Boston Legal

This episode was both thought provoking and humourous, pefectly balancing the two.



The whole cross-dressing santa was brilliantly weird, yet also strangely touching as well. The humour in it was brilliant, from Denny calling him a sicko, to Alan's run in with the judge, and Alan and Brad (who's been strangely quiet in recent episodes) bet on the case. It was also interesting to see him rant to Lori.



Rev Sharptons performance was just as good as in episode one- especially as it won the case.



Lori's storyline was so much better than the previous episode- it was a brilliantly written twist that the husband ends up the one being killed. My only slight niggle was that the cliffhanger was never picked up again...a little flaw that unfortunately plagues BL from time to time.



Overall, however, this was an excellent example of the shows brilliant blend of hard-hitting drama and whimsical comedy.

This was the first full episode of Boston Legal I watched. Three seasons in, it's one of my favorites. The strength of this episode definitely hooked me.



There is whimsy and heart in each episode, this episode found them both...and it created a nice side case (B. Story) that was full of ethical dilemas for those of us seeking tougher drama than crossdressing gay Santa Clauses.



What this episode did better than many others was start to find and re-inforce the character rolls. The Brad versus Alan dichotomy plays very well.



We get to delve a little deeper in the Paul as patriarch pattern (forgive the alliteration.)



Denny is mostly not in this one, as are Tara and Sally. But there's plenty of Alan to go around as he works hard on a case that keeps slipping through his fingers. He eventually turns to a certain Civil Rights leader who puts in his second "cameo."



I don't suppose I'm doing a very good job of explaining, but this episode was fun (Ho-Mo-Sexual-There's those three words again), serious, and thought provoking. If all television shows could find a way to mix those three concepts, it would be a better world.