Developed for the small screen by Jason Richman and showrunner Michael Seitzman, the show marks the second adaptation of Grisham's novel after the 1997 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola that starred Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, and Claire Danes.

USA Network's The Rainmaker proves TV still needs legal dramas that entertain without exhausting, with fresh faces, seasoned pros, and cases worth watching.

It's been a long while since the USA Network last premiered an original drama. (Five years, to be precise, since the one-and-done “Briarpatch.”) A lot has happened since - so much that, in the time between being ordered to series and making it to air,