"Boston Legal" Death Be Not Proud (2005)

Director:

Matt Shakman

Writers:

David E. Kelley (creator) and
David E. Kelley (writer)

TV Series:

"Boston Legal" (2004)

Original Air Date:

20 March 2005 (Season 1, Episode 17)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Alan assist Chelina in Texas, where a former client is getting executed while he is maybe innocent....

Plot Keywords:

Asperger's Syndrome | Eccentric | Civil Law | Boston Massachusetts | Law Firm

Cast

James Spader	...	Alan Shore
Monica Potter	...	Lori Colson
Rhona Mitra	...	Tara Wilson
Mark Valley	...	Brad Chase
Rene Auberjonois	...	Paul Lewiston
Candice Bergen	...	Shirley Schmidt
William Shatner	...	Denny Crane
Kerry Washington	...	Chelina Hall
Henry Gibson	...	Judge Clark Brown
Sterling K. Brown	...	Zeke Borns
Conor O'Farrell	...	A.D.A. Glenn Jackson
John Considine	...	Judge Lance Abrams
Donovan Scott	...	Judge Christopher Serra
Liam Craig	...	Attorney Gerald Litman
Shelley Long	...	Miriam Watson

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

David E. Kelley Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: Shore gets a hula girl to take a message to the governor of Texas in order to save a death row inmate. The governor was in Hawaii at the time. If the governor is out of state, he has no power to give a stay. Shore should have gone to see the Lt. governor who was the acting governor

Spader out does himself.

Alan Shore travels to Texas with an associate (Kerry Washington) in an attempt to save the life of a young man on death row. James Spader's performance in this episode most certainly won him this particular Emmy Award. Thanks to his monumental performance and a courageous teleplay, this is one of the finest hours of television I have seen. David E. Kelly should certainly be credited for modernizing television in the 90's. However, in the year 2006 his particular brand of television has felt somewhat antiquated to me. The new milenium has belonged to new titans such as Aaron Sorkin, JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Ronald Moore. However, to this day, there is one thing that NO ONE has been able to take away from Kelly: he writes INCREDIBLE material for his actors. More actors have won Emmy Awards speaking words written by David Kelly than perhaps anyone else working in television today. The work WILLIAM SHATNER and JAMES SPADER do on this show week in and week out is extraordinary. If BOSTON LEGAL did more episodes like this it would most certainly put Kelly back on top.