Courte's policy was by far my favorite philosophy in that case, since it's the only one that's ethical. Means' policy was complete rubbish. Who would prefer winning over the truth?! Balderdash!

You do realize that while Courte's policy when it comes to law is the right one, its incredibly idealistic. I mean, saying that Means philosophy was completely invalid is just wrong. That exists in the world, and is very prevalent. If they just showed what is good about the law, we wouldn't have an effective game would we? And anyway, even Phoenix ignores that to a point, using false evidence to get a conviction twice. (Once directly, once indirectly)

I liked the school setting, the characters, and had a few unexpected twists and turns. I admit I suspected Means right from the start, but I think that goes without saying (I was here and there between O'Connor and even Juniper herself -- for some reason she always came across to me as a Dahlia-esque type of character). Means had a creepy-enough design as it was, but I wasn't expecting his sudden transformation in a strict and kind of terrifying schoolteacher. I've always been a fan of villains who have "true forms" that reflect their true selves. It's a shame his philosophies didn't make him more of a story-arc villain.

I would have preferred he returned in the downloadable episode, because it would really show they didn't forget about AJ and Nick's disbarment.

But if he appeared exclusively in the DLC, people might get the idea that they're only using the DLC for cameos. But yes, I agree. Klavier would be the perfect Prosecutor for the DLC case because he loves to have a good show. Plus, it would be appropriate considering he was Nick's last opponent seven years ago and now he's his first

The problem the AA series has with reusing Prosecutors is that it makes them look pathetic, though. Klavier is a black sheep considering he doesn't even try to win, but with someone like Simon, he was beaten in court six times, only one of which he put no effort into (though I did think Simon was a very fun character and was a nice return to form with "challenging" Prosecutor). It could only help him if he sat the DLC case out

Oh, I didn't mean exclusively, I just meant it would make more sense if Klavier had been the one to face off against Phoenix. And it's for that reason it wouldn't feel like a cheap cameo.

that if Phoenix and Blackquill could be considered indirectly responsible for THEDARKAGEOFTHELAW (tm), then Klavier is just as responsible as them.

Means did get annoying very quickly with his "ends justifies the means" phrase but I admit I did jump a bit when he did his hair up and went all savage and scary :D :o
I thought it would have been better if he had explained everything himself in his breakdown rather than having Blackquill quickly brush over everything.
Didnt the stage costume/robe thing Robin wore look look like the one Lamiroir wore in AJ?

The fact that Athena has a mental breakdown in the middle of the trial thanks to Professor Means being... mean, and part of that breakdown is because there was "someone she needs to save", and that person was Blackquill. He was also the one who brought up the person who she needed to save in order to try and calm her down, so maybe that plays in with the whole ordeal.