Boston Legal

Another wonderful episode, that has too many good points to list! The opening scene was just brilliantly, brilliantly done! Hilarious scenes, involving pretty much all the main characters.



Michael J Fox played his part perfectly- one of the best guest stars they have ever had on this programme. I also thought he and Denise had really good chemistry together.



Alan trying to get Jerry the partnership was brilliantly done as well- I love how Alan sympathises and even relates to Jerry, more than anyone else in the firm. His exchanged with Shirley was so dramatic- the chemistry between the whole cast is just amazing. It was very tense stuff when Jerry attacked Shirley! And, of course, Alan comes to the rescue yet again :).



Overall, this Season just proves why it was one of the best of Boston Legal.

Paul and Denise have to defend a patient who used his wealth to guarantee he would not get a placebo during a drug study, luckily they win the case. Meanwhile Jerry tries to become partner, but he is beaten by Brad. Alan takes an intrest when he realises that the senior partners are not allowing him to become partner because of the way he acts. Feeling hurt Jerry threatens to kill Shirley luckily Alan talks him down but Jerry is arrested. Overall i thought this was a good episode. Not to sure about Denise going with Daniel Post but anyway i really enjoyed it.

Very very good episode. Alan is such a good character, well they all are really. But Alan is just so good. I was actually scared when Hands got ahold of the knife. But that line "Is this enough?" Wow it just gave me shivers. I'm definately on Hands' side how could you choose Brad he's just so "perfect". Denny is especially funny in this episode, "get my guns", His girlfriend is absolutely horrifying though. "and is it just me or could she be Candace's stunt double, maybe that's the attraction.



Michael J Fox did very well, not that I expected differently. His character really fits in with the Firm. I'm looking forward to the next few episodes with him.



The Hands Alan storyline definately stood out to me though. I threw the internal balance of the firm off and finally Alan is taking actions against Shirley (I do like her its just shes too willing to fire people). Im glad they finally mentioned all the people that have left and how that was wrong. Boy I can't wait for the case between those two.

An excellent episode, altho not quite up to the usual fare. Perhaps being right after two of the best episodes ever, Gone and Legal Deficits, brought expectations too high. Still a great episode, with a hilarious opening, and a many pronged spork of plots. Hands and Brad are up for partner, Brad gets the nod, Hands doesn't. Hands goes crazy. Denny finds a love interest, and So does Denise. Shirley is a hostage. Everyone eats cake, and Denny decides what sort of cake to have for his birthday. Sara and Garrett are hardley to be seen in this episode, which is regretable. Alan agrees to represent Hands.

This ep turned out to be much better than expected due to the surprise elements. The commercials made it sound like Michael J. Fox would dominate but instead he wasn't on that long, at least not in this ep. His story was intriguing with trying to buy his way into a group to try to save his life and I liked how Edwin got some good moments dealing with it. Intrigued by how his relationship with Denise will progress and Fox is always excellent.



The bit with Denny meeting the woman of his dreams was very unexpected and delightful to see Denny put off by someone for a change. I'm not sure about his marrying her but then again, the idea of a Denny Crane wedding episode is comedy gold. And he also did well with stuff like "knighting" Brad and his hysterical smile to Hands after telling Brad to get his guns.



Which leads us to Hands and the show is great with elevating what looked to be a one-ep humorous character into a major storyline. It was nice to see Alan taking on Shirley pushing Hands' partnership and even though we understood why he couldn't be a partner, it still hurt when Shirley had to break the news to him. Trying to kill her seemed a bit much but it was great when he rattled off all the legal terminology and you could see everyone realize he really was a better attorney than Brad. I look forward to seeing Alan trying to defend him.



So once again an episode that was much more than it promised to be, which is always good and shows how well this show balances drama and humor and will continue to do so.

I have never seen an episode of Boston Legal before, but I watched this one because I'm a fan of Michael J. Fox. Having watched some episodes of David E. Kelley's show Boston Public, I was aware of his writing style, and it didn't really take me long to get into the story. I could easily get into the characters also.



There were a three stories in this episode. The first one is that William Shatner's character meets this woman right before he is supposed to give a speech, and they have sex. She gives him her phone number. Their relationship continues, and they continue to have sex. They get caught doing this in his office when Shatner's character forgets to close the blinds in his office and there was a small confrontation from one of the partners at the law firm, but that's all that happens. After this woman doesn't call Shatner's character for a whole day, he realizes he's in love with her, but he doesn't want to be, because he doesn't want to be with only one woman. Shatner's character talks to her about this, and she says that it's OK if he sees other women while he's still seeing her. At the end of the episode, we find out that they are getting married, because Shatner's character says that she is "the one."



I usually don't like stories on TV which revolve around sex, but this was good. It shows that, even if somebody doesn't want to be in love, they can fall in love anyway. William Shatner does a good job acting in this episode, although he isn't the strongest actor in this episode. This was probably my least favorite story in this episode.



The next story is about this guy who the people at the law firm call "hands," because he doesn't move his hands away from the front of his legs. He wants to become a partner at the law firm, and asks James Spader's character to help him. Spader's character talks to the partners to try to get them to vote for him to become a partner. However, they don't listen, because of what is written in his record. This says that some of his clients felt uncomfortable with him, and that he pushed somebody in a dispute. Spader's character continues to try to get people to vote for "hands" to become a partner. Spader's character is not a partner himself, so he doesn't really have a say in whether or not "hands" gets to be a partner. When the partners are deciding who should become a partner, Spader's character barges in and tries one last time, giving a speech saying that "hands" deserves to become a partner for all the hard work he has done for the firm. But this doesn't work, and somebody else becomes partner. "Hands" decides to leave the firm, but before he goes, he goes to the party for the person who did become a partner. There, he holds a knife to one of the partners' throat. After giving a few demands, he decides to give the knife to Spader's character in return for him representing him in the trial.



This was probably the best part of the show. The part at the party was really exciting. Both Spader and Mark Valley do a wonderful job acting. This story shows that sometimes, people who work hard, do not always get the recognition they deserve. Also, it shows that these people who work hard, but don't get the recognition they deserve, sometimes snap, and try to get the recognition in severe ways.



The third story in this episode, which is also the reason I watched this episode, is about Michael J. Fox's character. He plays a rich guy who has cancer. He signed up as part of this test program, where doctors give half of the patients a cure, and half of the patient get a placebo. In order to get cured, Fox's character pays the doctors to give him the cure. One of the other patients sues Fox's character. Fox's asks the lawyer who is representing him out to dinner. She reluctantly accepts. While at lunch, she tries to convince him to settle. He agrees in return for her stopping asking question about the case, and if she agrees that the dinner is a date. He admits that he wants to settle because the cure was not as effective as he assumed, and he only has a short time to live. He does not want to spend most of the rest of his life in court. But the person who is suing him wants to drag the trial on as long as possible to get him back for bribing the doctors to give him the cure.



Michael J. Fox does a good job in this episode. Unfortunately, he is not in as much of the episode as I would have liked. However, in the few scenes that he was in, his character is developed from this person who would do anything to get what he wants, not caring if it hurts anybody else, into somebody who does care. However, he does admit that he would do it again if he could. Considering the fact that he was only in a few scenes, and the fact that he has Parkinson's disease, he give a good job with his character.



The stories in this episode will be continued in the next episode.