{"id":14629,"date":"2011-03-20T15:24:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T13:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=14629"},"modified":"2011-06-19T02:34:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T00:34:32","slug":"boston-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/20\/boston-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I just finished watching all five seasons of “Boston Legal<\/a>“. \u00a0As it often happens with me and good TV series, when I start watching I don’t stop until I’ve seen all of it. \u00a0 Too bad there won’t be any further episodes. \u00a0However, now I am interested in “The Practice” which were TV series preceding “Boston Legal”.<\/p>\n

While I got hooked from the first season, I’d have to say that the second and the third seasons are the best of all. \u00a0Fourth and fifth are pretty good too, but they vary from episode to episode. \u00a0Second and the third seasons don’t.<\/p>\n

“Boston Legal” is about lawyers. \u00a0I do realize that law system in real life is probably very very different from what is shown here. \u00a0But the purpose of this TV series is entertainment, not precise documentation. \u00a0And as far as entertainment goes – “Boston Legal” does splendid. \u00a0There are many characters, picturing a variety of human\u00a0quirks. \u00a0 There is plenty of humor. \u00a0And what I consider even more important – there is plenty to think about. \u00a0The setup provides for a plethora of cases, which can be argued both ways, and in this TV series many many problems are explored from a number of different viewpoints. \u00a0Really, anything goes – abortion, capital punishment, corruption, politics, family values, religion, racism, disabilities, and more.<\/p>\n

On top of that, there is something in here that is rarely seen in other TV series – examples to follow. \u00a0Not one, but several characters show what a decent human being is, what friendship, loyalty, and humanity are; how one should behave oneself in difficult situations, and how one could correct own mistakes.<\/p>\n

With all of that, I can’t rate it anything less than 5 out of 5<\/strong>. \u00a0Highly recommended.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I just finished watching all five seasons of “Boston Legal“. \u00a0As it often happens with me and good TV series, when I start watching I don’t stop until I’ve seen all of it. \u00a0 Too bad there won’t be any further episodes. \u00a0However, now I am interested in “The Practice” which were TV series preceding … Continue reading Boston Legal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1708,1,24],"tags":[2853,2798,2800,2796,2852,2797,2851,2850,2799,1427,1904],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-14629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5-stars","category-general","category-movies","tag-betty-white","tag-candice-bergen","tag-christian-clemenson","tag-david-e-kelley","tag-henry-gibson","tag-james-spader","tag-julie-bowen","tag-mark-valley","tag-rene-auberjonois","tag-rhona-mitra","tag-william-shatner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15181,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/19\/the-practice\/","url_meta":{"origin":14629,"position":0},"title":"The Practice","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I have just finished watching all eight seasons of \"The Practice\". \u00a0Getting through all of it took me longer than usual, but I still did. 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