Boston Legal

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This is a hilarious show, and last night if no-one saw it...you missed out!

They took a little run at Fish Farming in British Columbia...

'Boston Legal' features British Columbia fishing lodge

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A British Columbia fishing story with a political hook is being featured Tuesday on the award-winning ABC Television series "Boston Legal."

The Oct. 11 episode, "Finding Nimmo," was filmed at Nimmo Bay Resort, a Vancouver Island eco-adventure lodge that plays a lead visual role.

William Shatner and James Spader, who play Boston lawyers, arrive at the remote resort for a weekend of male bonding but hear that fish farms in the area are threatening wild salmon stocks through the proliferation of sea lice and feel compelled to act.

At that point the series turns from TV to real-life drama.

Aquaculture operators, some with salmon farms near the resort, and a Canadian politician say the "Boston Legal" episode could unfairly give the industry a black eye.

John Duncan, a member of Parliament whose district includes the area, raised questions in the House of Commons last month about the federally funded Canadian Tourism Commission's plan to run ads promoting the show in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

"The U.S. television show "Boston Legal" has taped an episode that will feature a world-class resort in my riding," Duncan said. "This is good news. The bad news is that the episode takes aim at salmon farming, a sustainable industry which employs 4,000 British Columbians, many of them in rural or First Nations communities."

The tourism commission then decided not to run the ads, drawing complaints from Brian Gunn, a spokesman for the Wilderness Tourism Association, who said Duncan may have cost association businesses valuable exposure to a huge audience of potential customers.

"They haven't seen the show, so they are making a decision, in my estimation, on knowledge they don't have," Gunn said.

The show itself is very funny, and makes you forget that William Shatner was ever anything but...Denny Crane.