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DENNY CRANE calls it "mad cow," but viewers of "Boston Legal" know William Shatner 's character is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Another character on the show, Jerry Espenson (played by Christian Clemenson), has strange tics, can't keep his hands off his thighs, but, despite having obsessive-compulsive disorder, makes his living as a lawyer.

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