#Denny Crane

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@pscentral event 30: friendship ↳ Alan Shore and Denny Crane — Boston legal

[jimmyspades]

It's 10 o'clock. Are we not on? We're supposed to be Tuesday at 10 every week. We've been moved—we're Wednesday at 10. Are we Wednesdays at 10 from now on? No, we're off next week and on for the following two Wednesdays. What about next year? Best to keep checking in. BOSTON LEGAL (2004-2008)

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the balcony bromance shows of the 2000s: some notes

(boston legal, 5 seasons, 2004-08 / house md, 8 seasons, 2004-12)

you will wonder, how do these guys keep their jobs i mean seriously, in many episodes

there is a balcony where the two male main characters + coworkers hang out + have homoerotic moments

the younger man is played by an actor who was a very beautiful boy in an iconic 1980s movie; said movie will be referenced by name in an episode

the older man is played by an actor best known for another iconic role like say maybe a useless foppish British gentleman or a starship captain; this role will outstrip it

candace bergen appears, delivers killer put-downs

john larroquette appears, is john larroquette

moderate drinking

copious drinking

many many beautiful women and attractive men will come and go in the cast, sometimes without explanation; the two guys will be there for all of it, come hell or high water

the guys in question love women, love them love them love them, one of them has been married multiple times, the other is a slut with one dark haunting woman behind him, but they will nevertheless end up together in a life-changing situation when the series finishes

someone has a sex doll and is overly fond of her

character gets away with murder

character gets away with malpractice

someone says ‘lock and load’ while wielding a weapon in the workplace (water pistols count shut up)

one of the actors involved pretends there is no homoeroticism whatsoever; has absolutely never played one half of an iconic queer-coded couple ever before nope nope nope

smoking cigars, phallically

meredith hope eaton appears + does some groundbreaking stuff on representing characters with dwarfism

jail time

character sees psychiatrist played by someone about to become best known for iconic comedy role rather than previous serious roles (sue sylvester, captain holt)

autistic characters that main characters understand in ways that others don’t, for what are obvious reasons to 2020s viewers

the Only Sane Woman has a thing for one of the guys and lets them away with more than is reasonable given her position of responsibility

epic, destructive jealousy and meddling when your best boy friend starts hanging out with someone else

character says something insanely un-PC and/or downright offensive to someone, then makes life better for same someone using their mad professional skillz

you will wonder, but seriously are these guys sleeping together because that would make this plot moderately less insane, often

you will never wonder, do these guys love each other; the show doesn't work if they don't

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i love their friendship so much 🥹💕

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Alan Shore screencaps dump^_^

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my fav will shat story

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started watching boston legal and damn why was he right. bill shatner is NOT a friend and yes bill shatner DID bring a great deal to his performance

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me

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Suits fans, I have not seen much of your show, however the draw appears to be morally ambiguous lawyers, interpersonal office drama, and homoerotic subtext. If this is the case, may I present

✨BOSTON LEGAL✨

It ran from 2004-2008 (5 seasons) it’s technically a spin off of The Practice but you do not need to know ANYTHING about that show to watch Boston Legal.

The revolving cast of Main Lawyers are varying degrees of morally ambiguous, many of them commit crimes at some point. There’s so much fucking office drama and 90% of it is actually engaging. And while there is A Lot of homoerotic subtext, there’s also a decent amount of homoerotic text. “I love you” and “you’re the most important person in my life” and “we’re sleeping together” and “will you marry me?” type homoerotic text.

^^ these quotes are all canon, and are between the Main Character and his best friend/mentor/life partner/the man who hired him when no one else would/the proposal is not a joke they get married in the season 5 finale.

I’m not kidding Boston Legal is like. THE best rep of a QPR I’ve even seen on television.

It’s also fun and goofy, has some great dialogue on living and aging and how people respond to terminal diagnoses, and a really interesting time capsule into early 2000’s American politics.

It also has NO CURRENT FANDOM! (other than me). And since Suits appears to be its closest cousin in television that does have fandom i’m very politely beseeching that some of you jump ship to one of the other deranged lawyer shows.

This is Alan! Main character. Main lawyer guy. He’s funny and irreverent, does whatever he can to protect the disenfranchised and at one point he beats up a man for committing elder abuse.

This is Denny! Denny Crane. He’s a named partner at the firm (Crane, Poole and Schmitt). He’s also Alan’s soulmate, and a republican which is so that the more liberal Alan can debate him, usually on The Issue Of The Episode. He also has early stage alzheimers, which develops over the course of the show. And yes, him and Alan are the most important relationship of the show. And they do get married in the finale. (Yes that’s William Shatner).

This is Shirley!!! In Crane Poole and Schmitt, she’s Schmitt. She’s one of the most competent lawyers at the firm, and some of the best “women over 25 are hot and desirable” writing I’ve ever seen. (Most of the other main characters on the show are legitimately attracted to her, and it’s never treated as a joke. And she’s dated a lot of different men over her life and the narrative doesn’t slut shame her for it - the characters that occasionally do are always framed as In The Wrong.) she is very much The Voice of Reason to a lot of Alan and Denny’s antics.

There’s also a vibrant cast of partners, associates, assistants, clients, judges, exes, and cameos.

(Content Warning for This Was Written In 2004 And Some Things May Have Aged Poorly.)

Please dear god someone take the bait and watch this the cases are interesting the characters are funny I need the fandom to be more than Just Me.

Is there anything else I can add?

Alan tells the Supreme Court to go fuck itself in two seperate episodes. (There’s a lot of other stuff send me an ask if you want more Boston Legal is the best propaganda I fucking love this show)

Happy viewing! (It’s on Disney+. Or wherever you get your shows.)

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[boasamishipper]

i don’t want what alan shore and denny crane have but by god does it fascinate me

[jimmyspades]

"My best friend has Alzheimer's... He is a grand lover of life, and will be for some time. I believe even when his mind starts to really go he'll still fish, he'll laugh and love. And as it progresses, he'll still want to live—because there'll be value for him in a friendship, in a cigar. The truth is, I don't think he'll ever come to me and say, 'This is the day I want to die.'

"But the day is coming. And he won't know it. This is perhaps the most insidious thing about Alzheimer's. But you see, he trusts me to know when that day has arrived. He trusts me to safeguard his dignity, his legacy and self-respect. He trusts me to prevent his end from becoming a mindless piece of mush. And I will. It will be an unbearably painful thing for me—but I will do it because I love him. I will end his suffering. Because it's the only decent, humane, and loving thing a person can do."

BOSTON LEGAL 4.16 "The Mighty Rogues"

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William Shatner

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We slept together!

I won’t tell, I promise.

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literally my last 2 braincells👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

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