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Most of the final episodes of The Practice were focused on introducing the new characters from Crane, Poole & Schmidt in preparation for Boston Legal’s launch. Thus, the story of Boston Legal can be said to begin with the episode of The Practice in which Eugene Young and Jimmy Berluti of Young, Frutt & Berluti decided to fire Alan Shore without consulting Ellenor Frutt, beginning a story arc of several episodes. They give Alan a severance package of only fifteen thousand dollars, even though Alan has brought in over nine million dollars of revenue to the firm. Tara Wilson gets fired for her loyalty to Alan, and Alan goes to Crane, Poole & Schmidt to represent him in the matter, thinking he has a claim under Massachusetts law to take over Young, Frutt & Berluti. Denny Crane, senior and founding partner of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, takes an interest in the case and even argues at the resulting trial, cross-examining Young. During this period, Ellenor also has a run-in with Hannah Rose (Rebecca De Mornay), a partner at Crane, Poole & Schmidt, whom Ellenor ends up seriously injuring when they fight over Hannah’s condescending remarks to Ellenor. The character of Hannah Rose was dropped prior to the Boston Legal pilot’s being filmed.
The jury awards Alan the millions of dollars of revenue he brought in to Young, Frutt & Berluti but does not order the firm to rehire him, so Denny hires Alan at his firm. After Young is appointed a judge, his first case (in the final episode of The Practice) happens to be with Alan for the defense, making Young wonder if Alan judge-shopped (this opened the door for Steve Harris to guest-star on Boston Legal as a judge, although in the end no starring Practice characters made any guest appearances on Boston Legal), though many actors and actresses who guest starred in The Practice have contributed to Boston Legal, taking on roles of a different character. Examples include Rene Auberjonois, John Larroquette and Christian Clemenson. One interesting fact is that Anthony Heald, who guest starred in both shows, took on the characters of Judge Harvey Cooper in Boston Legal and of Judge Wallace Cooper in The Practice, although both are considered the same character.
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Season: 5
Episode: 12
First Aired: 12/8/2008
Prod Code: 5F12
“Boston Legal” ends its five-season run in a two-hour finale that finds Crane Poole & Schmidt in dire financial straits – possibly forcing the firm to find a buyer. And Alan Shore heads to the Supreme Court to persuade them to let Denny Crane have access to a non-FDA approved drug that could slow down his rapidly progressing Alzheimer’s. Meanwhile, Shirley Schmidt and Carl Sack plan their wedding, and Denny poses an important question to Alan. (Part 1)
Director- David E. Kelley, Susan Dickes, Lauren MacKenzie
Screenwriter- Bill D’Elia
Main Cast
- James Spader as Alan Shore
- John Larroquette
- Christian Clemenson
- Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
- William Shatner as Denny Crane
- Gary Anthony Williams
- Tara Summers
- Saffron Burrows
- Taraji Henson
You know what I think of when I think of Boston Legal? I think of courts and trials. I think of judges and juries. However, there was no court case tonight. There may have been a bunch of judges and a jury, but that’s only because there was a friend-filled Thanksgiving dinner at Shirley Schmidt’s.
That’s right, there was no court case. Instead, with just a few episodes left in the series, we learned that Crane, Poole, and Schmidt was going broke. Belly up. Bankrupt. What could they do (not that they all knew, but go with me)? They all celebrated Thanksgiving together. All the usual suspects were there, and even Melvin Palmer, Edwin Poole, and Poole’s new foster child showed.
I have to say, Shirley has quite the digs, not that I would have expected any less. There really wasn’t a lot of furniture in the place, which I thought odd, but maybe Shirley is more of a minimalist than I pictured her to be. Either that or she sold everything in order to help keep the firm afloat. Nah… that couldn’t be it. Maybe she had just broken everything as part of her case of nerves hosting a party. Yup, that seems more likely.
The dinner itself was a hoot. It was a hoot before it even began. Alan wanted to say grace, but Denny objected when Alan instantly invoked God (Alan not believing in Denny’s version of God), and grace disappeared. Then, as the food was starting to be passed, Alan said something about the firm’s systemic racism (it came up due to an insensitive remark Denny made about Poole’s African-American ward). Alan then ranted, raved, and spouted facts as though he were delivering a closing.
Shirley booted him from the house, or at least she should have booted him. She tried to boot him. She asked him to leave, but Carl didn’t let her carry out the order. Looking at Shirley you could just tell that she was itching to let everyone know that the firm was going under.
Edwin went so far, when asked by Alan what was going on with him, to refer to his “economic Armageddon.” Shirley compounded Edwin’s semi-bean spilling by referring to that as a secret, and naturally Alan wanted in. And that is where things went bad. Very bad.
Over the course of the next few minutes Jerry went off on Katie, saying things it would be difficult to take back, and then Denny forgot that it was Thanksgiving. He thought it was his birthday and that he and Shirley were, perhaps, still together.
I ask you, do we really need that many possible storyline finales thrown into this episode, and did those two particular ones have to come back to back? The show has known for an awfully long time that this abbreviated season would be it for them, they didn’t have to cram everything into one holiday turkey of an episode.
Maybe it wasn’t quite that bad, but at that moment it certainly felt like it.
In the scenes that followed the show tried to take bits and pieces of those moments back. Denny minimized his issue, and Alan said that it was unlikely that Denny would develop a serious problem from his mad cow before dying of old age. They weren’t minimizing the problem so much as putting it into perspective. Jerry, as we knew he would, apologized to Katie. He even announced his love for her. She was taken aback by that. Seriously. I kid you not, she didn’t realize how Jerry felt about her. Do you think she was just too close to the issue?
So, with nothing better to do, they all went back to the table and it took about two seconds for Denny to point out that Edwin, being mentally unbalanced, ought not be allowed by the government to raise a child. Edwin got frustrated and hinted at the bankruptcy again. Then Shirley got all sentimental about this being her first dinner without her father, she got up from the table (again) and Edwin finally let the bankruptcy cat out of the bag.
Alan was more than a little perturbed. You can understand why, the man is, after all, a partner in the firm, but he seemed more perturbed than Denny who ought to have been pissed at never having been informed. Eventually Denny did get pissed, but he seemed just as angry that Carl was dating Shirley as he was that the firm he had put his blood, sweat, and tears into was tanking. It took Carl’s revealing an engagement ring to Denny to shut him up.
Well, that at least explained why Carl was so moody about not having the quiet evening at home with Shirley that he had hoped for. By that point in the show, Carl had decided he wasn’t going to pop the question, the timing wasn’t really great, but Alan, Denny, and Edwin all suggested that he do it anyway. They wanted him to be happy which showed how much of a family the folks at the firm are. I don’t think that it was really appropriate for Denny to show Shirley the ring and propose (with some help from Alan) on Carl’s behalf, but it was sort of sweet.
And there the episode ended.
Oh come on, Boston Legal doesn’t do that sort of thing. She said “yes,” and was all happy. Dessert was then served and everyone was happy. I guess they forgot the firm was going under. Either that or Alan’s closing speech during dessert put them all to sleep.
Alan and Denny did end up on the balcony back at the firm after dinner, which I liked, but even that conversation (which revolved mostly around Denny’s illness) didn’t do much to save an episode that could have been better. I like the idea behind this episode – the firm’s Thanksgiving dinner, I just would have done it differently. I don’t know how, but I would have.
That is, of course, the question of the week – if you were doing a Crane, Poole, and Schmidt Thanksgiving, would you have done it this way? I think maybe they needed some sort of kangaroo court setup at Shirley’s.
Season: 5
Episode: 10
First Aired: 11/24/2008
Prod Code: 5F10
Shirley’s intimate Thanksgiving get-together with Carl turns into a dysfunctional family affair when she invites Alan, Denny, Jerry, and Katie — as well as emotionally unstable law partner Edwin Poole (Larry Miller) and his six-year-old foster son, who tried to mug her — to join them in the feast.
Director- Mike Listo
Screenwriter- David E. Kelley
Main Cast
- James Spader as Alan Shore
- John Larroquette
- Christian Clemenson
- Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
- William Shatner as Denny Crane
- Gary Anthony Williams
- Tara Summers
- Saffron Burrows
- Taraji Henson
Season: 5
Episode: 9
First Aired: 11/17/2008
Prod Code: 5F09
Written by: Lawrence Broch & David E. Kelley
Directed by: Bob Yannetti
Denny Crane and Carl Sack head to Virginia to defend a corrections officer on murder charges for shooting a death row inmate out of mercy when the execution, via lethal injection, went awry.
Meanwhile, Alan Shore tries to heat things up with Shirley Schmidt while they work together to help Martha Headly, who claims she was fired for voting for John McCain for President.
Main Cast
- James Spader as Alan Shore
- John Larroquette
- Christian Clemenson
- Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
- William Shatner as Denny Crane
- Gary Anthony Williams
- Tara Summers
- Saffron Burrows
- Taraji Henson
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Season: 5
Episode: 8
First Aired: 11/10/2008
Prod Code: 5F08
Come meet the newborn which is Season 5 Episode 8, which its parent has not yet named. For now it’s being called Roe, but when the title becomes official, we’ll update this thread.
There’s lots of fodder here – a couple of quick references that, by airtime, we’ll look back on as shoutouts to the summer of ’08; some slightly recycled storylines and even dialogue (I’m sure in the spirit of being green), but some good stuff nonetheless. When I saw that this was going to be another episode about abortion my heart kind of sank because….really….do we need to hash through that worn out topic again? (And pleased to find out even Denny agrees with me.) But after sifting through the intel, I think there’s some good stuff here, and the topic is handled a heckuva lot more thoughtfully than it was in Roe vs. Wade: The Musical (an ep I pretty much detested). So there’s that.
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Season: 5
Episode: 7
First Aired: 11/3/2008
Prod Code: 5F07
TV Info
Episode Premiere- October 27, 2008
Distributor- ABC
Genre- Drama, Comedy, Crime
Show Period- 2004 – now
Production Company- Fox TV, Dick Clark, David E. Kelley Prod.
Cast and Crew
Director- Mike Listo
Screenwriter- David E. Kelley, Corinne Brinkerhoff
Main Cast
- James Spader as Alan Shore
- John Larroquette
- Christian Clemenson
- Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
- William Shatner
- Gary Anthony Williams
- Tara Summers
- Saffron Burrows
- Taraji Henson
Additional Cast
- Grainger Hines
Synopsis
Denny and Alan visit a Dude Ranch in Utah, but find themselves in trouble with their tour group and the local authorities, including Melvin Palmer. Back in Boston, Shirley defends Catherine Piper after she unintentionally blows up her doctor when she sets his office on fire in revenge for prescribing her drugs that gave her a heart attack.
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Boston Legal TV Show is a spin-off of the popular series The Practice and focuses on civil law. It centers on ethically challenged attorney Alan Shore (James Spader) who, with the help of his friend and mentor Denny Crane (William Shatner), quickly begins winning cases no one will take. His rival and colleague Brad Chase (Mark Valley) is assigned to the office to keep an eye on the possibly senile Crane while Shore refuses to let honesty or integrity get in his way while winning a case.
The personal and professional lives of Boston’s most experienced litigators form the foundation of this prime-time comedy drama that has been nominated for multiple Emmy Awards since its 2004 premiere. When Washington, D.C., attorney Brad Chase (Mark Valley) was relocated to Boston to keep an eye on senior Crane, Poole & Schmidt partner Denny Crane (William Shatner), he had no idea what he was getting into. Meanwhile, as Chase does his best to keep an eye on Crane, Alan Shore (James Spader) uses ethically questionable methods to win the cases that no one else will touch. A spin-off of the Emmy Award-winning legal drama The Practice, Boston Legal has also featured such respected actors as Candice Bergen, René Auberjonois, and John Larroquette.
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