Head Cases (episode)

Synopsis Edit

A civil-rights issue hinges on the casting choice for a version of “Annie”. Alan Shore is assigned a case in which a mother wants to sue the producers of Annie after her daughter is refused the title role because she is black; a child-custody battle turns ugly; an adultery case involves Crane. Rev. Al Sharpton portrays himself. When Edwin Poole (Larry Miller) is institutionalized, Paul Lewiston asks Brad Chase to return to the Boston office; Brad and Sally Heep file an emergency appeal when a client's ex-husband will not allow her to take her children to New York; Denny Crane tries to prevent his client from hiring a private investigator to find out who his wife's lover is, and Lewiston assigns Lori Colson to ensure that an investigator is not hired. 

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Cast Edit

Starring Edit

• James Spader as Alan Shore
• Monica Potter as Lori Colson
• Rhona Mitra as Tara Wilson
• Lake Bell as Sally Heep
• Mark Valley as Brad Chase
• William Shatner as Denny Crane

Guest starring Edit

• Larry Miller as Edwin Poole
• John Michael Higgins as Jerry Austin
• Melora Hardin as Sharon Brant
• Todd Stashwick as Matthew Calder
• Aisha Hinds as Beah Toomy
• Don McManus as John Lennox
• Anne Betancourt as Judge Isabel Hernandez
• Helen Eigenberg as Atty. Tompkins
• Rene Auberjonois as Paul Lewiston

Special appearance by Edit

• Reverend Al Sharpton as Himself

Co-starring Edit

• Eric A. Payne as Halpern
• Tom Ormeny as New York Atty.
• John F. Schaffer as Chicago Atty.
• Simon Rhee as Tokyo Guy
• Kevin Owers as Nigel
• Jadzia Pittman as Sarah
• Rebecca Lin as CPS Receptionist
• Lisa Kaseman as Calder's Receptionist

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