10 Times Star Trek Appeared In Other TV Shows

1. Boston Legal

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William Shatner spent five seasons playing legendary attorney Denny Crane on the legal comedy series Boston Legal, and it goes without saying that the show's writers simply couldn't resist referencing Star Trek every now and then.

But they quickly went beyond mere wink-nudge nods and damn-near implied that Denny and Kirk were somehow the same person.

In the season two episode "Finding Nimmo," Denny and Alan (James Spader) take a fishing trip to British Columbia where Alan reads a book that describes a type of sea-lice as "cling-ons," hilariously prompting Denny to pause and ask, "Did you say Klingons?"

Later in season two, the episode "The Cancer Man Can" has Denny open up his new flip-phone which makes the exact same sound as the personal communicators on the Original Series.

In other episodes Denny talks about "beaming" himself to Boston every morning, refers to himself as the "captain of the ship," and even flat-out tells reporters that he was once the captain of his own spaceship.

There's a point where the meta-ness is stretched beyond snapping point, and Boston Legacy pretty much got there. You love to see it.

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