Boston Legal

New York attorney Carl Sack joins the Boston branch of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, ruffling feathers amongst the staff, including Denny who is arrested for soliciting a prostitute, and Clarence who is targeted for performing in a drag show.

New lawyer Katie Lloyd must find a way to show the jury the humanity she sees in her client in order to save his life; Alan tries to decide whether fatherhood is in his future; and he reveals Shirley’s big secret to Denny.

Denny bets Sack 200,000 dollars that he can’t win a bizarre cockfighting case; and Alan helps a teenage girl with HIV sue her high school because they only taught abstinence, and not safe sex.

Shirley is compelled to help an old friend of Denny who is discharged from the army for coming out publicly as being gay, but finds resistance from the judge for challenging America during war time.

Alan is shocked when a woman asks him to represent her for a murder she has yet to commit on the basis of "temporary insanity" and turns to Denny for help.

Denny angers the senior partners when he fires an associate for being fat, consequently bringing a large lawsuit against the firm.

Whitney and Katie defend an ex-cop charged with murder, but are shocked to find that the main piece of evidence is an MRI of his brain that "proves" he is a racist.

Denny is once again arrested, this time for allegedly soliciting gay sex in the court men's room, and again turns to Alan for representation.

Alan takes on one of his most outrageous lawsuits to date when he teams up with Denny to sue the National Guard for failing to show up when a flood wiped out a small business.

The firm stands to lose millions of dollars when GreenPeople threatens to sue for all the money they ever spent at Crane, Poole & Schmidt, alleging Denny misrepresented the firm as being environmentally friendly.

Denny puts the whole firm on edge when he unilaterally takes on a high-profile murder case and refuses help from anybody else, especially Alan.

Shirley Schmidt defends Missy Tiggs - who, after being dumped by her husband, stole a man's semen and artificially impregnated herself.

Shirley is torn when her law school sweetheart comes back into her life as opposing council, bringing back old feelings and alienating Carl.

Carl Sack sues a company when they lose the ashes of a sexually adventurous client’s mother, and give her cubic zirconium instead of a promised diamond; and Alan and Denny take the Coast Guard test.

When a man murders a woman for rejecting his marriage proposal on national television, Alan takes on an old nemesis, suing the reality show; and Shirley defends an old friend charged with killing seals.

Shirley makes a bold decision to help her father end his suffering when he reaches the final stages of Alzheimer's, but needs Alan's help to convince the courts to allow it.

Alan Shore gets the chance of a lifetime when he’s asked to appeal the death sentence of a mentally challenged man to the Supreme Court; and Katie learns that Jerry’s new girlfriend has a dark secret.

Denny Crane falls madly in love with Sunny Fields, a cattle rancher suing the FDA to stop the sale of cloned meat; and Shirley asks Alan to take her nephew and the Democratic National Committee to court.

The Republican National Committee asks Denny Crane to run for President; Shirley and Sack sue the Archdiocese to allow women to be a priests; and Jerry defends his arrested, prostitute ex-girlfriend.

Patriotism is in the air as Alan and Denny celebrate their acceptance into the Auxiliary Coast Guard. But when the town of Concord, Massachusetts decides to secede from the United States, Alan accepts the case, and deeply offends Denny.