List of Boston Legal Star Trek References

Several episodes of Boston Legal allude to Star Trek and its various spin-offs. William Shatner (Denny Crane) gained fame for playing the role of Captain James T. Kirk in the original series and seven of the ten feature films that followed. Rene Auberjonois (Paul Lewiston) previously appeared as Security Chief Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Auberjonois also appeared in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country in the uncredited role of 'Colonel West' and in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise entitled "Oasis" in the role of 'Ezral.' John Larroquette (Carl Sack) appeared in the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as 'Maltz'.

* Jeri Ryan, the actress who played Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager, appeared on two episodes of the second season of Boston Legal: (Spring Fever) and BL: Los Angeles.

* In the second episode of the third season, "New Kids on the Block", the husband of a murder victim, a judge, is played by Armin Shimerman, who appeared along with Rene Auberjonois on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Quark. The pair have a scene together and reference the idea that they are old friends.

* In the tenth episode of the third season, "The Nutcrackers", Michelle Forbes guest stars as an attorney. Forbes had played a recurring role as Ensign Ro Laren on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Clyde Kusatsu, who played Admiral Nakamura in Star Trek: The Next Generation, also appeared in "The Nutcrackers" as a judge.

* In several of the third season episodes, four Star Trek regular cast members appear together: William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois (Odo in Deep Space Nine), Armin Shimerman (the Ferengi barkeep Quark in Deep Space Nine), and Ethan Phillips (Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager).

* In the Season Two episode "Finding Nimmo", while Denny and Alan are on a fishing trip to British Columbia, Alan refers to a sea-lice ailment suffered by some local fish as ‘cling-ons’; Denny, as though recalling something from vague, distant memory comments “Did you say Klingons?”

* In the Season Two episode "The Cancer Man Can", Denny tries out a new cell phone. The clamshell-style phone flips open and makes the exact sound made by the old Star Trek communicators.

* In the Season Two episode "There's Fire", Denny’s new wife Beverly suggests that they move to Hawaii. Denny asks her, “What am I supposed to do? Beam myself to Boston every morning?” (a reference to using the transporter system on Star Trek, commonly referred to as "beaming").

* In the ninth episode of the second season, Denny shoots a homeless man named Kirk, another reference to Shatner's Star Trek character. Later in the episode Alan Shore calls to Mr. Kirk while seemingly speaking to Denny.

* In episode 14 of the first season, "'Til We Meat Again", Alan makes reference to Paul establishing dominion. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Rene Auberjonois' character Odo belonged to a race of people who led a political and military regime known as the Dominion. It is unclear whether this reference is intentional.

* In the Season Two episode "There's Fire", Patti Yasutake plays Dr. Claire Simon. Patti Yasutake is best known for her portrayal of Alyssa Ogawa in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek Generations, and Star Trek: First Contact. She had also originally auditioned for the role of Keiko O'Brien on Star Trek: Deep Space 9.

*In an argument between Denny and Paul over who controls the company most, Denny calls himself 'Captain of the ship'.

* In the Season 3 finale, while walking through a crowd of reporters clamoring for a quote, Denny Crane says he once captained his own spaceship, a reference to Captain Kirk's USS Enterprise NCC-1701 of Star Trek fame.

The following actors have appeared at least once in both Boston Legal and somewhere in the Star Trek Universe: William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois, Jeri Ryan, Christopher Carroll, Scott MacDonald, Armin Shimerman, Patti Yasutake, Jack Shearer, Michelle Forbes, Steven Anderson, Thomas Kopache, Robert Foxworth, Leon Russom, Daniel Roebuck, Leslie Jordan, Richard Riehle, Gregory Itzin, Art Chudabala, Lou Antonio, Megan Gallagher, Corbin Bernsen, Andy Milder, Jennifer S. Parsons, Todd Waring, Henry Hayashi, Joanna Cassidy, Scott Alan Smith, Henry Gibson, Sharon Lawrence, Matthew Kaminsky, Crystal Allen, Holmes R. Osborne, Charles Chun, Zach Grenier, Richard Fancy, Aaron Lustig, Fran Bennett, Bob Morrisey, John Short, Christine Rose, Michael Shamus Wiles, Thomas Knickerbocker, Ron Ostrow, John Cragen, Charles Emmett, Kelly Connell, Lisa Kaminir, David A. Kimball, Todd Stashwick, Joel Polis, Christopher Neiman, Tom Ormeny, Marcy Goldman, Shannon O'Hurley, John Thaddeus, Shawn Crowder, Philip Weyland, Billy Mayo, and John Larroquette.

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