Boston Legal

Total Seasons :5Total Episodes : 101

Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.

Boston Legal

Episodes(17)

Head Cases

1. Head Cases

A civil-rights issue hinges on the casting choice for a version of "Annie"; a child-custody battle turns ugly; an adultery case involves Crane.

Air Date : 2004-10-03

Still Crazy After All These Years

2. Still Crazy After All These Years

An ex-lover haunts Shore, who secures the woman's release from a psychiatric hospital where she was confined after trying to kill him. Elsewhere, Crane fights an opposing counsel's sanction charges.

Air Date : 2004-10-10

Catch and Release

3. Catch and Release

A client of Crane, Poole & Schmidt want to build a shopping mall on an area where salmon are spawning and Denny’s son is the environmental lawyer defending the area. Alan and Lori take a sexual harassment case and learn that Christine, whom he recently helped get released from a mental institution and who he now fears is stalking him, is opposing counsel. Sally has her first trial case where she defends a man who is accused of stealing a wallet.

Air Date : 2004-10-17

Change of Course

4. Change of Course

A cop killing centers on a haughty defendant, reluctantly represented by Lori and zealously by a firm veteran, who has been a patient in a mental facility. Meanwhile, Shore plays hardball with a witness in a shoplifting case involving a kleptomaniac CEO.

Air Date : 2004-10-24

An Eye for an Eye

5. An Eye for an Eye

Seniors take on a drug firm in a class-action case handled by the grandstanding Crane. Also: revenge motives are raised in a murder trial; and medical ethics are at issue in a civil suit.

Air Date : 2004-10-31

Truth Be Told

6. Truth Be Told

Shore's dream lover from college, now wed to a slick mayoral candidate, hires Shore to block his opponent's provocative TV-ad campaign. Meanwhile, a power struggle embroils Crane.

Air Date : 2004-11-07

Questionable Characters

7. Questionable Characters

A showcase for the wily, agitating Alan Shore, who badgers a dotty judge; romances Tara, whom he surreptitiously helps in a thorny criminal case; and backs Crane, who's been arrested for solicitation.

Air Date : 2004-11-21

Loose Lips

8. Loose Lips

Alan help a department store Santa sue to get his job back after he is terminated for being a transvestite. Brad bets Alan that he won't win. A therapist seeks Lori's help when one of his patients fantasizes about killing his ex-wife.

Air Date : 2004-11-28

A Greater Good

9. A Greater Good

Alan and Denny defend a drug company that is being sued by a woman who states they provided false reasoning when they took her off of an experimental pill that was a possible cure for her sickness. Alan and Denny discover a shocking secret that could make or break their case and because of that, they become at odds with each other on how to proceed. Lori discovers that Tara's new information for their case would win it for them, but the way she retrieved it could cost them their case and their careers. Lori learns a secret about Brad.

Air Date : 2004-12-12

Hired Guns

10. Hired Guns

Lori and Brad defend a woman who is accused of murdering her husband and his mistress while they were in bed together. Alan's life is endangered when he helps a woman whose ex-husband plans to kidnap their children.

Air Date : 2004-12-19

Schmidt Happens

11. Schmidt Happens

A Sudanese native wants to sue the U.S. government for the lack of action taken against the mayhem happening in his country and Paul looks to Lori to take the case. Founding partner Shirley Schmidt arrives with a mission to bring order to the firm. While making herself known, she has to deal with Denny who does not wanting her there, help with Lori's extremely high profile case, and learns that she has to keep her eye on Alan. Alan ends up defending a man who killed his mother in a fit of rage but by accident.

Air Date : 2005-01-09

From Whence We Came

12. From Whence We Came

Lori, along with Denny and Shirley, defends a school superintendent who fired two science teachers because they refused to teach creationism and is now being sued by them. Alan learns his assistant has expressed concern about their work relationship. While dealing with that issue, Alan discovers that his client Bernard Ferrion, who killed his mother, needs legal help again. One of the members of the firm is fired and learns that a close associate is not too keen on lending a supportive hand.

Air Date : 2005-01-16

It Girls and Beyond

13. It Girls and Beyond

Brad becomes attracted to his client who being sued for having a relationship with her boss merely for financial purposes. To make matters more difficult, Brad convinces himself that she is lying about her being a lesbian. Alan is asked to second chair on Denny's trial case where a doctor is being sued for prescribing a drug that has not been FDA approved. While working on that, Denny is on a personal mission to prove that he is a competent attorney. Meanwhile, the staff tries to deal with Alan's out-spoken new assistant, Catherine Piper.

Air Date : 2005-01-23

Til We Meat Again

14. Til We Meat Again

While out with Tara, Alan ends up causing a bar room brawl and as a result, becomes arrested for conspiracy to commit assault and battery. Shirley and Denny represent a man whose steakhouse is being put out of business because the public wants to ban red meat for fear of Mad Cow disease.

Air Date : 2005-02-13

Tortured Souls

15. Tortured Souls

Shirley asks Alan Shore to use his odious lawyering to help her defend a police officer accused of torture. Donny Crane returns and is the opposing counsel in Denny's case, with Chelina Hall as second chair, where a woman wants to sue her former boyfriend for saying no to her at the alter. For Denny, this is an easy case, for Donny this is to settle a score with Denny for letting him believe for 25 years that he was his father. Meanwhile, Bernard Ferrion is befriended by Catherine and Alan finds variance with that.

Air Date : 2005-02-20

Let Sales Ring

16. Let Sales Ring

Milton Bombay is asking the courts to allow him to be frozen until another century so he can continue his legacy of being a great lawyer and needs Denny and Shirley to defend him. Alan and Chelina defends a high school student who accuses his teacher of censorship when he blocks out a news station on the school's televisions.

Air Date : 2005-03-13

Death Be Not Proud

17. Death Be Not Proud

Chelina asks Alan to assist her in Texas because her former client is getting executed but may be innocent of the crime. An old friend of Denny and Shirley asks them for legal representation when she charged with having sexual encounters for a fee. Lori files a complaint about Denny with Shirley and Paul and they seriously consider doing something about it; especially when they suspect he performed an unethical act on his recent case.

Air Date : 2005-03-20

Cast

James Spader
James Spader

(Alan Shore)

William Shatner
William Shatner

(Denny Crane)

Mark Valley
Mark Valley

(Brad Chase)

Rhona Mitra
Rhona Mitra

(Tara Wilson)

Monica Potter
Monica Potter

(Lori Colson)

René Auberjonois
René Auberjonois

(Paul Lewiston)

Lake Bell
Lake Bell

(Sally Heep)

Candice Bergen
Candice Bergen

(Shirley Schmidt)

Betty White
Betty White

(Catherine Piper)

Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington

(Chelina Hall)

Michael Ensign
Michael Ensign

(Judge Paul Resnick)

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

(Nora Jacobs)

Henry Gibson
Henry Gibson

(Judge Brown)

Leslie Jordan
Leslie Jordan

(Bernard Ferrion)

Rebecca Lin
Rebecca Lin

(CPS Receptionist)

Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton

(Reverend Al Sharpton)

Thomas Kopache
Thomas Kopache

(Judge Dale Wallace)

Robert Joy
Robert Joy

(A.D.A. William Preston)

Larry Miller
Larry Miller

(Edwin Poole)

Nicole Bilderback
Nicole Bilderback

(Secretary)

Richard Portnow
Richard Portnow

(Judge Peter Harding)

Ray Laska
Ray Laska

(Judge James Billmeyer)

Freddie Prinze Jr.
Freddie Prinze Jr.

(Donny Crane)

Anita Finlay
Anita Finlay

(Helen Poole)

John Michael Higgins
John Michael Higgins

(Jerry Austin)

Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Mitchell

(Christine Pauley)

Frank Birney
Frank Birney

(Judge William Howe)

Eric Payne
Eric Payne

(Halpern)

Steven Anderson
Steven Anderson

(Walter Seymore)

Anthony S. Johnson
Anthony S. Johnson

(Judge Baker)

David Starzyk
David Starzyk

(Attorney Gellman)

Glen Walker
Glen Walker

(Reporter)

Rhomeyn Johnson
Rhomeyn Johnson

(Detective Willet)

Phillip Palmer

(Newscaster)

T.J. Thyne
T.J. Thyne

(Mark Shrum)

Ryan Kelley
Ryan Kelley

(Stuart Milch)

Louis Giambalvo
Louis Giambalvo

(Judge Franzetti)

Debbie Lee Carrington
Debbie Lee Carrington

(Patty)

Todd Stashwick
Todd Stashwick

(Matthew Calder)

Kitana Baker
Kitana Baker

(Beautiful Woman (uncredited))

John Kapelos
John Kapelos

(Detective Wayne Farley)

Penelope Windust

(Martha Silver)

Jon Bernthal
Jon Bernthal

(Michael Shea)

Dean Norris
Dean Norris

(Byron Kaneb)

Alyson Reed
Alyson Reed

(Roberta Turner)

Sarah Carter
Sarah Carter

(Tracey Green)

Shelley Long
Shelley Long

(Miriam Watson)

Takayo Fischer
Takayo Fischer

(Court Clerk)

Kevin Cooney
Kevin Cooney

(Atty. Smith (uncredited))

Fiona Hale
Fiona Hale

(Mrs. Ferrion)

Victor Raider-Wexler
Victor Raider-Wexler

(Dr. Bender)

Dey Young
Dey Young

(Sarah Berman)

Susan Floyd
Susan Floyd

(Wendy Moore)

Brian Kerwin
Brian Kerwin

(Jack Fleming)

Holmes Osborne
Holmes Osborne

(Mayor George Bostwick)

William Atherton
William Atherton

(A.D.A. Howard Zale)

Steve Tom
Steve Tom

(Martin Jeffries)

Frederick Koehler
Frederick Koehler

(Jason Binder)

Vicki Davis
Vicki Davis

(Sylvia Donato)

Frances Fisher
Frances Fisher

(Carrie)

Danielle Bisutti
Danielle Bisutti

(Roberta Sloane)

Brandon Molale
Brandon Molale

(Mike)

Leigh-Allyn Baker
Leigh-Allyn Baker

(Frannie Huber)

Chi McBride
Chi McBride

(Steven Harper)

George Newbern
George Newbern

(Dr. Allen Konigsberg)

David Clennon
David Clennon

(Attorney Braxton Mason)

Megan Ward
Megan Ward

(Susan May)

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

(Stephanie Rogers)

Andy Milder
Andy Milder

(Dr. Gill)

Gina Ravera
Gina Ravera

(Dr. Amanda Gerard)

Rocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll

(A.D.A. John Shubert)

Lombardo Boyar
Lombardo Boyar

(Ramone Valasquez)

Bruno Campos
Bruno Campos

(A.D.A. Mark Wills)

Christina Chang
Christina Chang

(Attorney Elizabeth Tyler)

Dana Delany
Dana Delany

(Samantha Fleming)

Wayne Wilderson
Wayne Wilderson

(Attorney Paul Phillips)

Shawn Michael Patrick
Shawn Michael Patrick

(Dr. Kodash)

Patricia Belcher
Patricia Belcher

(Judge Leslie Bishop)

Gibby Brand
Gibby Brand

(Dr. Leonard Raskin)

Thom Gossom Jr.
Thom Gossom Jr.

(Judge Winters)

Rusty Schwimmer
Rusty Schwimmer

(Helen Binder)

Sharon Lawrence
Sharon Lawrence

(Judge Rita Sharpley)

Nancy Stephens
Nancy Stephens

(Judge Wilcox)

Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner

(Milton Bombay)

Michael Dempsey
Michael Dempsey

(Dominick Ryan)

Todd Waring
Todd Waring

(Daniel Ralston)

Maura Soden

(Melissa Stevens (uncredited))

Leyna Nguyen

(Reporter)

Melora Hardin
Melora Hardin

(Sharon Brant)

Mary Kathleen Gordon

(Sylvie While)

Tyrees Allen
Tyrees Allen

(A.A.G. Doug Beecham)

David Burke
David Burke

(D.A. Casey Mathias)

Yamil Piedra
Yamil Piedra

(Joe)

Nigel Gibbs
Nigel Gibbs

(Court Officer)

Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall

(Ernie Dell)

Rick Yune
Rick Yune

(Troi Ran (uncredited))

Anne Betancourt
Anne Betancourt

(Judge Isabel Hernandez)

Aisha Hinds
Aisha Hinds

(Beah Toomy)

Don McManus
Don McManus

(A.D.A. John Lennox)

Helen Eigenberg
Helen Eigenberg

(Atty. Tompkins)

James Dalesandro

(Judge Mitchell)

Ed O'Ross
Ed O'Ross

(Judge Phillip Stevens)

Daniel Edward Mora
Daniel Edward Mora

(Julio Flores)

Aaron Lustig
Aaron Lustig

(Dr. Herbert Waylon)

Ming Lo
Ming Lo

(Dr. Lee Chang)

Yeniffer Behrens
Yeniffer Behrens

(Carmen Flores)

Scott Conte
Scott Conte

(Officer Davis)

Michael Christian Alexander
Michael Christian Alexander

(Officer Michaels)

Shirley Saunders

(Foreperson)

Blair Bess
Blair Bess

(Hostage Negotiator)

Charles Emmett
Charles Emmett

(Detective Smiley)

John Cragen

(Paramedic)

Scott Reitz

(SWAT Police)

Susana G. Esteban
Susana G. Esteban

(DA's Assistant (uncredited))

Cynthia Harmon
Cynthia Harmon

(Paralegal (uncredited))

Bruna Matsin
Bruna Matsin

(Susan May's Family Member (uncredited))

Karl T. Wright
Karl T. Wright

(A.D.A. George Martin)

Tom Ormeny

(New York Atty.)

John F. Schaffer
John F. Schaffer

(Chicago Atty.)

Simon Rhee
Simon Rhee

(Tokyo Guy)

Kevin Owers

(Nigel)

Lisa Kaseman
Lisa Kaseman

(Calder's Receptionist)

Nina Avetisova

( - )

Joel Anderson

(Atty. Kevin Ripley)

Rich Cooper

(Paul Rober)

Tom Knickerbocker

(Dr. Mahoney)

David Connell

(Tourette's Guy)

Christine Tucci
Christine Tucci

(D.A. Mary Ann Huff)

Sam Temeles

(Dr. Lott)

Christopher Carroll
Christopher Carroll

(Judge Stephen Bickel)

Diana Yanez
Diana Yanez

(Foreperson #1)

Jeremiah Birkett
Jeremiah Birkett

(Warren Litch)

David Norona
David Norona

(A.D.A. Harris)

Will Radford
Will Radford

(Miles Tibbet)

David Kaufman
David Kaufman

(Dr. Sam Karp)

Dennis Cockrum
Dennis Cockrum

(Officer James Jacobs)

Charles Currie

(Bennett Lyne)

Louise Claps

(Criminal Court Foreperson)

Kevin R. Kelly

(Foreman #2)

Chris D'Elia
Chris D'Elia

(Kevin Quinlan)

Larry Clarke
Larry Clarke

(Bill Morgan)

Allan Wasserman
Allan Wasserman

(A.D.A. Oliver Goldberg)

Michael Oberlander

(Dr. Steven Rayburn)

Jack Shearer
Jack Shearer

(Night Court Judge)

David Brisbin
David Brisbin

(Derek Ross)

Terry Bozeman
Terry Bozeman

(Adam Herbett)

Derek Magyar
Derek Magyar

(Gregory Stone)

Lorna Raver
Lorna Raver

(Judge Katherine Taylor)

Christina Cindrich
Christina Cindrich

(Julia)

Steve Seagren
Steve Seagren

(Night Court Beat Cop)

Aydiee Vaughn

(Night Court Hooker)

Marcy Goldman
Marcy Goldman

(Foreperson)

Vincent Angell
Vincent Angell

(A.D.A. Richard Kirkland)

Missy Yager
Missy Yager

(Marcy Kirkland)

Eidan Hanzei
Eidan Hanzei

(Dr. Lee)

Lou Beatty Jr.
Lou Beatty Jr.

(Judge Gordon Kolodny)

Paul Schackman
Paul Schackman

(Stu Himelfarb)

Kevin Dunigan
Kevin Dunigan

(Campaign Aide)

John Sterling Carter
John Sterling Carter

(Male Attorney)

Fred Helsel

(Adrian)

Mary Boucher

(Judge Olsheim)

Bernadette Speakes

(Lab Tech)

Willie C. Carpenter
Willie C. Carpenter

(Walter Mack)

Nike Doukas

(A.D.A. Allison Hayes)

Scott Alan Smith
Scott Alan Smith

(Dr. Randall)

Marshall Manesh
Marshall Manesh

(George Keene)

Hilda Brawner

(Chairwoman Nora Lang)

James Howell
James Howell

(Police Officer)

Laura Henry

(Clerk)

Sue Ozeran

(Judge's Mother)

Reggie De Morton
Reggie De Morton

(Tenant #1)

Roberto Montesinos
Roberto Montesinos

(Tenant #2)

Diane Sellers
Diane Sellers

(Tenant #3)

Gregor Manns
Gregor Manns

(Tenant #4)

H. Richard Greene
H. Richard Greene

(Judge Harry Hingham)

Cheryl White
Cheryl White

(Mary Stevens)

Jim O'Heir
Jim O'Heir

(Gil Furnald)

Neal Matarazzo
Neal Matarazzo

(Brian Stevens)

Steven M. Gagnon
Steven M. Gagnon

(Detective Lowe)

Donna Cooper
Donna Cooper

(Secretary)

Heidi Heller Banks

(Clerk)

Benjamin John Parrillo
Benjamin John Parrillo

(Andrew Forbes)

Elizabeth Sampson
Elizabeth Sampson

(Marybeth Hewitt)

Ben Bode
Ben Bode

(Atty. Greg Montero)

Billy Kane

(Guy with Bomb)

Patrick O'Connor
Patrick O'Connor

(Irwin Middleman)

Derrick L. McMillon
Derrick L. McMillon

(Security Guard)

Brenda Wehle
Brenda Wehle

(Judge O'Keefe)

Gregory Alan Williams
Gregory Alan Williams

(John Zenawi)

Lisa Kaminir
Lisa Kaminir

(D. A. Valerie Murrow)

Michael Wiseman
Michael Wiseman

(D.A. Bret Haber)

Tony Pasqualini
Tony Pasqualini

(U.S. Attorney Joyner)

Ron Butler
Ron Butler

(Dr. Kohler)

Alex Paez

(Officer Coulier)

Obie Sims

(Paramedic)

Crystal Allen
Crystal Allen

(Maddie Tyler)

Zylan Brooks
Zylan Brooks

(Clerk)

Barry Sigismondi
Barry Sigismondi

(Officer James)

Sam Anderson
Sam Anderson

(Walter Fife)

Keisuke Hoashi
Keisuke Hoashi

(Police Technician)

Andy Umberger
Andy Umberger

(Attorney Morrison)

Michael O'Neill
Michael O'Neill

(Dr. Robert McLean)

Travis McKenna

(Mark Harrison)

David Purdham
David Purdham

(Judge William Connolly)

Diane Kim

(Newscaster)

Angela Sargeant
Angela Sargeant

(Foreperson #1)

P.J. O'Connor

(Foreman #2)

Francesca P. Roberts
Francesca P. Roberts

(Judge Jamie Atkinson)

Pat Skipper
Pat Skipper

(Attorney Michael Roker)

John Short
John Short

(Dr. Raymond Young)

Curt Bouril

(Edwards)

Jack Impellizzeri
Jack Impellizzeri

(Officer Jackson)

LaFern Cusack

(Foreperson)

Vyto Ruginis
Vyto Ruginis

(Captain Larry McDonald)

Kevin Chapman
Kevin Chapman

(Officer Wayne Kirkland)

David Barrera
David Barrera

(Officer Joe Garrett)

Michael Leydon Campbell
Michael Leydon Campbell

(Michael Foster)

Richard V. Licata
Richard V. Licata

(Judge Dale Melman)

Lee Whittaker
Lee Whittaker

(Paul Harris)

Lisa Lynch
Lisa Lynch

(Harris' Wife)

Jarrod Bailey
Jarrod Bailey

(Harris' Son)

Sierra Abel

(Harris' Daughter)

Bobbie Norman

(Judge Keneally)

Joe Ochman
Joe Ochman

(Minister)

Victor McCay
Victor McCay

(Dr. Malcolm Freemont)

Glenn Taranto
Glenn Taranto

(Maitre D')

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

(Zeke Borns)

Conor O'Farrell
Conor O'Farrell

(A.D.A. Glenn Jackson)

John Considine
John Considine

(Judge Lance Abrams)

Donovan Scott
Donovan Scott

(Judge Christopher Serra)

Liam Craig
Liam Craig

(Attorney Gerald Litman)

Ken Strunk
Ken Strunk

(Father Martin)

Kat Sawyer-Young
Kat Sawyer-Young

(Judge Brenford)

Traber Burns
Traber Burns

(Warden)

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