BOSTON LEGAL SEASON 5(2004)
The great James Spader(Stargate[movie], The Blacklist)
and William Shatner! I avoided this series when it was
first airing until my lovely wife kept saying she thought
I would like it, and to appease her, I watched! And I
watched more! This became my second favorite TV drama of
time, right behind The West Wing!!
And the rest of the main cast were excellent: Rene
Auberjoinois, Mark Valley and Candace Bergman were
all great! And there's a superurb plethera of support
from guest stars!
An absolute must watch TV series!!
EPISODE # 1: SMOKE SIGNALS(Sept. 22, 2008):
The whole episode is about a woman suing a tobacco
company after her father dies of lung cancer; oh, and
Denny Crane's dick!! B+
EPISODE # 2: GUARDIANS AND GATEKEEPERS(Sept. 29, 2008):
Denny dies! Ok, only for a few seconds, and it becomes
obvious that it's because of all the pills he's takning,
so he and Alan decide to sue the pharmacies; Shirley's
granddaughter is back, this time in trouble for voting
because she's only 17; a 15 year old girl gets raped in
a private prison and Jerry and Katie take the case! B+
EPISODE # 3: DANCES WITH WOLVES(Oct. 06, 2008):
The sex doctor that Alan sent Jerry to is in a custody
battle for her daughter and again Alan represents her;
the BIGGIE, Denny and Jerry are walking to thier car and
a mugger jumps out to, well, mug them and Denny brings
out one of his guns and shoots him, and again, AND again!
Guest starring: Jane Lynch returns! A
EPISODE # 4: TRUE LOVE(Oct. 13, 2008):
A former love of Alan's comes into the office to get him
to defend her husband of murder! A
EPISODE # 5: THE BAD SEED(Oct. 20, 2008):
Denny and Alan make a bet on a hearing about a soldier whose
brother died while in the service after having come home injured
being tried by Shirley and Alan; Jerry's sister comes to him
and asks him to help out when her son gets a girlfriend who
looks alot like him!! B+
EPISODE # 6: HAPPY TRAILS(Oct. 27, 2008):
Denny and Alan go to a dude ranch in Utah - big mistake;
Catherine Piper is back and Shirley defends her against
an attempted murder charge! This may be the worst episode
of the entire series!! C
EPISODE # 7: MAD COWS(Nov. 03, 2008):
The politics here I could do without, even though I agree
with Alan(although the paint ball scene was hilarious!!);
Alan goes up a returning Denise in a case where a woman
tests her whole cattle heard for Mad Cow disease and the
FDA orders her to stop; Jerry's up for partnership agian!
Rene Auberjonois returns for his first episode of the season!
Guest starring: Valarie Bertinelli! B
EPISODE # 8: ROE(Nov. 10, 2008):
Jerry gets verbally ausulted in a cafe and gets arested
for retaliating and protecting himself; a 15 year old girl
comse to Alan because she wants an abortion; the beginning
again has a lot of banter about the series!! A
EPISODE # 9: KILL, BABY, KILL(Nov. 17, 2008):
The executed in Virginia is going completely wrong and
a guard who is part of the "death squad" goes in and
shoots him, and Carl and Denny go to the guards defense;
an old classmate of Alan's come to him and asks him to
help get her job back for wrongful termination just because
she voted for McCain!
Guest starring: Saul Rubinek, Ken Howard, Alan Ruck! B+
EPISODE # 10: THANKSGIVING(Nov. 24, 2008):
The whole gang, + Melvin Palmer, get together at Shirley's
house for Thanksgiving and many little wars erupt! A
EPISODE # 11: JUICED(Dec. 01, 2008):
Denny finds out there's an experimental drug that can
help his Alzhimers and he and Alan go to court to get
the ok to take it; Jerry and Katie take on a case for
a girl who got "juiced" when she took the exam to get
into Harvard; Catherine is back again and she and Carl
go against the networks to have more content for older
viewers! A-
EPISODE # 12: MADE IN CHINA(Dec. 08, 2008):
The last two episodes are shown together as a longer
episode!!
A company from China want's to buy out the firm; Denny
gets arrested for breaking into a house and molesting
a woman; the trial to get the expeimental drug for Denny
goes before the Supreme Court; and they all lived happily
ever after!! A
EPISODE # 13: LAST CALL(Dec. 08, 2008)
Continued from the previous episode!! A
SPECIALS:
DISC 2:
Denny and Alan: Friends To The End!
DISC 3:
DENNY'S DAUGHTER: tHE UNTOLD STORY!
DISC 4:
CLOSING STATEMENT:
THE BOSTON LEGAL SERIES FINALE!
STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD!
(Deleted Scenes):
Smoke Signals: My Junk Doesn't Work
Smoke Signals: Wandering Eye Doctor
Smoke Signals: Lazy Eyes Take The Stand
True Love: Barnyard Animals. Love 'em
The Bad Seed: Every Firm Should Have One Alan Shore
Happy Trails: A Man Almost Died
Happy Trails: The Party's Not Until Tonight
Roe: The Day Is Still Young
Roe: Good Luck Partner
Mad Cows: Denny And Valerie
Juiced: I Have A Litgioous Button
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
I don't know, for a guy in his early 70's who has been
royally and unfairly panned for his entire career, William
Shatner as Denny Crane may be the absolute highlight of
his long career! What a role and what a show. My ultimate
benchmark as to how good a show is how fast I am back to
that show during the commercial breaks. Didn't miss one
second of Boston Legal so I guess that tells you that I
liked it a lot. Of course the "Shat Man" drew me in but
the overall show got me hooked. Well worth the late hour
on Sundays. Rene Auberjonois ( of DS 9 fame) was an added
surprise. - JJC-3