Dear Boston Legal,

Boston Legal, you don't know me personally, but I am a big admirer of yours. Over the last year I have become accustom to your sight and your sounds. You are, as far as teevee can be, near-perfect. If you were a teddy bear, I’d hug you and if you were a woman, I’d try (and fail) to fuck you.

I do have a question for you however; what’s with the whole ‘soap-opera’ vibe that you’ve been giving off the last few weeks? I totally saw the whole Brad/Denise thing from way back at the time when Brad chopped off the priest’s fingers and then the cat ran away with one of them (that was hilarious by the way). And now Denise’s ex, Danny, is coming back next week, apparently NOT dead from cancer. What gives? I mean, I love his character and I love Michael J. Fox, but him coming back NOT dead only two episodes after Brad and Denise hook up is some seriously cheap antics. For reals, Denny shooting somebody every week was kind of funny at first, but now it’s getting old. And from the previews of next week’s episode it looks like Denny’s gonna shoot someone else. What is that, five (that's fucking 5) people this season? It’s getting old and let me say, you are way above this.

Boston Legal, my friend, my buddy, old pal, you are way above this kind of thing. You are one of the most brilliantly directed, written and acted shows on teevee today. I love it when you give those little nods, those little smiles to the fact that you are a fictional teevee show, with lines like; “I can’t wait until next week,” and; “I’ve hardly seen you this episode,” and; “and here we are, with old footage.” It’s fantastic. I have to say, Boston Legal you are my most favourite non-sci-fi show in the history of non-sci-fi shows. Don’t get me wrong, I love my Scrubs and my occasional episode of CSI, but you my dear friend, go above and beyond the mundane and insipid shows of today.

You take time to make a stand, to make a statement, to push the envelope, not with inferior high-jinks like a drug addict doctor or vulgarities or excessive and brutal violence. Instead you use strong, poignant dialogue and believable characters.

I care about you Boston Legal, I really do and I don’t want to see you fall into the rut of soapy-ness that many shows do. Like I said; you’re beyond that and I hope that you can stop yourself before you end up in said rut.

Yours truly,
-Dan


P.S. - What's with writing off Garrett Wells without explanation? His character was at least worth a C-story where he gets hired by a rival firm, or some such thing.