I began watching "The Practice" the minute it began in March of 1997. I kept seeing ads for it before hand I thought this looks like it could be an interesting show. I liked Law and Order and I thought how perfect it would be to have a drama on that focused purely on the court room. I was proved right. The show was brilliant as are most of David e. kelly's undertakings. I fell in love with the story and the characters. For a show that debuted mid season, well no not even mid season 3 quarters through the season it amazingly was a hit. I continued watching the show regularly up until 2002 when I found the show had taken a sort of undesirable turn. For a brief period of time i became disinterested but when i heard that the cast had been completely overhauled for the 8th and what would be the final season i became interested again. The Practice became in it's 8th season what it was 4 or 5 years ago, the ebst legal drama on TV. James Spader saved the show.... sort of. He made it enjoyable to watch in it's final season and capped it off with an emmy win for best actor something Dylan mcdermott could never do. This show was very different from other court dramas and stood out from the rest to become the best of the 90's I am looking forward to Boston Legal the spin off and hope it continues where The Practice left off. The Practice, you will be missed.
Review of The Practice
