What does it mean to be a lawyer?

Gonna go over this one case by case, as I have pretty clear and different thoughts on each of the cases

CASE 1: The One With The Amnesia
This case sucks. Just straight ass. Contrived ass setup that only exists to reestablish the rules of court in a wholly non-organic way, forgettable villain, case built on faulty logic (plenty of people catch and write with different hands?), and worst of all, it expects me to sympathize with a cop!! Talk about gross!!! It having a couple of funny gags and Maggey being a likable character save this from being an absolute dumpster fire. Also, I didn't realize profiles were a thing in this for like 5 minutes so I was stuck at the first presenting thing for a while mostly just confused.

CASE 2: The One Where The Eight Year Old Grows Tits
'Sfine. Psyche Locks, while kinda dumb in-narrative, I think they serve the purpose of giving you a clear idea of what to be looking for in the investigations well. I also do like the idea of expanding more on how exactly the whole "posessing" thing works. Miney's a fun villain too! Not much of note outside of that, other than my only two real complaints: Franziska and the ending. One, at least at this point in the game, Franziska is a nothing of a character. She's essentially just Edgeworth 2 without any of his development or intrigue and way more obnoxious. And two, it just kinda...ends? The Miney reveal happens and then a bunch of questions are left unanswered; Misty essentially just gets away for free. I know most of this stuff is implied but like, it feels like an anticlimax to me. I expect justice to be served and I see no justice!

CASE 3: The One Where I Have A Bad Opinion
This is the best case so far. Maybe its cuz I went in with low expectations fully knowing it's a filler case, but I had fun with what I was given. Most well constructed case so far by a decent margin, Acro's a good villain, and basically all the other side characters range from 'mild nuisance at best' (like Max, who is like a child groomer or somethin) to 'Man why the fuck does everyone hate Moe so much he is both endearing and genuinely humorous wtf.' However, the investigation segment for this case is atrocious. Easily the worst so far. Also the circus music sucks.

CASE 4: The One That Matters
Kino. Raw kino. My expectations were high but holy fuck they have been greatly surpassed. Recontextualizes a lot of earlier stuff in the game to phenomenal effect. Makes Franziska an actual character that isn't just diet Edgeworth. All the new characters introduced are near perfect. Took my preconceived thoughts about how the entire series would just be beating the odds and saving people with massive odds against them and shattered them, delivering engaging and thoughtful commentary on the true nature of justice. Matt and Juan's backstory about using a woman's suicide as a tool for their dick measuring contest genuinely put a pit in my stomach, something very few games have ever done. 11/10 Execution. Perfectly sticks the landing. Made the entire game worth it.

So, yeah, that's Justice for All. Middling setup to a phenomenal payoff. One of the most lopsided games I've ever played. I probably prefer it to the first one because of how much the last case blew me away, but I can't really say it's "better" cuz man some of that first 3/4ths is bad. Almost certainly would not have finished if I didn't hear such good things about the ending.