoo's to modernize her. Fielding needs to be given some of his teeth back. The replacement and him need some chemistry in the scripts which so far have been nowhere near the quality of the original series. Post always brought out the best in Dan Fielding.
One thing that is sad is this is way to late to get back the original series as so many folks are no longer with us. We could try to give the judge someone to idolize the way Harry Stone did the late Mel Torme. While I can't see her worshipping an idol from the past like the Velvet Fog, maybe she could be a fan of Jelly Roll? So far this reboot of Night Court is no Cream Puff (Puff Daddy).