Some like him, some don't but the fact Shatner was able to shake off the Kirk mantle (a role he played for 40 years) and define another role so beautifully is impressive in itself.
@@tlots2345 I'm glad someone remembered "T.J. Hooker" here. We all know that Shatner was great. Let's be honest, everyone knows this show also featured one the "Heathers." For young people reading this I'm not talking about the film. I'm talking about Heather Locklear of "Melrose Place". Prior to "Melrose Place" she was working on 2 shows simultaneously, "T.J. Hooker" and "Dynasty."The other "Heather" was Heather Thomas of "Vegas."
I still am gobsmacked by how brilliant it was to introduce a new show's main character by having him absolutely destroy your current cast and all their live's work. Like building a church just reveal that it was only the foundation of a cathedral.
Denny hit the nail on the head and got to the main point. The man made more money for the firm than the rest of the firm. In no way is a $15,000 check equitable compensation.
The fact that they took the money he made, the clients he brought in, bashed him to those clients, and still tried to come off as paragons of justice and virtue isn't even laughable. It's just deplorable.
I think the show went downhill when the cases started taking 3 or 4 episodes to finish. Plus the slow deterioration of Bobby and Lindsay's marriage. And all the arguing and shouting matches.
Having recently watched the show just to watch Ally McBeal and Boston Legal, the Practice went off the rails and jumped the shark by season 4. It just divulged into total nonsense. Only being watched by completionist like me.
The David E. Kelly shows Picket Fences, The Practice, Boston Public, and Boston Legal are my most favorite shows. The addition of James Spader to the cast of The Practice was a great move. Him along with William Shatner transitioning The Practice to the newer Bolton Legal was smooth. I bought thr entire Boston Legal show on DVD years ago. I wish the above mentioned shows were available then or now in their entirety. I miss the ability to watch any show any time with a physical disc. Streaming isn't the same.
Alan Shore is one of the best and most complex characters of the last 30 years of TV, and it was a testament to James Spader’s powers of acting that he made that character good😁. As for Shatner, to make not one but two truly memorable characters across 40 years of TV is a testament as well. At times hilarious, infuriating, but always complex, Denny Crane always held your interest. Like Kirk, an alpha male who was always at the head of the pack
The Practice and Boston Legal are indeed some of the finest shows that were put on the air. Excellent writing and acting. While I hate lawyer and cop shows, I love these two!
The irony of this fictional situation was that it mirrored the reality of the network ratings for the show when James Spader came on as guest star then upgraded to series regular-- then him and Bill Shatner did so well in their roles, ABC approved of the spin off Boston Legal for like 6 more years…
@@bobbysfacts1981 in season 5 of Boston legal the last two episodes there's many many instances of almost breaking the 4th wall and characters often criticising the cancellation of the show. Many symbolism of spinoffs too. It was fun.
A prelude to all those memorable nights on the balcony on Boston Legal! What an incredible relationship to have as colleagues and friends, and ofcourse as Husbands in the last episode of Boston Legal! They have Milton Bombay to thank for the idea of them getting married! Awesome show!
I still remember one of my favorite lines of Alan Shore's, when he comes into the office and approaches Camryn Manheim's character (apparently they were old friends) and attempts to talk his way into a job at the firm. He says, "I've always wanted to do whatever it is you do here."
: Eugene was ALWAYS out of his element when it came to Alan. AL-WAYS. And yes, Denny straight-up broke both of Eugene's proverbial legs and all the fingers on one hand right there in open court. #DennyCrane
I rewatched The Practice! Loved the show from the beginning!! I then rewatched Boston Legal.... finished all 5 seasons yesterday. Both were favorites of mine. So glad found them again!!
One thinks he couldn't outdo himself huh after this? He just exploded his craft into another dimension from Shore to Red. One of the greatest actor of our generation. GOAT (By the way, haven't seen Secretary though...)
It's pretty amazing. It's like they had the Denny Crane character completely dialed in when Boston Legal was probably still just an possibility of an idea.
I love Boston Legal and watched it when it originally aired. I am re-watching now and on Season 5. I had no idea this is how it all started. I never watched The Practice.
@@jenniferstarrwolf2602 That's why with all the "in-jokes" and some of the casting of various Treks being on BL there was one episode from season 4 or 5 when Shirley & Carl were laying in bed and he's watching something and granted different network but I always thought it would of been great if the had the "Night Court" theme play and some line about Dan Fielding would of been a nice 4th wall moment.
The Practice started off great. Unfortunately the premise - lawyers without ethics defending the worst scum - meant that each season got darker and darker as the characters and plots became more evil. Bringing in Spade and Shatner really livened up a dying show, and renaming it to Boston Legal sent the message for new viewers to come in for a different experience.
We need a Boston Legal movie, one last time...Spader is hopefully done with the Blacklist soon cause it's getting boring, and Shatner is fresh out of space after his Amazon thing
The writing of The Practice and Boston Legal was simply outstanding. The Actors were great, but when it comes down to it, Actors that are mediocre even with writing like this would look great. And I say again, the actors were great, no where in the galaxy of mediocre.
@@jenniferstarrwolf2602 It only stands to reason that L.A. Law would be so memorable and timeless. David E Kelley & Stephen Bochco wrote for the show. That's two of the Holy Trinity of TV Crime Drama writers. The 3rd being Dick Wolf.
@@jenniferstarrwolf2602 The tone was completely different, and the Allen Shore character morphed into a tireless do-gooder. But the speech making was sensational.
I'm sorry, I watched only one episode, and I guess I would be cursed by fans, but this guy - Danny Crane, he doesn't look or talk or behave like a lawyer at all. I hate his attitude of thinking and boasting himself as a legend
Alan Shore was brilliant, but after seeing that I understand why they never made him a partner at Boston Legal - they were afraid of him. I remember a brief dialogue between Paul Lewiston and Shirley Schmidt that it would be "imprudent" to fire him because his former partners were not doing well - even though he was only an employee at Crane, Poole & Schmidt.
Alan was basically a microcosm of the firm itself. They don't like the way he does business but he gets results. That's what everybody else has been saying about them all these years.
I finished watching the entire Boston Legal Series yesterday and this has been in my UA-cam recommendations for quite some time. I thought it was going to be a spoiler, but thankfully it's from the Practice & not Boston Legal. Alan was a lot less charismatic then when he is in Boston Legal, however still intelligent as ever. A great show and it was interesting to see how the 2 main characters interaction first started in this clip.
I think it was because the Practice was more crime and drama based while Boston legal is more comedy drama. So Alan's sarcastic humor and wit along with his charm was able to shine.
Shore gets to kick back and relax at Crane Poole and Schmidt. One of the fun things about the character I'd that his charisma is a tool he uses when needed.
Denny crane singlehandedly dismantled the entire case the practice side brought up, by just mumbling the obvious. I no nothing of legit legal procedures but Damn what a great speaker
Alan Shore's character was not even supposed to be in "the practice" - it was only because ABC wasn't renewing the show. So David E Kelley used S8 of "the practice" as a transition right into S1 of Boston Legal, which began the next season. And we get plenty of Alan in that series!
Kirk……in a three piece suit plus 40, eh….50 pounds. Still never doubting himself at any step of the way. Just imagine Kirk in front of a menacing alien face on the screen standing tall and instead of proclaiming “James T. Kirk, Captain of the Starship Enterprise…..he proclaims “Denny Craine!”
'.... this was my thinking.' Followed by just a few short years later in Utah, a Texas Lawyer saves the hide of a local Judge by telling of the powerful and colorful antics of Allen and Denny. Netting in the process a number of Awards for ABC and the Show.
Hated The Practice until James Spader showed up then it became one of my favorites. I hate the "righteous lawyer" b.s. character type. Lawyers are sharks and cutthroats, that's their job. Spader's character embraced that and had fun with it. He made the show fun, something it never was until he appeared. Add Shatner and it was awesome. Then came Boston Legal and I was glued to the TV. Spader makes being a scumbag look completely entertaining.
Pretty sure I never saw any of the Practice before this season. If I did, I don't remember it. But I remember being riveted by Spader and being carried into Boston Legal by him.
Basically, yeah. They needed a jumpstart for the series because ratings were sliding -- that, and the main characters were slipping more and more into "anti-villain" territory by representing worse and worse criminals. Bringing in Spader and essentially taking a "meta" look at the characters' actions from throughout the series, as seen from the perspective of someone who's just as morally compromised as they are, invariably worked.
Yeah, Alan Shore made them look incompetent as he was always getting the job done but by breaking legal ethics. Then the last 6 episodes it's him vs them.
It was going to get cancelled at the end of the previous season due to falling ratings and being too expensive with all the cast members. Only got another season because creator David E.Kelley came back and reduced the cast load and cost massively, got the ratings better and then spun off to another show. Season 8 was far better than the previous few thanks to Spader and Kelley coming back.
Yeah. Too bad the Chinese took over their firm just like they’re doing to real life businesses here in the US right now! Denny Crane would have a field day ripping into Biden.
I forgot about all the various David e Kelly crossovers. The people from The practice met Ally McBeal, the practice sued the school in Boston public, and this one.
Some like him, some don't but the fact Shatner was able to shake off the Kirk mantle (a role he played for 40 years) and define another role so beautifully is impressive in itself.
I'm a big Star Trek Fan and I think Shatner was a hundred times better as Denny Crane than he ever was as Kirk.
@@dannygarland6366 Oh, completely agree! Denny Crane is the best thing Shatner did in his entire career. He was absolutely brilliant in the part.
Shatner did a lot of TV in the 1950's He was good then, too.
TJ Hooker!
@@tlots2345 I'm glad someone remembered "T.J. Hooker" here. We all know that Shatner was great. Let's be honest, everyone knows this show also featured one the "Heathers." For young people reading this I'm not talking about the film. I'm talking about Heather Locklear of "Melrose Place". Prior to "Melrose Place" she was working on 2 shows simultaneously, "T.J. Hooker" and "Dynasty."The other "Heather" was Heather Thomas of "Vegas."
The two most powerful words in the universe: Denny Crane.
Damn right!
its so powerful it gets women moist just for hearing it. haha
You're under stating what those two words can do
I will always see Shatner as Denny Crane. He is the Captain of a Starship no Matter which role he chooses.
It evokes a “shock and awe” factor! 😂
Nobody could have imagined when this aired that Alan and Denny would become the greatest love story in TV history😆
Spader and Shatner were brilliant together on the Practice and Boston Legal
"My presence is so powerful, I don't even have to talk. Sometimes I'm better when I don't talk."
Lol Classic Denny Crane!
But his preening in later episodes was what literally knocked me out of my seat and hold my tummy in laughter.
Is he packing? Denny Crain! Lol
Probably more accurate when the 'Mad Cow' kicked in
"My thinking exactly!" LOL!
"I've seen the books, Eugene. I stole them." Spader is so funny.
I still am gobsmacked by how brilliant it was to introduce a new show's main character by having him absolutely destroy your current cast and all their live's work.
Like building a church just reveal that it was only the foundation of a cathedral.
Brilliant. They are fighting over "the practice" -- meaning the firm and the future of the show (which becomes Boston Legal).
I remember and liked the practice.
But LOVED Boston Legal.
Most actors can do two roles
@@BlaqRainFresh😂😂and most actors do more than two roles
Denny hit the nail on the head and got to the main point. The man made more money for the firm than the rest of the firm. In no way is a $15,000 check equitable compensation.
People arnt paid what is "equitable" unless their employment contract states that to be the basis of their compensation
@@matthewrudnick from the sounds of it there wasn’t a contract?
The fact that they took the money he made, the clients he brought in, bashed him to those clients, and still tried to come off as paragons of justice and virtue isn't even laughable. It's just deplorable.
James Spader was so good as Alan Shore, completely saved the whole Season 8 of ‘The Practice’ which was on its final legs
I think the show went downhill when the cases started taking 3 or 4 episodes to finish. Plus the slow deterioration of Bobby and Lindsay's marriage. And all the arguing and shouting matches.
@Ian Valmont only the final season. He then starred with William Shatner in the spin-off ‘Boston Legal’
This particular season was the best of both the Practice and Boston Legal.
Having recently watched the show just to watch Ally McBeal and Boston Legal, the Practice went off the rails and jumped the shark by season 4. It just divulged into total nonsense. Only being watched by completionist like me.
@@Mr.Nyongo I never noticed it jump the shark. I tuned in each week.
With those few words, Denny tipped the balance in Alan's favour
Denny's idea of "shock an awe" in a court room was to simply say his name aloud........"Denny Crane!" LOL
William Shatner could read out of the phone book and make it sound riveting.
Mike Rowe did read out of the phone book.
It was such a pleasure seeing Shatner back in the spotlight hamming it up.
Enjoyed Priceline 5 star stays
I absolutely love Boston Legal.
Especially when they do closing arguments.
I'd no idea it was this good. Will look out for the series. Thanks to uploaders!
The David E. Kelly shows Picket Fences, The Practice, Boston Public, and Boston Legal are my most favorite shows. The addition of James Spader to the cast of The Practice was a great move. Him along with William Shatner transitioning The Practice to the newer Bolton Legal was smooth. I bought thr entire Boston Legal show on DVD years ago. I wish the above mentioned shows were available then or now in their entirety. I miss the ability to watch any show any time with a physical disc. Streaming isn't the same.
fav tv show of all time. its the balcony endings for me
My favorite part, too!
Alan Shore is one of the best and most complex characters of the last 30 years of TV, and it was a testament to James Spader’s powers of acting that he made that character good😁. As for Shatner, to make not one but two truly memorable characters across 40 years of TV is a testament as well. At times hilarious, infuriating, but always complex, Denny Crane always held your interest. Like Kirk, an alpha male who was always at the head of the pack
The Practice and Boston Legal are indeed some of the finest shows that were put on the air. Excellent writing and acting. While I hate lawyer and cop shows, I love these two!
And Suits as well ❤️
The irony of this fictional situation was that it mirrored the reality of the network ratings for the show when James Spader came on as guest star then upgraded to series regular-- then him and Bill Shatner did so well in their roles, ABC approved of the spin off Boston Legal for like 6 more years…
5 years. Boston Legal only lasted for 5 seasons. I know because I have all the seasons on dvd
@@bobbysfacts1981 in season 5 of Boston legal the last two episodes there's many many instances of almost breaking the 4th wall and characters often criticising the cancellation of the show. Many symbolism of spinoffs too. It was fun.
Well he is Dany Crane so of course it was expected !
wasnt boston legal sort of canceled after 1 season and was only saved by being picked up by another network? I remember something like that.
@@thetruth9803 happens a lot. more so sold the rights. NBC sold west wing
A prelude to all those memorable nights on the balcony on Boston Legal! What an incredible relationship to have as colleagues and friends, and ofcourse as Husbands in the last episode of Boston Legal! They have Milton Bombay to thank for the idea of them getting married! Awesome show!
As Alan put it: "heterosexually" married.
Awesomely gratuitous.
Omg I forgot
I couldn’t stand Eugene. And when Alan put his own name on their door and changed the locks, it was comedy gold!
_Denny Crane_ destroys The Practice
There, fixed it for you 😂
Denny Crane
Love how James Spader handles himself. Awesome actor.
I love this show so much Denny Crane never fails to cracks me up 😂
I still remember one of my favorite lines of Alan Shore's, when he comes into the office and approaches Camryn Manheim's character (apparently they were old friends) and attempts to talk his way into a job at the firm. He says, "I've always wanted to do whatever it is you do here."
Happy 91st, Bill.
Many more to come.
: Eugene was ALWAYS out of his element when it came to Alan. AL-WAYS. And yes, Denny straight-up broke both of Eugene's proverbial legs and all the fingers on one hand right there in open court. #DennyCrane
'When Denny Crane talks, E.F.Hutton listens"
"I'm Denny Crane, damn it!'
Shatner has always been a stunning actor ..brilliant in both comedy and drama
I rewatched The Practice! Loved the show from the beginning!! I then rewatched Boston Legal.... finished all 5 seasons yesterday. Both were favorites of mine. So glad found them again!!
I was a teen when I saw Boston legal and only rediscovered it last week . I’m on a binge watching marathon every day after work
It’s weird seeing a young Raymond Reddington. This show was great
One thinks he couldn't outdo himself huh after this? He just exploded his craft into another dimension from Shore to Red. One of the greatest actor of our generation. GOAT (By the way, haven't seen Secretary though...)
with hair
@@god5535 That's a different kind of movie. Fun, but different. :)
Even weirder seeing a real-life Ultron.
Alan Shore is the greatest character in the history of television. He’s the “bad guy” who does good but with sarcasm and humor.
how they became bestfriends is such a miracle.
I love that series, especially the sleep overs and the cigars.
It made me start drinking Scotch!
It's pretty amazing. It's like they had the Denny Crane character completely dialed in when Boston Legal was probably still just an possibility of an idea.
Denny Crane
"a possibility"
I love Boston Legal and watched it when it originally aired. I am re-watching now and on Season 5. I had no idea this is how it all started. I never watched The Practice.
Same here. I watched BL largely because of the trailers, but then I got infatuated by it. All time great actors, Shatner and Spader.
You really need to watch The Practice. It's an excellent show.
@@jenniferstarrwolf2602 That's why with all the "in-jokes" and some of the casting of various Treks being on BL there was one episode from season 4 or 5 when Shirley & Carl were laying in bed and he's watching something and granted different network but I always thought it would of been great if the had the "Night Court" theme play and some line about Dan Fielding would of been a nice 4th wall moment.
The Practice started off great. Unfortunately the premise - lawyers without ethics defending the worst scum - meant that each season got darker and darker as the characters and plots became more evil. Bringing in Spade and Shatner really livened up a dying show, and renaming it to Boston Legal sent the message for new viewers to come in for a different experience.
I would LOVE to see Denny Crane’s solution to the Kobyashi Maru!
We need a Boston Legal movie, one last time...Spader is hopefully done with the Blacklist soon cause it's getting boring, and Shatner is fresh out of space after his Amazon thing
Brilliant idea lol
The opening scene is of Shatner dropping a snow globe and saying "Denny Crane"
Denny Crane: "Hey, just so you know, everything he just said was ass-covering bullshit and they did this boy dirty." Alan Shore is thus saved.
The writing of The Practice and Boston Legal was simply outstanding. The Actors were great, but when it comes down to it, Actors that are mediocre even with writing like this would look great.
And I say again, the actors were great, no where in the galaxy of mediocre.
@@jenniferstarrwolf2602 It only stands to reason that L.A. Law would be so memorable and timeless. David E Kelley & Stephen Bochco wrote for the show. That's two of the Holy Trinity of TV Crime Drama writers. The 3rd being Dick Wolf.
if the stuff is that good, it helps actors to exceed expectations.
@@jenniferstarrwolf2602 The tone was completely different, and the Allen Shore character morphed into a tireless do-gooder. But the speech making was sensational.
I'm sorry, I watched only one episode, and I guess I would be cursed by fans, but this guy - Danny Crane, he doesn't look or talk or behave like a lawyer at all. I hate his attitude of thinking and boasting himself as a legend
Crazy thing is this wasn't even the 6th best written show in the late 90's-early 2000s.
Alan Shore was brilliant, but after seeing that I understand why they never made him a partner at Boston Legal - they were afraid of him. I remember a brief dialogue between Paul Lewiston and Shirley Schmidt that it would be "imprudent" to fire him because his former partners were not doing well - even though he was only an employee at Crane, Poole & Schmidt.
It was something like:
Paul: "He was fired by his previous firm."
Shirley: "And he moved on - they didn't."
Alan was basically a microcosm of the firm itself. They don't like the way he does business but he gets results. That's what everybody else has been saying about them all these years.
And with one comment Denny shifts the focus away from a personal feud and right back into law. Where Alan had the advantage
I finished watching the entire Boston Legal Series yesterday and this has been in my UA-cam recommendations for quite some time. I thought it was going to be a spoiler, but thankfully it's from the Practice & not Boston Legal. Alan was a lot less charismatic then when he is in Boston Legal, however still intelligent as ever. A great show and it was interesting to see how the 2 main characters interaction first started in this clip.
I think it was because the Practice was more crime and drama based while Boston legal is more comedy drama. So Alan's sarcastic humor and wit along with his charm was able to shine.
Shore gets to kick back and relax at Crane Poole and Schmidt. One of the fun things about the character I'd that his charisma is a tool he uses when needed.
worse thing the practice did was give Eugene a judgeship his standards are so high he himself can't rise to them
When Denny Crane talks E.F. Hutton listens... Priceless!
Denny crane singlehandedly dismantled the entire case the practice side brought up, by just mumbling the obvious. I no nothing of legit legal procedures but Damn what a great speaker
I enjoyed the show because of the research done to facilitate a mostly logical and factual legal argument
"Sometimes I'm better when I don't talk" "This way my thinking"..lol
Loved this show !!!! Spader and Shatner plus others were amazing !!!!
the beginning of a friendship that was the best in television for years. Bill Shatner WAS Denny Crane!
Thanks for posting, there needs to be more of alan in the practice
Alan Shore's character was not even supposed to be in "the practice" - it was only because ABC wasn't renewing the show. So David E Kelley used S8 of "the practice" as a transition right into S1 of Boston Legal, which began the next season. And we get plenty of Alan in that series!
Capt Kirk, Danny crane….. the man is a legend
Let us not forget the illustrious T.J.Hooker.....
DENNY, not Danny
Name on the door
Denny Crane
William Shatner, to me, will always be Denny Crane! I wasn't a fan of Kirk but Boston Legal made me appreciate him as an actor & comedian!
I love Allan Shore’s command of the English language
Alan: I've seen the book Eugene, I stole them. :P
I wish the pratice were on a streaming platform in the UK it was so bloody great
Wish Vince Colossimo was in Boston Legal, really liked the character!
Kirk……in a three piece suit plus 40, eh….50 pounds. Still never doubting himself at any step of the way. Just imagine Kirk in front of a menacing alien face on the screen standing tall and instead of proclaiming “James T. Kirk, Captain of the Starship Enterprise…..he proclaims “Denny Craine!”
Boston Legal and Suits. Two of the best shows ever to be produced. How lucky are we?
i loved boston legal, a shame it ended.
It will be a sad sad day when he passes.😔
Title should read Denny Crane destroys The Practice.
'.... this was my thinking.' Followed by just a few short years later in Utah, a Texas Lawyer saves the hide of a local Judge by telling of the powerful and colorful antics of Allen and Denny. Netting in the process a number of Awards for ABC and the Show.
It was always a question for me whether Denny Crane was really crazy or did that so people could underestimate him.
Denny is brilliant, never ignores a fact or misses a detail.
Including the fact that he is out of his mind bonkers.
He uses it as a tool.
@@pirobot668betaOk Thank you.
@@pirobot668beta And he never lost a case.
It's sort of the "Why Not Both" meme-pic going on here.
Hey, it worked for the 2nd most powerfull italian mob boss... if not the most
Captain Kirk - would make F. Lee Bailey - blush with envy. His elegant and quiet delivery and strength was magnificent.
Denny Crane always knew he'd go to space. Hell, on his worst days he probably thought he was already there.
He's (William Shatner) literally been there too 🙂 (going to space on Amazon's Blue Origin)
Hated The Practice until James Spader showed up then it became one of my favorites. I hate the "righteous lawyer" b.s. character type. Lawyers are sharks and cutthroats, that's their job. Spader's character embraced that and had fun with it. He made the show fun, something it never was until he appeared. Add Shatner and it was awesome. Then came Boston Legal and I was glued to the TV. Spader makes being a scumbag look completely entertaining.
The final season was a beta test for Boston Legal, seeing if the public would go for another law show.
Denny Crane is like that quote about Napoleon. “His presence on the field of battle alone is worth 40,000 troops.”
Proof of shanters brilliance speaks for itself
Pretty sure I never saw any of the Practice before this season. If I did, I don't remember it. But I remember being riveted by Spader and being carried into Boston Legal by him.
Alan Shore is better on "Boston Legal" 5 season series from Amazon about $60. Totally worth it
Or free...if you know where to look.
I thought he was better on The Practice personally.
It's on Hulu
I didn't know Boston Legal was a spin-off!
I just love this duo
When you say DENNY CRANE, you said it all.
Shatner absolutely killed it, in this role.
And, a great friendship is born.
Oh my God, I had no idea Boston Legal was a spin-off of The Practice!!!
Now I have to go watch The Practice
So.. was the last season of the practice basically shitting on the series to be able to start boston legal?
pretty much
Basically, yeah. They needed a jumpstart for the series because ratings were sliding -- that, and the main characters were slipping more and more into "anti-villain" territory by representing worse and worse criminals. Bringing in Spader and essentially taking a "meta" look at the characters' actions from throughout the series, as seen from the perspective of someone who's just as morally compromised as they are, invariably worked.
Yeah, Alan Shore made them look incompetent as he was always getting the job done but by breaking legal ethics. Then the last 6 episodes it's him vs them.
It was going to get cancelled at the end of the previous season due to falling ratings and being too expensive with all the cast members. Only got another season because creator David E.Kelley came back and reduced the cast load and cost massively, got the ratings better and then spun off to another show. Season 8 was far better than the previous few thanks to Spader and Kelley coming back.
If we're really going meta-meta ...? yes. But I have to admit, I thoroughly liked both series. The Practice and Boston Legal.
We need Alan shore and Denny Crane again
Yeah. Too bad the Chinese took over their firm just like they’re doing to real life businesses here in the US right now! Denny Crane would have a field day ripping into Biden.
"This was my thinking."
I miss Denny Crane.
"I'm Denny Crane, dammit."
Captain James T. Kirk
T. J. Hooker
Blue Origin astronaut
10 am, We'll take off our gloves and 'Have at it' 😂
Capt Kirk looked Good.
Going to evidentiary is exactly what the other guy should have been trying to avoid at all costs. Airs all the dirty laundry.
The look on Eugene’s face the moment he knew he was screwed was priceless! He had that ass kicking coming to him for a long time!
I forgot why I loved this show
I forgot about all the various David e Kelly crossovers. The people from The practice met Ally McBeal, the practice sued the school in Boston public, and this one.
"Denny Crane", a modern classic.
The Judge is Matthew Perry/Chandler Bing/FRIENDS Father in real life.
I miss those shows
Alan Shore versus The Good Wife. Who you got ?
Am I the only one who noticed similarity between Col. Jessops monologue from A Few Good Men and Denny Crane's one. They are both about: you want me
Alan shore killed his character in “The blacklist” my favorite tv series 😊
Alan Shore thinks he's the First Chair, but in actuality is Second Chair in the trial. Denny Crane takes second place to noone. DENNY CRANE.
I luv both practice and boston legal
EF Hutton listens always gets me!🤣
Two miraculous words : DENNY CRANE ...... the rest is history.....
Name on the door
"Denny Crane" for the victory
Just priceless watching Alan & Denny give it to these imposters
I never knew judges cut promos for future trials.... he basically said everything but "Tune in!" at the end there.
When Denny Crane talks E.F. Hutton listens.