The first three episodes of Hulu’s pilloried legal soap from Ryan Murphy and Kris Jenner Productions have already served up a bonanza of truly bonkers dialogue (and a truckload of Birkin bags).

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...