The Practice
Blowing Smoke
TV Flash files “Blowing Smoke” as hour 68 of 167 in the TV Flash guide — The Practice (1997–2004) on ABC, season 4, episode 11, aired 2000-01-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E11: listed hour 68 of 167 in the The Practice guide, hour 11 of 22 in season 4. It aired 2000-01-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Day in Court” (S04E10). Next is “New Evidence” (S04E12).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Blowing Smoke sit in the The Practice guide?
S04E11 is listed hour 68 of 167 — hour 11 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 11.
When did The Practice S04E11 air?
Blowing Smoke aired 2000-01-09 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it the same show as Ally McBeal?
Same Kelley Boston-legal universe, opposite temperature. The Practice is the bruise; Ally is the jukebox. Crossovers exist.
In the series
Why this series still plays
David E. Kelley’s Boston firm prefers a bruise to a closing argument. Lawyers win ugly, lose ethically, and still have to face the morning. The Practice made network prestige out of fluorescent offices and moral hangovers — the grimy sibling of Ally McBeal, and the one that actually hurts.
So about the grimy sibling. David E. Kelley's Boston firm prefers a bruise to a closing argument: lawyers win ugly, lose ethically, and still have to face the morning. ABC, 1997–2004. Fluorescent offices, moral hangovers, network prestige that actually hurts. Dylan McDermott, Camryn Manheim, Steve Harris, Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Badalucco, Kelli Williams. Shared-universe crossovers with Ally McBeal — the watercooler never stopped filing the gossip. (I said spoiler-free. The ethics are the spoiler.) Multiple…
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