By Jennifer Larson

Denny’s (William Shatner) illegal firing of a fat associate in last weeks episode, comes back to haunt him in this week’s. But Denny didn’t really fire this woman because she is fat; he fired her because she is a fat woman who turned down his advances. You see our dear old Denny Crane still believes he can get any women he desires, which is odd given all the women who have turned him down over the past few years. But it appears that he’ll have none of that from somebody he actually lowered his standards for. I guess fat women are supposed to be happy anybody wants them at all. The fact that Denny isn’t in the best shape of his life isn’t supposed to matter because he is, after all, Denny Crane! And as usual, Denny goes to the only person left who will defend him no matter how guilty he is, Alan (James Spader). You see this woman is now suing Denny and the firm for wrongful dismissal. Meanwhile, Clarence (Gary Anthony Williams) is upset by an internet posting of him as Clarice.

Given how proud Clarence is of his alter-ego, I’m not sure why he finds an internet posting so disturbing. Maybe it’s because it doesn’t show him/her in a positive light, but still, he/she should take this opportunity to stand up for all insecure people in the world who feel they need to hind behind a big wig and even bigger attitude. I mean that’s what Jerry (Christian Clemenson) has learned to do. After all, it was Jerry who tried to help a client who was in love with a storage unit, in last week’s episode; he even ended up agreeing to go out on a date with her. Seeing how Jerry was once enamored with a blow-up doll, you can see how perfectly matched these two really are. But I guess that doesn’t mean Clarence has to put up with being ridiculed.


Maybe Jerry isn’t the best person to go to for advice about being secure with who you are after all. It seems the idea of the looming first kiss has turned this sweet, docile innocent guy into a fake cigarette smoking arrogant jerk. As it turns out Jerry has never kissed a woman before, at least not a real one, and the thought of it has turned him into even more of a bundle of nerves than usual. But his new girlfriend isn’t just standing by and letting her man get away with an attitude like that; she has decided to make him jealous by dating his digital clock, and the kooky part is it worked. Luckily for Jerry, his lady friend has a bit more sense than he does and takes the bull by the horns, deciding to plant a wet and juicy one on him before he had time to make himself sick about it. So, it looks like things may work out between them after all.

As far as Clarence and his YouTube troubles go, things aren’t looking as rosy. Apparently Clarice got into a bit of an argument with a gentleman of the cloth over a parking space. Not one to take any lip from anybody, regardless of whether they are a man of GOD or not, Clarice gives him what for. Unfortunately there are video cell phones around every corner, and they are on the constant look out for anyone doing anything worthy of being laughed at. Make no mistake about it, Big Brother is here. But Clarence, believing he was slandered, decided to sue. While the crazy judge in the helmet sympathized with Clarence’s dilemma, he had to dismiss the case due to a lack of any current laws that protect us from making a fool of ourselves and ending up on the internet. Of course that didn’t stop him from warning anybody using unauthorized video of him; and let me tell you, this judge is right up there on the crazy ladder. If you remember last season, he’s the one who sued a religious facility because they couldn’t stop him from fantasizing about sex with other men like their ad said they could, need I say more?


But perhaps the craziest of them all over at Crane, Poole and Schmidt is Denny Crane. Even with his dear friend Alan jumping in to defend him, Denny just can’t keep his mouth shut. He sees nothing wrong with freely admitting he fired a female associate for being fat. His claim is that, according to a Harvard study, obesity is a disease, and therefore, contagious. This means he was well within his rights to terminate her employment. After all, he was just looking out for the well fair of himself and his entire staff. The best part is that the judge presiding over the case herself and her name was …. Judge Fudge. You see, this is why writers deserve everything they are fighting for, because that my friends is just brilliant storytelling. Ultimately, Judge Fudge threw out the case for cause. Or at least I think it was for cause, she wasn’t a very chatty lady. I am still in awe of the crazy and original stories BOSTON LEGAL comes up with every week. Thank GOD there are still a few episodes to look forward to.