自从SPADER又捧起艾美奖最佳剧情类男主角奖的那一刻起，BOSTON LEGAL似乎走上了一条前途不太光明的道路：剧情愈加夸张，活宝愈加出格，关系愈加混乱，台词却愈加苍白。已经很少看到ALAN在慷慨激昂的总结陈词了，而这恰恰却是我最爱BOSTON的唯一原因。

幸好有了这么一集。有了这么一集之后，即使整个播出季全是空白无物的剧集也无所谓了。倾倒，只有这个词才能准确形容我看过此集后的感受。一遍一遍的看，每天看两遍。在几乎过去了两个星期之后，我才有勇气提笔，写下我的感受。已经不在乎什么剧情了，也不在乎其他演员，也不在乎BOSTON是不是还有下一季（听说已经有了，但是又听说下一季是最后一季，而且只有13集），在乎的只有ALAN在美国最高法庭上的侃侃而谈……

如果，在整个BOSTON剧集中我只能推荐两集作为代表，那我会推荐第一季的最后一集和第四季的17集；如果，我只能有一集作为选择，我选择第四季的第17集。

PS：附上ALAN的让我五体投地的精彩演绎……

Alan：May it please the court，mr.Chief justice，currently there are 3,300 people on death row in this country。My client is one of only two who did not commit murder。

Judge：You here to give us a box score?

Alan：I'd like to provide a context，your honor。In Louisiana,180 men have been prosecuted for child rape since this law went into effect in 1995。Leonard serra is the only one facing death。

Judge：Look，counsel，louisiana law permits death for child rape。

Alan：And I would respectfully submit that law is unconstitutional.

Judge：Based on what?

Alan：Based on this court's finding in coker that the death penalty—

Judge：which spoke to the rape of an adult，not a child。Maybe you need to read it again。And even if I were to concede your point，which I don't，there's a national consensus now in favor of authorizing the death penalty for nonhomicide rape.

Alan：Why,because louisiana passed a barbaric law?Joining the ranks of saudi arabia，uganda，china……

Judge：and other states in this country who……

Alan：five. Five states。That's hardly a consensus。And none of those other states authorize death for first-time offenders as louisiana does。And it should also be noted，in its reliance on a“national consensus,"you look to trends in legislation，laws passed by politicians,mostly around election time,when they're desperate to appear tough on crime.The people who care the most about the welfare of children—uh,doctors and social workers,the people who actually treat abused kids—have filed amicus briefs asking you to strike down this law because they know the death penalty,in fact,does not protect kids at all,but rather it makes it less likely the children,even if they've been abused，will report the crime,especially if a family member is involved。No kid wants to be responsible for a relative being executed。And children often get it wrong。They are uniquely prone to suggestibility and coercion,not that the police would ever be guilty of that,of course。But we already have an epidemic of wrongful convictions in this country—as many as 15,000 a year,too many of them ending up on death row—and child rape prosecutions are especially unreliable。And now we want to add,uh,the death penalty to make these mistakes irrevocable?Whatever one's feelings are on capital punishment—and I realize with this court，one seems to be for it—you simply cannot ignore the fact that we often screw it up。We convict the innocent，we botch executions,which is many states have declared a moratorium on capital punishment。That's your true national consensus。And yet，here comes louisiana seeking to expand the death penalty to nonhomicide cases—and this is my favorite part--to kill the mentally disabled。Are we serious?

Judge：This defendant was never officially pronounced disabled.

Alan：But he is just the same,your honor.He has an I.Q. Of 70。They're gonna kill him because there was no official pronouncement?

Judge：The way this goes,counsel,is we work off a record，which you are not free to amend。

Alan：But by record，you simply mean the conviction。A reading of the entire record shows that he denies his guilt and always has，he has no prior arrests，that the victim never even made the accusation until a full 20 months after the alleged crime。There was no D.N.A.--

Judge：Factual innocence is not something you get to argue.

Alan：Well,how silly is that?You're deciding whether or not to kill someone,and his possible innocence is irrelevant?

Judge：Mr Shore,I don't like your demeanor，your tone，and I would remind you of where you are。

Alan：I know exactly where I am，mr.Chief justice。I'm in the supreme court of the united states,and let me tell you,you folks aren't as hot as all get out.

（dear god.）

Alan：Let's consider yr respective senate confirmations.You all testified under oath that you never actually considered how you would rule on abortion.You must be kidding me.Never gave it a thought?No perjury there?

Justice scalia...you went duck hunting with vice president cheney while he was a named defendant in a case before this court.Congratulations on not getting shot,by the way,but you didn't exactly avoid the appearance of impropriety there.

Justice alito,you were caught hearing a case involving a company you'd invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in.No conflt of interest there?You also don't recuse yourself in terrorism cases even though your best friend is michael chertoff,head of homeland security.Seems to me the supreme court of the united states should be made of sterner stuff. Am I right?

Justice thomas,at least put down the magazine。

（Hey.）

Judge：I really don't think you mean to come after us,counsel。

Alan：Oh,but I do.In your short term as chief justice,this court,with your narrow majority,has turned back the clock on civil rights,school segregation,equal protection,free speech,abortion,campaign finance。You've been overtly and shamelessly pro-business,making it impossible for some plaintiffs to so much as sue corporations，especially big oil and big tobacco。Somebody's gotta go after you.Exxonmobil made over $40 billion in 2007-- $40 billion—and yet 19 years after the "valdez" oil spill,plaintiffs are still waiting to be fully compensated。Justice scalia，you want to overturn the verdict altogether because it's not the company's fault that the ship's captain got drunk?But he was a drunk and they knew it。Perhaps not the best choice to pilot 53 million gallons of crude oil through an environmentally sensitive area。
 
Judge：You are getting so far off point.

Alan：My point is，who are you people?You've transformed this court from being a governmental branch devoted to civil rights and liberties into a protector of discrimination，a guardian of government,a slave to moneyed interests and big business,and today--hallelujah-- you seek to kill a mentally disabled man。I'm curious. As a group,how many executions have you all actually witnessed?

I'm sorry. That'S... that's unfair。I've seen five。And it is the most inhumane... cruel，and unusual hypocrisy of a system that promises to be just。

Judge：I'll ask you to leave your personal politics out of this，counsel。

Alan：And I'd ask you to do exactly the same.The supreme court was intended to be free and unadulterated by politics.It is now dominated by it.You're handpicked by presidents with ideological agendas，and of the 2 dozen 5-4 decisions in your 2006-2007 term,19 broke straight across ideological lines.That's politics.And while you claim to be against judicial activism,you rewrote--uh,check that—invented new law to decide a presidential election,for god sake.If that's the way it's gonna be,then at least have the decency to put your names on ballots like the rest of the politicians so that we,the people,get a voice。

Judge：Mr Shore,you have said quite enough.Now you might consider using what little time you have remaining to represent your client instead of your own left-wing agenda.

Alan：Yes.
I absolutely cannot... stand up here and ask anybody to excuse the rape of a child.If it were my child,I'd want to shoot the son of a bitch in front of the courthouse.But the more evolved response would be to take into account all the circumstances and to deliberate and decide whether leonard serra truly represents the worst of the worst of humanity,for whom we reserve the death penalty.

I've been... advised by my advisors not to talk about leonard,but I am going to talk about him because leonard serra is not in any way the worst.Leonard is not a son of a bitch.Emotionally,intellectually,he is a child.Is this really the person to make an example of?Of all the men louisiana has prosecuted for child rape since the passage of this law,only leonard has been sentenced to death.Does it strike any of you as fair that the one guy singled out is the one with an I.Q. Of 70？Really？

Leonard serra is black.In louisiana,historically,it's been blacks that have been executed for rape in nonhomicide cases.In the last hundred years,louisiana has executed 29 men for rape.All were black.On the face of this building,it reads，“equal justice under law。”I would beg you to honor that.

And finay I'd like to say,despite my tone...I have always been and still am in...enormous awe of this institution.Elected officials represent the will of the american people.But the supreme court has always reflected our soul and our conscience.My conscience,and I hope yours,simply cannot reconcile executing a mentally disabled man,whether he was officially pronounced as such or not. We have to be better than that...even if louisiana isn'T.

You know,on the... back of this building is that magnificent sculpture,part of which symbolizes the concept of...justice tempered by mercy.If mercy truly lives within these walls,within your hearts as justices,as people,you cannot cause this man to be injected with chemicals for the purpose of killing him for a crime it's very possible he did not commit.

He asked me to tell you that,that he... did not commit it。He felt it was important that you... know that。
He also asked me to tell you...he doesn't want to die。