"Boston Legal" Ep. 12/13/05 - Legal Deficits

Tuesday, December 13, 2005
'Legal Deficits'

Brad Chase pushes for an immediate trial after he is arrested for impersonating an FBI officer and assaulting a priest during the rescue of a kidnapped child. Shirley Schmidt is worried about how this case may reflect on the firm and is reluctant to consent to Brad's request for the erratically-behaving Denny Crane to be the lead attorney.

Meanwhile, Alan Shore tries to bail out his secretary, Melissa (Marisa Coughlan), who is in serious credit card debt, and seeks the assistance of the firm's quirky but brilliant bank and finance genius, "Hands" Espenson (Christian Clemenson).

Guest starring are Marisa Coughlan as Melissa Hughes, Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson, Christopher Rich as Attorney Melvin Palmer, Henry Gibson as Judge Clark Brown, Currie Graham as A.D.A. Frank Ginsberg, Richard Fancy as Father Michael Ryan, Juan Garcia as Detective Perry Vale, Dianna Miranda as Helena Perez, Aramis Knight as Tito Perez, Nakia Burrise as Liz, Lilee Anderson as hooker, Steven Shaw as foreman, Zylan Brooks as clerk and Mark Edward Smith as bailiff.

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