While I generally agree, Nick's great win in Rittenhouse and Depp (to a lesser extent, other trials) was bringing in insightful and well-practiced lawyers who could comment on the happenings. Nick on his own wasn't that insightful, and only entertaining in cases when there were obvious jokes or charismatic witnesses (as in Depp). Trials are long, often are boring, and a panel is a good way to cut through the dead air. That most of them were only clout-chasing demons was irrelevant, the super berries went to Nick.
As you say, even by Murdaugh (or was it Brooks?), that Nick, who could wrestle up and manage some amigos, was gone, and swiss cheese brain now prevents him from ever returning.
Nick has always been a mediocre "lawyer" with shit tier legal takes, he was lucky to hit success at the right time and his skill was getting good guests and being a decent host who knew what questions and things the layman watching would want to be asking. Hes was the first to nail that formula and was lucky that he had a pair of big trials right at the right time.
If he had any kind of work ethic he would have been set.
But Nicks ego meant he thought the big numbers was because of him alone, so when he didnt get Rittenhouse and Depp numbers for every trial he got discouraged, plus he thought he was set, hes never had to stick at anything so he let his worst impulses get the better of him and he fucked it all up
This has all been said before. Its not new.
Theres no way back now though, he's not the Law Pope anymore, hes a fucking drunken cuck who neglected his kids.
His reputation is fucked.
Even if he tried to go back to Rittenhouse era Nick the audience wont want to know.
All he'll get now are ALogs and people watching the trash fire.
He has no one to blame but himself.
Dumbass Balldo Cuck.
I think the general public is forgiving enough and ignorant about the facts of the case where they'll start telling themselves "oh, so he beat the charges and he's innocent!"
It's a good thing Nick Rekieta made the wise decision to talk about the teenager raping movie instead of covering the trial.
To be totally fair it wasn't just Baldwin to blame for that bullshit. The armorer herself, whoever thought it was a good idea to use the guns they were using for the movie to plink with during dinner break, the dumb motherfucker that left it loaded afterwards, the dumb motherfucker that passed Baldwin a loaded gun without checking, Baldwin himself for not checking it was safe, and so on, and so on.
The whole thing was a fucking shit show.
The irony is if it had been guys who actually liked and respected firearms on set and not a whole bunch of anti gun Hollywood cucks it probably wouldn't have happened because they would have known about safety rules and double checked.
It was a complete shit show from all sides.
Baldwin is still the main one to blame though. Anytime you handle a firearm its on you to make sure its safe.