René Auberjonois

Boston Legal

bl-08In fall 2004, René was offered a recurring guest role on a new TV project created by producer David Kelley, Boston Legal. As the weeks went by, René’s character, Paul Lewiston, appeared in more and more episodes until, in early 2005, he was promoted to being a regular on the show.

However, at the end of season 3 in spring 2007, the producers decided to cut Paul Lewiston, and René was released from being a regular in the cast. Later in the summer, René was informed that the writers hoped to bring Paul back as a recurring guest star for several episodes in season 4. In other words, he was back to where he started when the show began! In September 2007, René filmed his first guest shot of that season, and continued to appear in various episodes until the very end of the series.

Boston Legal was an odd show – part drama, part comedy, part in-depth study of American society and politics at the beginning of the 21st century. The writing was often first-rate, and many of the actors are, quite simply, superb.

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René as Paul Lewiston

Below are a collection of links to many websites devoted to Boston Legal and articles and reviews written about the program as a whole or about individual episodes.

If you know of other links we should add, or if you’d like to contribute a review or comments about the show or about René’s performance as Paul Lewiston, write to the website manager, Marguerite, and we’ll see about adding it in. Thanks!

Articles and reviews

Paul striding through the office; this shot was part of the weekly credits for a while

Paul striding through the office; this shot
was part of the weekly credits for a while

  • TVGuide.com interview with René –
    February 28, 2006
  • Review of episode “Live Big” –
    February 20, 2006
  • Reviews and discussion of the complete Paul-Rachel story arc
  • Analysis of the show’s approach to younger and older actors, February 21

Websites

  • Boston-Legal.org – Extensive fan-run website, which includes a wealth of information. Everything from episodes synopses and reviews to screen captures to background information on guest stars and much, much more.
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