Originally Aired December 8, 2008

teleplay by David E. Kelley
story by David E. Kelley & Susan Dickes & Lauren MacKenzie.
directed. Bill D'Elia

ABC Summary
"Boston Legal" ends its five-season run in a two-hour finale that finds Crane Poole & Schmidt in dire financial straits - possibly forcing the firm to find a buyer. And Alan Shore heads to the Supreme Court to persuade them to let Denny Crane have access to a non-FDA approved drug that could slow down his rapidly progressing Alzheimer's. Meanwhile, Shirley Schmidt and Carl Sack plan their wedding, and Denny poses an important question to Alan, on the series finale of "Boston Legal.


"Boston Legal" stars (James Spader) Alan Shore, (John Larroquette) Carl Sack, (Christian Clemenson) Jerry Espenson, (Tara Summers) Katie Lloyd, (Candice Bergen) Shirley Schmidt and (William Shatner) Denny Crane.



Guest starring: (Rene Auberjonois) Paul Lewiston, (Chuck McCann) Judge Byron Fudd, (Bess Armstrong) Penelope Kimball, (John Thaddeus) Detective John Stephenson, (Ming Lo) Hyung Lee, (Raymond Ma) Zhu Chang, (Jim Jansen) Marshall Kennedy, (Steven Anderson) Seymore and (Pamela Dunlap) Adams, (Jack Shearer) Chief Justice Antonin Scalia, (John Posey) Chief Justice Roberts, (Vito D'Ambrosio) Justice Samuel Alito, (Jim Turner) Father Joseph Martin, (Kevin Cooney) Smith, (Marianne Mullerieile) Evelyn,(Chris McGarry) Mark Pinnard, (Michael Holden) Rabbi Saul Levine, (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) Attorney Elisa Brooks, (Stu Levin) Justice Breyer, (Roz Witt) Justice Ginsberg, (Walter Addison) Justice Kennedy, (Lee Duncan) Justice Thomas, (Pamela Shaddock) Marshal of the Supreme Court, (Ping Wu) Chinese Business Man #1,(Joey Yu) Chinese Business Man #2,(Peter Kim) Chinese Businese Man #3, (Jim Lau) Chinese Businese Man #4, (Ewan Chung) Chinese Business Man #5, (Elaine Tan) Lisa, (Eugene Boles) Reid, (Paul Buxton) Thomason, (Frank Stirling) Underwood, (Soren Hellerup) Xavier, (Candice Cunningham) Receptionist, (Arne Starr) Man in Gallery.

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Cases:
A group of Chinese business men made an offer to buy the firm much to the dismay of Denny, and Shirley even though the board of directors voted and approved the sale. At first the group wanted to keep the same staff onboard but Denny came after them with a gun and Shirley voiced her opinon on China's policy on just about everything from human rights to civil liberties and wanted her name off the sign which by the way renamed it Chang, Poole and Schmidt.





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