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Ally McBeal

1997–2002 · Ended · 5 seasons

Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance
First aired
Sep 8, 1997
Last aired
May 20, 2002
IMDb rating
6.9 / 10 38,148 votes
Recall rating
7.0 / 10 1 rating

Overview

Ally McBeal is a young attorney who joins a prestigious law firm with a highly sexual environment and whose staff includes Ally's ex-boyfriend. The series contains fantasy sequences, flashbacks and voiceovers to reveal what Ally is really thinking. Many episodes contain an appearance by singer Vonda Shepard, who performed the show's theme song.

Won 7 Primetime Emmys. 44 wins & 115 nominations total

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Episodes

Season 2 · 23 episodes

  • Sep 14, 1998 45 min

    Ally finds herself attracted to an eighteen-year-old; and Cage considers hiring an attorney he finds attractive.

  • Sep 21, 1998 45 min

    A client sues a radio shock-jock for contributing to sexual harassment at her workplace; and Cage defends a restaurateur who fed a customer horsemeat.

  • Sep 28, 1998 45 min

    Ally plays mediator when a minister breaks up with his church's choir singer; and a client sues a plastic surgeon's nurse for misrepresenting her natural breasts as implants.

  • Oct 19, 1998 45 min

    A judge holds Ally in contempt when she disregards his instructions not to wear short skirts in court; and an editor for a feminist magazine is fired for being of the Baptist faith.

  • Oct 26, 1998 45 min

    Ally defends a woman who threw her best friend into a garbage canister after learning she had stolen away her boyfriend; and an accident befalls Cage's beloved frog.

  • Nov 2, 1998 45 min

    A nun sues for damages after she is fired for breaking her vow of celibacy; and Cage's once-thought-dead frog reappears.

  • Nov 9, 1998 45 min

    The attorneys react when Judge Boyle suddenly drops dead; a woman with orange-colored skin sues her employer for wrongful termination; Elaine urges Ally to give a persistent and unwanted suitor "the dump;" and more bad luck besets Stefan the frog.

  • Nov 16, 1998 45 min

    Cage and Fish go undercover at Ling's mud-wrestling club; Ally gets stuck in the unisex toilet; and Georgia finds herself attracted to a man she once dated.

  • Nov 23, 1998 45 min

    As Thanksgiving approaches... Ling sues an employee for having sexual thoughts about her; and Ally goes to court with her fingers stuck in a bowling ball.

  • Dec 14, 1998 45 min

    As Christmas approaches, Fish's biggest client is fired from his job after he sees a unicorn; and Renee and Matt's relationship heats up.

  • E11 In Dreams
    Jan 11, 1999 45 min

    An ailing woman who prefers living in her dreams seeks a court order that would force a hospital to place her in a coma; and Ling informs Fish that Nelle has tired of Cage's lack of sexual aggressiveness.

  • Jan 18, 1999 45 min

    Ally represents a woman whose husband wishes to annul their marriage on the grounds that he is a "sexaholic," and was incompetent when he agreed to go through with the wedding.

  • Feb 8, 1999 45 min

    A young leukemia sufferer wishes to sue God; and Fish and Cage defend a client accused of attempted murder.

  • Feb 15, 1999 45 min

    A company fires two employees for breaking its "date and tell" office policy. Billy grows jealous when he sees Greg and Ally kissing. Ling asks Fish to hire her as counsel.

  • E15 Sideshow
    Feb 22, 1999 45 min

    Ally consults Tracy for advice now that she and Billy have kissed.

  • Mar 1, 1999 45 min

    Cage and Ling represent a bookstore owner who was driven out of business by a politician who claimed that the store sold pornography. Ally and Billy deal with the aftermath of their kiss.

  • E17 Civil War
    Apr 5, 1999 45 min

    Ally and Cage face off against Fish and Georgia when the firm represents both sides of a date rape case; Nelle represents a sweaty client in trouble with the IRS.

  • Apr 19, 1999 45 min

    Ally defends a man accused of murdering his wife by cutting off her hand. Billy and Georgia represent a life insurance salesman who lost his job because of his bad comb-over.

  • Apr 26, 1999 45 min

    Cage, Fish, and Nelle defend a law firm that allegedly withheld a female employee's partnership offer after she became pregnant; Ling substitutes for Elaine's partner in a dance contest; Billy and Georgia attend therapy.

  • May 3, 1999 45 min

    A slightly overweight woman claims her employer's policy of allowing workers to wear bathing suits to work amounts to sexual harassment; Elaine is accused of stealing the idea for the face bra from a dead cousin.

  • May 10, 1999 45 min

    Ally hires a male escort in hopes of making Greg jealous; Fish and Cage represent a woman who destroyed her husband's most cherished possessions after she discovered he was having an affair; Billy objects to Georgia's revealing attire.

  • May 17, 1999 45 min

    Ally's fantasies interfere with her lawyering, prompting fears that she may be losing her mind; a man who believes his wife never loved him sues for fraud; Fish experiences impotency as he and Ling are about to make love.

  • May 24, 1999 45 min

    Ally decides to take a more aggressive approach in her search for a mate; a lesbian who wants to have a baby sues her insurance company when it refuses to cover the fertilization process; Nelle feels threatened by the relationship Cage shares with Ally.

Cast 17

Crew 1

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