Writer:	David E. Kelley
Director:	Bill D'Elia
Star:	Ryan Michelle Bathe (Sara Holt),  Justin Mentell (Garrett Wells),  Julie Bowen (Denise Bauer),  James Spader (Alan Shore),  William Shatner (Denny Crane),  Rene Auberjonois (Paul Lewiston),  Candice Bergen (Shirley Schmidt),  Mark Valley (Brad Chase)
Recurring Role:	John Thaddeus (Detective John Stephenson),  Betty White (Catherine Piper),  Lou Beatty Jr. (Judge Gordon Kolodny)
Guest Star:	Bob Rumnock (Foreman),  Lisa Kaminir (D.A. Valerie Murro),  Michael Bryan French (Alex Naughton),  Ryan Cutrona (Congressman Raymond Jacobs),  H. Richard Greene (Judge Harry Hingham),  William Russ (Attorney Christopher Palmer),  Kurt Fuller (Reverend Donald Diddum)

This episode was originally scheduled to air on May 22, 2005, but was held until the second season. (edit)

Shirley: I, I just wanted to say that you intermittently made sense in there and...
Denny: You'll have sex with me. Come on. At least pet the musket. (edit) Shirley: Awfully tiny cigar.
Denny: It's the kind of cigar that goes along with our wimpy defense today. (edit) Congressman Raymond Jacobs: May I ask, Denny, how do you feel about gun control?
Denny: For Communists.
Congressman Raymond Jacobs: What about banning assault weapons in the private sector?
Denny: As soon as you say it's OK to ban assault weapons, my friend, even in the private sector, you make it easier to take guns away from hunting... then personal protection... soon the military and the police are without firearms. (edit) Denny: When God strips you of your talent, He should at least have the decency to strip away the memory of having had it. (edit) Denny: And I've decided for my New Year's resolution, I'm gonna remember that. What's your resolution?
Alan: It's October.
(Denny checks his watch)
Alan: And that's a watch.
Denny: October's not too late to make a resolution. You don't have any?
Alan: Mine would be to appreciate my friends every single day and catch more fish. (edit)

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Prosecutor: Law and order isn't simply something found on television four nights a week.
This is a reference to the NBC show Law and Order. (edit) The whistled theme played as Denny Crane and Alan Shore walk down the street with their fishing poles is the famous theme from the classic television series The Andy Griffith Show. On that show, the theme was played as Andy Taylor walked with his young son Opie. (edit) Episode Title: A Whiff and a Prayer
Allusion to the classic 1944 movie A Wing and a Prayer. (edit)