Boston Legal

This was not quite as good as some of the earlier episodes, but still brilliant.



ALan's case was thought provoking, just not as well played out as usual. I did like Shirley's closing, but there was something dissatisfying about not seeing Alan on top form. Nevertheless, his scene with Irma was really decent, especially the elevator part ;).



Catherine vs Garett was also well done- one of Garetts last scene in the programme I think. She is just brilliant.



Denny and Daniel were just brilliant- its a shame they only had two very quick scenes, because the chemistry is brilliant! Denise's funeral moment was so sad- its such a shame to see them break up for now. Overall, another strong episode from the strongest season of Boston Legal.

In this episode Alan must defend a women who took her breasts out in public to be noticed. He tries to defend her from being put in the sex offenders category but holds up a very weak case. Luckily Shirley gives a great closing and they win the case. Meanwhile Catherine bullies the young lawyer out of his own office. And Denise begins to realise what she is in for when she goes to a party for the death of Daniel, an early funeral if you will. I thought this was another good episode. Denny was wuite funny in it. Can't wait for the next episode.

I liked the Garrett/Catherine story but Alan and Irma were both a little overbearing and David E. Kelley was getting into outright propaganda at parts. There's a difference between being "brave and daring" as he thinks he's being, and being a pedantic, condescending ideologue who berates the viewers with an unfair bias. He made it a point to show that it was a Republican D.A. who was being "evil."



The point about the redistricting was also covered unfairly. Both parties have always engaged in gerrymandering, not just Republicans. There was a Supreme Court case a few years ago that dealt with contorted Congressional districts that were created just to ensure that racial minorities (African Americans) were almost guaranteed to elect some representatives. Kelley didn't even mention that case, which I certainly think would have been relevant given the topic of the episode.



The preaching to the choir got a little out of hand and really detracted from the humor. Kelley needs to think about whether he wants to make a political commercial or a television comedy. Yes, it can be interesting to examine serious issues like the war in Iraq or the plight of American soldiers (as he did in "Witches of Mass Destruction") but not when the effort is so one-sided and nakedly partisan. Denny was a complete buffoon and Brad (the only "normal" Republican on the show) didn't have much to do. I will say that it was funny to hear Brad call Alan a "******bag" as they parted ways after meeting with the district attorney. I felt like saying that to Alan myself.



It was almost a given that Irma would be acquitted, so that added to the lack of dramatic tension. Overall, I'd say that I was a bit disappointed with this episode. Although I've enjoyed most of the previous episodes, I can only take so much of the liberal propaganda that Kelley is trying to force down the viewers' throats. He's entitled to his opinions and he is even welcome to express them in his shows, but he needs to avoid his tendency to engage in outright partisan attacks.

So many laugh out loud moments in this episode. Catherine just gets funnier and funnier, I wish they would just add her to the cast already.



When Alan is in the DAs office trying to concinve him that Brad is running of District attorny I was just dying. I'm glad that Shirley got to do the closing because I was getting worried that The show was turning into a show completely about Alan, (not that I'd hate that, but it's good to have some variety).



A strange thing I found about this episode was the client of Alan, used to be a character on ER in which she played a lesbian. But I am telling you she drastically improved her image for this episode, or maybe just in general.



I am getting severely worried though. As I recall last season, Boston Legal was knocked out of it's timespot on Sunday to make room for Grey's Anatomy. Frankly I think that was a terrible thing to do, but that's just me. So they cut season 1 short down from 22 to 18, promising that season 2 would play the missing episodes and it would be 26 episodes long. We all saw the missing episodes, the first ones of the season. But now the show is back down to 22 episodes for this season. I think that this is severely unfair, I was looking forward to a great long season that might even extend into May sweeps. I'm not sure why but it looks like ABC is trying to sabatoge this show. Thats my two cents anyways.

The beginning was quite good with Alan getting together with the other lawyer, expecting a hot time and thrown when she went political. This of course led to the big nude scene which was more tastefully done than I had expected.



I was a bit thrown by how Brad just blew that other attorney off as she seemed to have a good head on her shoulders and would work well with the firm. I liked Alan calling him on it and stunned by Brad's bizarre exercises (I did love the look on Alan's face when he tried to kick Brad's leg out but Brad kept his balance.) Alan's using Brad as a possible DA canidate was wild but funny to see Brad going along with it.



I was disapointed Denny didn't have more to do with the case as it would have been hysterical to have him questioning the lawyer. However, Shirley did a good job and I do think having her do the closing statement was part of Alan's plan, to have her connect more with the jury and she did well with it.



A shame the Denise/Michael J Fox story has ended but it was a great dramatic end with Denise knowing she'd never see him again despite his statements to the contrary. The "funeral" was a bit much but Fox did such a great job with the role, you can overlook it.



The Catherine stuff was way too silly and I'm hoping Garrett can get a real plot line soon. The closing bit of Alan and the attorney in the elevator was pretty fun and the last scene of Alan and Denny was also a surprise as we learned Alan was once married. Overall, a "dipper" of an ep but still good thanks to Alan's antics.

I'm finding it hard to write this review. This show has been consistently funny and thought provoking. Tonight, I...I'm really finding it hard to say something good about the episode.



Alan was off his game...and I don't know that I can find a convincing thematic reason. It was depressing to see Shirley read the Alan closing statement, there is no doubt in my mind that it was written for Alan. (Did he tell her to read it and I missed that moment?)



Problem number 2: Garret. He was in the episode. This is a major problem for me...and the fact that his story line was more silly than anything else I've seen on the show (which is saying something)...that just, well, it hurts. I guess silly me to think that Catherine Piper would slowly fade to the background after getting her sandwich cart.



It was nice to see the Michael J. Fox storyline get to it's climax. It was nice acting from both he and Julie Bowen, I was just...I felt their needed to be more emotion because of the death of the other guy (Cooper?.) I wanted more.



Denny was in the episode, right?



The major case was...and I suppose there needs to be a down case every now and again, but they still won...without the wonderful talents of Alan Shore.



Yes, I recognize that this was probably just a plot mover. A bridge for storylines to move them from episode to episode. Introducing characters and backstory to take us farther. Let's see where it goes, because, frankly, it can't stay where it is.