Boston Legal

'Boston Legal' Episode Recaps

• 'Boston Legal': That Catherine Piper's a hoot!

  Nothing makes me happier (as I think I've said before) than seeing dear old Catherine Piper on Boston Legal and in the offices of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt. Tonight that fantastic, fantastic woman was back, but rather than having killed someone, she was working at the firm once more. Or, that's what she claimed anyway.

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• 'Boston Legal': A Crane, Poole, and Schmidt Thanksgiving

  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.

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• 'Boston Legal' shows its spunky side

  Tonight, Boston Legal began just like the start of a bad joke – an attractive woman walks into Crane, Poole, and Schmidt (it's kind of like "a man walks into a bar"). I think in its last season the show should try to do a complete joke episode, an episode that is filled with nothing but stale lines from old jokes. However, that wasn't what tonight's episode was.

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• 'Boston Legal' confuses the issue

  With all of the show's soapbox arguments, I was a little worried heading into tonight's Boston Legal. I knew that the primary case tonight dealt with parental consent for abortion, and whatever my personal feelings on the issue, it was definitely something the show would do better to handle gingerly. They did, but only because they managed to confuse it with other issues.

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• 'Boston Legal' welcomes back some old friends

  Tonight's episode of Boston Legal started out where most episodes usually end – on the balcony. The show always talks politics, so you knew they were going to discuss tomorrow's election and this was how it began. Denny and Alan were discussing the race for president and Denny gave Alan two reasons why he was voting McCain – salmon and women. The man's logic was incredible and perhaps right, but would take hundreds and hundreds of words to try to explain in a way that would make any sense. As the discussion wasn't really germane to the episode, I will not expend those words, so let's just move on.

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All Upcoming Episodes of 'Boston Legal'

Angel of Death Denny, Alan and new attorney Vanessa Walker (Nia Long) head to New Orleans to defend a doctor accused of euthanizing patients during Hurricane Katrina. WGNAMER Sat 12/6 7:00 PM Schmidt Happens Founding Crane, Poole & Schmidt partner Shirley Schmidt (Candice Bergen) returns to help bring order to the chaotic office. WGNAMER Sun 12/7 12:00 PM BL: Los Angeles Denny and Alan travel to Los Angeles on business and wind up taking the case of a Hollywood celebrity (Jeri Ryan) who shot a photographer; Denise tries some back-stabbing techniques when she fears Marlene may ruin her chances of making partner. ION Mon 12/8 8:00 PM Made in China; Last Call NEW Crane Poole & Schmidt is in dire financial straits; Alan goes to the Supreme Court to get Denny access to a non-FDA approved drug to slow the progression of his Alzheimer's; Shirley and Carl plan their wedding; Denny has an important question for Alan. ABC Mon 12/8 9:00 PM Can't We All Get a Lung? Denise and Shirley defend Daniel Post (Michael J. Fox) after police arrest him for trying to buy a lung; Alan Shore represents his buddy (Christian Clemenson), who police catch driving in the car-pool lane with a life-size sex doll. ION Tue 12/9 8:00 PM New Kids on the Block Jeffrey Coho handles a high-profile case on his first day at the office; Crane's online date threatens to sue the firm; Shore takes on a cross-dressing client. ION Tue 12/9 10:00 PM ION Wed 12/10 8:00 PM Desperately Seeking Shirley Ivan (Tom Selleck) wants to invalidate the postnuptial agreement Shirley drafted for him so he can get a divorce; Denny's Internet date, hurt by his comments about her size, plans a lawsuit. ION Wed 12/10 9:00 PM Loose Lips Shore defends a man who was fired from his post as Santa at a local department store for being a transvestite; Lori faces an ethical dilemma when her therapist asks her for advice on one of his patients. ION Wed 12/10 10:00 PM ION Thu 12/11 8:00 PM Nuts Denny asks Alan to help him take on the Department of Homeland Security when he learns his name is on the no-fly list; a third-grade teacher is charged with wrongful death after a student has a fatal allergic reaction in class. WGNAMER Sat 12/13 7:00 PM From Whence We Came One member of the firm falls victim to Shirley Schmidt's mandate to clean house; Lori defends a school superintendent being sued by two teachers who were fired for refusing to teach creationism. WGNAMER Sun 12/14 12:00 PM Fine Young Cannibal Alan Shore's attraction to Shirley increases; Denny Crane is drawn to Bethany as he helps her try a case against an HMO. ION Mon 12/15 8:00 PM Whose God Is It Anyway? Jeffrey Coho and his team go to court on a high-profile murder trial; Denny Crane continues to develop feelings for Bethany Horowitz (Meredith Eaton-Gilden). ION Tue 12/16 8:00 PM The Verdict Jeffrey Coho's defense team must do all it can to undo the damage caused by an accused murderer's (Ashton Holmes) father, who makes an allegation about his son's attraction to his mother (Katey Sagal). ION Tue 12/16 10:00 PM ION Wed 12/17 8:00 PM Lincoln Alan Shore helps Jerry Espenson, whose client stands accused of murdering her ex-girlfriend; Lincoln resurfaces at the firm, taking a peculiar interest in Shirley. ION Wed 12/17 9:00 PM On the Ledge Shirley attempts to reason with her kidnapper, Lincoln Meyer; Jerry Espenson's legal skills shine as he and Alan defend a woman accused of killing her ex-girlfriend; seeing Jerry and Alan bonding makes Denny Crane jealous. ION Wed 12/17 10:00 PM

'Boston Legal' News

• Watching outside the box . . .unconventional episodes Last night’s episode of Boston Legal was, as Alan summed up, eventful. The firm has gone bankrupt, Shirley and Carl are engaged and Alan put forth a convincing speech about the state of racism in America. But it was missing one key ingredient – there was no legal. There was no client to comfort, no witnesses to interrogate, opening statements to make or closing arguments to win the case. The show, which always pushes the TV envelope, totally stepped outside its comfort zone. And I think it kind of worked. Then I started thinking about other shows that had unconventional...
• Life is good on NBC

  Sometimes a show can survive and thrive by the sheer force of the lead actor's performance.

  Such is the case with the two new NBC shows returning tonight for their sophomore season. They are both good series built on the foundation of two terrific performances.
• Seriously, 'Grey's Anatomy' is back

  A TV show shouldn’t make you angry. Yet that’s exactly the emotion I experienced while watching the opening minutes of the two hour season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy (Thursday, NBC, 9 p.m.). I won’t give away anything but I will say that I found the scene simply ridiculous.

'Boston Legal' Videos

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  Roe

  Alan Shore and Shirley Schmidt try to help an underaged pregnant girl obtain a judicial by-pass for an abortion. More
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  Mad Cows

  Alan and Denny sue the government when cattle rancher Carol Hober accuses the USDA for not allowing her to test all of her cows for Mad cow Disease. More
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  Happy Trails

  Alan Shore and Denny Crane saddle up at a dude ranch but find themselves at odds with their fellow horse enthusiasts and in court. More
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  The Bad Seed

  Alan Shore and Shirley Schmidt take on the armed forces to court for malpractice, and Jerry Espenson's sister needs his help. More
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  Change, Change, Change!

  Why would two grown men do this to each other?! More