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.
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James Spader
Alan Shore
William Shatner
Denny Crane
Candice Bergen
Shirley Schmidt
John Larroquette
Carl Sack
Tara Summers
Katie Lloyd
Christian Clemenson
Jerry Espenson
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17 episodes • 2004Avg: 8.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head Cases | Oct 3, 2004 | 7.8 |
| 2 | Still Crazy After All These Years | Oct 10, 2004 | 7.8 |
| 3 | Catch and Release | Oct 17, 2004 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Change of Course | Oct 24, 2004 | 7.0 |
| 5 | An Eye for an Eye | Oct 31, 2004 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Truth Be Told | Nov 7, 2004 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Questionable Characters | Nov 21, 2004 | 8.8 |
| 8 | Loose Lips | Nov 28, 2004 | 8.2 |
| 9 | A Greater Good | Dec 12, 2004 | 7.3 |
| 10 | Hired Guns | Dec 19, 2004 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Schmidt Happens | Jan 9, 2005 | 7.7 |
| 12 | From Whence We Came | Jan 16, 2005 | 7.7 |
| 13 | It Girls and Beyond | Jan 23, 2005 | 7.7 |
| 14 | Til We Meat Again | Feb 13, 2005 | 7.7 |
| 15 | Tortured Souls | Feb 20, 2005 | 8.8 |
| 16 | Let Sales Ring | Mar 13, 2005 | 7.8 |
| 17 | Death Be Not Proud | Mar 20, 2005 | 8.7 |
27 episodes • 2005Avg: 7.9
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Widow | Sep 27, 2005 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Schadenfreude | Oct 4, 2005 | 8.8 |
| 3 | Finding Nimmo | Oct 11, 2005 | 8.2 |
| 4 | A Whiff and a Prayer | Oct 18, 2005 | 7.8 |
| 5 | Men to Boys | Oct 25, 2005 | 7.5 |
| 6 | Witches of Mass Destruction | Nov 1, 2005 | 7.2 |
| 7 | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Nov 8, 2005 | 7.5 |
| 8 | The Ass Fat Jungle | Nov 15, 2005 | 7.5 |
| 9 | Gone | Dec 6, 2005 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Legal Deficits | Dec 13, 2005 | 8.6 |
| 11 | The Cancer Man Can | Jan 10, 2006 | 6.8 |
| 12 | Helping Hands | Jan 17, 2006 | 7.8 |
| 13 | Too Much Information | Jan 24, 2006 | 7.8 |
| 14 | Breast in Show | Feb 7, 2006 | 8.7 |
| 15 | Smile | Feb 14, 2006 | 7.2 |
| 16 | Live Big | Feb 21, 2006 | 6.0 |
| 17 | ...There's Fire! | Feb 28, 2006 | 7.8 |
| 18 | Shock and Owww! | Mar 7, 2006 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Stick It | Mar 14, 2006 | 7.2 |
| 20 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Mar 21, 2006 | 7.8 |
| 21 | Word Salad Days | Mar 28, 2006 | 7.8 |
| 22 | Ivan the Incorrigible | Apr 18, 2006 | 7.8 |
| 23 | Race Ipsa | Apr 25, 2006 | 9.0 |
| 24 | Deep End of the Poole | May 2, 2006 | 8.6 |
| 25 | Squid Pro Quo | May 9, 2006 | 8.2 |
| 26 | Spring Fever | May 16, 2006 | 8.0 |
| 27 | BL: Los Angeles | May 16, 2006 | 8.5 |
24 episodes • 2006Avg: 8.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can't We All Get a Lung? | Sep 19, 2006 | 8.8 |
| 2 | New Kids on the Block | Sep 26, 2006 | 8.6 |
| 3 | Desperately Seeking Shirley | Oct 3, 2006 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Fine Young Cannibal | Oct 10, 2006 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Whose God is It Anyway? | Oct 17, 2006 | 6.8 |
| 6 | The Verdict | Oct 24, 2006 | 8.5 |
| 7 | Trick or Treat | Oct 31, 2006 | 8.7 |
| 8 | Lincoln | Nov 26, 2006 | 8.4 |
| 9 | On the Ledge | Nov 28, 2006 | 8.2 |
| 10 | The Nutcrackers | Dec 5, 2006 | 7.3 |
| 11 | Angel of Death | Jan 9, 2007 | 8.0 |
| 12 | Nuts | Jan 16, 2007 | 8.3 |
| 13 | Dumping Bella | Jan 30, 2007 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Selling Sickness | Feb 6, 2007 | 7.7 |
| 15 | Fat Burner | Feb 13, 2007 | 7.5 |
| 16 | The Good Lawyer | Feb 20, 2007 | 7.3 |
| 17 | The Bride Wore Blood | Mar 20, 2007 | 7.7 |
| 18 | Son of the Defender | Apr 3, 2007 | 8.8 |
| 19 | Brotherly Love | Apr 10, 2007 | 7.3 |
| 20 | Guise 'N Dolls | Apr 17, 2007 | 7.7 |
| 21 | Tea and Sympathy | May 1, 2007 | 8.5 |
| 22 | Guantanamo by the Bay | May 8, 2007 | 8.3 |
| 23 | Duck and Cover | May 15, 2007 | 8.5 |
| 24 | Trial of the Century | May 29, 2007 | 8.3 |
20 episodes • 2007Avg: 8.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beauty and the Beast | Sep 25, 2007 | 8.5 |
| 2 | The Innocent Man | Oct 2, 2007 | 8.0 |
| 3 | The Chicken and the Leg | Oct 9, 2007 | 8.3 |
| 4 | Do Tell | Oct 16, 2007 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Hope and Gory | Oct 30, 2007 | 9.0 |
| 6 | The Object of My Affection | Nov 6, 2007 | 7.7 |
| 7 | Attack of the Xenophobes | Nov 13, 2007 | 7.3 |
| 8 | Oral Contracts | Dec 4, 2007 | 7.7 |
| 9 | No Brains Left Behind | Dec 11, 2007 | 7.7 |
| 10 | Green Christmas | Dec 18, 2007 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Mad About You | Jan 15, 2008 | 8.3 |
| 12 | Roe v. Wade, the Musical | Jan 22, 2008 | 5.5 |
| 13 | Glow in the Dark | Feb 12, 2008 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Rescue Me | Feb 19, 2008 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Tabloid Nation | Apr 8, 2008 | 8.0 |
| 16 | The Mighty Rogues | Apr 15, 2008 | 8.3 |
| 17 | The Court Supreme | Apr 22, 2008 | 9.0 |
| 18 | Indecent Proposals | Apr 30, 2008 | 7.7 |
| 19 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | May 14, 2008 | 8.3 |
| 20 | Patriot Acts | May 21, 2008 | 8.3 |
13 episodes • 2008Avg: 8.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke Signals | Sep 22, 2008 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Guardians and Gatekeepers | Sep 29, 2008 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Dances with Wolves | Oct 6, 2008 | 8.5 |
| 4 | True Love | Oct 13, 2008 | 8.5 |
| 5 | The Bad Seed | Oct 20, 2008 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Happy Trails | Oct 27, 2008 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Mad Cows | Nov 3, 2008 | 8.5 |
| 8 | Roe | Nov 10, 2008 | 7.5 |
| 9 | Kill, Baby, Kill | Nov 17, 2008 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Thanksgiving | Nov 24, 2008 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Juiced | Dec 1, 2008 | 7.5 |
| 12 | Made in China (1) | Dec 8, 2008 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Last Call (2) | Dec 8, 2008 | 8.3 |
