# Boston Legal  4/15

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-legal-4-15/445488>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 15, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-legal-4-15/445488 "2008-04-15T20:10:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-legal-4-15/445488/21 "2008-04-19T16:46:30Z")

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That’s my understanding of the medical realities, too.

I meant that the diagnosis was believed in the universe of the show, not that it would have been a medically valid diagnosis in the real world.

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**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-legal-4-15/445488/22 "2008-04-19T18:56:38Z")

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[QUOTE=zagloba]  
I just happen to be watching an episode of “The Practice” from 2004 in which Denny and Alan have a conversation about Denny having Alzheimer’s, so apparently the diagnosis has been known for a while now.  
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I miss the idealistic and brilliant Bobby Donnel from that show! Wish he would show up on a Boston Legal ep. Alan Shore’s first few episodes on “The Practice” were sheer genius, as were Denny Crane’s.

As for the Alzheimer’s issue, I seem to recall Alan and Denny visiting some doctor and getting brain scans a few seasons ago. Alan wanted to know what was causing his “Brain Salad” and Denny wanted to know about the Mad Cow…if I remember right.

Welcome back Boston Legal!!! 🙂

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