Boston Legal
2004 · TV Series · TV-14 · 42 min · ★ 7.9 · 78% critics
At a high-end Boston law firm, a team of brilliant civil litigators takes on headline-worthy cases while juggling office politics, personal struggles, and complicated friendships. The series blends courtroom battles with sharp humor and topical debates, following attorneys who are talented, flawed, and often emotionally off-balance.
Based on The Practice
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Details
- Years
- 2004–2008
- Release date
- 2004-10-03
- Network
- ABC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 42 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (376 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a funny, talky legal series that mixes big cases with messy personal dynamics and hot-button issues, especially if you liked The Practice; Not for you if heavy political lecturing or dated workplace flirting bothers you.
Pros: witty courtroom banter; strong lead chemistry; topical cases | Cons: preachy political tone; uneven later seasons; dated sexual humor
Themes
- boston, massachusetts
- male friendship
- lawyer
- spin off
- law firm
- cheerful
Cast & crew
James Spader
as Alan Shore
William Shatner
as Denny Crane
Candice Bergen
as Shirley Schmidt
- MV
Mark Valley
as Brad Chase
- JB
Julie Bowen
as Denise Bauer
- SB
Saffron Burrows
as Lorraine Weller
John Larroquette
as Carl Sack
Tara Summers
as Katie Lloyd
- RM
Rhona Mitra
as Tara Wilson
- MP
Monica Potter
as Lori Colson
Directed by Adam Arkin, Tom Verica, Ron Underwood +27 more
Created by David E. Kelley
Episodes5 seasons · 101 episodes
Season 117 episodes
- S1E1Head Cases43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E2Still Crazy After All These Years43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E3Catch and Release43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E4Change of Course43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E5An Eye for an Eye43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E6Truth Be Told42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E7Questionable Characters42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E8Loose Lips41mDisney+Hulu
- S1E9A Greater Good43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E10Hired Guns41mDisney+Hulu
- S1E11Schmidt Happens41mDisney+Hulu
- S1E12From Whence We Came43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E13It Girls and Beyond42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E14Til We Meat Again42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E15Tortured Souls42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E16Let Sales Ring42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E17Death Be Not Proud43mDisney+Hulu
Season 227 episodes
- S2E1The Black Widow43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E2Schadenfreude43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E3Finding Nimmo43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E4A Whiff and a Prayer43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E5Men to Boys43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E6Witches of Mass Destruction43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E7Truly, Madly, Deeply42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E8The Ass Fat Jungle43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E9Gone42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E10Legal Deficits42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E11The Cancer Man Can42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E12Helping Hands43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E13Too Much Information43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E14Breast in Show43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E15Smile42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E16Live Big43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E17...There's Fire!43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E18Shock and Owww!43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E19Stick It43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E20Chitty Chitty Bang Bang42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E21Word Salad Days42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E22Ivan the Incorrigible43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E23Race Ipsa43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E24Deep End of the Poole42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E25Squid Pro Quo42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E26Spring Fever42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E27BL: Los Angeles43mDisney+Hulu
Season 324 episodes
- S3E1Can't We All Get a Lung?43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E2New Kids on the Block42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E3Desperately Seeking Shirley42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E4Fine Young Cannibal42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E5Whose God is It Anyway?43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E6The Verdict42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E7Trick or Treat43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E8Lincoln42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E9On the Ledge43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E10The Nutcrackers43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E11Angel of Death43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E12Nuts43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E13Dumping Bella43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E14Selling Sickness42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E15Fat Burner43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E16The Good Lawyer42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E17The Bride Wore Blood42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E18Son of the Defender43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E19Brotherly Love43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E20Guise 'N Dolls41mDisney+Hulu
- S3E21Tea and Sympathy43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E22Guantanamo by the Bay42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E23Duck and Cover41mDisney+Hulu
- S3E24Trial of the Century42mDisney+Hulu
Season 420 episodes
- S4E1Beauty and the Beast65mDisney+Hulu
- S4E2The Innocent Man43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E3The Chicken and the Leg43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E4Do Tell43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E5Hope and Gory43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E6The Object of My Affection43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E7Attack of the Xenophobes43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E8Oral Contracts43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E9No Brains Left Behind43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E10Green Christmas41mDisney+Hulu
- S4E11Mad About You43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E12Roe v. Wade, the Musical43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E13Glow in the Dark43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E14Rescue Me43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E15Tabloid Nation43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E16The Mighty Rogues43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E17The Court Supreme42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E18Indecent Proposals43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E19The Gods Must Be Crazy41mDisney+Hulu
- S4E20Patriot Acts43mDisney+Hulu
Season 513 episodes
- S5E1Smoke Signals43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E2Guardians and Gatekeepers43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E3Dances with Wolves42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E4True Love43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E5The Bad Seed43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E6Happy Trails42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E7Mad Cows42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E8Roe43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E9Kill, Baby, Kill43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E10Thanksgiving43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E11Juiced43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E12Made in China (1)43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E13Last Call (2)42mDisney+Hulu