#I haven't checked if these scenes are anywhere online I'd post it myself but it's over 20 minutes 😭

[jimmyspades]

Watching the Boston Legal season 5 special features and there is an entire deleted storyline about Denny having a daughter. Liveblogging my thoughts <3

Alan buying matching slippers for his sleepovers with Denny. Flamingo moment

Alan in a rare brown (?) suit

A woman threatening/promising to tie Alan up, asking him to spank her

Alan on a date and being properly flirty for the first time all season finally??

Alan saying he loves waking up next to Denny. Flamingo moment

Alan loves Werner Herzog he's my soulmate fr

Alan fan of age gaps

ALAN IN HIS PERVERT TRENCH COAT AGAIN!!! <333

ALAN’S CAR

ALAN OPEN-MOUTHED KISS WITH TONGUE!!!!!!!

I just realized her name is Liz LMAOOO lizzington nation where are you STAND UP!!!!

Alan tries to prove how respectful he is to women and gets called a hound dog and a pervert. True

Alan calling Denny a deadbeat dad wow that was one of the meanest things he's ever said definitely NOT a flamingo moment

Denny playing Legend of Zelda on the Wii in his office

Denny: "I love you like a son, I don't want to lose you, I don't think I could bear to lose what we've got, honestly I don't think I could survive it." Alan: "Denny, you will never, ever lose me, ever." Flamingo moment

Balcony scene: Denny suggests he and Alan adopt a baby together. Flamingo moment

D'Elia said they cut this storyline bc the emotion wasn't quite there, they needed more scenes to make it happen and didn't have the time. I think if this was a plot in season 4 or earlier in season 5 (or if season 5 got a full 20+ episode order instead of just 13) it could've worked but it's for the best it was cut. It would be too big and too rushed for something the week before the series finale

Since it never aired and the actress who plays Denny's daughter ends up playing the opposing attorney at the Supreme Court the next episode, I don't think this is canon. But Alan and Denny having matching slippers is real to me

If I had a nickel for every time James Spader was a main character on a multi-season network television show that included a storyline about a complicated confusingly erotic relationship between a wealthy powerful potential father figure and a daughter named Liz I would have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird it's happened twice