Farewell to Boston Legal & Crane, Pool & Schmidt

One of my favorite television shows signed off last week, Boston Legal.  While not a big television viewer, this show was always on my Tivo record list.

I discovered the show in its third season, and had to rent the previous season’s episodes to quickly get up to speed.  After only a couple of episodes, I was hooked.

What I liked about Boston Legal was how Alan Shore’s crusading sense of justice often butted heads with the reality of life in a law firm.  The cases and plot lines may have been plucked from the headlines, but the heart of the show was the characters and their relationship with one another.

The show always ended with Alan Shore (played by James Spader) and Denny Crane (played by William Shatner) smoking a cigar and having a drink on the deck outside of Denny’s office.  They talked into the night about the law, love, politics, philosophy, life, and mortality.  It was the kind of friendship that we should all be fortunate enough to find.

Here’s the final scene on the deck from the final episode:

 

Farewell Boston Legal.  I’m going to miss you.

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