Writer:	David E. Kelley
Director:	Bill D'Elia
Star:	Rene Auberjonois (Paul Lewiston),  William Shatner (Denny Crane),  Candice Bergen (Shirley Schmidt),  James Spader (Alan Shore),  Julie Bowen (Denise Bauer)
Recurring Role:	Michael Ensign (Judge Paul Resnick)
Guest Star:	Jayne Brook (Rachel Lewiston),  Maury Chaykin (Ryan Myerson),  Meredith Patterson (Missy Frank),  Stacy Galina (Jody Young),  Tom Selleck (Ivan Tiggs),  Nick Toth (Minister Bill),  Peggy Etra (Foreperson),  Adam Arkin (A.D.A. Douglas Koupfer),  Georgia Murray (Georgia Murray),  Ashley Rios (Fiona),  April Rios (Fiona)

Music: "Thanks Again" and "The world goes 'round" by Georgia Murray, "Something Good" from The Sound of Music, and "Life is Wonderful" by Jason Mraz. (edit) Douglas Koupfer played by Adam Arkin mentioned that he and Alan had a history together. This is indeed true for Arkin and James Spader as Arkin had appeared in The Practice episode The Chosen when Spader was a regular in that show. However Arkin plays a different character here in Boston Legal than the one he portrayed in The Practice. (edit)

Ivan: (to Shirley) I'm sorry. I lost a crown on my tooth last night. I was wondering whether perhaps you swallowed it. (edit) Shirley: This isn't fair what you're doing to this girl.
Ivan: I have enormous affection for her. The sex is rewarding. I make her happy. All adds up to a workable equation.
Shirley: Your sense of romance is overwhelming. (edit) Ivan: Come on, rehearsal dinners are meant to be silly. Let me take you back thirty years or so to ours.
Shirley: I don't relive past traumas. (edit) Paul: Rachel, you're almost forty.
Rachel: Meaning what, time to grow up?
Paul: Meaning, perhaps when choosing men...
Rachel: Find one who won't walk out on me, yeah, well, you know what they say, girls look to marry their fathers... (edit) Missy: Shirley, may we speak as girlfriends for a second?
Shirley: I met you this morning. (edit)

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Missy (singing): Anybody could be that guy...
Ivan: Mamma Mia...
Mamma Mia! is a musical with a book by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It is an example of a jukebox musical, and is notable for popularising the genre. (edit) When Missy goes into her annoying "snort laugh", Ivan says tragic things to get her to stop. One of the things he says is "Bill Buckner". Bill Buckner played first base for the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series and made an infamous fielding error during a critical moment of game 6 that contributed to the Red Sox losing that game and ultimately the series to the New York Mets. (edit) Shirley: Am I being Punk'd?
Punk'd is the Aston Kutcher Candid Camera-esque show that plays absurd pranks on celebrities and films it. (edit)