Boston Legal
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Boston Legal is an awarded American TV dramedy show created by David E. Kelley about Alan Shore (Played by James Spader), a lawyer with unorthodox and polemical methods and his partners at Crane, Poole & Schmidt, a successful law firm. The show is a spin-off of Kelly's previous show, The Practice, focusing on characters introduced in the final episodes.
Unlike the characters from The Practice, the associates from Crane, Poole and Schmidt are more focused on wining their cases using whatever it takes than in doing it with correct methods. Characters like Denny Crane, Alan Shore or even Shirley Schmidt are not afraid of being disrespectful towards the judge, the opposing attorneys, the witnesses or even their own clients as long as they can prove them innocent from the charges. Furthermore, with a policy of the end justifying the means, Alan is not even afraid of lying, cheating or resorting to illegal actions to defend what he believes in. Denny Crane, on the other hand, shamelessly commits atrocious acts (like shooting a murderous client imposed to him or selling human fat to other countries) knowing he relies on his firm to save him.
Most episodes deal with two or three of cases the lawyers of the firm have, which are commonly solved by the end. Out of these cases, alone or teaming with one or two of his co-workers, Alan litigates one almost every episode, and the other is taken by different characters. The remaining cast is often dealing with personal issues or their relations with each other. At the end Alan and Denny briefly discuss their experiences during the show with whiskey and cigars in the balcony of Denny’s office.
The show was nominated for an Emmy Award for the first time in 2007 and lost to The Sopranos, but James Spader has been awarded 2 times for his role as the lead, William Shatner one as a supporting actor, and Christian Clemenson one as a gest star (Spader and Shatner also won the same awards for the same roles and categories for their performances in the last season of The Practice).
