"Boston Legal" The Bad Seed (2008)

Director:

Robert Yannetti

Writers:

Lawrence Broch (written by)
Susan Dickes (written by)

TV Series:

"Boston Legal" (2004)

Original Air Date:

20 October 2008 (Season 5, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Eccentric | Civil Law | Boston Massachusetts | Law Firm | City Name In Title

Cast

James Spader	...	Alan Shore
John Larroquette	...	Carl Sack
Christian Clemenson	...	Jerry Espenson
Tara Summers	...	Katie Lloyd
Candice Bergen	...	Shirley Schmidt
William Shatner	...	Denny Crane
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nora Dunn	...	Attorney Cynthia Rhodes
Kent Faulcon	...	Owen Patterson
Roma Maffia	...	Judge Victoria Peyton
Chuck McCann	...	Judge Byron Fudd
Annie Potts	...	Joy Espenson
James Rebhorn	...	Attorney Wade Mathis
David Sullivan	...	Jason Canfield
BJ Wallace	...	Henry
Emilee Wallace	...	Fiona
Matt Winston	...	Ryan Chism

Runtime:

Ireland:50 min (including commercials)

Company:

David E. Kelley Productions

Can You Be Sure You Don't Love Your Sister?

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

While both plots are well done mixing some light comedy with more direct drama, the more thought provoking one is the one with a half-brother & half-sister who accidentally meet & fall in love. They do not know they are relatives but the mother who brings the case to the law firm suspects it.

The Sperm Bank has a legal shield they try to use to hid the fact that both of them have the same father as a donor. In a way, when you look at this issue and realize the implications of our modern society today, a society where some women have had children with multiple fathers, it makes one wonder how many actual half-brothers & half-sister really are married in the United States today? This is one of the better cases for Jerry in the series. His character role is really stretched & tested with this script.