Boston Legal

2004
4.4
17 reviews
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Season 3 episodes (24)

1 Can't We All Get a Lung?
4/10/06
Season-only
Denise and Shirley defend Daniel Post for trying to buy a lung; Alan Shore seeks help for Jerry Espenson with his intimacy disability; Denny introduces Alan to a familiar face.
2 Desperately Seeking Shirley
10/2/06
Season-only
Shirley gets embroiled in a court battle with Alan when Ivan Tiggs challenges the post-nup she drafted; Jeffrey and Denise uncover incriminating evidence as they prepare the defense of Scott Little; Denny Crane is still stuck with his "dwarf" problem.
3 Fine Young Cannibal
10/9/06
Season-only
As press coverage increases in the Little trial, Denise and Jeffrey continue their investigation, recruiting Claire to seduce Scott's therapist, and Paul to confront the deceased's husband; Alan and Shirley defend a cannibal; Denny and Brad assist Bethany Horrowitz in her malpractice suit; Alan and Denny face off for the rights to Shirley.
4 New Kids On the Block
9/18/06
Season-only
New partner Jeffrey Coho and Denise begin to represent Scott Little, who fears he is a suspect in the murder of a Judge; Denny Crane tries online dating with disastrous results; Alan and new associate Claire Simms represent a cross-dresser who was fired for taking maternity leave.
5 Whose God Is It Anyway?
9/26/06
Season-only
The Scott Little trial begins amongst intense press coverage; Alan defends Jerry for firing a scientologist and is surprised to find Sally Heep is opposing counsel; Denny is tasked with trying to distract Gracie Jane as she lambastes Scott Little.
6 The Verdict
10/23/06
Season-only
The Scott Little case finally comes to a conclusion; Alan has concerns over his relationship with Sally.
7 Trick or Treat
10/16/06
Season-only
Denise and Shirley go in search for the remains of Daniel Post, who died during a lung transplant in Brazil; Brad represents Jeffrey when Lincoln Meyer sues for defamation; Alan defends Jerry Espenson, who is on trial for perjury; Denny meets Bethany's mother.
8 Lincoln
10/31/06
Season-only
Alan helps Jerry Espenson, whose client stands accused of murdering her ex-girlfriend; Denise copes with Daniel's death in an odd way; tensions between Brad and Jeffrey come to a head; Bethany's mother, Bella, renews her interest in Denny; Claire and Denny represent Lincoln for the murder of Judge Potts; Lincoln takes a peculiar interest in Shirley.
9 On the Ledge
11/26/06
Season-only
Paul, Denise, Jeffrey, Brad and Claire try to discover what happened to Shirley, who attempts to reason with her kidnapper, Lincoln; Jerry's legal skills shine as he and Alan continue to defend a woman accused of killing her ex-girlfriend; Denny becomes jealous when he sees Alan and Jerry smoking on the balcony.
10 Nutcrackers. The
11/28/06
Season-only
Alan bets Shirley on a case involving parents raising their twin daughters as a white supremacist musical act; Denise, Brad, and Jeffrey take a case for a woman who wants to sue God for the death of her husband; Clarice/Clarence returns in search of a job, but Claire will only hire Clarence; Denny represents a worried mother trying to retain custody of her anorexic daughter, but his oddball behavior causes Alan to worry about the case.
11 Angel of Death
12/5/06
Season-only
Denny and Alan, joined by ambitious New York associate Vanessa Walker, head to New Orleans to defend a doctor accused of euthanizing patients during Hurricane Katrina; Claire Simms' new secretary, the cross-dressing Clarence, wants to file a lawsuit when he is kicked out of an all-women's gym; Denise Bauer weighs the pros and cons of dating Jeffrey Coho.
12 Nuts
1/9/07
Season-only
Denny, dismayed to learn his name is on the federal No Fly List, asks for Alan Shore's help in taking on Homeland Security; Shirley and Vanessa Walker defend a third-grade teacher charged with wrongful death after her student has a fatal allergic reaction in class; the cross-dressing Clarence adopts yet another persona.
13 Dumping Bella
1/16/07
Season-only
When animal-rights activists attack Bella, Denny prepares to face the protesters and their vindictive lawyer Bethany; Brad suspects that he is not the only person in the office enjoying a friends-with-benefits relationship with Denise.
14 Selling Sickness
1/30/07
Season-only
Judge Brown turns to Crane, Poole & Schmidt when he sues a company for not curing his homosexuality; when Clifford Cabot's teenage niece is sexually assaulted, Shirley is hired to prevent her from taking an experimental memory-erasing drug; Denise hunts for the father of her baby.
15 Fat Burner
2/6/07
Season-only
Alan defends Denny for smuggling fat overseas to be made into fuel; Clarence tries his first case with Paul and Bethany, a first degree murder where a Haitian restavec brought to America killed her employer, a man who allegedly planned to sell her child into slavery; Jeffery Coho decides to leave the firm.
16 The Good Lawyer
2/13/07
Season-only
Alan defends two clients in separate cases: a woman who stole the plasticized body of her father from an art museum and a therapist who is fired from his hospital job after telling patients about his beliefs in UFOs; in the latter case, the hospital is defended by Jerry Espenson, whose new-found confidence Alan must shake in order to win the case; Clarence Bell gets distracted over an invitation from Claire to come over to her place for a dinner date; Denise & Brad continue to discuss the situation between them; Bethany forces Denny to go to temple with her.
17 The Bride Wore Blood
2/20/07
Season-only
Alan Shore defends Renata Hill, an ex-girlfriend and former coworker who is arrested in the courtroom hallway, covered in blood and accused of murdering her fiancee; Claire defends, by court-order, a man charged with stealing a cell phone against Warren Peters, now an ADA; Denny and Bethany have a falling out over Denny's views on Israeli politics and Bethany's Judaism.
18 Son of the Defender
3/20/07
Season-only
Fifty years after Denny and his father successfully defended a man accused of murder, the son of the victim seeks revenge by holding the law firm hostage and forcing them to "retry" the case; flashbacks of Denny and his father are taken from "The Defender", a 1957 episode of the series Studio One in Hollywood, in which William Shatner's character, Kenneth Preston, sparred with his lawyer father, Walter, who is convinced of their client's guilt; Alan defends his neighbor and the state senator found in bed with her on charges of prostitution and soliciting.
19 Brotherly Love
4/3/07
Season-only
Alan and Denny defend a shady lawyer charged with obstructing justice for trying to cover up the murder committed by his brother; Brad refuses to sign a love contract required by the firm, even though his decision could mean dismissal; Claire's relationship with Clarence faces tough hurdles; Denny tries a positive thinking philosophy because he is convinced he will get Raquel Welch into his life.
20 Guise N' Dolls
4/24/07
Season-only
Alan and Jerry Espenson go head-to-head in a case of a woman suing a family-oriented department store for selling “pornographic” dolls to children; Shirley and Paul have to decide the future of their friend and partner Denny after he makes a politically incorrect statement towards a prospective African-American employee; Denise reconsiders her future relationship with Brad after listening to her colleague’s opinion on the matter.
21 Tea and Sympathy
5/1/07
Season-only
Shirley and Claire represent a man cured of HIV whose blood has been patented by his doctor; Judge Gloria Weldon asks for Alan's help when she is charged for drug possession; Clarence goes up against Jerry Espenson when he represents a girl kicked out of her sorority for being socially awkward; Brad and Denise face further conflict in their relationship when Brad wants to wear his military uniform to their wedding.
22 Duck and Cover
5/14/07
Season-only
Brad and Denise's marriage is interrupted by the FBI; Alan Shore defends a priest who is accused of harbouring illegal immigrants; Denise goes into labour and Brad is determined to get married before the child is born; Jerry Espenson is asked to defend a tenant against her landlord; Denny shoots at a duck and borrows The Stanley Cup.
23 Trial of the Century
5/28/07
Season-only
Alan and Denny represent two brothers accused of killing their abusive father; Clarence and Jerry Espenson take on a huge gambling establishment when a woman alleges that her out-of-control gambling debts were the fault of the casino.
24 Guantanamo By the Bay
5/7/07
Season-only
Alan Shore sues the United States on behalf of a client who was tortured for two years at Guantanamo Bay; the judge in the Guantanamo case, Marianna Folger, causes complications in the sexual relationship between Alan and Judge Gloria Weldon; Jerry Espenson begs Shirley to let him have his job back at the firm – despite the fact that he had once threatened to kill her.

About this show

The personal and professional lives of Boston's most experienced litigators form the foundation of this prime-time comedy drama that has been nominated for multiple Emmy Awards since its 2004 premiere. When Washington, D.C., attorney Brad Chase (Mark Valley) was relocated to Boston to keep an eye on senior Crane, Poole & Schmidt partner Denny Crane (William Shatner), he had no idea what he was getting into. Meanwhile, as Chase does his best to keep an eye on Crane, Alan Shore (James Spader) uses ethically questionable methods to win the cases that no one else will touch. A spin-off of the Emmy Award-winning legal drama The Practice, Boston Legal has also featured such respected actors as Candice Bergen, René Auberjonois, and John Larroquette.

Ratings and reviews

4.4
17 reviews
Quintin Balsdon
December 6, 2020
Season 3 is out of order for some reason. Content wise I'm sick of all the white male sex rhetoric
Paul Roberts
February 11, 2021
Why is it missing an episode? I can get that episode on DVD Season 3! Don't Rip us off! Make it Wright Google!!!🐺
Wasn't me!
December 17, 2021
Such a heart wrenching episode. Katie's speech in the church is so moving.