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"Boston Legal" Roe (2008)



Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   30 votes
Director:
Bill D'Elia
Writers:
Amanda Johns (story)
David E. Kelley (creator)
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Original Air Date:
10 November 2008 (Season 5, Episode 8)
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Alan and Shirley confront their own misgivings about legalized abortion as they defend a 16-year-old Chinese immigrant who wants one. Meanwhile, Jerry faces assault charges after punching out a man in a coffee shop who ridiculed him. | add synopsis
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Cast

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James Spader ... Alan Shore

John Larroquette ... Carl Sack

Christian Clemenson ... Jerry Espenson

Tara Summers ... Katie Lloyd

Candice Bergen ... Shirley Schmidt

William Shatner ... Denny Crane
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Mongo Brownlee ... Pete

Chihye Chung ... Kim Wang Shu (as Charlet Chinye Chung)
Dov Davidoff ... Joe Hellman

Henry Gibson ... Judge Clark Brown
Marques Johnson ... Foreman

Richard Kuegeman ... Customer

Roma Maffia ... Judge Victoria Peyton

Ming-Na ... Ming Wang Shu

Mark Moses ... A.D.A. George McDougal

Pat Skipper ... Attorney Michael Roker
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Ireland:52 min (including commercials)

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Seriously Folks This One Is Not Funny, 1 November 2009
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Author: DKOSTY from United States

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Both plots are very dramatic in this episode. The State of Massachusetts charges Jerry with assault when there is no doubt he is provoked. Of course the guy who gets the broken nose lies on the stand trying to get Jerry which is quite a story in itself.

The story concerning Abortion is very well presented. It not only covers womens rights about abortion and underage girls rights about abortion, but it gives an even-handed treatment to how any right can be & is abused in the world. This is the second episode dealing with Roe in the series and dramatically this one is superior to Roe V Wade The Musical although that is a good episode too. One thought this treatment also provokes is the border of when should a government be involved in personal/family issues versus when should government stay out of them.

This one is one of the better dramatic episodes on the series.

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