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Boston Legal
ABC television | 02/15/2006 | Chances Are

Posted on 02/15/2006 11:08:38 AM PST by Chances Are

Anyone watch "Boston Legal" last night?

This (2/14/06) episode delved into liberal politics on several fronts (Catholic church/contraception, fear of abortion's sure demise due to a right-leaning court environment, "right-to-die" [it was a cat!], discrimination practiced by evil private organizations, who surely not only had a nefarious right-wing agenda, but manipulate the law to insure that they stay free of "mainstream" [read:liberal] thoughts on things like discrimination).

The central theme centered on a young girl who was violently and brutally raped, and who was denied anti-contraception medication at the Catholic hospital she was brought to (unconscious) after the event.

They portrayed the "bad guys" (the Catholic hospital and it's lawyer) quite skillfully, and you found yourself a little satisfied when the girl was awarded damages by the obviously sympathetic jury.

That moment, however, quickly dissipated when Candice Bergen informed fellow case litigator Julie Bowen that the girl had gone against previously highlighted "moral values" and opted for an abortion "while it is still legal".

The discrimination segment focused on a young girl, unable to smile after the effects of an auto accident and subsequent surgery, and a private school, quite popular and exclusive, who denied her admittance after an interview.

The head of the school, and several board members, were identified as lawyers, possessed of hubris every bit the equal of James Spanos' character. Spanos' character, however, was completely flummoxed, admitting that the law was all on the side of the school. He got around this by taking Denny Crane's advice of proclaiming victory even in defeat, and utilized the press to embarrass the school into doing his will.

The clear-cut message here was, obviously, private institutions must be brought to heel under full governmental regulation. They obviously cannot be trusted to be left to their own devices!

To cap it all off, the final segment featured Shatner calling Spanos a "DEMOCRAT!!!", and Spanos getting in the self-satified last word.

I can see this show following rather quickly the path of "Max Bickford". It started out well, but the lib writers, who obviously do not understand the concept of "learning curve", try yet again to utilize an otherwise good, entertaining show and attempt to cram the crap down our throats.

It didn't work for "Max Bickford", and it won't work for "Boston Legal".


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: abortion; bostonlegal; culturewar; indoctrination; infotainment; liberalism; maxbickford; mediabias; propaganda; rattricks; scaretactics; smearcampaign; television; tv; zogbyism
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To: JennysCool

I almost died the night he shot that salmon!

I love that show; we wouldn't DREAM of missing it.


21 posted on 02/15/2006 11:22:51 AM PST by Howlin ("Quick, he's bleeding! Is there a <strike>doctor</strike> reporter in the house?")
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
hey, Shatner is the man, don't you be calling him a talentless actor...

Shatner doesn't have an ounce of talent in his body.Spock,Bones and Scotty carried that show 100%.Uhura wasn't bad either.

But Terri Garr in that cute little skirt.....

22 posted on 02/15/2006 11:25:51 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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To: Chances Are

Completely agree.

They completely blew their agenda when the girl decided to have an abortion.

This show used to be entertaining with interesting characters and tolerable liberal content.

It is quickly becoming an annoying show that shoves the liberal agenda down your throat in a less than clever manner.


23 posted on 02/15/2006 11:26:10 AM PST by Dr._Joseph_Warren
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To: Turbopilot

Spader! My error! I stand corrected!!!!!!!

CA....


24 posted on 02/15/2006 11:26:25 AM PST by Chances Are (Whew! It seems I've once again found that silly grin!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I didn't realize that show was science fiction.


25 posted on 02/15/2006 11:28:02 AM PST by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: pissant
No, he was really good in Columbo. That's why he was able to off his wife, and not get caught.
26 posted on 02/15/2006 11:30:49 AM PST by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: nickcarraway

LOL. His toupees have improved over the years as well.


27 posted on 02/15/2006 11:31:56 AM PST by pissant
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To: pookie18
In one scene, when apparently trying to win the girl's trust and make her feel better (?), he shows said picture of Tom Delay on the front page of a paper (the Globe?), and comments, "Smiling is overrated".

We're getting to the point where I think this show is "overrated", and it appears that moment will come sooner rather than later.

CA....
28 posted on 02/15/2006 11:34:19 AM PST by Chances Are (Whew! It seems I've once again found that silly grin!)
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To: pissant

Actually, Shatner started out doing Shakespeare. And before "Trek," was know as an up and coming young actor, who turned in well received performances in "the Twilight Zone," "Judgment and Nuremburg," and "The Brothers Karamazov."

If anything, a lot of the mannerisms that people associate with him as "over the top" are actually Shakespearian mannerisms from his days in the theater.


29 posted on 02/15/2006 11:36:33 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Chances Are
Why would any FReeper deliberately subject themselves to a liberal platform like Boston Liberal?
30 posted on 02/15/2006 11:44:58 AM PST by aligncare (No one says, "I liked the movie but, there just wasn't enough cursing")
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To: Chances Are
"James Spanos"? Don't you mean James Spader?

In any case, "Boston Legal" jumped the shark on episode one.

31 posted on 02/15/2006 11:51:49 AM PST by handk (The truth is the truth even if no one believes it, and a lie is a lie even if everyone believes it.)
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To: Chances Are
Does Candice Bergen play the Mortimer Snerd persona in Boston Legal?.. or am I seeing things.. Deny is obviously Charlie McCarthy.. Theres a whole connection here I'm just figureing out.. Hmmmm.. its diabolical..
(fileing fingernails)...
32 posted on 02/15/2006 12:04:42 PM PST by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
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To: pissant
He played Julius Caesar in this one:



He rapped as well.
33 posted on 02/15/2006 1:56:05 PM PST by Starter
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To: Chances Are


One of my favorite shows, but last light's episode was rather boring and predictable.


34 posted on 02/15/2006 1:59:31 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: Chances Are

I saw a flash of a newspaper headline but forgot what it was. I have the impression that it was something liberal.


35 posted on 02/15/2006 3:50:05 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Condimaniac)
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To: Chances Are
The lawyer on the Cat euthanasia was a Conservative.

I think this is one of the best shows on TV. Sometime you want to root for the downtrodden.

36 posted on 02/15/2006 3:52:23 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Condimaniac)
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To: pookie18
Denny showed him a pic of a smiling Tom Delay...

It was DeLay's mug shot and Spader said something about smiling being overrated.

37 posted on 02/15/2006 3:54:20 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Condimaniac)
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Tonight's episode (3/14) was the worse I've seen in terms of Bush Bashing and long speeches from James Spader. At least they made the blonde attorney on trial for tax evasion sound like a bimbo.


38 posted on 03/14/2006 9:28:47 PM PST by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: peggybac
The 3/14 episode was just plain miserable. I only got to the part where the blonde said on the stand, "OUR MILITARY TORTURES PRISONERS", with that, fists clenched, jaw tightened I instinctly cursed out loud and turned it off.

I enjoy the "CRAZINESS" of Boston Legal despite it's constant leftists spewing by Spader, but that really cut into the heart and I I doubt I will watch the program again.

I know it's only a weekly entertainment program BUT some things cut deep with certain people and this was my waterloo.

39 posted on 03/15/2006 7:25:37 AM PST by PISANO (We will not tire......We will not falter.......We will NOT FAIL!!! .........GW Bush [Oct 2001])
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