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Another Shallow Post
I watched all eight episodes of VH1's I Hate My 30s over the weekend on Joost and though I could review the show (The Rod Serling bit seemed to lose some of its punch in the middle before coming back toward the end and for one sitting, there may have been too much singing and dancing, but it'd be all right spread over a season), I just couldn't help thinking every time Liam Kyle Sullivan came on the screen, how much he reminded me of David Dean Bottrell.

David Dean Bottrell

Liam Kyle Sullivan

Back before the Emmy® nominations came out, I made a few comments around the web saying that I thought Mr. Bottrell was worthy of a guest star nomination for his portrayal of Lincoln Meyer on Boston Legal. Oftentimes, you can spot the name actors going for a late career nod and I had hoped that the unknown Mr. Bottrell's brilliant work would not be overlooked.

I don't know if anybody submitted his name for consideration, "Hands" got the guest star nom for Boston Legal and he won last year, so I wouldn't hold out hope. And, it seems David E. Kelley submitted the New Orleans episode for the Best Drama category, which of course, it was successful. (If you ask me, I'd say that out of all the New Orleans episodes television did last year, Boston Legal's was among the best, but the producers may have submitted it, hoping to do some variation of James Spader's closing in their speech.)

Suffice it to say, I was disappointed that David Dean Bottrell's name did not go through, but now that we've found someone who could possibly play his long-lost son, perhaps if Mr Kelley reads this, he'll get another chance.