Also, I agree with you about Mitra/Spader chemistry, but I understand why they parted ways. Happy monogamous Spader is not as interesting as amoral Spader, and leaving Mitra did not leave much for the amoral Spader. I can`t believe they fired Monica, who must be one of the most beautiful actresses of all time, even when pregnant. Admittedly, the Spader/Mitra chemistry was also good. This seems to be the case with David E. Kelly`s shows – women come and go, and men only leave when they want to. Matt, I know you have Monica Potter, and sometimes I found her character a little bit amazing in the last season. In fact, when I wrote this post, I kind of had in mind to you. “According to Harriet Miers, who would be next| Main | In the final season, ABC shortened “Boston Legal” by about four episodes and postponed them to extend season 2. Meanwhile, the producers got rid of Monica Potter, who played young partner Lori Colson; and Rhona Mitra, who played junior associate Tara Wilson.
Julie Bowen was hired as Senior Partner Denise Bauer; Ryan Michelle Bathe as Sara Holt, junior partner; and Justin Mentell as Junior Associate Garrett Wells. And let`s not even get into the loss of Rhona Mitra, who had incredible chemistry with James Spader. I just don`t understand the casting changes. As for the Patch Adams actress` thoughts on her legal future, she said: “I`d like to find some sort of balance. I`ve always put my family first, and if it was possible to do both, that would be great. I haven`t seen “Ed,” so I can`t comment on that. Julie Bowen was fine in “Lost,” but I think she`s worse than Potter in “Boston Legal.” Maybe it`s because it`s too cute, as you suggest. Anyway, I think Potter plays a lawyer more convincingly. I think it comes down to the fact that Boston Legal is on the air for price and prestige, but subsidized by pro-audience shows. To keep it on the air, they had to make it affordable in every way possible. Undoubtedly, her intermediate profile will continue to expand, but the producers have no plans to write her pregnancy beyond a recent scene in the series where Denny Crane, Shatner`s too-dull character, calls her “chubby”.
Given Kelley`s family prospects — the producer has a nursery in the studio for his employees` children — this shouldn`t be a problem. When you`re on a David E. Kelley show, you get used to unexpected twists and turns. But Boston Legal`s Monica Potter wasn`t ready for it: Just a few months after her skillful portrayal of attorney Lori Colson in the ABC practice spin-off (Sunday, 10 p.m. ET), she had a big surprise: She`s pregnant. “There`s no hiding place [now],” Potter, 33, told TVGuide.com. “My belly is getting bigger. I could pass it off as beer and say I went out [a lot] late, but I can`t blame him. “Well, actually, the loan really belongs to her fiancé, Chris, an orthopedic surgeon she met after friends of hers met the doctor at a Los Angeles hospital and decided he was too good not to fix.” They invited him to a party,” says the Ohio native, “and when he walked in, I liked him immediately. He sat down and we talked, and a few minutes later we said, “They invited him to a party,” the Ohio native explains, “and when he came in, I liked him immediately. He sat down and we talked, and a few minutes later we were there. Makin` out.
And then we got engaged two months later. The couple plans to get married in June. (FYI, Potter has two sons, Daniel and Liam, from a previous marriage.) Fortunately, another colleague of Potter`s makes her smile. “When I met Bill [Shatner],” Potter says, “the way he laughs — sometimes he has his hand on his stomach — my dad did it all the time. There are a lot of similarities, and it`s strange because my father just died. And now I can`t wait to sit down and talk to Bill and spend time with him. That is a good thing. He`s just a cool guy. I don`t think so. I know it`s a bit unfair to the three newcomers, as they were spliced in the remaining episodes for the first few episodes of this season. It made them feel like they were in a completely different company.
It didn`t help that it was completely unrealistic for Bowen`s character to ask the two new junior employees to handle their personal divorce case. Well, actually, the loan really belongs to her fiancé, Chris, an orthopedic surgeon she met after friends of hers met the doctor at a Los Angeles hospital and decided he was too good not to fix. Monica has appeared in several feature films, including Con Air (playing the wife of Nicolas Cage`s character) and starring alongside Robin Williams in Patch Adams. In 1998, she played the love of convicted long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine in the film Without Limits. I never liked Potter very much as an actress, but I think she left (in part) because she was pregnant, and it would be difficult to write or film about her pregnancy. When you`re on a David E. Kelley show, you get used to unexpected twists and turns. But Boston Legal`s Monica Potter wasn`t ready for it: Just a few months after her skillful portrayal of attorney Lori Colson in the ABC practice spin-off (Sunday, 10 p.m. ET), she had a big surprise: She`s pregnant. The loss of Tara seems like the dumbest casting change I`ve ever seen.