Not So Grand Jury
Three lawyers (and sometimes guests) discuss the legal accuracies of tv shows and movies.
Episodes
In the episode, Geoff, Mike, Derrick, and special guest Will Kent discuss Spy Game with the late great Robert Redford playing veteran CIA operative Nathan Muir and an up-and-coming Brad Pitt playing Muir's protégé, Tom Bishop. Our guest Will Kent is a former military intelligence officer in the US Army and now works on international commercial issues in development.
In this episode, we talk about, among other things, espiona...
Quick-ish sidebar this week to discuss a correction to our commentary in last week's Good Place episode and some separate listener feedback. As discussed in our listener feedback:
Here's the link to Kevin Goldberg's co-authored piece for Freedom Forum on Bad Online Reviews: Can You Get Sued for Leaving a Bad Review? Maybe.
Here's the link to John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment: Felony Murder: Last Week...
Welcome! Everything is fine. (Not really. At all.)
In this episode, Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss Season 1 of The Good Place (2016-2017). We discuss multiple scenes involving Eleanor and Jason's time on earth, including Eleanor's shady fake medication job, Jason "impersonating" Acid Cat, Eleanor and her friends taking advantage of the "Dress Bitch" situation, Jason and Pillboi (attempting to) rob th...
Welcome! Everything is fine.
We brought back previous guest Wes Rist to discuss some interesting listener feedback on our Captain America: Civil War episode.
Our next episode will be released in a week, when we will talk about the first season of The Good Place.
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In this episode, Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). We discuss Benoit Blanc's role as a detective, hearsay, how a Court would look at the all-important napkin "agreement", comparative/contributory negligence, and generally whether or not Miles Bron is an idiot (spoiler alert: he is).
As part of our conversation, we dissect the napkin that's integral to the plot in Glass On...
Geoff gives a brief update on some episodes that are upcoming in year 2 of the Not So Grand Jury. Our next episode will be released in a week, when we will talk about Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).
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Please connect with us! IG: @notsograndjury. Email: notsograndjury@gmail.com. LinkedIn: Not So Grand Jury. Bluesky: @notsograndjury.bsky.social.
It's the Not So Grand Jury's one-year special! Believe it or not, our little podcast has made it a year. Thank you to all of our listeners - we appreciate you tuning in on a regular basis to listen to us and here's to another year!
For our first anniversary, we actually chose a legal movie, Michael Clayton (2007). Among other things, we discuss legal ethics (duh), what is a "fixer", the role of a general ...
In this episode, Geoff, Mike, Derrick, and special guest Wes Rist discuss the Marvel movie Captain America: Civil War. Wes is an international human rights lawyer who specializes in atrocity prevention. In this episode we talk a lot of about the Marvel Cinematic Universe (while Derrick mostly drinks and becomes more confused) and many international law questions that come up in the movie.
In this Tuesday sidebar, Derrick encourages you all to reach out with questions, comments, complaints... any feedback! We also give you a primer on international law in preparation for this Thursday's episode where we will discuss Captain America: Civil War with guest Wes Rist, an international human rights lawyer specializing in atrocity prevention. You also get a few clips from that episode, one of which was left on the cu...
More Suits! We discuss Episode 11 of Suits Season 1, which mostly focuses on two parts: The A plot involving a mentee/associate's responsibilities when his/her boss is clearly being unethical (not to mention some very weird subpoena issues) and the B plot involving absolutely insane conflicts of interest that arise when a law firm is charged with splitting up of a client's estate.
The sponsor of the podcast is Moore Law ...
You asked for Suits and you got it! ("You" being multiple listeners who sent in comments via email and otherwise posted publicly, multiple guests on the show, a few family members, and maybe even some random strangers on the street.) We discuss, among other things, the insane premise of Suits generally, being an associate at a large NY law firm, the benefits of pro bono work, the "oral argument" in the show, a...
Mike is no longer at the police station, so we were able to get this recording done! (If you don't understand this reference, listen to the first 3ish minutes of last week's episode.) This week Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss Season 14 of King of the Hill, which was just released after a long hiatus on August 4, 2025. As you will hear, not as much to discuss as we would have expected for a full King of the Hill season...
This week we go back many years ago to Geoff and Mike's original version of the podcast and re-release an episode on Knives Out, the 2019 movie. No Derrick this week other than at the beginning to explain with Geoff why we are pushing the planned release of our episode of Season 14 of King of the Hill to next week.
The sponsor of the podcast is Moore Law PLLC, a law firm that focuses on business law and general commercial liti...
That's right, another King of the Hill episode (new season comes out 8/4!). Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss back-to-back episodes in the fourth season of King of the Hill (2000). We discuss listener feedback from a good friend of the podcast, then jump into the issues in the two-part episode including divorce distribution, sexual assault, and murder.
Also, enjoy the fake movie posters for these episodes discussed at the end ...
Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss Minority Report (2002), a science fiction thriller set in the year 2054, where the District of Columbia is trying out a specialized police department known as "PreCrime" using three "Precogs" to predict and prevent murders (and only murders) before they occur. We discuss the concerns with preemptive punishment, including issues involving constitutional law and criminal law, and ...
Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss Erin Brockovich (2000), based on the true story of the ground water contamination of Hinkley, California by PG&E. We discuss the accuracy of the film to the real-life events, class action litigation and binding arbitration, and whistleblower protections.
The sponsor of the podcast is Moore Law PLLC, a law firm that focuses on business law and general commercial litigation. If you would like to s...
Colleen Moore's first ever arc on the Not So Grand Jury comes to an end with another sidebar discussion on the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). Derrick and Colleen briefly discuss the recent Supreme Court's decision involving PLCAA in Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, and recent attempts to repeal PLCAA.
Next week we step away from tv shows and discuss the 2000 movie Erin Brock...
Another SVU episode, another new title, this time the "Chef’s (Geoff's) Kiss" episode (check out 1:05:15 into the episode). Geoff, Mike, Derrick, and returning guest Colleen Moore discuss Selfish, the nineteenth episode of the tenth season of Law & Order: SVU (2009). We discuss comparisons to the real-life Casey Anthony case and whether someone could actually be charged for murder based on failure to vaccinate ...
In this episode, dubbed the "JSTOR Smudge" episode (check out ~38:30 into the episode), Geoff, Mike, Derrick, and special guest/unpaid editor/non-lawyer Colleen Moore discuss the fifth episode of the ninth season of Law & Order: SVU (2007). We discuss the various tropes of Dick Wolf's Law & Order, continuous jurisdiction, international law, and comparisons to the real-life torture at Abu Ghraib during the Ir...
Our next regularly scheduled episode will come out next week, which will include as a guest host, Colleen Moore, our unpaid editor who has become an unpaid guest host. In this bonus episode, we introduce Colleen and have her talk about the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act ("PLCAA"). We originally brought up the PLCAA two weeks ago in the Runaway Jury episode, but Colleen has much more experience with it than th...
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