Boston Legal
Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore, formerly of Young, Frutt & Berluti, settles in at a wealthy and powerful firm focusing on civil cases. With some help from his friend and mentor, veteran attorney Denny Crane, Shore quickly makes his mark winning cases no one would take, often using less than honest methods. In doing so, he develops a rival in his colleague Brad Chase, who has been assigned to the office partly to keep an eye on the increasingly eccentric (and possibly senile) Denny Crane. Though his questionable conduct might make him a few enemies along the way, Alan's not one to be underestimated, nor will he let trivial things like honesty or integrity get in the way of winning a case.
- Metascore69
- 2004-2008
- 5 seasons
- ABC
- Comedy, Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore, formerly of Young, Frutt & Berluti, settles in at a wealthy and powerful firm focusing on civil cases. With some help from his friend and mentor, veteran attorney Denny Crane, Shore quickly makes his mark winning cases no one would take, often using less than honest methods. In doing so, he develops a rival in his colleague Brad Chase, who has been assigned to the office partly to keep an eye on the increasingly eccentric (and possibly senile) Denny Crane. Though his questionable conduct might make him a few enemies along the way, Alan's not one to be underestimated, nor will he let trivial things like honesty or integrity get in the way of winning a case.
Season 4 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2007 - 2008
Episode 1
Beauty and the Beast
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 65 mins
John Larroquette is among the new cast members as new partner Carl Stack, who seems to go out of his way to throw his weight around, including threatening Clarence's job and assigning a new attorney a first degree murder trial...an attorney so new that she's never even been to trial, where she meets former partner Brad Chase. Shirley asks Alan to defend her in recanting a pledge to a well-known university and Alan finds himself trapped in a corner by the opposing counsel, a former girlfriend.
Episode 2
The Innocent Man
Tue, Oct 2, 2007 44 mins
New lawyer Katie Loyd and Jerry take on their unwinnable murder trial. Shirley invites Lorraine to join the firm as a new associate. Denny lusts after the new associate and immediately invites her to sleep with him. Alan warns Denny to stay away from Lorraine. Denny speculates with Alan about the nature of the relationship between Shirley and new boss, Carl Sack.
Episode 3
The Chicken and the Leg
Tue, Oct 9, 2007 44 mins
Alan agrees to go after a local school district for only preaching abstinence as the only safe-sex alternative. Jerry agrees to go after a therapist after one of his clients commits suicide. Carl wagers with Denny on what seems to be an unbeatable case.
Episode 4
Do Tell
Tue, Oct 16, 2007 44 mins
Denny walks out on a friend after finding out that the friend is a homosexual, then tries to run out on the office when he catches Shirley kissing Carl. Alan finds speech impossible to maintain around Lorraine. Katie attempts to let Jerry down as gently as possible. In the courtroom, Shirley tries to assist Denny's friend in a lawsuit because the homosexual is a general in the Army and Katie defends a Latin father who allows his son to compete in the bull ring.
Episode 5
Hope and Gory
Tue, Oct 30, 2007 44 mins
A woman who intentionally and maliciously avenged her daughter's death asks Alan to provide her with a temporary insanity defense. Meanwhile, Katie and Jerry try to get a questionable sexual offense conviction vacated for a client.
Episode 6
The Object of My Affection
Tue, Nov 6, 2007 44 mins
Denny gets in hot water when he fires a lawyer who rejected his sexual advances because she is too fat. Meanwhile, Jerry defends a woman in a case involving "objectophilia"
Episode 7
Attack of the Xenophobes
Tue, Nov 13, 2007 44 mins
Whitney takes a case involving a police officer charged with murder after shooting an unarmed African American youth eight times, Clarence sues YouTube for defamation, and Alan defends Denny against the overweight lawyer he fired.
Episode 8
Oral Contracts
Tue, Dec 4, 2007 44 mins
Alan defends Denny after he is charged with soliciting gay sex in a bathroom stall. Shirley defends a shock jock in a First Amendment case, and Katie begins investigating Lorraine's background.
Episode 9
No Brains Left Behind
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 44 mins
Alan chooses to defend a man who lost his business in a flood when the National Guard failed to support him while Shirley's granddaughter asks for her assistance after being expelled from school for shredding tests. Meanwhile, Katy finds the real reason why Lorraine is so secretive about her past.
Episode 10
Green Christmas
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 44 mins
The firm is sued by one of its environmental group clients because it isn't "green" enough. Alan tries to help Clarence, who cannot make his house payments because of skyrocketing adjustable mortgage rates.
Episode 11
Mad About You
Tue, Jan 15, 2008 44 mins
Much to the chagrin of his firm, Denny takes on a first-degree murder case without anyone's help, while Jerry and Katie agree to seek compensation for a woman whose husband fell under the guise of a shady lawyer who convinced him to divorce her.
Episode 12
Roe vs Wade: The Musical
Wed, Jan 23, 2008 44 mins
Jerry is employed by his former girlfriend in a lawsuit where she was fired from her teaching job over a zero tolerance policy for physical contact after consoling a student with a hug, while it's "the boys against the girls" when Shirley's ex-husband's ex-wife shows up impregnated by a man who had no idea what she was up to...while he's asked Alan to defend him.
Episode 13
Glow in the Dark
Tue, Feb 12, 2008 44 mins
Shirley Schmidt asks Alan Shore to represent her friend Andrea, who wants to sue her town for planning to build a nuclear power plant. Alan and Denny Crane both fall under the spell of the sexually adventurous Andrea, as Shirley, for her part, discovers that the opposing team's attorney, Jack Rice, is an old college flame - which doesn't go unnoticed by Carl Sack. Meanwhile, Jerry Espenson's girlfriend and fellow Asperger's syndrome sufferer, Leigh, warns Katie Lloyd to stay away from her man -- or else.
Episode 14
Rescue Me
Tue, Feb 19, 2008 44 mins
Carl, feeling his hands are tied from the standpoint of the firm, re-enforces his view to Shirley. Among the things he sees are clients who want to sue for various reasons: a woman who was in a secret relationship with her pastor, a woman who wants to sue the crematorium that returned a glass ring in place of her mother's ashes, and the defense of a man being sued for contracting AIDS, but has yet to die.
Episode 15
Tabloid Nation
Tue, Apr 8, 2008 44 mins
Denny, against Sack's warnings, tries another stunt to win over Shirley's affections. Alan and Jerry go against Melvin Palmer again when they represent Mr.Beckham, a man whose daughter was murdered after a talk show stunt and he wants to sue the production company. Shirley begins to suspect her friend, Ethan, is unstable when she learns he's been arrested ten times for shooting seals in Boston Harbor.
Episode 16
The Mighty Rogues
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 44 mins
Shirley pursues a court order to euthanize her father, who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's Disease. The residents of Nantucket petition for the right to have a nuclear weapon, and Jerry is sued by a sexy female companion.
Episode 17
The Court Supreme
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 43 mins
Alan is given the opportunity to present an appeal to the Supreme Court in the case of a mentally challenged man sentenced to death for the sexual assault of a young girl.
Episode 18
Indecent Proposals
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 44 mins
Denny Crane falls for a rancher client who hires him to sue the FDA over cloned meat. Shirley and Alan sue the Democratic Party over pledged convention delegates switching their votes to the other candidate.
Episode 19
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Wed, May 14, 2008 44 mins
While the firm takes on legalization of prostitution and accepting female priests into the Catholic church, Denny Crane contemplates an offer to seek the Republican nomination for president.
Episode 20
Patriot Acts
Wed, May 21, 2008 43 mins
Alan and Denny jump for joy when they find out they've both been accepted as members of the Auxillary Coast Guard, but neither are very comforted when they end up on opposites sides of an issue where a town in the Commonwealth wishes to secede from the Union.
