Ally McBeal
1997–2002 · Ended · 5 seasons
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- Sep 8, 1997
- Last aired
- May 20, 2002
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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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Season 2 · 23 episodes
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Sep 14, 1998 45 min
Ally finds herself attracted to an eighteen-year-old; and Cage considers hiring an attorney he finds attractive.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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E7 Happy TrailsNov 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.
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E8 Just LookingNov 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.
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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.
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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.
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E11 In DreamsJan 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.
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E12 Love UnlimitedJan 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.
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Feb 8, 1999 45 min
A young leukemia sufferer wishes to sue God; and Fish and Cage defend a client accused of attempted murder.
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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.
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E15 SideshowFeb 22, 1999 45 min
Ally consults Tracy for advice now that she and Billy have kissed.
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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.
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E17 Civil WarApr 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.
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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.
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E19 Let's DanceApr 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.
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E20 Only the LonelyMay 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.
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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.
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E22 Love's IllusionsMay 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.
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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
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Calista Flockhart
Ally McBeal
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Courtney Thorne-Smith
Georgia Thomas
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Gil Bellows
Billy Thomas
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Peter MacNicol
John Cage
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Jane Krakowski
Elaine Vassal
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Lisa Nicole Carson
Renee Raddick
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Portia de Rossi
Nelle Porter
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Greg Germann
Richard Fish
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Lucy Liu
Ling Woo
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Robert Downey Jr.
Larry Paul
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Julianne Nicholson
Jenny Shaw
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James Marsden
Glenn Foy
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Vonda Shepard
Vonda Shepard
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Regina Hall
Corretta Lipp
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James Le Gros
Mark Albert
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Jon Bon Jovi
Victor Morrison
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Josh Hopkins
Raymond Millbury
Crew 1
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David E. Kelley
Creator