Boston Legal Season 1

Boston Legal Season 1 is currently streaming on and , and it delivers exactly the kind of comedy that earns a loyal following. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. 384 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. James Spader is the obvious draw, but the whole ensemble earns its laughs. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Boston Legal Season 1 earns its spot. Boston Legal Season 1 gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Season 1 of Boston Legal includes 17 episodes. It aired from October 2004 to March 2005. This season stars James Spader, William Shatner and Mark Valley. James Spader and William Shatner lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2004. What keeps Boston Legal Season 1 from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

Boston Legal Season 1 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. James Spader's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

🎬 Boston Legal Season 1 — Episode Guide

Head Cases

2004-10-03

A civil-rights issue hinges on the casting choice for a version of "Annie"; a child-custody battle turns ugly; an adultery case involves Crane.

Still Crazy After All These Years

2004-10-10

An ex-lover haunts Shore, who secures the woman's release from a psychiatric hospital where she was confined after trying to kill him. Elsewhere, Crane fights an opposing counsel's sanction charges.

Catch and Release

2004-10-17

A client of Crane, Poole & Schmidt want to build a shopping mall on an area where salmon are spawning and Denny's son is the environmental lawyer defending the area. Alan and Lori take a sexual harassment case and learn that Christine, whom he recently helped get released from a mental institution a...

Change of Course

2004-10-24

A cop killing centers on a haughty defendant, reluctantly represented by Lori and zealously by a firm veteran, who has been a patient in a mental facility. Meanwhile, Shore plays hardball with a witness in a shoplifting case involving a kleptomaniac CEO.

An Eye for an Eye

2004-10-31

Seniors take on a drug firm in a class-action case handled by the grandstanding Crane. Also: revenge motives are raised in a murder trial; and medical ethics are at issue in a civil suit.

Truth Be Told

2004-11-07

Shore's dream lover from college, now wed to a slick mayoral candidate, hires Shore to block his opponent's provocative TV-ad campaign. Meanwhile, a power struggle embroils Crane.

Questionable Characters

2004-11-21

A showcase for the wily, agitating Alan Shore, who badgers a dotty judge; romances Tara, whom he surreptitiously helps in a thorny criminal case; and backs Crane, who's been arrested for solicitation.

Loose Lips

2004-11-28

Alan help a department store Santa sue to get his job back after he is terminated for being a transvestite. Brad bets Alan that he won't win. A therapist seeks Lori's help when one of his patients fantasizes about killing his ex-wife.

A Greater Good

2004-12-12

Alan and Denny defend a drug company that is being sued by a woman who states they provided false reasoning when they took her off of an experimental pill that was a possible cure for her sickness. Alan and Denny discover a shocking secret that could make or break their case and because of that, the...

E10

Hired Guns

2004-12-19

Lori and Brad defend a woman who is accused of murdering her husband and his mistress while they were in bed together. Alan's life is endangered when he helps a woman whose ex-husband plans to kidnap their children.

E11

Schmidt Happens

2005-01-09

A Sudanese native wants to sue the U.S. government for the lack of action taken against the mayhem happening in his country and Paul looks to Lori to take the case. Founding partner Shirley Schmidt arrives with a mission to bring order to the firm. While making herself known, she has to deal with De...

E12

From Whence We Came

2005-01-16

Lori, along with Denny and Shirley, defends a school superintendent who fired two science teachers because they refused to teach creationism and is now being sued by them. Alan learns his assistant has expressed concern about their work relationship. While dealing with that issue, Alan discovers tha...

E13

It Girls and Beyond

2005-01-23

Brad becomes attracted to his client who being sued for having a relationship with her boss merely for financial purposes. To make matters more difficult, Brad convinces himself that she is lying about her being a lesbian. Alan is asked to second chair on Denny's trial case where a doctor is being s...

E14

Til We Meat Again

2005-02-13

While out with Tara, Alan ends up causing a bar room brawl and as a result, becomes arrested for conspiracy to commit assault and battery. Shirley and Denny represent a man whose steakhouse is being put out of business because the public wants to ban red meat for fear of Mad Cow disease.

E15

Tortured Souls

2005-02-20

Shirley asks Alan Shore to use his odious lawyering to help her defend a police officer accused of torture. Donny Crane returns and is the opposing counsel in Denny's case, with Chelina Hall as second chair, where a woman wants to sue her former boyfriend for saying no to her at the alter. For Denny...

E16

Let Sales Ring

2005-03-13

Milton Bombay is asking the courts to allow him to be frozen until another century so he can continue his legacy of being a great lawyer and needs Denny and Shirley to defend him. Alan and Chelina defends a high school student who accuses his teacher of censorship when he blocks out a news station o...

E17

Death Be Not Proud

2005-03-20

Chelina asks Alan to assist her in Texas because her former client is getting executed but may be innocent of the crime. An old friend of Denny and Shirley asks them for legal representation when she charged with having sexual encounters for a fee. Lori files a complaint about Denny with Shirley and...

📡 Where to Watch Boston Legal Season 1

🎬 Boston Legal Season 1 — Episode Guide

🎭 Cast of Boston Legal Season 1

📋 All Seasons of Boston Legal

Never Lose Track of Boston Legal