{"id":6392,"date":"2011-05-10T12:31:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T10:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=6392"},"modified":"2011-05-10T12:31:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T10:31:14","slug":"the-practice-starring-dylan-mcdermott-lara-flynn-boyle-kelli-williams-steve-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/the-practice-starring-dylan-mcdermott-lara-flynn-boyle-kelli-williams-steve-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"The Practice starring Dylan McDermott, Lara Flynn Boyle, Kelli Williams & Steve Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Practice Cast from left: Camryn Manheim, Steve Harris, Kelli Williams, Michael Williams, Lisa Gay Hamilton & Michael Badalucco. Image via kritikongkiko.files.wordpress.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bobby Donnell (Dylan McDermott<\/a>) is a very sharp and passionate criminal defense lawyer who runs a small firm with other dedicated lawyers, and his old friend\/assistant Rebecca (Lisa Gay Hamilton). The lawyers are Ellenor (Camryn Manheim), Eugene (Steve Harris) and Lindsay (Kelli Williams), with Lindsay being the youngest and newest member.
\nThe firm struggles to survive as the gang takes on more and more criminal clients who can hardly pay the fees. But as Bobby puts out, they occasionally get to defend the innocent, or people who don\u2019t deserve to be in jail. Bobby doesn\u2019t always play by the rules, and his tactics aren\u2019t always welcomed by his colleagues, but Bobby almost always wins his cases.
\nA couple of episodes later, Bobby\u2019s friend Jimmy (Michael Badalucco) gets fired for loaning money he wasn\u2019t supposed to, and he comes to work with the gang, although at first Bobby makes sure he stays in the trenches and help out with the research.
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The Practice<\/a> was created by David E. Kelly, the creator of Ally McBeal and Boston Legal. But unlike these two lighter and funnier lawyer shows, The Practice is darker, more intense and intentionally, not very funny. It\u2019s not to say The Practice doesn\u2019t have its highly entertaining moments or one-liners, but the main goal is never to make the audience laugh. It is meant to drive you in, care for the characters and their cases, wonder about how each trial will result and go over the mental dilemmas the characters currently face.<\/p>\n

After all The Practice lawyers aren\u2019t that happy about defending murderers, drug-dealers, hookers or other criminals, but it is how they pay the bills. But after a while, more high-profiled cases start coming in, and things get even more complicated.<\/p>\n

The Practice is not perfect, but it is pretty solid. But of course you should know that I am big on courtroom dramas\/thrillers. I love John Grisham books, and not only I watched the Practice, I also watched almost all the episodes of Ally McBeal and Boston Legal.<\/p>\n

If you are big on the romantic aspects, don\u2019t worry- even though Bobby Donnell isn\u2019t a player who sleeps with a different girl every night, he gets his share of his complicated relationships. Especially since both the beautiful D.A. Helen (played by Lara Flynn Boyle, who joins the cast in the second season), and Bobby\u2019s associate Lindsay have a thing for Bobby. To make matters worse, Helen and Lindsey are friends from law school and Lindsay isn\u2019t that open about her feelings.<\/p>\n

The Practice went on for 8 (1997-2004) seasons and is currently rated at 7.7 on IMDB.com. The show won 3 Golden Globes in 1999: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series \u2013 Drama for Dylan McDermott<\/a>, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Camryn Manheim & for Best TV Series (Drama).<\/p>\n

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Fun notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n–\tAlly McBeal\u2019s Ally McBeal (Calista Flockhart) makes a guest appearance in this sister show of David E. Kelley\u2019s, and Dylan McDermott\u2019s Bobby makes a guest appearance on Ally McBeal.
\n–\tBoston Legal\u2019s main character Alan Shore (James Spader<\/a>) appears on this show Alan Shore, and his character leads to having a show called Boston Legal.<\/p>\n

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–\tDylan McDermott\u2019s then wife Shiva Rose guest-stars in an episode as the plaintiff on one of Jimmy\u2019s cases.<\/p>\n

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Also on Dylan McDermott<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dark Blue TV Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Dylan McDermott Trivia<\/a><\/p>\n

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