IN THE MIDST OF A MEDIA FRENZY, JEFFREY COHO AND HIS LEGAL TEAM GO TO TRIAL ON THE SCOTT LITTLE MURDER, AND SHORE DEFENDS ESPENSON WHEN HE�S SUED FOR FIRING AN ATTORNEY FOR BEING A SCIENTOLOGIST, ON ABC�S �BOSTON LEGAL�

Guest Stars Include Lake Bell, Katey Sagal and Emmy Winner Christian Clemenson

�Whose God Is It Anyway?� � In the midst of a media frenzy, Jeffrey Coho and his legal team go to court on the high-profile murder trial of Scott Little (Ashton Holmes), whose estranged father makes a shocking revelation on the stand. Meanwhile, Denny Crane continues to develop feelings for the petite Bethany Horowitz (Meredith Eaton-Gilden), and Alan Shore defends Jerry �Hands� Espenson (Christian Clemenson) for firing a Scientologist, and is surprised to see a familiar face as opposing counsel -- Sally Heep (Lake Bell) -- on �Boston Legal,� TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 (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 and Craig Bierko as Jeffrey Coho, with Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt and William Shatner as Denny Crane.

Guest cast appearing in the episode include Constance Zimmer as Claire Simms, Tyler Labine as A.D.A. Jonathan Winant, Ashton Holmes as Scott Little, Katey Sagal as Barbara Little, Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson, Lake Bell as Sally Heep, Anthony Heald as Judge Harvey Cooper, Joan Rivers as herself, Harvey Levin as himself, Rikki Klieman as herself, Curtis Armstrong as Dr. Zachary Simon, Meredith Eaton-Gilden as Bethany Horowitz, Vic Polizos as Detective Richmond, Ethan Phillips as Michael Schiller, David Dean Bottrell as Lincoln Meyer, Armin Shimerman as Judge Brian Hooper, Jill Brennan as Gracie Jane, Ron Canada as Judge Willard Reese and Chris Diamantopoulos as Douglas Karnes.

"Whose God Is It Anyway?" was written by David E. Kelley and directed by Lou Antonio.

�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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