DENISE BAUER LEARNS SOME SHOCKING NEWS ABOUT HER FIANC�, ALAN SHORE ONCE AGAIN DEFENDS JERRY ESPENSON, AND THINGS HEAT UP BETWEEN DENNY CRANE AND BETHANY HOROWITZ, ON ABC�S �BOSTON LEGAL�

�Trick or Treat� � On Halloween, Denise Bauer receives bad news about her fianc�, Daniel Post, and goes on a bizarre search for him. Meanwhile, Alan Shore defends Jerry Espenson for lying about his death penalty beliefs on a Federal jury questionnaire; Jeffrey Coho is sued for defamation by Lincoln Meyer, the peeping tom neighbor from the Scott Little trial; and as things heat up between Denny Crane and his diminutive girlfriend, Bethany, she takes him to meet her mother, and all three receive a big shock, on �Boston Legal,� TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 (10:01-11:00 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 starring are Constance Zimmer as Claire Simms, Delta Burke as Bella Horowitz, Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson, Marissa Coughlan as Melissa Hughes, Meredeth Eaton-Gilden as Bethany Horowitz, David Dean Botrell as Lincoln Meyer, Tom Verica as A.U.S.A Carl Newell, Jason Blicker as A.D.A. Duncan Jones, Richard Licata as Judge Dale Melman, Armin Shimerman as Judge Brian Hooper, Stuart Pankin as Judge Gilbert Potts and Richie Keen as Luke Kenneally

�Trick or Treat� was written by David E. Kelley & Lawrence Broch and directed by Mike Listo.

�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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