Boston Legal

Boston Legal is a spin-off of the long-running David E. Kelley series The Practice (1997), following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore (James Spader) at the legal firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Cast:James Spader , William Shatner , Candice Bergen , Rene Auberjonois , Mark Valley , Julie Bowen , Christian Clemenson , Gary Anthony Williams , John Larroquette , Tara Summers , Henry Gibson , Constance Zimmer , Monica Potter , Rhona Mitra , Saffron Burrows , Meredith Eaton , Taraji P. Henson , Justin Mentell

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Head Cases

Sun, Oct 3, 2004

Senior partner Edwin Poole has a nervous breakdown in front of everybody. Denny Crane has now to face the loss of a friend in the office. Meanwhile, Alan Shore finds a new enemy in Brad Chase, who is not only the ex of Sally, but also makes him work on a case of a little girl, who wants to play "Annie" in a musical production. Lori is taking care of Ernie Dell, who wants his marriage to be annulled, because he thinks his wife cheats on him. Sally and Brad work on a case concerning a divorced couple and their kids.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Still Crazy After All These Years

Sun, Oct 10, 2004

Alan tries to get his ex-girlfriend Christine, who once tried to kill him, out of a psychiatric installment, but he must find out that this wasn't the best idea he ever had. Especially Sally's behavior towards Christine doesn't make it easier for Alan and Sally to get closer. Denny meanwhile still has trouble with his partners, who want him out of the firm.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Catch and Release

Sun, Oct 17, 2004

After he helped her to get out of a psychiatric clinic, Alan now has to face his ex-girlfriend Christine as an opponent in court. Lori is appointed to help Alan. Sally has her first real case of which she has got to take care all by herself and it isn't going very good for her. Denny Crane's son Donny, whom he hasn't seen for 15 years, shows up in the office, but not just as a visitor but also a lawyer.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Change of Course

Sun, Oct 24, 2004

Edwin Poole manages to escape from the psychiatric hospital; and returns to the court room. He takes over a case without anyone recognizing it until Lori appoints herself as his assistant in court. Sally realizes that it is much harder to be in a relationship with Alan. Alan himself still has to fight with Brad over his position in the law firm.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ An Eye for an Eye

Sun, Oct 31, 2004

Alan and Tara defend a hypochondriac who is suing his doctor for malpractice. Brad and Denny work on one of Edwin Poole's old cases where their client, Holcomb Pharmaceuticals, is being sued for bilking senior citizens out of millions of dollars. Sally and Lori defend a man who killed a guy who beat him up four years ago with a martial arts punch.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Truth Be Told

Sun, Nov 7, 2004

Alan represents the husband, who is running for mayor, of his old crush Samantha, when a false rumor is publicized. Denny awaits the results of the test which will reveal whether he has Alzheimer's or not, while Lori helps a lawyer convincing his wife to give him his sons frozen umbilical cord, which would save his life. Meanwhile Denny takes Sally's client who is suing a toaster company for his faulty product.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Questionable Characters

Sun, Nov 21, 2004

Lori helps a former informant, who was shot while robbing a convenience store, not to have the bullet removed which connects him to the crime. Meanwhile, Alan tries to help his client who is accused of being a slumlord and is forced to do despicable acts from an infuriating judge. Denny gets arrested for solicitation.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Loose Lips

Sun, Nov 28, 2004

Alan takes over a case Denny rejected for personal reasons. He has to defend a man who was fired from being Santa because he is a transvestite. Brad and Alan bet on the outcome of the case. Lori's therapist is worried that one of his patients may kill someone and asks for legal help.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ A Greater Good

Sun, Dec 12, 2004

Alan and Denny defend a drug company who is sued by a woman for taking her off an experimental pill which could have healed her sickness. Tara gets new information which would probably help her an Lori to win their case, but the way she retrieved it could cost them their case and careers.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Hired Guns

Sun, Dec 19, 2004

Lori and Brad defend a woman who is accused of killing her husband and his mistress. Alan's life becomes in danger when he helps a woman whose ex-husband plans to kidnap their children.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Schmidt Happens

Sun, Jan 9, 2005

The named partner Shirley Schmidt arrives to bring order to the firm. While making herself known, she deals with Denny who does not want her there. Lori and Paul represent a Sudanese native who is suing the U.S. government for not taking action against the mayhem that is happening in his country. Alan defends Bernard who killed his mother.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ From Whence We Came

Sun, Jan 16, 2005

Lori, Denny and Shirley defend a school superintendent who fired two science teachers because they refused to teach creationism. Alan learns his assistant has expressed concern about their work relationship, needs legal his help again. One member of the firm is fired.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ It Girls and Beyond

Sun, Jan 23, 2005

Brad is attracted to his lesbian client who is sued for having a relationship with her boss merely for financial purposes. Alan second chairs, while Denny tries to prove that he is a competent attorney by defending a doctor who described a non FDA approved drug. Meanwhile, the rest of the firm tries to deal with Alan's new assistant, Catherine Piper.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ 'Til We Meat Again

Sun, Feb 13, 2005

Denny and Shirley help a man whose steakhouse is put out of business, because the public wants to ban red meat for fear of Mad Cow disease. While Denny becomes convinced he has Mad Cow disease, Alan is arrested for conspiracy to commit assault and battery. He started a bar brawl while being out with Tara.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Tortured Souls

Sun, Feb 20, 2005

Shirley asks Alan to defend a policeman who tortured a man to retrieve information. Denny and Chelina represent a woman who is suing her former boyfriend for leaving her at the altar. Bernard is befriended by Catherine and Alan finds variance with that.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Let Sales Ring

Sun, Mar 13, 2005

Milton Bombay needs Denny and Shirley to help him being frozen so he can continue his legacy as a great lawyer in the future. Alan and Chelina help a high school student who accuses his teacher of censorship when he blocks out a news station on the school's television.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Death Be Not Proud

Sun, Mar 20, 2005

Alan assists Chelina in Texas, where a former client is getting executed while he is maybe innocent. Denny and Shirley represent an old friend of theirs when she is charged with having sexual encounters for a fee. Lori files a complaint about Denny.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Black Widow

Tue, Sep 27, 2005

Alan Shore and Denny Crane defend a beautiful young woman accused of murdering her much-older husband.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Schadenfreude

Tue, Oct 4, 2005

While Kelly Nolan's trial continues, Sara and Garrett help Denise to settle on her divorce. Malcolm, Tara's former lover, convinces her to represent Edwin Starr's nephew, who cant sing "War" at a nightclub, because its owner says it's unpatriotic.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Finding Nimmo

Tue, Oct 11, 2005

Denny takes Alan fishing to Nimmo Bay to help him get over his breakup with Tara. Sara and Garrett target the lawyer of Denise's husband, a priest, to settle the divorce. Catherine Piper confesses that she murdered Bernhard.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ A Whiff and a Prayer

Tue, Oct 18, 2005

Denny helps defending a congressman, who didn't keep his campaign promises. Alan defends Catherine Piper for murdering Bernard. Sara is given an ultimatum by the priest she and Garrett blackmailed.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Men to Boys

Tue, Oct 25, 2005

Denise has problems, when she has to try a case she neglected for three years, in which an auto-injury killed a woman, who only had a few more days to live. Garrett meets Cassie a young paralegal, who is hiding a painful past. Denny has to apologize to Lori or face a sexual harassment suit, while Alan takes Sara out on a date, where he behaves strangely.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Witches of Mass Destruction

Tue, Nov 1, 2005

Shirley help a Christian and a Wiccan couple, who want to stop the school's Halloween celebration. Alan represents Cassie suing the US military, because her brother died in the war. This of course is a hard test for Alan and Denny's friendship.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Truly, Madly, Deeply

Tue, Nov 8, 2005

Denny does not want to defend a man who raped and killed a 13-year-old girl. He finds a way to get out of it, but ends up in jail. Alan has to overcome his fear of clowns, when he helps suing one. Shirley assigns a weird bestiality to Denise.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Ass Fat Jungle

Tue, Nov 15, 2005

Denise defends the top Boston plastic surgeon, who is sued for injecting fat from his butt into his patients. Shirley has problems handling a case involving an Alzheimer's patient. Meanwhile Denny undergoes an MRI, while Alan has night terrors and asks his new secretary to guard him at night.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Gone

Tue, Dec 6, 2005

Denny's using of firearms again becomes an issue to the firm, when a homeless man threw a rock at him. Denise and Brad try to find a kidnapped boy who is close to her heart. They have to become rather extreme when some obstacles appear.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Legal Deficits

Tue, Dec 13, 2005

Denny and Shirley team up to defend Brad, who is on trial for his actions in trying to find a kidnapped boy. Alan helps his secretary solve her credit card woes with assistance from Jerry Espenson, an expert in financial law who exhibits odd social behavior.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ The Cancer Man Can

Tue, Jan 10, 2006

Alan takes up the cause of one of the associates, Denny meets a woman, and Denise helps defend a client accused of buying his way onto a drug trial.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Helping Hands

Tue, Jan 17, 2006

Daniel Post finagles his way onto one of Denise's cases, Alan takes up Jerry's cause with rather more enthusiasm than Shirley would like, and Denny gets serious about his new love.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Too Much Information

Tue, Jan 24, 2006

Denise and Alan represent a young girl whose father killed her mother after finding her whereabouts on her HMO's website. Alan also has to defend Catherine Piper, who started robbing convenience stores. Beverly Bridge, Denny's fiancée who he met at a charity event, is causing trouble in the firm, while Paul, Shirley, and Brad try to manage the situation. Daniel Post goes in for chemotherapy and attempts to shut out Denise.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Breast in Show

Tue, Feb 7, 2006

Alan dates Irma and later finds himself defending her, because she is charged with a sex crime for protesting topless. Daniel Post invites Denise to his funeral party, Garrett has problems to get Catherine out of his office, and the rest of the firm is still dealing with Denny's fiancé.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Smile

Tue, Feb 14, 2006

Alan helps a little girl, who can't smile because her face muscles were damaged in an accident. She was refused entry to a prestigious private school because of this. Denny and Shirley are on a case, where a hospital refused to give a rape victim the morning after pill because of religious beliefs. Meanwhile Denny assigns Brad to help his fiancé by preventing her ex-husband from shutting off the machines that keep her cat alive.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Live Big

Tue, Feb 21, 2006

While trying to woo her back, Shirley Schimdt's ex-husband asks her to be in his upcoming wedding. Alan and Denny defend a man who killed his wife at her request. Paul reaches out to his daughter.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ ...There's Fire!

Tue, Feb 28, 2006

Denny is caught with another woman on his wedding day, putting the firm in jeopardy and Alan fights a wrongful termination.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Shock and Owww!

Tue, Mar 7, 2006

Denny is spurred from his depression over losing Bev by a self-defense case, Paul suspects his daughter may be using again, and Shirley asks Alan to intercede for her when an artist dies.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Stick It

Tue, Mar 14, 2006

Alan does his best to fight for his assistant, Melissa, who submitted blank taxes; Denise defends a vigilante cop impersonator; and Paul tries to uncover the truth about his daughter's drug use.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Tue, Mar 21, 2006

Paul announces that he needs to take some time off. And while most of the staff are concerned if they can go without Paul, Denny gives him Paul his blessing. So while everyone tries to do Paul's job, the firm suffers. Shirley finds herself working with her ex Ivan on a case and while working together, Ivan tries to woo her.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Word Salad Days

Tue, Mar 28, 2006

Alan develops "Word Salad" syndrome, talking gibberish. Brad brings in a big client whose company is sued for making addictive video games that killed a teenager. And Denise defends a polygamy case.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Ivan the Incorrigible

Tue, Apr 18, 2006

Jerry asks Alan to help him with a case, defending a father who killed a man who got away with murdering his son. Meanwhile, Ivan restarts his relationship with Shirley even though he is still married to Missy.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Race Ipsa

Tue, Apr 25, 2006

Denny shoots Dr. Sydney Fields after a verbal showdown during a therapy session, leaving Alan to defend him in court and the partners to ponder whether it is time to oust Denny from the firm.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Deep End of the Poole

Tue, May 2, 2006

Partner Edwin Poole returns to the firm after a stint in a mental institution

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ Squid Pro Quo

Tue, May 9, 2006

Ambitious Marlene Stanger joins the firm. Denny faces his son in court.

26Season 2

S2.E26 ∙ Spring Fever

Tue, May 16, 2006

Denny and Alan travel to Los Angeles. Shirley defends Clifford Cabot on charges of soliciting a prostitute. Denise and Marlene, both vying for partnership, compete to assist her. Brad's teenage niece is charged with murder.

27Season 2

S2.E27 ∙ BL: Los Angeles

Tue, May 16, 2006

Alan and Denny are still in Los Angeles defending a celebrity who assaulted a paparazzo who's pursuing her. Brad tries to work out a plea deal for his niece which would give her probation but the judge for some reason decides to throw the book at her which means she's going to jail. He learns that Shirley knows the judge who tries to convince to honor the plea agreement. And Denise's war with Marlene is reaching the breaking point.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Can't We All Get a Lung?

Tue, Sep 19, 2006

Alan hires a sexual surrogate to help Jerry Espenson overcome his fear of intimacy with women, which only gets Jerry in more legal trouble. And Shirley takes Daniel Post's case after Denise learns that her fiancé is planning to buy a lung from a terminally-ill man.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ New Kids on the Block

Tue, Sep 26, 2006

A cocky new lawyer joins the firm from the New York office and defends a client who was having an adulterous affair with a murdered judge, and Denny gets in more hot water after a blind date with a "midget."

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Desperately Seeking Shirley

Tue, Oct 3, 2006

Alan represents Shirley's ex-husband, who is looking for a hole in his new post-nup, which was written by Shirley. Meanwhile, the judge's murder trial continues, and Denny reaches a compromise after the little person sues him.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Fine Young Cannibal

Tue, Oct 10, 2006

Alan and Shirley take on a grandstanding District Attorney prosecuting a homeless man for cannibalism. The case gives Alan an opportunity to make his move on her, but he can't get together with her without Denny's approval.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Whose God Is It Anyway?

Tue, Oct 17, 2006

Jeffery, Claire and Denise's judge murder trial gets underway, and Alan defends Jerry Espenson after firing a lawyer in his new firm because he's a Scientologist.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ The Verdict

Tue, Oct 24, 2006

Coho's defense weakens after his client's father testifies against him and Alan feels something is missing when he picks up his relationship with Sally.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Trick or Treat

Tue, Oct 31, 2006

Alan must defend Jerry Espenson again, this time for committing perjury to get on a jury. Meanwhile, Denise learns that her fiancé, Daniel Post, has died, but the doctors are having trouble locating his remains.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Lincoln

Sun, Nov 26, 2006

Lincoln Meyer chooses Denny to represent him when he's suspected of killing the judge. Jerry enlists Alan's help in a first degree murder case. Brad has had it with Jeffrey, who wants to have Shirley. Alan overhears Denise telling Shirley about her desires, and takes advantage of it. Denny can't seem to decide between Bethany and her mother.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ On the Ledge

Tue, Nov 28, 2006

Lincoln goes to extremes and kidnaps Shirley. The trial begins for Jerry's client, and Jerry shines as an attorney in court. Denny feels threatened as the bond between Jerry and Alan strengthens. Brad and Jeffrey take their office relationship to the "next level."

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ The Nutcrackers

Tue, Dec 5, 2006

Clarice applies for a job as Claire's new assistant, but she'll only hire him as Clarence. Alan's new case is involved in a friendly wager with Shirley. Brad and Jeffrey are assigned to work on a case, together, involving a woman who wants to sue God, even though they can't stand one another, which makes Denise feels more like a referee, than an attorney.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Angel of Death

Tue, Jan 9, 2007

Alan and Denny go to New Orleans to help defend a doctor on trial for euthanizing her patients during the flood after Hurricane Katrina, and Clarence sues a women's gym that revoked his membership after he revealed that he was a man.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Nuts

Tue, Jan 16, 2007

The firm defends a grade school teacher who is sued after one of her students dies from a peanut allergy, and Alan takes on the Office of Homeland Security after Denny is wrongly placed on the "no-fly list."

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Dumping Bella

Tue, Jan 30, 2007

Denny takes Bella's case against an animal rights group opposed to her cosmetic testing procedures, and her daughter Bethany is opposing counsel. And at the same time, Denny wants to dump Bella because he's still in love with Bethany.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Selling Sickness

Tue, Feb 6, 2007

Alan defends a judge suing a company promising to cure him of "same sex attraction disorder," and Shirley defends a man keeping a teenage sexual assault victim from taking medication that will make her forget the experience.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Fat Burner

Tue, Feb 13, 2007

Denny is sued for operating a company that wants to turn human fat into fuel, Clarence gets his first case, and Jeffery submits his resignation after he finds out that he's not the father of Denise's child.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Good Lawyer

Tue, Feb 20, 2007

Alan feels guilty after teaching Jerry Espenson a cruel lesson on being a good lawyer, Denny creates a scene at Bethany's temple, and Brad and Denise come to blows over whether she should give up her career to take care of their baby.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ The Bride Wore Blood

Tue, Mar 20, 2007

Alan defends his ex-girlfriend Renata when she is accused of murdering her groom-to-be. And when the case starts going badly, she drops a personal bombshell in her defense that not even Alan knows about.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Son of the Defender

Tue, Apr 3, 2007

Denny is forced to recount a trial with his father from fifty years earlier when the victim's son--carrying a gun and wired to a bomb--returns demanding justice. Meanwhile, Alan is found in contempt of court again while defending his neighbor.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Brotherly Love

Tue, Apr 10, 2007

When Paul tries to force Brad to sign an agreement in order to keep the firm out of getting in between him and Denise, Brad forces the rest of the partners to reconsider their position. When Claire sees Clarence in a coffee shop with another woman, she reconsiders their position. Alan defends a man accused of helping his brother cover up a murder.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Guise 'n Dolls

Tue, Apr 24, 2007

Alan goes head to head with Jerry, but Alan doesn't like the arrogant, boorish persona Jerry has assumed for the case. And Denny gets the firm in hot water when he "compliments" an African-American job applicant.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Tea and Sympathy

Tue, May 1, 2007

Judge Weldon asks Alan to defend her in a case, which leads to a potential relationship. Meanwhile, Clarence has a client who wants to sue a college sorority for kicking her out, and Jerry Espenson is opposing counsel.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Guantanamo by the Bay

Tue, May 8, 2007

Jerry shows up at Shirley's office, wishing to return to the firm and clients include someone who was detained at the hands of the government, who felt he was involved in a terrorist plot of some kind. Gloria warns Alan that Judge Folger entertains more lawyers in her chambers than motions in her courtroom.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Duck and Cover

Tue, May 15, 2007

Alan defends a priest on trial for housing an illegal alien, and Brad and Denise hurry to get married before their baby is born. Meanwhile, Shirley gives Jerry a housing discrimination case involving a woman and her duck.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ Trial of the Century

Tue, May 29, 2007

Alan and Denny resort to a dangerous strategy to create reasonable doubt and get two teenage brothers acquitted of murdering their father. Shirley gets angry with Jerry and Clarence when they sue a casino.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Beauty and the Beast

Tue, Sep 25, 2007

Carl Sack is brought in from the New York branch to act as office "enforcer." Shirley is sued by Stanford University after she backs out of a donation. And a new lawyer, fresh out of law school, is assigned an unwinnable murder case.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ The Innocent Man

Tue, Oct 2, 2007

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.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The Chicken and the Leg

Tue, Oct 9, 2007

Carl and Denny bet on the outcome of their cockfighting case, a teenager who is HIV positive sues her school for only teaching abstinence, and Jerry begins to have romantic feelings for his new colleague.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Do Tell

Tue, Oct 16, 2007

A general sues the military because he was fired after coming out. The firm's latest hire takes a custody case involving child bullfighting. Alan's "word salad" returns over Lorraine, and Denny finds out about Shirley and Carl.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Hope and Gory

Tue, Oct 30, 2007

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.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ The Object of My Affection

Tue, Nov 6, 2007

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"

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Attack of the Xenophobes

Tue, Nov 13, 2007

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.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Oral Contracts

Tue, Dec 4, 2007

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.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ No Brains Left Behind

Tue, Dec 11, 2007

After Denny and Alan lose a lawsuit against the National Guard, they try to join the group and are rejected because of their age. Shirley defends her granddaughter after she is expelled for shredding a standardized test.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Green Christmas

Tue, Dec 18, 2007

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.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Mad About You

Tue, Jan 15, 2008

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.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Roe vs Wade: The Musical

Wed, Jan 23, 2008

A man whose sperm was used without his knowledge to impregnate a woman tries to get the court to force her to have an abortion, and Alan and Shirley are opposing counsel. Jerry defends Leigh after she is fired for hugging a student.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Glow in the Dark

Tue, Feb 12, 2008

Denny and Alan unknowingly sleep with the same client, who is trying to block the building of a nuclear power plant. Opposing counsel is Shirley's old friend from law school, which makes Carl Sack very jealous.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Rescue Me

Tue, Feb 19, 2008

Sack becomes increasingly frustrated with the firm's lawyers constantly taking on cases that don't make any money, and finds a potential new love interest to replace Shirley. Meanwhile, Denny and Alan prepare for their Coast Guard test.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Tabloid Nation

Tue, Apr 8, 2008

Alan takes on an old hated nemesis in a case involving a shooting death after an ambush interview on a tabloid TV show. Shirley takes a case for an old friend, a troubled Vietnam veteran, who finds himself in dire straits.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ The Mighty Rogues

Tue, Apr 15, 2008

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.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ The Court Supreme

Tue, Apr 22, 2008

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.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Indecent Proposals

Wed, Apr 30, 2008

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.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ The Gods Must Be Crazy

Wed, May 14, 2008

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.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Patriot Acts

Wed, May 21, 2008

The town of Concord wishes to secede from the United States, and Alan and Denny act as opposing counsel in the case--a case that could cost them their friendship because their opposing views on patriotism and dissent.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Smoke Signals

Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Alan goes up against an ex who got away and he's not completely over in a case against Big Tobacco, and Denny is too busy to help because he's worried about his impotence problem.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Guardians and Gatekeepers

Mon, Sep 29, 2008

Jerry and Katie take a case involving a 15-year-old who claims a guard raped her in a private prison, Shirley's 17-year-old granddaughter is in trouble for voting in the primary, and Alan and Denny take on the pharmaceutical industry.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Dances with Wolves

Mon, Oct 6, 2008

Denny faces concealed weapons charges after he shoots a mugger, and Alan confronts his own sexism as he represents a sexual surrogate in a child custody case.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ True Love

Mon, Oct 13, 2008

Being noted as a great lawyer attracts the attention of a former girlfriend as she asks Alan to defend her husband in a murder trial, even though he still has feelings for her which compounds the case in a conflict of interest.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ The Bad Seed

Mon, Oct 20, 2008

A judge finds out that Alan bet with Denny on the outcome of his case involving malpractice at a military hospital. Jerry takes a sperm bank to court to find out if his nephew and his new girlfriend have the same sperm donor.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Happy Trails

Mon, Oct 27, 2008

Alan and Denny vacation at a dude ranch in Utah and wind up facing adultery charges, but an unlikely ally comes to their defense. Back in Boston, Shirley defends Catherine Piper, who is accused of attempting to murder her doctor.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Mad Cows

Mon, Nov 3, 2008

While Jerry goes up for partner, Alan goes head-to-head with Denise Bauer in a case involving government Mad Cow Disease testing, and head-to-head with Denny over his decision to vote for John McCain.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Roe

Mon, Nov 10, 2008

Alan and Shirley confront their own misgivings about legalized abortion as they defend a 15-year-old Chinese immigrant who wants one. Meanwhile, Jerry faces assault charges after punching out a man in a coffee shop who ridiculed him.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Kill, Baby, Kill!

Mon, Nov 17, 2008

Denny and Carl go to Virginia to defend a corrections officer who shot and killed an inmate during his botched execution, and Alan and Shirley defend one of Alan's old classmates who says she was fired because she voted for John McCain.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Thanksgiving

Mon, Nov 24, 2008

Different topics abound at Shirley's house for Thanksgiving when the gang assembles for what was supposed to be a quiet intimate dinner for two between her and Carl.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Juiced

Mon, Dec 1, 2008

Alan helps Denny fight for the right to take a still-unapproved Alzheimer's drug, Carl helps Catherine Piper sue the networks for ageism, and Jerry and Katie take a case involving "academic doping."

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Made in China

Mon, Dec 8, 2008

As Alan prepares to try Denny's Alzheimer's drug case in front of the Supreme Court, Shirley tries to block the purchase of the firm by a Chinese business.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Last Call

Mon, Dec 8, 2008

Before Alan and Denny go to the Supreme Court, they must fight an injunction to keep them from getting married to each other. Meanwhile, religious differences could threaten Shirley and Carl's upcoming wedding.