#boston legal

[jimmyspades]

"There are certain facets of my personality that I'm not giving away to some character in a movie. They're mine. And they're mine as Jimmy Spader."

"I think things are great when we accept chaos in life. That goes against my being obsessive-compulsive and ritualistic, but I don't mind adversity. The fight is okay with me. My life is wonderful. It's a grand time, you know?"

"I'm not much good at good, clean fun—and I'm not sure what to do with it. It's just a matter of taste. I like it a lot dirtier."

Happy 64th birthday, James Spader (b. February 7, 1960)! ❤️

#love you so so so much jamesy hope you have a great day and a wonderful year <33 #thank you for all your work. and this year especially for our raymond ❤️ #james spader #crash 1996 #pretty in pink #secretary #the office #sex lies and videotape #stargate #boston legal #the blacklist #jack’s back #tuff turf #* #smooching you forever!!!!!

[thebestestwinner]

Best Best TV Drama: Bonus Round

#emmys #emmy awards #csi #six feet under #joan of arcadia #deadwood #grey's anatomy #house md #boston legal #heroes #dexter #damages #big love #best drama #poll #polls #house

[massachusetts-official]

Who are some of your favorite fictional TV characters who come from Massachusetts?

Hands down my favorite Massachusetts TV character is Alan Shore from Boston Legal, portrayed so so well by the extremely talented James Spader.

#massachusetts #ask #tv #boston legal #alan shore #james spader

[thee-rat-king]

Suits fans, I have not seen much of your show, however the draw appears to be morally ambiguous lawyers, interpersonal office drama, and homoerotic subtext. If this is the case, may I present

✨BOSTON LEGAL✨

It ran from 2004-2008 (5 seasons) it’s technically a spin off of The Practice but you do not need to know ANYTHING about that show to watch Boston Legal.

The revolving cast of Main Lawyers are varying degrees of morally ambiguous, many of them commit crimes at some point. There’s so much fucking office drama and 90% of it is actually engaging. And while there is A Lot of homoerotic subtext, there’s also a decent amount of homoerotic text. “I love you” and “you’re the most important person in my life” and “we’re sleeping together” and “will you marry me?” type homoerotic text.

^^ these quotes are all canon, and are between the Main Character and his best friend/mentor/life partner/the man who hired him when no one else would/the proposal is not a joke they get married in the season 5 finale.

I’m not kidding Boston Legal is like. THE best rep of a QPR I’ve even seen on television.

It’s also fun and goofy, has some great dialogue on living and aging and how people respond to terminal diagnoses, and a really interesting time capsule into early 2000’s American politics.

It also has NO CURRENT FANDOM! (other than me). And since Suits appears to be its closest cousin in television that does have fandom i’m very politely beseeching that some of you jump ship to one of the other deranged lawyer shows.

This is Alan! Main character. Main lawyer guy. He’s funny and irreverent, does whatever he can to protect the disenfranchised and at one point he beats up a man for committing elder abuse.

This is Denny! Denny Crane. He’s a named partner at the firm (Crane, Poole and Schmitt). He’s also Alan’s soulmate, and a republican which is so that the more liberal Alan can debate him, usually on The Issue Of The Episode. He also has early stage alzheimers, which develops over the course of the show. And yes, him and Alan are the most important relationship of the show. And they do get married in the finale. (Yes that’s William Shatner).

This is Shirley!!! In Crane Poole and Schmitt, she’s Schmitt. She’s one of the most competent lawyers at the firm, and some of the best “women over 25 are hot and desirable” writing I’ve ever seen. (Most of the other main characters on the show are legitimately attracted to her, and it’s never treated as a joke. And she’s dated a lot of different men over her life and the narrative doesn’t slut shame her for it - the characters that occasionally do are always framed as In The Wrong.) she is very much The Voice of Reason to a lot of Alan and Denny’s antics.

There’s also a vibrant cast of partners, associates, assistants, clients, judges, exes, and cameos.

(Content Warning for This Was Written In 2004 And Some Things May Have Aged Poorly.)

Please dear god someone take the bait and watch this the cases are interesting the characters are funny I need the fandom to be more than Just Me.

Is there anything else I can add?

Alan tells the Supreme Court to go fuck itself in two seperate episodes. (There’s a lot of other stuff send me an ask if you want more Boston Legal is the best propaganda I fucking love this show)

Happy viewing! (It’s on Disney+. Or wherever you get your shows.)

#boston legal #suits tv #suits #mike ross #harvey specter #denny crane #shirley schmitt #alan shore #queer representation #queer rep in media #qpr #thoughts on television #unoriginal thoughts #early 2000s #tv recommendations

[trekkie-polls]

I will not accept any complaints about including Leverage or Boston Legal - which are both about found family, examining morality& oppression, being cheesy and silly - unless you have researched just how many Star Trek references and Star Trek actors are in both.

#trekkie polls #star trek #star trek poll #poll #star trek inspired #the orville #babylon 5 #galaxy quest #leverage #leverage redemption #boston legal #william schatner #futurama #seaquest 2032 #seaquest dsv #jonathan frakes #penny johnson jerald

[thatwholethingwiththeduck]

the balcony bromance shows of the 2000s: some notes

(boston legal, 5 seasons, 2004-08 / house md, 8 seasons, 2004-12)

you will wonder, how do these guys keep their jobs i mean seriously, in many episodes

there is a balcony where the two male main characters + coworkers hang out + have homoerotic moments

the younger man is played by an actor who was a very beautiful boy in an iconic 1980s movie; said movie will be referenced by name in an episode

the older man is played by an actor best known for another iconic role like say maybe a useless foppish British gentleman or a starship captain; this role will outstrip it

candace bergen appears, delivers killer put-downs

john larroquette appears, is john larroquette

moderate drinking

copious drinking

many many beautiful women and attractive men will come and go in the cast, sometimes without explanation; the two guys will be there for all of it, come hell or high water

the guys in question love women, love them love them love them, one of them has been married multiple times, the other is a slut with one dark haunting woman behind him, but they will nevertheless end up together in a life-changing situation when the series finishes

someone has a sex doll and is overly fond of her

character gets away with murder

character gets away with malpractice

someone says ‘lock and load’ while wielding a weapon in the workplace (water pistols count shut up)

one of the actors involved pretends there is no homoeroticism whatsoever; has absolutely never played one half of an iconic queer-coded couple ever before nope nope nope

smoking cigars, phallically

meredith hope eaton appears + does some groundbreaking stuff on representing characters with dwarfism

jail time

character sees psychiatrist played by someone about to become best known for iconic comedy role rather than previous serious roles (sue sylvester, captain holt)

autistic characters that main characters understand in ways that others don’t, for what are obvious reasons to 2020s viewers

the Only Sane Woman has a thing for one of the guys and lets them away with more than is reasonable given her position of responsibility

epic, destructive jealousy and meddling when your best boy friend starts hanging out with someone else

character says something insanely un-PC and/or downright offensive to someone, then makes life better for same someone using their mad professional skillz

you will wonder, but seriously are these guys sleeping together because that would make this plot moderately less insane, often

you will never wonder, do these guys love each other; the show doesn't work if they don't

#house md #housemd #hate crimes md #hilson #boston legal #alan shore #denny crane #gregory house #james wilson #dead poets society #star trek #hugh laurie #robert sean leonard #james spader #william shatner

[nanoland]

boston legal is like

'here's an episode containing one of the most scorching, powerful indictments of the death penalty that you will ever see on american television. now, here's an episode about a couple getting divorced because he fucked a cow and said the cow's name in bed.'

#boston legal #it's a very good show imo

[grahamdollton]

#shhhh he is sleeping . . . . #i admire how he's posed like a vampire in repose in a coffin that has been turned on its side in the first shot #and i feel very normal about how his belly looks #my boston legal watch is going well #alan shore #boston legal #zzzzzzzzzzzzzz #james spader

[haderfilmz]

i love their friendship so much 🥹💕

#james spader #william shatner #boston legal #flamingos #alan shore #denny crane

[katarinas-redemption]

#alan shore #boston legal #james spader

[jimmyspades]

It's 10 o'clock. Are we not on? We're supposed to be Tuesday at 10 every week. We've been moved—we're Wednesday at 10. Are we Wednesdays at 10 from now on? No, we're off next week and on for the following two Wednesdays. What about next year? Best to keep checking in. BOSTON LEGAL (2004-2008)

#:))))) #fourth wall? what fourth wall? #boston legal #james spader #alan shore #william shatner #denny crane #john larroquette #carl sack #candice bergen #shirley schmidt #christian clemenson #jerry espenson #* #I've been working on this for. weeks if not longer. favorite show ever... cried a little. my stupid silly found family..... :''') #couldn't even fit my fave example which is alan yelling at an extra to go work with his dialect coach 😭 #carl pointing at the camera scariest moment of my life #blegal writers winning the idgaf war in season 5 after the show was canned they did nawwwt care and it made for the best television <3

[therewillbekpop]

#boston legal #the way the 2000s gaslit us into thinking alan shore and dr house were protagonists that we were supposed to root for and sympathize with... #they both would have been shot more times than they got laid #clapping #james spader #clap #applause

[chrism02]

Upcoming fics

Not necessarily in this order

Maxim Horvath:

Clipped wings - Chapter 2

Request fic - Merlinian Era

2. Alan Shore fic

#alfred molina #maxim horvath #sorcerer's apprentice #the sorcerer's apprentice #james spader #alan shore #boston legal #upcoming fics

[thee-rat-king]

Now I’m not saying I’m going to revive my box of carefully curated and lovingly stored homosexual media analysis video essay ideas out of spite….but I’m not not saying that

the power of asexual spite will reach through the veil and save the day etc etc

#giving blorbo from my shows the academic treatment #i don’t want to be an Australian rowan ellis knockoff. but also I feel that it may be a little bit my calling. I have Opinions to Share #and I didn’t even steal them! #youtube video essays #fandom #bbc ghosts #ofmd #ted lasso #boston legal #the untamed #mdzs #mash #mashblr #plagiarism #unoriginal thoughts #thoughts on television #hbomberguy #star trek #good omens #rote #realm of the elderlings #artemis fowl #in the end it’s always about Artemis fowl for me

[wistfulwatcher]

#scotus #abortion #current events #roe v wade #supreme court #boston legal #alan shore #bostonlegaledit #mine #edit #* #for some reason i just can't stop thinking about this episode today 🙃 #date* #scene*

[texaschainsawmascara]

Spader

#lordt #james spader #80s #film #movie #pretty in pink #crash #the blacklist #red reddington #mannequin #wall street #sex lies and videotape #secretary #stargate #boston legal #robert california #the office #alan shore #the practice #tv