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'Bull' Season 5 Episode 1 is part musical, fans call it a 'weird, straight comedy crack show'

Fans are not able to understand what's happening on 'Bull'

CBS legal drama 'Bull' is back and it seems to be part musical. Jason Bull (Michael Weatherly) is suffering from the effects of lockdown and the whole pandemic seems to have gotten to him. He seems to be doubting himself and making strange calls at work. And now, he seems to be singing to himself as a pep talk. Fans are a little confused at this and many are wondering whether he has contracted coronavirus as well and are rather concerned. The music continues to play in his head during the court procedures as well. 

"#Bull this episode reminds me of zoeys extrodinary playlist," a fan wrote. "Dr. #Bull, are you losing it? Now you're singing to yourself," another tweeted. "Bro I think this is just gonna be a straight comedy show/crack show here. #Bull," a fan wrote. "What’s going on with him and this music  I’m so confused.. and concerned @BullCBS#Bull," a fan wrote. Others said that the premiere felt weird. "I don’t know what’s going on but the first ep of #Bull is weird and I don’t like it. Especially when we started out with demon-eyed baby Astrid," a fan tweeted.
 

In the premiere of 'Bull', Jason Bull have to adjust to a virtual court system as they weather the New York shutdown due to COVID-19. Amidst all this, Bull has to look after his baby Astrid as well, which has attracted several reactions from fans as they feel that it looks like a creepy CGI baby, some of them even calling it Chucky. 

In an interview with TVLine, executive producer Glenn Gordon Caron explained that he didn't plan to acknowledge the pandemic at first. "Truthfully, when we first shut down, I naively thought, 'Well, this is going to be over in May.' My initial plan was not to acknowledge it. People tune in to see this legal drama about Jason Bull and the people who work for him, and it just felt not on point," he said. "But as it continued on, and on, and on, and became a part of the fabric of everyone's life — and taking into account that our show is set and actually filmed in New York City — I thought it was irresponsible. But also I thought, 'There's something really interesting going on here.' And people are going to look back in 20, 30 years, and they're going to go, 'That was a fascinating moment.' And to ignore the moment seemed like a missed opportunity," he added.

'Bull' airs on CBS, Mondays at 10 pm.