Alan Shore destroys Jerry Espenson in Boston Legal
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2013
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This is a favourite scene where Alan Shore shows his darker side. - Комедії
Alan's speech here takes the viewer through such a range of emotions. In the span of 15 seconds you go from, "Take him down, Alan!" to "How could you do that?!"
I was so annoyed at jerrys new persona that i loved Alan starting to tear into him, but when Jerry ran away in the end I guess my reaction was close to Alans.
James Spader is so talented...I absolutely loved the show b/c of him
Spader is the man!
For me it was, "OK Alan, give it to him" then it came to "OK, that was a little bit too much."
Exactly. Part of what's so perfect about Spader as Shore is that he actually shows you the moment when Shore realizes what is happening and regrets it and tries to get it back, but can't. He's so good. They both are.
Remember what Alan said to Sally in Season 1 about how he so effectively deconstructs and tears down people, "I take no pleasure in it, it just comes naturally to me".
That is the point of Alans character in the show. He is such a kindhearted man but he is also this absolutely effective and absolutely monsterous lawyer. He is basically Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide. The nice, charming, thoughtful and funny man and the dude that takes your deepest secrets and weaponizes them against you until you are just one push away from doing serious self harm out of self hatred.
It's such a powerful character, BECAUSE he has this massive flaw, that also makes him so good at his job.
@@brabhamF1 Well said, damn well said.
@@brabhamF1 I think this duality to human character is what psychologists refer to as the Shadow.
I had forgotten about what he said to Sally.
It’s a great scene. Because not only do you sense Alan’s regret and Jerry’s pain but you also see some irony. Alan said he saw through Jerry’s mask. But Jerry was able to project so much confidence that Alan didn’t know just how little of it he really had
Alan is used to sparring with people with confidence but who cant or wont go the distance. Jerry is learning to project confidence from a position of vulnerability. Jerry has good solid ideas, he just has issues getting them out. Jerry was too good, Alan did what alan does and peeled back the armor..... except he forgot it was Jerry, and instead of finding a growling dog, he found a cowering mouse. The prop cigarette acting as alagory for the ripping off of the mask, so good! There have been better tv moments, but not many.....when you break it down its an amazing scene
His voice went from Alan Shore to Robert California to Raymond Reddington just like that...
I felt the Reddington vib 🤨.. I lov this guy , He can make a simple conversation into a gold Alpha profound exchange... I like the way he expresses himself to pple
@@axeglobaledunetwork5877 he's so sexy as Reddington. 🤤
He is awesome
Perfect comment
A bit of Ultron in there as well
I like this scene only because Alan later reflects that it was a terrible thing for him to do to a good friend. Lately, writers are too unwilling to have their characters openly admit their mistakes, IMO
I was about to say the same thing. That one really stayed with me.
At the end, when he tells Denny "I hurt him" and Denny asks how, and Alan responds "By being a lawyer."
Ohh...how cute. The political correctness and fake morality of the American viewer...
OR write ANY mistakes in to give them character.
@@stoagymahalo5268 Yeah, that too
You can see that Alan immediately realized he hit Jerry harder than he'd intended to and felt terribly for it. He hadn't wanted to destroy Jerry, just rattle him, but obvious Jerry had done a much better job of putting on a mask of confidence than Alan realized.
I believe Alan knew exactly the enormous impact it would have on Jerry's psyche. He calculated the exact desired affect on Jerry and carried it with precision.
I believe his look afterward was the deepest of pain he felt for having to do such a premeditated, humiliation of a man he loved deeper than any other character, other than Denny.
What are your thoughts?
@@ATLienForLife - That this "Alan" is a waste of oxygen if he could do something like this to someone he pretends to care about.
@@Mark-xh8md Respect for your opinion.
@@ATLienForLife maybe agree. He did say, "[rich ceo] can pay anyone she wants to cross witness and she chose me, do you think I'm any good?".
Alan, despite HIS thinly veiled Asperger's (idk not a dr)/emotionlessness, his social instincts were peerless, and like a sniper, was precise with his character assassinations. It's most likely he meant to damage Jerry in this way.
But, perhaps, in the heat of the moment, even the elitely trained sniper can lose their cool in the heat of the moment. Carelessly firing upon their target, not considering the innocents damaged with the collateral of their accurate and deadly shot.
0:43 maybe is evidence of Alan "losing his cool" and subsequently firing a loose shot.
@@Mark-xh8md yeah because we're all perfectly able to foresee the consequences of our actions. Our biggest strengths often, in the right circumstances, are our biggest weakness.
You think he'd be any good at his job at cross witnessing if he didn't sometimes let slip that ability on those closest to him?-> goes towards the complexity of his character.
Empathy is a curse. I cry with Jerry because he is destroyed and I cry with Alan because it pains him, too. This is brilliant writing: Letting the viewers get so strongly involved in two opposing characters, that they suffer with both of them at the same time.
If I ever feel any I'll let you know. Until then, meh.
Agreed the writing on this show in many instances was profound.
What is it with Spader's voice? It seriously draws you in.
Yes, it's like the kool aid of the liberal party... beckoning the weak to join.....
@@martinszoke8558 , Yeah it's much more fun listening to Trump's incoherent sentences & laughable mispronunciations, and following his infantile Twitter tirades. ...It really "beckons the weak to join."
@@john8314 Then johnny boy, you are going to love his second term.......LOL
I THINK HIS VOICE, CHARM, INTELLIGENCE, SELF CONTROL , SARCASM AND BODYLANGUAGE BASICALLY THE WHOLE PACKAGE DRAWS YOU IN...HIS PRESENCE DEMANDS RESPECT AND CLOTHES OFF
It draws you in? It seems to have quickly drawn Jerry out the building, possibly out the city. And please @sasha deea we can hear you fine from here, there's no need to yell, Spader rarely yells during his monologues.
Alan Shore is a perfect flawed character. He has some very admirable qualities and some nasty ones, but he’s so charismatic that you look past the flaws.
Yeah, Alan Shore is a great example of the phrase "greater than the sum of its parts". Alan has a lot of terrible qualities and if he was a truly malicious person he would absolutely terrifying, but he is still motivated by common decency. His heart is still in the right place, that's what makes him so compelling.
An interesting point one can make here is that Jerry, who argues that someone's personality and behavior - no matter the effort or intent - is irrelevant when it comes to doing the work, yet without his crutch and manufactured confidence he is unable to do it either. In a way, attacking Jerry here is much like how Jerry was going to attack the Dr. By pointing out their flaws and breaking the confidence one has in them. In a way then, Alan using the strategy is a weird compliment to Jerry because it proves how effective it is, even if in using it - Alan is reminded again about why it is fundamentally wrong.
Yeah. Don't mean to inundate this page with my comments, but one of my cousin suffered stroke and had crooked fingers slowly recovering. We were playing badminton once and I went hard at him. His mom might have got offended thinking I was hurting him when... as you put it, in a "weird way" I was treating him as my equal.
So rough seeing this... Great TV-Show ( *Better than suits imo* )
~ Some FamilyMembers years ago,
falsified Diagnose.
Worst part *They covered it up*
- Have Documents +Pappers. Proving my claim even Further.
james spader -
( *Who plays Alan Shore* )
is a Superb of an Actor.
It's Allen, doing what he does best, and yet this moment is where it really starts to sink in how much it affects his friends.
Even with some of the deeper moments and arguments with denny, you can tell he never regretted as much as this moment how much he hurt Jerry.
So glad he was able to patch things up.
One of the few times you see Alan Shore actually showing regret for something he did.
What I enjoyed most about the scene is how vicious and willing Alan is willing to represent a client. It's brutal watching him destroy a former colleague and friend, but it shows Alan's dedication to his client. He can be charming and warm, but make no mistake he will eviscerate an opponent at any cost.
I love it when main characters aren't perfect in every way and display their flaws to us. Alan fights the good fight on a regular basis, but he is a lawyer, and he is not above throwing punches below the belt if it's necessary to win the case. It also allows for character development as he reflects on his actions and learns from it. I miss this show so much.
I love this show too.
I wish one of my channels would show it.
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WOW!! Notice at 0:43 how Alan stares at Jerry with the intense, icy coldness, devoid of all feeling like that of a psychopath. Even I felt ready to run.
But knowing how much Alan deeply loves Jerry makes it even more excruciating (even for Alan). What an outstanding scene!
I haven't watched the show but even the few clips I've watched convinces me that he's a no-good piece of shit.
Doing this to an enemy is....well, fair.
Doing this to a friend is unforgiveable.
@@Mark-xh8md giving an opinion without watching the series......great
@@JarlinJamesNDK13 - Unnecessary for the purpose here
@@Mark-xh8md You're a nice piece of shit yourself.
@@Mark-xh8md wow, shows you know nothing about Alan or this show
1:32 the look on Jerry’s face is so sad 😞
Listen to the irony of Jerry's proposed argument--that a function of a therapist's job is to "ground his patients," that a therapist "has to come from a relatable place," and that the therapist "can no longer do his job"--juxtaposed against Jerry himself who is so ungrounded and unable to do his job that he has taken on a false persona, complete with a fake cigarette prop. Alan was actually being a good friend by pointing out that irony. He needed to shake Jerry out of that false sense of confidence, in the relative privacy of the hallway, knowing that someday Jerry would be facing attorneys who would not hesitate for a moment to shred him in front of a courtroom audience.
Succinctly stated
So what you're saying is that if I do the same thing to you, you'd be thanking me for it because it was a good thing to do?
This scene is so powerful and SO brutal. Alan Shore might be compassionate, but he's even more ruthless if it will win a case.
You really can only gut someone like this when you, yourself have been gutted. The beauty of Shore's character was that despite the professional brilliance, Alan struggled as much personally as his friend and the writers never apologized for this. In fact, it's what made his character so believable. Their willingness to explore Shore's descents into debauchery. He knew exactly what would hurt Jerry because he himself had been hurt by others.
Can not reconcile this with the character he played in star gate...
Proof that Spader is just brilliant.
Not including the voice.
or Pretty In Pink
@@DJ_LP_ViBE the funny thing is I grew up hating Spader cause my 2 sisters used to watch all the movies he was in back in the 80s. But he grew on me after seeing Stargate. And sine watching Blacklist since it premiered, I'm a huge fan now.
Loved him in Stargate, but Michael Shanks did a great job taking over for him on the show.
Absolutely brilliant!
So years before Reddington was the top criminal mastermind wanted by the FBI, he practiced lawyer work. :)
That's why he represented himself in court lmao
The interesting thing is that reddington was a government agent that sold state secrets and a lawyer can become goverment agent's... Alan shore jn witness protection = raymond reddington lol jks
He needed the practice after lying to the Federal Government about being alive on another planet...;)
That's how criminals are made lol
Maybe that's why the FBI were after him.
Thanks for uploading. i almost forgot how great this show was.
I have been in the youtube rabbit hole (because of West Wing) and Boston Legal kept popping up in my suggested video feed and I started re-watching some of them, and it made me go to Amazon to re-watch the series... And the show is even better than I remember it. (My girlfriend insists that I am not to watch Leverage or West Wing again, since I've seen them so many times, so I have to watch other shows, and I wasn't even considering Boston Legal until recently)
A friend can wound you infinitely worse than an enemy.
Not only is Jerry’s defences down around Alan but Alan knows exactly where is weak points.
Alan was always a deeply conflicted character. Anyone who watched Season 8 of The Practice knows that. When you strip it all away he's a predator and will use his considerable intelligence and phenomenal eloquence to get whatever he wants. What makes him so interesting is that he's always trying to get away from that. To make himself into a person he can like. But in the end, it's his job to win and here he crushed someone he was fond of - and it shows in every word and mannerism. Spader is a brilliant actor and the writing is amazing.
The Alan Shore from 'The Practice' came through here, I love it.
Every time that man ticked after this episode, I remembered that moment. Always figured that became such a dark turn.
He can make a phonebook an interest book with his voice
That was a very hard scene to watch. To hurt a good friend like that... Terrific acting.
0:43 The moment Alan Shore became Raymond Reddington
So that's what it feels to be mentally broken by a friend
This actually broke my heart, this scene. You thought Alan was a loyal friend to Jerry .
Alan Shore is a fine actor, blessed with an amazing gift, so to is Christian Clementson who plays Jerry. His performance is absolutely amazing.
I have just spent 3 hours watching these clips. Omg I love this man's voice. He isn't a big, strong, intimidating man but the way he talks, could cripple any foe.
That was Ice Cold!
Absolute Zero!
I just realized, if you look closely at Alan's demeanor. It changed exactly when Jerry mentioned the man can no longer do his job.
He went from amusement to anger, i think it's because he saw Jerry's progress and was happy about it, but when jerry mentioned the no longer do his job part, he got angry at the thought of Jerry getting so insensitive to someone who is in the similar situation thhat Jerry once was.
I think this lack of empathy in Jerry (which wasn't true) made Alan lose his temper
I love that show. Alan’s ability to attack anyone to bring them down and win a case is what made him so good. And he was forced to do it with Jerry. And one of the few times he regretted having to take such drastic measures against a friend. It was sad, but he had to do it.
I wish I could give a cookie to each one of the fans in the comments section, trying to explain why Alan did what he did and how he regrets it much later. You folks are the best! ❤️
It's fun though, isn't it? Boston legal was such a treat and filled with great actors and moments like these. We're still enjoying the writing years later, deconstructing the scenes and seeing them in different lights.
Thank for the cookie; it was nice :-)
Anyone here who loves James Spader should see him in "Secretary." Surreal performance!
Raymond Reddington was made for this man
Alan Shore, such an awesome character! I truly cant imagine this character played by another actor.
when Alan had dropped his head, then raised it back up slowly sent chills down my back. whew!!!!! Jerry is TOAST!!!!!
How to destroy a person in roughly 45 seconds
Alan shooting the dog once he bit the hand that feed him. I love it
I feel like I'm having a stroke trying to understand this.
@@AlphaCentCom I'll be your Threepio. He basically said that Alan basically punished Jerry for biting the hand that feeds him.
Great scene. So much squeezed into less than 2 mins. Great acting and great writing (unlike me who just used great three times.. or is it four)
The moment he brought up asperger's.....that was beyond out of line.
But it was effective. _“Know the enemy and know yourself,” so that “in a hundred fights you will never be in peril.” ... Understanding your enemy, his tactics, and his culture is important if you are to overcome him."_ Sun Tzu
Alan knows, bad ass as he is, he couldn't counter Jerry on information or content...but in terms of swaying a Jury, based on confidence and competence? Alan would *obliterate* Jerry. He _knows_ Jerry knows this, and to win his case, he had to obliterate Jerry's confidence in his ability to sway that Jury, so he attacked the man's weakest point. He won the battle without throwing a proverbial punch. The *victory* was all that mattered.
Dude went _all out_ to get that victory, even if it meant disabling the fragile confidence of a good man.
@@Shenruss I understand and I believe Alan made the point crystal clear before he even brought up Jerry's mental health. I guess what I'm trying to say is that Alan pressed his obvious advantage a little too hard as it turned out.
TV show not real
@@BikeRush ......
@@BikeRush it sure feels real when you can draw viewers in who are so invested and impacted by it
Wow, never have I wanted to see someone taken down more and enjoyed it less...
Diddo
I love the little skip on his way out the building. it has super-villain in the making all over it.
The actor playing Jerry is Christian Clemenson. He grew up with James Spader. They were best friends as kids.
The music in this scene reminds me of the music from the film The Secretary, which Spader was also fantastic in. The confidence, the insight, and that music . . . it's almost as if Mr. Grey were back again. Hell, they're both even lawyers.
at least 2020 gave me a gem, SPADER you are ❤️
Jerry was dishing sh*t, he got it back, he ran away.
This scene hurts because yes, Jerry was being obnoxious but Alan went at him way harder than he should have, especially given that they are good friends.
And then the sudden realization that he had done so completely makes the scene.
it took me a LONG time to forgive Alan's character for this. Like, when you've got a kid on the spectrum, you know how low he freaking went, and you just want to throw tomatoes at the screen and scream endlessly. Every comeuppance Jerry got on him thereafter was so rich, and Alan eventually apologizing was somewhat satisfying. More satisfying, though, was when Alan tried it again, and he couldn't do it anymore. Jerry was too strong to be rattled anymore.
In way, this may have been the best thing Alan could have done for Jerry. If Alan had kept the gloves on and coddled Jerry, Jerry would have never come into his own as a lawyer. While I do not think it is good for people to be cruel to each other, I do think it is important to learn how to overcome cruelty and be stronger for it.
Alan made a mistake here, one he immediately recognized. We all do it. We all let our ego get the better of us from time to time. Who hasn't argued with a loved one and said something they regret just so they could win? This is something we all need to learn to deal with and learn how to forgive when others sincerely regret doing it.
@@WiGgYof09 Eh, I can't disagree with any of that.
@@WiGgYof09 I agree, Jerry had used the wood cigarette to channel the confidence Alan tried to give him, and he used it to become what Alan hated the most, himself.
Alan knew Jerry was a good person with a kind heart, and could win any case on that and his own merits of intellect. He was afraid that his 2nd Best friend would fall to the depths and be like him. So Alan did this to drag Jerry out of the pit he was falling into.
After this roast, Jerry went onto use his own skills as a lawyer and beat Alan time and time again, and eventually reforming their friendship after this incident. Alan did what he did out of necessity, to prevent Jerry from being corrupted into someone like him.
@@maninthetrenchcoat5603 Alan's motives were not as you described though. Ultimately, what you said is what happened, but Alan did not intentionally attack Jerry to make him better. Alan did it because he was being rattled by Jerry and so Alan went into attack mode like he would with any other person doing what Jerry was doing. Alan did not see Jerry, his friend. He saw Jerry, his adversary. It is true that Alan likely saw himself in Jerry, but he still didn't do this for Jerry's benefit.
This shows Alan at his worst, a truly flawed person who hates himself and anyone like him. It shows Alan, a man that will do whatever it takes to get what he wants.
That being said, if Alan let Jerry continue then Jerry would have eventually met someone else in court that could see through his facade and as bad as this was, it would have been a whole lot worse from someone who didn't give a damn about him as there would be no follow up conversation.
@@WiGgYof09 I think that goes to show that my idea of his motives came after the roast. His great show of remorse was how the show presented that Jerry's weakness reminded him that Jerry was his friend, not the facade he put up, and motivated him to bring Jerry back to the light.
Maybe Alan's goal to save Jerry started after he dropped his hands and scurried off. Because that showed there was something left of the Jerry he loved.
Alan saw what Jerry was, and maybe knew deep down that it wasn't truly Jerry, which maybe gave him the greenlight to attack him like that. But after the fact, Alan saw it was Jerry, and he needed to save him. Maybe I'm looking too far into it, but I loved this arc from the show.
this is incredible
He made Alan get serious and couldn't handle it.
I love this scene because it shows the dark potential in Alan's character. He is a bastard who cares, but this is a taste of what he would be like if he didn't care. The show toys with it in moments, but this one shows that he has the potential to be a terrible person if he didn't have a moral compass.
ahhmmm..
- he had a bloke drugged and gaffa-taped to a chair while he extorted him;
- he paid a reem of blokes to thump hell out of another bloke and his mates in a bar fight;
- he paid (bribed) a "well respected" (man-of-god/priest/preacher) to argue in court on his behalf;
- The Love Doll?;
- how many lawyers/para-legals/assistants left the firm because of him? (and/or his Spring Reaction?)
Those are just the ones that stand out a decade or so after watching the show. Can anyone else point at a time when this alleged "Moral Compass" pointed South?
(Don't get me wrong - love the character to bits .. but - Moral Compass??)
@@russellholmes3187 He has zero ethics, but "most" of his fucked up stuff is done in the name of doing greater levels of good and he usually succeeds. This was one of those where he tore into someone for no other reason than he lost his cool and hurt a guy who didn't deserve it. Not only that but it wasn't for some grand scheme to help someone, it was just... "Don't call me Al." type of energy.
This was such a great show.
I think he broke him.
He was expcetional. As an attorney... believable. As an actor... untouchable
That wasn't a lawyer. That was THE CONCIERGE OF CRIME!!
I hate waiting on a new season to start!! I've already binge watched all of the Blacklist. Guess I'm going to have to do it again. 😁
He went from alan to ultron real quick
Yo. Did anyone else notice that toe to head look Alan gave before he shut it down?
"Space Aliens"
*Alan get Stargate PTSD*
He’s an utter delight to watch in everything he’s in
This is the two sides of Alan Shore. The killer lawyer who will do anything for his client and the loyal friend who will do anything to protect them. He was on autopilot when he attacked Jerry. He may not have even been fully aware of what he was saying. And as soon as the cigarette drops, he knows what he just did.
When he started slowly looking up, I knew Jerry was finished.
i badly need this movie ; unfortunately i cannot find it in movie shops . someone give me a link
That was so mean, Alan, I'm ashamed of you.
0:44 that stare alone should tell you Alan was about to destroy Jerry...
"fee-ling my stare u-pon you" ....love that delivery
It's because Jerry called him Al. Then the instant regret as comes out of little rage and realises he's hurt bis friend.
Also, the actor who plays Jerry, i don't know his name, is fucking brilliant.
Christian Clemenson - he was wonderful in this role, made it into the main credits for season 4
This was a great show
Maybe the most painful scene in the series.
Witch epsoide is this??
There's the Red Reddington that I love!
The first time I saw it I was terribly saddened thinking it was brutal to bury a person with Asperger's and kicking a person on wheelchair... but it *is* after all demonstration of ruthlessness which is oft-needed in life.
And especially in law, where losing can mean the end of existence as you know it.
Did u see how slow he started looking up at him, @0:45 I just knew it was over
:58-Red Reddington face beta 0.1 right there.
I love Alan Shore. He is a win at all cost but still has some morals. He knew what he had to do even though it would hurt his friendship.
This is the opposite of morals. Lawyers should be grounded in acting in good faith, undermining your opponent to distract from the best argument should have got him disbarred.
@@AlphaCentCom But it will happen in the series Alan does bad things as a lawyer worse than rattling opponent's or tearing apart witnesses in and out of court. Alot of the time the crux is Alan being exceptionally good at what he does bending the law to win his cases and making sure he gets off scott free in the end but it contrasts with many examples of him trying to be a good person and taking loosing cases that he believes in. Alan is how Tara puts him in the first series divided into three. The good who will fight for those who need him with zealous passion. The bad who does bad things to win like this or breaking the law. And the naughty the fun loving Alan who does slightly bad things but is good hearted. This clip is an example of the bad coming out and the good realising this and remembering though Jerry in his eyes crossed a line at the time is his friend aswell as his opponent regretting his actions.
@@AlphaCentCom shows our hypocrisy that we expect these lawyers to perform at this high standard despite actively rooting for the characters that act oppositional to said standard.
You don't even know my real name. I'm the focking lizard King.
alan cutting jerry like that cut me. it was the most impactful moment in the series for me
Spader is probably the best natural actor of my generation.
He went from Alan Shore to Raymond Reddington in seconds
This show was so goooood. Is there anything remotely similar on at the moment? Haven't watched tv in about 4 years.
I also will give a credit for Christian Clemenson for how vulnerable he looks.
The Evolution of Raymond Reddington
0:43 That’s Reddington staring at Jerry about to eviscerate him. The only thing missing is the fedora.
Damn I don't want to ever be at the other side of Alan shore anytime anyday anywhere
Alan morphed into Raymond Redington there for a second and annihilated Jerry before regretting it
By doing that in the hallway instead of the courtroom Alan was doing Jerry a favor, what friends do for each other.
👏 BRAV-OOOOO ☆☆ JAMES SPADER ☆☆ had many definitive moments in displaying ● Alan Shore's ● haunted pained soul, but THIS extraordinary killer's instinct sequence has to be an all-time unforgettable classic of a wounded warrior doing what he does best. ! Bloody ! BRILLIANT 👏
Alternative - Alan: “Jerry, given your emotional issues, I’m so surprised you’d go after someone like that…”
Ultron is savage AF!!!!!
what episode is this...
0:47 Alan's reaction: so you have chosen death
the stare LOL
Bad Influence reunion!!
Alan hurt Jerry badly in this scene but he hurt himself even more. Very powerful scene.
"I know what you are!"
Alan. Your Reddington is showing.
P.S I know that came way after, but the haunting tone when Alan turns off the charm, is just a complete copy of the same haunting explanations Redington gives in the Blacklist.
damn he drop that ray voice