#boston legal

[jimmyspades]

"There are certain facets of my personality that I'm not giving away to some character in a movie. They're mine. And they're mine as Jimmy Spader."

"I think things are great when we accept chaos in life. That goes against my being obsessive-compulsive and ritualistic, but I don't mind adversity. The fight is okay with me. My life is wonderful. It's a grand time, you know?"

"I'm not much good at good, clean fun—and I'm not sure what to do with it. It's just a matter of taste. I like it a lot dirtier."

Happy 64th birthday, James Spader (b. February 7, 1960)! ❤️

#love you so so so much jamesy hope you have a great day and a wonderful year <33 #thank you for all your work. and this year especially for our raymond ❤️ #james spader #crash 1996 #pretty in pink #secretary #the office #sex lies and videotape #stargate #boston legal #the blacklist #jack’s back #tuff turf #* #smooching you forever!!!!!

[thebestestwinner]

Best Best TV Drama: Bonus Round

#emmys #emmy awards #csi #six feet under #joan of arcadia #deadwood #grey's anatomy #house md #boston legal #heroes #dexter #damages #big love #best drama #poll #polls #house

[massachusetts-official]

Who are some of your favorite fictional TV characters who come from Massachusetts?

Hands down my favorite Massachusetts TV character is Alan Shore from Boston Legal, portrayed so so well by the extremely talented James Spader.

#massachusetts #ask #tv #boston legal #alan shore #james spader

[thee-rat-king]

Suits fans, I have not seen much of your show, however the draw appears to be morally ambiguous lawyers, interpersonal office drama, and homoerotic subtext. If this is the case, may I present

✨BOSTON LEGAL✨

It ran from 2004-2008 (5 seasons) it’s technically a spin off of The Practice but you do not need to know ANYTHING about that show to watch Boston Legal.

The revolving cast of Main Lawyers are varying degrees of morally ambiguous, many of them commit crimes at some point. There’s so much fucking office drama and 90% of it is actually engaging. And while there is A Lot of homoerotic subtext, there’s also a decent amount of homoerotic text. “I love you” and “you’re the most important person in my life” and “we’re sleeping together” and “will you marry me?” type homoerotic text.

^^ these quotes are all canon, and are between the Main Character and his best friend/mentor/life partner/the man who hired him when no one else would/the proposal is not a joke they get married in the season 5 finale.

I’m not kidding Boston Legal is like. THE best rep of a QPR I’ve even seen on television.

It’s also fun and goofy, has some great dialogue on living and aging and how people respond to terminal diagnoses, and a really interesting time capsule into early 2000’s American politics.

It also has NO CURRENT FANDOM! (other than me). And since Suits appears to be its closest cousin in television that does have fandom i’m very politely beseeching that some of you jump ship to one of the other deranged lawyer shows.

This is Alan! Main character. Main lawyer guy. He’s funny and irreverent, does whatever he can to protect the disenfranchised and at one point he beats up a man for committing elder abuse.

This is Denny! Denny Crane. He’s a named partner at the firm (Crane, Poole and Schmitt). He’s also Alan’s soulmate, and a republican which is so that the more liberal Alan can debate him, usually on The Issue Of The Episode. He also has early stage alzheimers, which develops over the course of the show. And yes, him and Alan are the most important relationship of the show. And they do get married in the finale. (Yes that’s William Shatner).

This is Shirley!!! In Crane Poole and Schmitt, she’s Schmitt. She’s one of the most competent lawyers at the firm, and some of the best “women over 25 are hot and desirable” writing I’ve ever seen. (Most of the other main characters on the show are legitimately attracted to her, and it’s never treated as a joke. And she’s dated a lot of different men over her life and the narrative doesn’t slut shame her for it - the characters that occasionally do are always framed as In The Wrong.) she is very much The Voice of Reason to a lot of Alan and Denny’s antics.

There’s also a vibrant cast of partners, associates, assistants, clients, judges, exes, and cameos.

(Content Warning for This Was Written In 2004 And Some Things May Have Aged Poorly.)

Please dear god someone take the bait and watch this the cases are interesting the characters are funny I need the fandom to be more than Just Me.

Is there anything else I can add?

Alan tells the Supreme Court to go fuck itself in two seperate episodes. (There’s a lot of other stuff send me an ask if you want more Boston Legal is the best propaganda I fucking love this show)

Happy viewing! (It’s on Disney+. Or wherever you get your shows.)

#boston legal #suits tv #suits #mike ross #harvey specter #denny crane #shirley schmitt #alan shore #queer representation #queer rep in media #qpr #thoughts on television #unoriginal thoughts #early 2000s #tv recommendations

[trekkie-polls]

I will not accept any complaints about including Leverage or Boston Legal - which are both about found family, examining morality& oppression, being cheesy and silly - unless you have researched just how many Star Trek references and Star Trek actors are in both.

#trekkie polls #star trek #star trek poll #poll #star trek inspired #the orville #babylon 5 #galaxy quest #leverage #leverage redemption #boston legal #william schatner #futurama #seaquest 2032 #seaquest dsv #jonathan frakes #penny johnson jerald

[footnoteinhistory]

BOSTON LEGAL 4.01 "Beauty and the Beast"

#the first solo gifset I ever make of carl is him in bed in his pajamas. in other shocking news water is wet #john larroquette #boston legal #* #his hair is so. THICK

[grahamdollton]

#shhhh he is sleeping . . . . #i admire how he's posed like a vampire in repose in a coffin that has been turned on its side in the first shot #and i feel very normal about how his belly looks #my boston legal watch is going well #alan shore #boston legal #zzzzzzzzzzzzzz #james spader

[haderfilmz]

i love their friendship so much 🥹💕

#james spader #william shatner #boston legal #flamingos #alan shore #denny crane

[katarinas-redemption]

#alan shore #boston legal #james spader

[therewillbekpop]

#boston legal #the way the 2000s gaslit us into thinking alan shore and dr house were protagonists that we were supposed to root for and sympathize with... #they both would have been shot more times than they got laid #clapping #james spader #clap #applause

[nanoland]

boston legal is like

'here's an episode containing one of the most scorching, powerful indictments of the death penalty that you will ever see on american television. now, here's an episode about a couple getting divorced because he fucked a cow and said the cow's name in bed.'

#boston legal #it's a very good show imo

[jimmyspades]

ENDLESS LOVE (1981) COCAINE: ONE MAN'S SEDUCTION (1983) THE FAMILY TREE (1983) A KILLER IN THE FAMILY (1983) THE NEW KIDS (1985) TUFF TURF (1985) LESS THAN ZERO (1987) JACK'S BACK (1988) SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (1989) WHITE PALACE (1990) BAD INFLUENCE (1990) DREAM LOVER (1993) CRASH (1996) DRIFTWOOD (1997) SUPERNOVA (2000) THE STICKUP (2002) SECRETARY (2002) BOSTON LEGAL (2006) THE OFFICE (2012)

#um. just an assortment of favorite shots no correlation #I miss him taking his clothes off SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! #james spader #body #* #do I really feel like tagging all of these. #the office #boston legal #secretary #crash 1996 #the stickup #supernova #driftwood #dream lover #bad influence #white palace #sex lies and videotape #jack’s back #less than zero #tuff turf #the new kids #a killer in the family #the family tree #cocaine #endless love #a gd-sent original the man of my dreams 🙏

[chrism02]

Upcoming fics

Not necessarily in this order

Maxim Horvath:

Clipped wings - Chapter 2

Request fic - Merlinian Era

2. Alan Shore fic

#alfred molina #maxim horvath #sorcerer's apprentice #the sorcerer's apprentice #james spader #alan shore #boston legal #upcoming fics

[wistfulwatcher]

#scotus #abortion #current events #roe v wade #supreme court #boston legal #alan shore #bostonlegaledit #mine #edit #* #for some reason i just can't stop thinking about this episode today 🙃 #date* #scene*

[thee-rat-king]

Now I’m not saying I’m going to revive my box of carefully curated and lovingly stored homosexual media analysis video essay ideas out of spite….but I’m not not saying that

the power of asexual spite will reach through the veil and save the day etc etc

#giving blorbo from my shows the academic treatment #i don’t want to be an Australian rowan ellis knockoff. but also I feel that it may be a little bit my calling. I have Opinions to Share #and I didn’t even steal them! #youtube video essays #fandom #bbc ghosts #ofmd #ted lasso #boston legal #the untamed #mdzs #mash #mashblr #plagiarism #unoriginal thoughts #thoughts on television #hbomberguy #star trek #good omens #rote #realm of the elderlings #artemis fowl #in the end it’s always about Artemis fowl for me

[texaschainsawmascara]

Spader

#lordt #james spader #80s #film #movie #pretty in pink #crash #the blacklist #red reddington #mannequin #wall street #sex lies and videotape #secretary #stargate #boston legal #robert california #the office #alan shore #the practice #tv