Brad sighed. “That’s not a legal strategy. That’s a tantrum.”
The fluorescent lights of Crane, Poole & Schmidt hummed a low, constant threat, a perfect soundtrack for a Sunday afternoon when only the desperate or the damaged came to work. Alan Shore was neither, yet there he was, feet propped on his mahogany desk, a glass of scotch swirling in his hand as he stared at a blank legal pad. boston legal season 1 cast
Across the hall, in an office neat as a pin, Brad Chase was reviewing a deposition. He looked up as Shirley Schmidt glided past his door. She paused, tapped her manicured nail on the frame. Brad sighed
Denny raised his glass. “To the law.” Alan Shore was neither, yet there he was,
Denny set the case down with a heavy thud. “Bernie. My bird dog. He’s being sued for ‘emotional distress’ by a cat.” He poured himself two fingers of Alan’s scotch. “A cat , Alan. The world has gone soft.”
For a moment, the bravado faded. Alan saw the flicker of something real—the fear of a man watching his world be legislated into a place where he no longer belonged. Denny Crane didn’t fear death. He feared irrelevance.