Season 8 • Episode 22
LatestDenny and Alan make an appearance before Judge Eugene Young; Hannah Rose recovers from her bout with Ellenor; Jamie accepts a job with Berluti; Ellenor invites Bobby Donnell to help his former colleagues bid farewell to the firm.
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
Writing
Kelley's dialogue snaps like a closing argument on espresso.
Acting
James Spader arrives in Season 8 and steals everything.
Production
That grimy '90s Boston aesthetic hits different now.
Creator
David E. Kelley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This show invented the modern legal drama template that The Good Wife, Suits, and even Better Call Saul would later refine.
James Spader's Alan Shore was so popular he got spun off into Boston Legal—making The Practice a stealth prequel to another eight-season run.
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