Comments | zebra363: Boston Legal Season 5 DVD extras: Deleted Scenes from 5x11

zebra363

Boston Legal Season 5 DVD extras: Deleted Scenes from 5x11

Jun 04, 2009 13:12

My main slashgropers birthday present was the Boston Legal Season 5 DVDs.

A whole storyline with wonderful Alan/Denny content was taken out of episode 11, "Juiced".

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mr_booboo June 4 2009, 06:26:56 UTC

Was this part of the added extras or was it taken out from the original show?

zebra363 June 4 2009, 06:37:45 UTC

It was all filmed for 5x11, but they decided to cut it before it aired.

mr_booboo June 4 2009, 08:29:21 UTC

And it made it on to the DVD version? Cool.

zebra363 June 4 2009, 12:30:25 UTC

Oh, sorry, it's not in 5x11 on the DVD, but in a deleted scenes section. It's a lot of footage, maybe 20 minutes or so.

emma_in_oz June 4 2009, 10:52:57 UTC

Awwwwwww... This show has the canon.

3pipeproblem June 4 2009, 12:29:48 UTC

I was amazed at how well done that storyline was, especially compared to the rest of the season. I can understand why they cut it--ideally, I think it probably should've taken place over two episodes and been referenced in a few others--but it was far and away the best storyline of the season.

zebra363 June 4 2009, 12:31:19 UTC

They said in the commentary that it didn't have enough emotion, but I thought it had quite a lot!

3pipeproblem June 4 2009, 13:36:39 UTC

Oh, definitely. Hahaha, it seemed to me that Bill D'Elia wasn't too happy about having to cut it.

I really liked Liz, too, particularly the way she manipulated Alan into telling Denny. You could tell she was her father's daughter.

jedinic June 4 2009, 13:28:17 UTC

Ooooh. This is a reason to get hold of the DVDs. Thank you for the detailed synopsis!!!

The only reason I can see it being taken out is due to Alan's storyline throughout the season - I don't remember seeing him even attempt a relationship with anyone towards the end. Which would lead to his marrying Denny; having come to a point where he's not chasing the idea of a woman any more?

Or maybe that's just me reading too much into it. ;)

zebra363 June 4 2009, 22:36:27 UTC

They said in the commentary that it was taken out because it didn't have quite enough emotion, but I agree that it would have changed the marriage storyline some. I read a comment on the boston-legal.org forum that in the deleted scenes, it was pretty clear that Denny wouldn't be able to handle the idea of Alan with anyone, not just his daughter. That makes the marriage seem kind of sad, in that Denny wouldn't let Alan have a serious relationship with anyone else.