You are a bit mistaken, after that statement, he immediately mentioned how the company was negligent (because they did not discovered the risk in 1950 before commercializing it) how it was a malpractice (making it addictive) all relevant for legal claim and only then he went with his silver tongue to invoke emotions. A mastermind writing coupled with a best actor putting reality to it.
He was using an emotional appeal mentioning how tobacco has affected someone they knew, and proceeds to use facts and historical context to present his case after acknowledging there’s no place for emotion. Yea he’s giving an impassioned speech but it’s not an appeal to the jury’s emotions. If he continued the previous line about folks they knew, then yea you’d have a point. You’re right about one thing, that it is indeed top-tier writing.
@@Bilbologna that’s hilarious you saying “not an appeal to the jury’s emotions.” It’s not a binary choice, it’s always a combination of emotions & facts, tone, facial expressions/body movements of everyone in the courtroom impact the jury.
James Spader is such an amazing actor, every time he gives one of these crazy great closings he goes and sits down, closes his jacket, and takes a breath like he is physically exhausted. Such talent.
These little excerpts of brilliance on RUclips have convinced me to go back and watch this entire series again. Superb writing and simply brilliant acting. Particularly Spader and Shatner.
Seldom does one experience acting, or indeed, an actor, that can can only be described as magnificent. This was one of those rare occasions. I could only wish that we had real people who would be so eloquent and so compelling as was this portrayal.
You should watch his other speeches on big pharma, euthanasia, abortion, big religion etc. I daresay the one in this video was a bit tame compared to his other stuff
Season 3 on immigration as well - I love this show because is this writing and of course they had the perfect actor to deliver each speech and closing- I love the synergy in the team - they recognized his talent and at times “used” him just for closing and for who Alan (James Spader) was on the show. Just fantastic
It’s Hollywood. Much of what he said is either speculative or not true… and almost none of it would be allowed in an actual court. Even in a closing, you can’t introduce “facts not in evidence”. BUT, that said, this was one hell of a good performance. Spader is a gift! (Note to auto-correct; his name really does end with an “r”, not an “s”!)
That look of shame in the end, she wasn't as comfortable representing her client as she was before that speech. She realized she was on the wrong side.
Thanduxolo Nelisiwe I snorted out loud when he said that... in a canteen FULL of people. Who are now most likely wondering where the hell it went wrong with me😂🤣
Most reputable cigar manufactures are not adding to the smoke. It is just tobacco leaves. I won't say it is healthy but it sure as hell isn't a cigarette. I haven't met an exclusive cigar smoker that needs a fix either.
Incredible speech! I lost both parents to cigarettes. My mom started smoking at 15 and died of emphysema at 64. My dad passed away at 71 of Cancer caused by cigarettes. Both were horrible deaths. 2 reasons why I never smoked. I hated the smell and taste and the thought of losing my life to such a horrible habit.
I want someone to put together a greatest hits compilation for James Spader. It should include every speech and rant and soliloquy he has ever uttered on film. Also I want him to read a eulogy for my funeral, I will have written it and it will have no basis in reality, I just wants to listen to his voice as I am whisked off into the great beyond.
James Spader has always been one of my favourite actors. Haven't seen him in many movies lately though, but he's had great parts in TV series and maybe he's comfortable with that.
It's 2021 and counting. I just watched this having never seen the series. Still impacted, still relevant, still happening. I have family who are still on that tobacco road.
This makes me want to watch the whole series again, quality written shows that make you think are so rare....Proven by how BL hasn't dated one bit in 10 years!
I'm English and I've watched BL 3 times,in fact I've just finished watching the series again about two weeks ago, brilliant acting, writing and stories!
"everytime you try to kill the cockroach, it finds another way" 😂 the writing from this show is forever 2nd to none...funny yet true, now they use vaping which is said to be "safer"
Right! And to no-one's surprise it turns out it's not safe either. Turns out that inhaling oil clogs your lungs just as well, if not more so than cigarettes. Oops!
The reason James Spader is such an amazing actor is that he possesses an eidetic memory. After reading the script, he has it memorized, allowing him to act without fear of forgetting his lines.
The difference between a cigarette and cigar is that you inhale smoke from a cigarette in your lungs but a cigar you dont inhale. Thats the difference and that’s why a cigarette is more deadly
@@miharudl9849 That only reduces your risk for lung cancer. Cigars have massively greater amounts of tar and nicotine delivery than cigarettes, and no filter whatsoever. The fact that you don't inhale simply means that you're trading lung cancer for oral cancer.
@Leo Peridot Cigar and cig companies aren't lacing their tobacco with carcinogens, that's not how it works, and if that were the case they would simply stop putting in those ingredients. Whenever you burn plant material into smoke and consume it at high temperatures, it creates alpha radicals that cause cancer. It doesn't matter if you do that with straw, tobacco, or weed, any consumed burned plant matter has the same carcinogenic effect. Some are worse than others, for example weed is far worse than tobacco because it contains almost three times more tar in the smoke. That's why I think its funny that people say smoking weed isn't harmful, when really its just a cope because they want to get high and don't really care.
I know the writing for this show was terrific, but in this particular case I get the sense that James Spader was passionate about this particular one, I don't think this was just 'acting'. Just brilliantly delivered.
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant writing! And who better than to deliver such dialogue then a great actor like James Spader, playing Alan Shore? This is great writing and great acting coming together.
Yep.... In Australia we have universal health care and the Government ignored the evidence until the cost of treatment surpassed taxes received from that industry... Even now it's the government is making the most gain raising taxes in the interest of public health that's nearing a point where even the most addictive personalities are merely priced out of the market.... Governments don't care whether we live or die it comes down to balancing income and expenditure in the budget!
@@prospero4183 but yet you can ban other smoking products?. Sure you can classify the rest as narcotics, but then againwhat is the health benefit of cigarettes? You are right people have a personal responsibility not to smoke, but if society paints a picture that cigarettes are cool and fun, you can't be surprised it will keep being an attractive habit. Society (and I mean government) should take responsibility to protect it's people from such unhealthy habits
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"...But emotion has no play here." Then in the next breath goes to work on the jury's emotions. Top tier writing.
Because nothing stirs emotions like reality. Cold. Plain. Reality.
@@Zelapher Alan’s argument: We need to really make them pay here, they corrupt gov’t everywhere else.
You are a bit mistaken, after that statement, he immediately mentioned how the company was negligent (because they did not discovered the risk in 1950 before commercializing it) how it was a malpractice (making it addictive) all relevant for legal claim and only then he went with his silver tongue to invoke emotions. A mastermind writing coupled with a best actor putting reality to it.
He was using an emotional appeal mentioning how tobacco has affected someone they knew, and proceeds to use facts and historical context to present his case after acknowledging there’s no place for emotion. Yea he’s giving an impassioned speech but it’s not an appeal to the jury’s emotions. If he continued the previous line about folks they knew, then yea you’d have a point. You’re right about one thing, that it is indeed top-tier writing.
@@Bilbologna that’s hilarious you saying “not an appeal to the jury’s emotions.” It’s not a binary choice, it’s always a combination of emotions & facts, tone, facial expressions/body movements of everyone in the courtroom impact the jury.
There are actors.
And then there's James Spader.
I'm a huge fan. One of the best things he did was a cameo as a newscaster in the movie Bob Roberts and of course Two Days in the Valley.
His delivery is spot on - always
I mean, he's the fucking Lizard King.
He is incredible!
I love the facial expression of opposing counsel..."Alan Shore just convinced me too, why am I defending this guy again?"
James Spader is hands-down the best actor in modern television. No question
Have you seen him in Blacklist
@@jodiandouglas6193 Binge-watched the whole thing. Amazing
And Mark Harmon. Thank you very much😊
He gives the best speeches, but otherwise he's good but not the best
To be a great actor you first need great writers, you have both in Boston legal
I love him in the Blacklist, but these courtroom rants of his are delicious 👍🏾
He does "unhinged" better than anyone.
I couldn't get into the Black List.
I ONLY watched the Blacklist for Spader, but it isn't the same
@Adv. Vishnu Sivan Boston Legal.
Man Crush
I was a smoker before i saw this video. After i saw it i flushed my cigarettes down the toilet.
Spader had wonderful writers on this show.....but oh my God.....he is magnificent.......
James Spader is such an amazing actor, every time he gives one of these crazy great closings he goes and sits down, closes his jacket, and takes a breath like he is physically exhausted. Such talent.
James Spader: Grandmaster in monologues. He is brilliant at every turn!
Some of the best most intelligent writing I've ever seen and heard in TV...especially Alan Shore
Just finished the whole series of Boston legal loved every hour
This not a closing argument this should be a wake up call for humanity
You're right about this it is wake up call either hold tobacco companie's accountable for the product or alright banncigarette's
Cele Celo a pity he smokes in real life isn’t it? Great acting though..
@@reubendunn3358 He no longer smokes
It's amazing when banning heroine etc has worked so well
Freedom is the choice to f up ur life
These little excerpts of brilliance on RUclips have convinced me to go back and watch this entire series again. Superb writing and simply brilliant acting. Particularly Spader and Shatner.
when the opposition lawyer says objection, the judge waves basically saying "let spader spade" and i respect that sentiment
And that’s the great William Daniels of St. Elsewhere.
A truly great actor.
Oh yeah a pleasure to watch
Hes awesome, love the Blacklist. His character Raymond Reddington is a real piece of work
Roy Hobbs I didn’t mind Red, even tho he is a violent thug at times, until he shot Mr Kaplan.
How much is acting and how much is his own opinions i wonder
James Spader and William Shatner were amazing in this show.
Don't forget Julie Bowen. Her subtle facial expressions are one of a kind.
this show is thw reason why i started watching blacklist.
Reddington is sickier
Even though I am son of an attorney I love the real skills showcase In this show.
@@ravin2363 blacklist is the reason I started watching this show lmao
Seldom does one experience acting, or indeed, an actor, that can can only be described as magnificent. This was one of those rare occasions.
I could only wish that we had real people who would be so eloquent and so compelling as was this portrayal.
This is the greatest legal speech I have ever heard in my life. It literally brought tears to my eyes.
You should watch his other speeches on big pharma, euthanasia, abortion, big religion etc. I daresay the one in this video was a bit tame compared to his other stuff
Season 3 on immigration as well - I love this show because is this writing and of course they had the perfect actor to deliver each speech and closing- I love the synergy in the team - they recognized his talent and at times “used” him just for closing and for who Alan (James Spader) was on the show. Just fantastic
Find the euthanasia one about Shirley's father with Alzheimers it is amazimg
Supreme Court is his best
It’s Hollywood. Much of what he said is either speculative or not true… and almost none of it would be allowed in an actual court. Even in a closing, you can’t introduce “facts not in evidence”.
BUT, that said, this was one hell of a good performance. Spader is a gift! (Note to auto-correct; his name really does end with an “r”, not an “s”!)
For anyone who hasn't watched the episode, he gets his client a 200 million dollar hearing out of that speach
Obviously the writing is top notch but OMG that delivery JS is one of the best ever imo.
When even your opposing counsel can't help but marvel at your greatness!😂
That look of shame in the end, she wasn't as comfortable representing her client as she was before that speech. She realized she was on the wrong side.
"They might even depose your doctor to death for good measure" 😂
Thanduxolo Nelisiwe I snorted out loud when he said that... in a canteen FULL of people. Who are now most likely wondering where the hell it went wrong with me😂🤣
@@moonlampje79 😂😂😂 its happened to me too before. When they see what you're watching they'll understand.
That's not a joke, actually. Big tobacco will go after you until you're dead...and then KEEP coming after you.
Wow, I love when he goes on rampage! The writers of this show were amazing as much as the actors. To input such profound message!!!
Yeah, the comparision of tobacco industry with cockroaches was also so apt.
The comparison is so aptly delivered that the cigarette guy immediately started to look like a big cockroach to me.
Alan: how in God's name are cigarettes even legal?
Also Alan: smokes a cigar at the end of every episode
doesn't inhale, though--puffs.
@@jackprier7727 You don't inhale with cigars so other cancers aren't in the way of it but mouth cancer still comes from it
He actually quits during this episode iirc along with Denny
@@milky1234123 and then proceeds to smoke them in the next episode
@@jaypandya7441 yeah and they quit a episode or so later
You know who I feel sorry for there?
The stenographer - how TF could you keep up with that?
Lol!!!
By being professional
they type fast
Well, if you can speak, then they can type, that's the idea. Lol
lol....
"Objection!"
"*waves hand* Quiet up ma'am, Spader's monologuing."
anyone see the irony of this piece and at the end of most episodes Denny and Alan end up smoking cigars?
I was thinking the same thing. Apparently cigars do not count as smoking 😆
Most reputable cigar manufactures are not adding to the smoke. It is just tobacco leaves. I won't say it is healthy but it sure as hell isn't a cigarette. I haven't met an exclusive cigar smoker that needs a fix either.
You also don't inhale the smoke from a cigar. Or at least you really shouldn't.
@@milanjansen482 well most don't but I know a few old heads that do.
Was scrolling through comments looking for this
One of the greatest actors ever does not get the credit he deserves
Whatever, dude. Next time, do your research before making a comment.
Every Mic in the world dropped that day and broke into pieces
I have loved James since “Tuff Turf”. Still love him. He is magnificent!
They should've sold ticket to be jury members on this show. It would've been a sight to witness his monologues in person!!
As someone with a grandmother and a father who both died from smoking, I’m wholeheartedly behind Alan Shore!
His acting will be studied to the future generations
Legendary actor
Incredible speech! I lost both parents to cigarettes. My mom started smoking at 15 and died of emphysema at 64. My dad passed away at 71 of Cancer caused by cigarettes. Both were horrible deaths. 2 reasons why I never smoked. I hated the smell and taste and the thought of losing my life to such a horrible habit.
I lost to tobacco: my great uncle, two uncles, an aunt, both grandfathers, my father.
I absolutely love James Spader, as an actor of course. Tops, tops, tops of of them all!
I want someone to put together a greatest hits compilation for James Spader. It should include every speech and rant and soliloquy he has ever uttered on film. Also I want him to read a eulogy for my funeral, I will have written it and it will have no basis in reality, I just wants to listen to his voice as I am whisked off into the great beyond.
me me me me meeee
😂🙃
Such a brilliant lawyer when the other side just sits there looking, "Duh!"
James Spader has always been one of my favourite actors. Haven't seen him in many movies lately though, but he's had great parts in TV series and maybe he's comfortable with that.
He can out act most actors with his voice alone, you don't need to see him.
He was in Avengers
It's 2021 and counting. I just watched this having never seen the series. Still impacted, still relevant, still happening. I have family who are still on that tobacco road.
He may very well have helped save a life or two just in this one lightning performance. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
The writing! The delivery! Fantastic!
James has always been ONE hell of an actor.
This makes me want to watch the whole series again, quality written shows that make you think are so rare....Proven by how BL hasn't dated one bit in 10 years!
I'm English and I've watched BL 3 times,in fact I've just finished watching the series again about two weeks ago, brilliant acting, writing and stories!
This is just wrong though. The misogyny and harassment has 100% dated itself.
BL=Boston Legal, also Black List
What a coincidence!
"everytime you try to kill the cockroach, it finds another way" 😂 the writing from this show is forever 2nd to none...funny yet true, now they use vaping which is said to be "safer"
Right! And to no-one's surprise it turns out it's not safe either. Turns out that inhaling oil clogs your lungs just as well, if not more so than cigarettes. Oops!
He was just as passionate when he starred with Susan Sarandon in White Palace.
One of my favorite old films.
One of the truest speeches ever caught on a TB shot
The writers in this show are phenomenal.
Jesus Christ I found a gold mine. I’m gonna watch this show all the way
Brilliant James Spader, and the talented writers.
The reason James Spader is such an amazing actor is that he possesses an eidetic memory. After reading the script, he has it memorized, allowing him to act without fear of forgetting his lines.
This is beyond acting. He literally embodies the very essence of the script through his voice, brilliant pauses, and body language.
James Spader is mesmerizing, you cannot look away! IMO, the greatest actor on TV!!
@tjjames9846 an eidetic memory is only found in some children, photographic memory does not exist, some have very good memory ,some dont
@@timothyroche6445 ah yes eiditic memory (scientifically HSAM) isnt real
@@garyvincent7397 Tell it to Marilu Henner and _60 Minutes._
No one could argue with that, because it's 1000% true to this day. I recently quite smoking at age 30 and started when I was 12.
That was the most Silent Mic Drop, the World ever heard
I love how the reactions in this scene are not coming from the jury except briefly. It is coming from the people attending and the opposing council.
Then alan shore and denny crane smoke at the end of the episode
tell me he won
The difference between a cigarette and cigar is that you inhale smoke from a cigarette in your lungs but a cigar you dont inhale. Thats the difference and that’s why a cigarette is more deadly
Leo Peridot I didn’t said that. I just wrote the difference how you smoke a cigarettes and how a cigar. And of course they probably do that.
@@miharudl9849 That only reduces your risk for lung cancer. Cigars have massively greater amounts of tar and nicotine delivery than cigarettes, and no filter whatsoever. The fact that you don't inhale simply means that you're trading lung cancer for oral cancer.
@Leo Peridot Cigar and cig companies aren't lacing their tobacco with carcinogens, that's not how it works, and if that were the case they would simply stop putting in those ingredients. Whenever you burn plant material into smoke and consume it at high temperatures, it creates alpha radicals that cause cancer. It doesn't matter if you do that with straw, tobacco, or weed, any consumed burned plant matter has the same carcinogenic effect. Some are worse than others, for example weed is far worse than tobacco because it contains almost three times more tar in the smoke. That's why I think its funny that people say smoking weed isn't harmful, when really its just a cope because they want to get high and don't really care.
That is fabulous writing and acting. High octane acting there Mr. Spader. You deserved an Emmy for that performance for sure Bravo.
James Spader is the best - specially with words and speeches -
And how he delivers makes it hard to believe is just a show
I would have given him a box of Emmys for his work on this show.
One of the best monologues of this series but perhaps also one of the nails for it's coffin, iykwim.
I 💗 Boston Legal
The point of This speech will never become outdated
one of the best shows ever..... Hands down. ..
Boston Legal....Brilliant series and James Spader was sublime. Got the whole series and every month I binge watch..just to watch James Spader.
I know the writing for this show was terrific, but in this particular case I get the sense that James Spader was passionate about this particular one, I don't think this was just 'acting'. Just brilliantly delivered.
Nice thought, but James Spader is a cigarette smoker.
This hits my soul so deep. I lost my dad to his tobacco addiction
WOW!!! Allen was the BEST. He knew how to bring home.
FEENAY!! FEE-HEE-HEE-NAY! FEEEE-NYYY!
sit down mr Mathews.
KITT.
I thought that was him!
Still so true today. Especially outside US.
Such an underrated show
My brain marveling at James Spader's delivery - 🤯
Camera pans to William Daniels 😏
Feeny! Fuh-uh-uh-eeny!! Feeneeee!😂
I hate my brain. 😑
Man, with COVID this got even more true. Alan Shore, the legend of the legends.
Undeniably the BEST writing of ANY sitcom.
Hell of a lawyer
How his words resonate with his body display is enchanting. There can't be any better actor than James spader
Whoever wrote for the show is just a genius
My god he is brilliant what a actor I love him in everything he is in
Imagine if he was a real ATTORNEY!!! 🤔😃 James Spider is truly an UNDERRATED actor!! 👍🏽
Brilliant. Brilliant acting, brilliant writing, and brilliant social commentary.
Opposing counsel is definitely eye-banging Alan.
My god I wish I could argue this well and with this many receipts prepared.
Red Reddington, James Kirk, and John Adams in one room. HTF did that room contain that much awesome.
They reinforced the walls.
Don’t forget K.I.T.T
And become the LIZARD KING
Not to mention Agent Stahl...
@@ronaldcustard4636 John Adams=KITT. :)
Mr. Feeny as the judge… PURELY AWESOME!?!
Absolutely amazing blacklist was good but these rants are beyond fantastic
Ladies and gentlemen....James Spader.
Writers were awesome, but the delivery! Spader is superb!!!
I had to remind myself that he was acting.
Magneficient 👏👏👏
That my friends, this is what I call a Pro! Fantastic piece of acting by James Spader.
This should be used in anti smoking adverts
Underrated
But only Spader could deliver it convincingly.
An amazing monologue!
Case closed. Emotions whipped to the maximum 🤣. I love this Guy.
If I had to point out at the most admirable things on Alan Shore, I´d don´t even know where to start....but here´s one: GOSH, he does his RESEARCH!!!
What an amazing actor
See the way they were all looking at him! With all admiration... 😂
Yes I recognized it. :)
Hell the opposing lawyer actually said thank you with her expression towards him.
@@felipepineda1585 you're right man LOL
I want Alan Shore on my side...in EVERY situation.
Wow. What a fantastic opening statement. Great writing and amazing acting.
Alan is my spirit animal
Wish I watched this show when it was on. I feel like newsroom is a newer version of this.
Truly he is the Standard, Top of the Class...wow!
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant writing! And who better than to deliver such dialogue then a great actor like James Spader, playing Alan Shore? This is great writing and great acting coming together.
Why ARE cigarettes legal if the government knows they are a death sentence?
Taxes................
Yep.... In Australia we have universal health care and the Government ignored the evidence until the cost of treatment surpassed taxes received from that industry... Even now it's the government is making the most gain raising taxes in the interest of public health that's nearing a point where even the most addictive personalities are merely priced out of the market.... Governments don't care whether we live or die it comes down to balancing income and expenditure in the budget!
Lobbyist pay a LOT of money to politicians
Maybe it's cause people want to smoke. Blaming the business that meets a need is easier than blaming the person who buys the product
@@prospero4183 but yet you can ban other smoking products?. Sure you can classify the rest as narcotics, but then againwhat is the health benefit of cigarettes?
You are right people have a personal responsibility not to smoke, but if society paints a picture that cigarettes are cool and fun, you can't be surprised it will keep being an attractive habit. Society (and I mean government) should take responsibility to protect it's people from such unhealthy habits
@@prospero4183 people want to do cocaine, should we allow this too?
Alan is great at this . now my grandchildren are vaping and I'm hearing that's even worse then tobacco." follow the money"
I am in awe of this show.
He is so awesome!!!! I love him and his closing arguments!