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Have recently started watching this from the start. A big fan of legal series and enjoyed this one when it came out.
Great relationship between Denny Crane (William Shatner) and Alan Shore (James Spader) with them always ending up on the balcony at the end of the episode. Crane has "mad cow" and is a ladies man which leads to some interesting scenarios. Such as committing infidelity at his wedding reception. Serious as his new wife (Joanna Cassidy) sues for a share in the law firm.
Some humourous story lines. Female lawyer has a bad day and ends up going to bed with a nice cop who has let her off a traffic ticket. Next morning he calls her from the police station as needs a lawyer. Been arrested for impersonating a police officer. Scene with another lawyer (Tom Selleck) where they are commenting on leading roles and obvious references to their Star Trek and Magnum series. Betty White as a murderer (in a good way !).
Plenty of story lines which were clearly based on the politics / news of the 2000's.
Others I would watch again would be LA Law and Hill St Blues but not seen them around for a while.
Summary of Crane from Wiki.
[h=3]Denny Crane[edit][/h]
A named partner of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, Dennis 'Denny' Crane is a renowned attorney of some fifty years of practice who claims he has never lost a case, and never will. He is an eccentric who considers himself a legend and loves to say his own name to "sign" his verbal utterances. In one of the final episodes of The Practice, he explained that often people don't believe they're in the room with a legend, so he says his own name to let them know it's true. Denny suffers from memory loss and confusion as part of the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, but often refers to his troubles as "mad cow disease" when his utterances are confusing to others or when he himself becomes confused. While he is still trying cases frequently as late as Season 1 of Boston Legal, by Season 2, he seems to have lost most of his talent for complex litigation, though he still shows flair in appealing to a jury in closing arguments. By Season 3 he mostly serves as a figurehead at the firm, rarely trying cases and appearing in court more often as a plaintiff and defendant due to his antics. When he does appear in court as a lawyer in later seasons, however, he still performs well.
Denny is a conservative who loves firearms and believes gun control is for "communists". He also refuses to defend anyone who is accused of extremely heinous acts; in one episode, he shoots a client because of the nature of his crime (raping and murdering a child). This is just one of several people he shoots over the course of the series, with several characters saying that Denny "shoots people". Denny enjoys an extremely close friendship with Alan Shore, is also a womanizer like Alan, and has no problem sleeping with the wives of judges and clients. Though he marries another woman in Season 2 (from whom he is quickly divorced after engaging in an act of infidelity at their wedding reception), he still pines for Shirley Schmidt. As he trusts Alan more than anyone, they get married in the last season to make sure Dennys greedy, money grubbing family doesn't get his fortune.
Great relationship between Denny Crane (William Shatner) and Alan Shore (James Spader) with them always ending up on the balcony at the end of the episode. Crane has "mad cow" and is a ladies man which leads to some interesting scenarios. Such as committing infidelity at his wedding reception. Serious as his new wife (Joanna Cassidy) sues for a share in the law firm.
Some humourous story lines. Female lawyer has a bad day and ends up going to bed with a nice cop who has let her off a traffic ticket. Next morning he calls her from the police station as needs a lawyer. Been arrested for impersonating a police officer. Scene with another lawyer (Tom Selleck) where they are commenting on leading roles and obvious references to their Star Trek and Magnum series. Betty White as a murderer (in a good way !).
Plenty of story lines which were clearly based on the politics / news of the 2000's.
Others I would watch again would be LA Law and Hill St Blues but not seen them around for a while.
Summary of Crane from Wiki.
[h=3]Denny Crane[edit][/h]
| Denny Crane | |
|---|---|
| Boston Legal character | |
| First appearance | "War of the Roses" (The Practice) |
| Last appearance | "Last Call" |
| Portrayed by | William Shatner |
| In-universe information | |
| Boston Legal seasons | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| The Practice seasons | 8 |
Denny is a conservative who loves firearms and believes gun control is for "communists". He also refuses to defend anyone who is accused of extremely heinous acts; in one episode, he shoots a client because of the nature of his crime (raping and murdering a child). This is just one of several people he shoots over the course of the series, with several characters saying that Denny "shoots people". Denny enjoys an extremely close friendship with Alan Shore, is also a womanizer like Alan, and has no problem sleeping with the wives of judges and clients. Though he marries another woman in Season 2 (from whom he is quickly divorced after engaging in an act of infidelity at their wedding reception), he still pines for Shirley Schmidt. As he trusts Alan more than anyone, they get married in the last season to make sure Dennys greedy, money grubbing family doesn't get his fortune.
