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Boston Legal: Season 3 [2006]
from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
starring James Spader, Bernadette Peters, Michael J. Fox, Candice Bergen, Rene Auberjonois
directed by Michael Pressman, Oz Scott

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

In year 3, Boston Legal continues to toggle with ease between comedy and pathos. The season begins on a bittersweet note as Denise (Julie Bowen) gets engaged to the terminally ill Daniel (Michael J. Fox), who disappears to try an experimental treatment. Enter two new litigators, smart-talking associate Claire Sims (Constance Zimmer) and cocky partner Jeffrey Coho (Craig Bierko). Once Daniel exits the picture, Jeffrey and Brad (Mark Valley) compete for Denise's affections. The firm soon welcomes a third new face: legal secretary Clarence (Gary Anthony Williams)--also known as Clarice, Clavant, and Oprah.

As before, cases vary from minor to major. Story arcs include the murder of a judge's wife (with Ashton Holmes as the suspect and Katey Sagal as his mother) and an outrageous peeping tom (David Dean Bottrell) with a jones for Shirley (Candice Bergen). Denny Crane (William Shatner), meanwhile, finds love with diminutive attorney Bethany (Meredith Eaton-Gilden)--and her mother, Bella (Delta Burke). And Alan (James Spader, who scored a second Emmy to add to the one he received for The Practice) helps former co-worker Jerry "Hands" Espenson (Christian Clemenson) out of a few jams. By the end of the season, Jeffrey is gone, while Jerry returns to Crane, Poole & Schmidt.

Throughout the year, the firm tackles a variety of timely issues, ranging from religious freedom to immigration law. Reporter Gracie Jane (Jill Brennan), a Nancy Grace doppelgänger, also comes in for some ribbing. Aside from recurring characters, like Jane Lynch (as a sexual surrogate), the third season counts a few actors behind the camera, such as Eric Stoltz ("Dumping Bella") and Adam Arkin ("Nuts"), from David E. Kelley's Chicago Hope. --Kathleen C. Fennessy, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• When it began to go downhill
  Looking at the other reviews I can see that people still think Boston Legal to be as good as it ever was. This is not my opinion. For me this season is where the series lost its way. Jerry Espenson, the assbergers (apologies if spelt incorrectly) sufferer became a semi-regular cast member in this series and this is where it began to lose its way. Jerry worked fine as a rare guest star but it appeared that all involved with the show thought his character to be so good that we simply had to have him every... more info

• Shocking! Outrageous!
  The third series of Boston Legal is a bit odd. As usual we have characters appearing and disappearing at the drop of a hat, as usual we have Alan and Denny's male bonding and breaking of the fourth wall, but we also have a preponderance of murder cases that shift the series away from its usual bounciness and political commentary. There's a big murder case at the start that serves as the introduction for new lawyers Jeffrey Coho and Claire Can'trememberhersurname who Shirley has brought in from the New York... more info

• Gone off the rails
  This is the 3rd series,and the previous 2 were very good.
  Whereas the previous 2 had interesting cases,around which the lives of the lawyers were described,the cases were the main element of each episode and the other stuff was background,often amusing or strange but not detracting from the stories.This series has gone the opposite way,making the cases background or incidental at best,and bringing to the forefront the lawyers lives.Their lives seem to revolve around sex.That's it,not much more.The... more info

• Disappointing
  Too many ridiculous plot lines, too many irritating characters. Not surprised it finished. And why do the always win their cases?

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