Should you watch Boston Legal?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Boston Legal
Series · 2004
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
The sides of Boston Legal
- A Boston law firm
- Two eccentric lawyers and their cigars
- Closing arguments on the issues of the day
Boston Legal is good for you if…
- you like Alan Shore's long, clever closing arguments.
- you like courtroom cases that turn absurd.
- you like Alan and Denny ending each episode on the balcony.
Boston Legal is bad for you if…
- you need law and courtrooms that work like the real thing.
- you roll your eyes at speeches about the state of the country.
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