# Is there no love for James Woods as 'Shark'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891 "2006-11-17T21:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/1 "2006-11-17T21:36:02Z")
Yeah, it’s a bit clichéd, yeah it’s House M.D. at the D.A.'s office. But Woods is great, his love and conflicts with the daughter work very well, and Hitchcock must be sooo envious in his grave that he never got chance to direct another quintessential Hitchcock girl - [Sarah Carter](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141931/) (rooowr - I’ll be in my bunk). ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/2 "2006-11-18T01:28:20Z")
Except for her, none of Shark’s posse does a whole lot for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/3 "2006-11-18T08:31:54Z")
Well, we’re watching it and enjoying it every week. It is indeed very derivative of “House,” but in my opinion, James Woods pulls it off. A lesser actor wouldn’t have, and we wouldn’t be watching it. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/4 "2006-11-18T08:34:20Z")
I agree that James Woods makes the show worth watching. The daughter sub-plot is a bit tired, but other than that, I like Wood’s character and his ruthless approach. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/5 "2006-11-18T11:20:58Z")
I like this show but they need to change the time slot. I fall asleep (I always fall asleep, but I fall asleep less on earlier shows). James Woods…what’s not to like? He’s one of my all time favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/6 "2006-11-18T18:49:36Z")
He’s got some great lines, like the one from this week that went some thing like, “If I wanted your opinion, I would stop ice skating and ask for it.” I had to explain it to my wife. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/7 "2006-11-18T19:00:47Z")
Shark will never be Denny Crane. Hell, he will never be Shirley Schmidt. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/8 "2006-11-18T22:09:21Z")
I loved James Woods as ‘Shark’. I disliked everything else about ‘Shark’ enough that I stopped watching it. I sat through the first three or four episodes. Bad writing, poor secondary characters, the boring daughter sub-plot, and awful courtroom scenes (compare them to ‘Boston Legal’, and they come off as a second-rate imitation). Has the show improved? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/9 "2006-11-18T22:25:28Z")
Ditto to each sentence in Sam Stone’s post. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/10 "2006-11-18T22:47:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Stone] Has the show improved? [/QUOTE] Uhm, no. But it’s a fun way to kill an hour anyway, at least IMO. Sebastian Stark is no Denny Crane, but then Boston Legal is a major league player, whereas Shark is just another tv show. James Woods makes it worth my time though. I’m wondering about the main title, which seems to change for no goo reason. Also, the eps seem a bit out of order. I like it, but will be surprised if it survives 13 eps. A mild annoyance - why is Jerri Ryan there? She killed Boston Public and she’ll kill this show too. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/11 "2006-11-19T01:22:37Z")
I agree with most that Wodds is, as usual, very good, but the rest is blah. Might be a fun idea to have a crossover where Woods is in charge of prosecuting House. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/12 "2006-11-20T04:03:37Z")
[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff] \Might be a fun idea to have a crossover where Woods is in charge of prosecuting House. [/QUOTE] Ooh, that would fit right into the current story line, of House meeting his matches. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/13 "2006-11-20T19:30:09Z")
What’s the ice skating reference? ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/14 "2006-11-20T21:26:46Z")
I like the stories because the villains are never totally evil. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-love-for-james-woods-as-shark/380891/15 "2006-11-21T02:11:45Z")
I don’t get the ice skating reference, either. Can someone help us out here?