Boston Legal

Title: "Death Be Not Proud" is the title of a poem by John Donne (1572-1631). DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow, Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee, Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee doe goe, Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie. Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell, And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well, And better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then; One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally, And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.

At the end of his argument before the Texas Court, Alan mentions that the New England Patriots could whip any team from Texas in football. The New England Patriots had won 3 of the 4 Super Bowls preceding this episode's airing. Chelina scolds him for taking a shot at "Texas Football." The State of Texas is known to be obsessed about football at all levels (for each of the past 25 years its high schools have placed more football players in major colleges than any other state) The book and movie "Friday Night Lights" provided a description of such obsession.

The music as Alan Shore walks in to the court in the hat he promised not to wear is clearly intended to be reminiscient of Ennio Morricone's music for the classic Sergio Leone westerns (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly).