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Alan Shore: I realize that. Paul Lewiston: Why are you in a Santa suit? Paul Lewiston: And who is this? Paul Lewiston: Have you been drinking today? Alan Shore: No. Today I just brought her for amusement. My doctors are concerned these staff meetings could cause me to lapse into a coma. Alan Shore: I have a thing for women. Alan Shore: What is it then? Sometimes he wore dresses. He called it a kilt and sang all those Scottish songs, but we knew.

Give the world a black Santa Claus. Let the people have an African-American come down the chimney bearing joy and good will. Judge Harry Hingham: Would you sit in his lap? Alan Shore: Sure. Why not? Disgusting, sick, innuendo entendres. Did You Know All but one [seg. Segment 5 ends with Brad, head in hands, recovering from Sharpton. Can I get a witness to that feeling? Get Wardrobe on the set - stat This episode continues BL's hallmark of themed costumes for the cast.

This week, we see Santa [Alan] and his elves [Alan's unnamed elf at staff meeting and Brad] MIA This is one of the few episodes that does not end with a balcony scene. Instead, Lori Colson and Paul Lewiston visit the house of their client - and stumble upon a dead ending. I've got that dinner thing. Episode Reviews "Oops" by Abney [written for TVTome] I'd like to start off this review by extending a warm welcome to my co-reviewer, TeaCake - I was delighted when he filled in with a review for the Halloween episode which I missed and I'm glad to see that he'll be a regular reviewer of the show.

Since I prefer to focus on plot analysis and how the action and the story affect the characters, he'll take on the role of analyzing character development, and I'll keep on going with my normal reviewing.

So back to the matter at hand. In what was easily the best episode of the series thus far, every single character save for Sally was at the top of their game. Nobody was boring, and nobody was overused; nobody came off as too one-dimensional and the balance between drama and comedy as well as between characters was just right.

Even the fact that this was a themed episode and traditionally I have a thing against themed episodes couldn't take away from the fact that by the end of the episode, I was really looking forward to what is going to happen next week - not just to see what Alan Shore will say next. This episode was just plain enjoyable; so much so that I can look past the opening antics used in a shameless attempt to retain Desperate Housewives viewers. Alan in a Santa suit and the juicy details about his sexual escapades, and the subtle foreshadowing of how Brad would end this episode would normally be things I would scoff at and dismiss immediately.

But with the right touch, I was able to look past it and get into the thick of the plot - gay Santa. That's right - ho mo sexual Santa Clause. Those three little words, anyone? It remained unclear whether or not the cross-dressing Santa Clause was actually gay, and while I wanted to assume, we all know what that does insert witty quip about the three words within assume - ass, u, and me - here. And if you had told me that a gay Santa would come to be represented by Crane, Poole, and Schmidt, I would have instantly told you that he would end up with Denny, because that seems to be the trend.

And I would have been right, because after Brad and Lewiston tried to force the case on Alan, Denny picked it up. It was only is obvious homophobia that saw the case relegated to Alan, the champion of all people who practice some sort of "deviant" behavior. Tear down all the bells and whistles, the gratuitous reappearance of Al Sharpton, and at the core of this story you had social commentary that can be found on almost all of David E.

Kelley's shows - here, the question of tolerance, specifically homosexuality. Denny, the cardboard conservative of the show, removed himself from the case, and Brad's immature rivalry with Alan had him in the court of the one judge who would rule against Alan, despite how obvious it was that the man's termination was unjust.

Do one's personal inclinations really matter when it comes down to your job? He said he did his best to keep his personal and professional lives separate, and succeeded for 8 years, but the connection he made with the children as Santa Clause meant something to him. He liked bringing Santa Clause and the spirit of Christmas alive for the children, and it was out of this desire to be there that ultimately got him fired.

Because he reached out, and what he said didn't sit well with the higher ups at Gordon's. Is that right? You make the call.

On the opposite end of things, we have a classic conflict of doing what think you ought to do and what you know you should do. Lori, who I instantly had pegged as the sane, straight-arrow lawyer who would keep the others in check, has really gone through a lot to take her to a place where her actions are almost as immoral as Alan's. Sure, it sounds great on paper, but every circumstance requires a different response. Lori had to balance her requirements as a lawyer and her obligations as a human being, and in the end her decision cost not just a lawsuit or a big-name client, but another person's life.

That's more than a simple oops - that's a monumental guilt that she will carry around for a long, long time. And as much as she buries her crush on Alan, the fact is that since he has been around, she has been more willing to cross the line. It took Lewiston to notice, and to point it out to her - and perhaps it will take this one man's death to set her on her old path again.

While Lori was busy on an offset adventure with Lewiston, and you have to know by now that they don't go offset for nothing. They certainly weren't going for a pleasant drive the rest of the staff had their own problems to deal with - Brad, for example, with his inferiority complex when it comes to measuring up to Alan. Despite all of his best efforts, Alan still won out in the end, because Alan has the ultimate secret weapon - Al Sharpton.

Let the gay man be my brother, be your brother, be the school teacher, be the construction worker. Leave out the cookies and milk this Christmas Eve for a holly, jolly homosexual, God Almighty! Alan Shore : And cut! Sign In. Boston Legal — Showing all 1 items. Jump to: Quotes 1. Create a list ». TV Series To Watch. Tragic", an ex-lover returns, Lori cautions Sally, a plot against Denny Alan and Chelina defends a high school student who accuses his teacher of censorship when he blocks out a news station on the school's televisions.

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