MUMBAI: On 4 May at 9 pm the episode of The Practice on Star World will see actress Sharon Stone Basic Instinct putting in a guest appearance.

Set in Boston the eight season of the show will have provocative, issue-related stories, coupled with the creator, writer and producer David E. Kelley's trademark humour.

In the episode titled The Chosen Stone plays the role of Sheila Carlisle, Alan Shore’s (James Spader) friend who appears to be mentally inept. Shore agrees to help his friend who is also a successful attorney who claims God speaks to her, and who was recently fired from her law firm for being mentally incompetent.

Meanwhile, there are startling new developments in the case of Brad Stanfield (Chris O'Donnell), whom Ellenor and Jamie are defending for allegedly poisoning his pregnant wife.

According to Kelley picking Stone for the part was a stroke of genius. On her role in the legal series, Kelley commented, "She did such a great job. She really inhabited this character. She's crazy one minute and cutely sane the next. She did it remarkably well." Stone won an Emmy for best guest actor for her role in The Practice.