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Article: `PRACTICE' SPINOFF `BOSTON LEGAL' MAKES A GOOD CASE FOR ITSELF

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October 2, 2004
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Boston looks great in David E. Kelley's new series, "Boston Legal." Boston lawyers, not so great. They're a bunch of ego- tripping wolves wearing designer suits and placid smiles. They're damaged, and quite damaging. And they're also loads of fun to watch, as they calculate means - smutty photos, brazen lies, intimidating eye contact - to reach lucrative ends.

Watching this spinoff of "The Practice," which premieres tomorrow night at 10 on Channel 5, is like watching a shark tank at feeding time. These shrewd, ethically distorted attorneys pounce. When Mark Valley's Brad Chase walks into the firm like a white knight and says, "I like to be straight up with people," you know he's dead ...

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