James Spader is junior attorney Alan Shore, an unconventional lawyer with a whimsical streak and a glib sense of humor, and William Shatner is Denny Crane, the right-wing, gun-toting, memory-challenged senior partner who barks out his own name like a mantra in David Kelley's madcap spin-off of The Practice. Their unexpected friendship is the core of the offbeat legal series. Candice Bergin holds the firm together as senior partner Shirley Schmidt and Mark Valley, Rene Auberjonois, and Julie Bowen co-star.