Just watched the s2 season finale of Boston Legal, and all I can say is.

WTF did they do to my show?

Now, Boston Legal was always kind of a look-at-me kind of show. But they always had this fantastic underlying feel that entitlement had come to bite these beneficiaries of the patriarchy on the ass. I won’t go into it again, but the men on this show were always shown to be almost as much victims as beneficiaries of the patriarchy. … READ MORE

The last few episodes of Boston Legal have had me chuckling to myself as I watch the blond-haired, blue-eyed super-hero Brad Chase bumble around in proof (IMHO, at least) that men who have been gifted by the patriarchy are in some part disadvantaged by the patriarchy in their ability to hold their own against Bad Stuff when Bad Stuff comes knocking on the door.

I’ve known plenty of people who’ve had crappy lives and gone through crappy times and come through … READ MORE

OK, I know I said I wouldn’t write about BL this week, but the thing is, we’re thirteen hours in front of LA time, so my post still counts as LA time, so this is still Monday (even though it;s 0330 Tues here), so I can still write…

Not much to say, other then: 1) The Bitch (Bev Bridges) and The Bastard (Denny Crane) realise that they’re equal to one another, and rather then squabble it out, they should settle. It’s … READ MORE

I was watching an episode of Boston Legal with bf and his father which had us greatly divided. Basically, Denny Crane is engaged to a manipulative, power-hungry gold-digger. She fires people at the firm at the smallest slight just because she can, even though she has no actual authority. She needles his partners and associates without fear of reprisal because she has Denny so thoroughly wrapped around her little finger.

How? Sensational sex and pandering to his ego.

When she has the … READ MORE

Once more, I urge people who don’t watch Boston Legal to get hold of it someway, somehow. The friend of mind who doesn’t watch it because it’s on too late, seriously, I’ll tape it for you on Monday nights, bring it over Tuesday evening, and explain everything you’ve missed. This episode, Live Big, explores the morality of euthanasia. I highly recommend, at least for the liberal minded.

Onto my summary:

1) Candice Bergen, aka Shirley Schmidt, shows her usual cynicism, wit, insight … READ MORE

One of the things I love about Boston Legal is that it dares address sociopolitical issues almost as fast as they come. Second-comer pretending to be president? Black Louisiananans pissed off that they got looked over? We gotcha covered! So it comes as really no surprise to me that BL covers the issues that most don’t dare to tread”¦

#1 A young woman (late teens/early twenties) goes to court because the Catholic hospital who admitted her after she was viciously raped … READ MORE

From now on, I’m going to refer to my Boston Legal posts as Boston Legal #1, Boston Legal #2 etc, because I suspect I’ll write a semi-weekly series so I can’t be bothered coming up with a new title every week.

This show is just amazing in terms of its male-female dynamics. Sometimes, the men get ahead. Most of the time, the women seem to. In this episode, Breast in Show, Alan, the Lead Male, stumped for what to do regarding … READ MORE

One of the things I love about Boston Legal is that the lead, Alan Shore (played brilliantly by James Spader) is so aware that much of his success, beyond natural intelligence and ambition, has come from invisible privilege. He’s well aware that, for no better reason then being born a straight white man, he’s been promoted ahead of women, gays and other ethnicities and faiths who were equally as good or better then him. He’s well aware that he’s done … READ MORE

Denny Crane, played by William Shatner, is a man that, for all his wealth and respect, is someone I can only ever feel deep pity for. He was once a brilliant man, but now he’s gotten to the top of the hill, to discover that all there is to see is the decline into oblivion. And oblivion can be a pretty lonely place for the heart when all you have to show for the last fifty years is several ex … READ MORE

There’s a character on Boston Legal, Brad Chase. He’s in his forties, a gifted lawyer, but most importantly, he’s white, blandly good-looking and suave. Combined with his God-given intelligence, he’s a poster boy for invisible privilege and entitlement that would have Adolf Hitler drooling.

When he’s up for partner in one of the best firms in the world, he’s smugly confident that he’ll make it - even adds a dash of humility for authenticity - despite the fact his main competition … READ MORE