Led by an Emmy Award-winning cast (James Spader, Denny Crane and Candice Bergen), "Boston Legal" tells the professional and personal stories of a group of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. Fast-paced an... more »d darkly comedic, the series confronts social and moral issues, while its characters continually stretch the boundaries of the law.« less
Hubbard P. (Corksrus) from NORTHBROOK, IL Reviewed on 3/14/2010...
This series is even better the second time around. When a series is on TV in it's original run you often miss an episode or more due to actually having another life where you don't sit down every week on the same day, at the same time to watch it. Now, having this series on DVD is a real treat! You get to watch as many episodes as you wish, without commercials and without having to wait a week to see the next episode.This is true of all series on DVD, but with Boston Legal you have great writing, casting, acting and directing all wrapped up in one. Sure, some characters are over the top, but that's one of the things that makes this series so unique and always so entertaining.
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EJ N. (FXANM8R) from CAMPBELL, MO Reviewed on 9/5/2009...
I never got a chance to watch this show from the beginning, but now I have and I love it.
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Anthony Thompson | Big Lake, MN United States | 02/11/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Denny Crain. That's all that really needs to be said, but I'll add a few comments. Boston Legal is a show that everyone in my extended family just LOVES, from my 14 year old neice to my 88 year old father. It gets taped every week for those who had to miss an episode for one reason or another. The reason, I believe, is that BL talks about big ideas/issues of the day, but not with an obvious slant. Further, the show exhibits an offbeat sensibility which is refeshing and rare on network television. Finally, most of the characters (and the actors portaying them) have a lot of charm and an easy chemistry between them."
2nd season has a Peabody Award!!
operamaryc | DIAMOND BAR, CA United States | 04/07/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A Peabody award for 2nd season and rightly so!! I'm 65 and beside West Wing and Commander In Chief (both going off the air, I guess) this show is always a don't miss and if it's a repeat, watch it again. I often fall asleep before I can finish it due to the many commercial interruptions so I gave up and tape all the shows now and watch again with the fast forward button for those annoying commercials. GREAT SHOW!!! The entire cast is superb but Spader and Shatner are the stars just because of their chemistry and the GREAT WRITING!! Can't wait for the second season to come out on DVD as well! I don't buy TV shows, except for the British "Keeping Up Appearances" but this is a definite purchase!!! Can't wait to get it and watch the entire first season without interruption!!"
Legal Reality
The People's Judge | 04/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I've been a Judge for the past 12 years. Often when selecting a jury the attorneys will ask the jurors "who watches Boston Legal?" Attorneys laugh and say "well this is not TV this is reality." I want to jump off the bench and yell "so is much of Boston Legal", but I can't. Boston Legal is a real hoot. For any attoney who has worked in a large law firm you can see many of the same people you work with in the Boston Legal characters. Denny Crane is the man and I can assure you that many of his likes exist in the legal system. They are a royal pain to Judges. You either love them or dislike them. Great story lines and wonderful casting keeps this Judge smiling."
Without question, network television's greatest show.
Some Guy | 03/29/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This show gets better and better and better each week (each minute). And that's a frightening thought, since it started out so good in the first place. In each episode, they find a way to touch you intellectually and emotionally - culminating in the brilliant balcony epilogues with Denny and Alan. I'd love to see a feature on the dvd sets where you can play all of those balcony epilogues in a row. This show is a creative milestone and deserves to be rewarded as such. (and thank God somebody finally figured out how to write for Shatner. Denny Crane is his crowning achievement, the best work he's ever done -- and yet he makes it look so easy.) Buy the dvds, catch up, and then get in on this show now, before someone stupid cancels it."
Top of the crop
Jv3 | Amsterdam, Europe | 03/03/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Some TV shows over the last few years have reached great heights in drama, comparable to what's been achieved in the world's best literature. Boston Legal is the top of the current crop.
There's a competition going on between the big media companies to attract that group of people who used to enjoy the West Wing and the Sopranos. Boston Legal catches us with bringing political debate down to the individual level at which it plays. It brings a new type of drama especially in the relationship between Crane and Shore. The talent of its actor pool is of such quality that the script can rely on their non verbal skills to make the critical points. Despite their extravagance and eccentricity these are solid and very convincing human characters, they shine through their flaws so much more than through traditional polish perfection.
Boston Legal has set a whole new standard in television excellence. Whatever comes next has to exceed Boston Legal, has to take all this forward. We live in this absurd, dangerous and crazy world in which our fate in progress has been undermined, but not when it comes to literature, drama and art. If there's anyone left alive a thousand years from now they will sit down for a showing of Boston Legal and enjoy it as the Cicero and Vergil of our times.
Think I'm too "laud"? You might not have watched this show."