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  • Episode aired Dec 4, 2007
  • TV-PG
  • 44m
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Loretta Devine in Boston Legal (2004)
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Alan defends Denny after he is charged with soliciting gay sex in a bathroom stall. Shirley defends a shock jock in a First Amendment case, and Katie begins investigating Lorraine's backgrou... Read allAlan defends Denny after he is charged with soliciting gay sex in a bathroom stall. Shirley defends a shock jock in a First Amendment case, and Katie begins investigating Lorraine's background.Alan defends Denny after he is charged with soliciting gay sex in a bathroom stall. Shirley defends a shock jock in a First Amendment case, and Katie begins investigating Lorraine's background.

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    • Mike Listo
  • Writer
    • David E. Kelley
  • Stars
    • James Spader
    • John Larroquette
    • Christian Clemenson
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    • Director
      • Mike Listo
    • Writer
      • David E. Kelley
    • Stars
      • James Spader
      • John Larroquette
      • Christian Clemenson
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    James Spader
    James Spader
    • Alan Shore
    John Larroquette
    John Larroquette
    • Carl Sack
    Christian Clemenson
    Christian Clemenson
    • Jerry Espenson
    • (credit only)
    Gary Anthony Williams
    Gary Anthony Williams
    • Clarence Bell
    Tara Summers
    Tara Summers
    • Katie Lloyd
    Saffron Burrows
    Saffron Burrows
    • Lorraine Weller
    Taraji P. Henson
    Taraji P. Henson
    • Whitney Rome
    Candice Bergen
    Candice Bergen
    • Shirley Schmidt
    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Denny Crane
    Rene Auberjonois
    Rene Auberjonois
    • Paul Lewiston
    Loretta Devine
    Loretta Devine
    • Judge Victoria Thomson
    Henry Gibson
    Henry Gibson
    • Judge Clark Brown
    Meredith Eaton
    Meredith Eaton
    • Bethany Horowitz
    • (as Meredith Eaton-Gilden)
    Joel McCrary
    Joel McCrary
    • Guy Flanders
    Jill Brennan
    • Gracie Jane
    Michael Patrick McGill
    Michael Patrick McGill
    • Officer Brian Whistler
    • (as Michael P. McGill)
    Steven Culp
    Steven Culp
    • A.D.A. Norman Wilson
    Robert Wuhl
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    • Bob Binder
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    8Hitchcoc

    Are We Really That Stupid?

    Denny is arrested for solicitation in a public bathroom where he went to relieve himself because he hummed and tapped his foot. That Senator was arrested at the Twin Cities International Airport for doing the same thing. At least he was guilty, but they subsequently closed that men's room because of all the people who were going in there to have their pictures taken. A second case is a shock jock who said old people should die so the government wouldn't have to take care of them. And that awful new female lawyer and her fellow attorney decide to invade the privacy of one of the other lawyers. I find really annoying.

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    • Trivia
      At the beginning of this show, Denny is arrested for allegedly soliciting gay sex in the men's room. As he flips open his cell phone to make a phone call to Alan, the phone makes a 'Star Trek' communicator chirping sound.
    • Goofs
      During Alan Shore's statement while he's standing in court, his now-empty chair next to Denny can be seen to change angles/positions and then change back several times throughout the scene.
    • Quotes

      Paul Lewiston: [to Alan] With all due respect to your friendship, Denny and I go back almost 40 years.

      [This is obviously true, but that was in Star Trek]

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      Spoofs Star Trek (1966)

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    • Release date
      • December 4, 2007 (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios - 1600 Rosecrans Avenue, Manhattan Beach, California, USA(Studio)
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      • David E. Kelley Productions
      • 20th Century Fox Television
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      • 44m
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
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      • 1.78 : 1

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