THE AMBITIOUS BUT BACK-STABBING MARLENE �THE SQUID� STANGER JOINS THE FIRM AND DENISE BAUER DISCOVERS IN HER A COMPETITIVE FOE, AND DENNY CRANE AND SON DONNY CRANE ARE PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER IN COURT, ON ABC�S �BOSTON LEGAL�

Guest Stars Include Parker Posey and Freddie Prinze, Jr. (�Freddie�)

�Squid Pro Quo� � The ambitious but back-stabbing Marlene Stanger (Parker Posey), also known as �The Squid� � the only animal believed to be able to kill a shark � joins the firm, and Denise Bauer wonders if there�s enough room for the both of them. Meanwhile, when Denny Crane is pitted in court against his son, attorney Donny Crane (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), their politically different viewpoints come to the surface as they seek justice in a case about a woman who lost her baby at an inadequately supplied clinic in Nepal. And, after Paul Lewiston�s daughter, Rachel, returns from rehab, Brad Chase hopes they can pursue a relationship, on �Boston Legal,� TUESDAY, MAY 9 (10:00 -11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

�Boston Legal� stars James Spader as Alan Shore, Julie Bowen as Denise Bauer, Mark Valley as Brad Chase, Rene Auberjonois as Paul Lewiston, with Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt and William Shatner as Denny Crane.

Guest starring are Marisa Coughlan as Melissa Hughes, Jayne Brook as Rachel Lewiston, Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Donny Crane, Parker Posey as Marlene Stanger, Amrapali Ambegaokar as Kavita Pokharel, Jenny O�Hara as Judge Kimberly Ohlund, Ray Proscia as Paul Schwimmer, Purva Bedi as translator, Harsh Nayyar as Dr. Barati Waibi, Chris Moynihan as Derek Roth, Don McManus as Atty. John Lennox, Jennifer Lynne Wetzel as Tina Moran, Laura Carson as foreperson, Joe Conti as bailiff, April Rios as Fiona and Ashley Rios as Fiona.

�Squid Pro Quo� was written by Janet Leahy & Lawrence Broch and directed by Jim Bagdonas.

�Boston Legal� is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC�s selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning.

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