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Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal was a television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002, and was one of the best-known "dramedy" television series of the 1990s.
Created by David E. Kelley, starring Calista Flockhart in the title role as a young lawyer working in a fictional Boston law firm (named Cage, Fish and Associates) filled with other young lawyers whose lives and loves were highly melodramatic.
Despite its legal environment, the show paid minimal attention to the actual practice of law. Instead it focused on the romantic and personal lives of the main characters, though sometimes using legal proceedings as plot devices to contrast or reinforce a character's drama. For example, bitter divorce litigation of a client might provide a backdrop for Ally's decision to break up with a boyfriend.
Notably, the show frequently used vivid, dramatic fantasy sequences for a character's wishful thinking. The show also featured regular visits to a local bar where singer and cast member Vonda Shepard regularly performed (though occasionally handing over the microphone to the characters). Each episode generally concluded on an upbeat, hopeful note, with energetic music.
Ally McBeal was hugely successful, but received much criticism from TV critics and feminists who found the title character annoying and demeaning to women because of her excessive flightiness, lack of demonstrated legal knowledge, and extreme emotional instability. Flockhart's visible loss of weight by the second season also caused much media speculation. The show was also noted for the ever rising hemlines of Ally's very short mini-skirts, which she wore in the courtroom.
However, Ally's search for true love struck a chord with young female audiences, and the eccentric characters around her were developed further, giving the show firm footing.
In the fourth season, Robert Downey Jr. joined the regular cast as Ally's boyfriend Larry Paul, resurrecting the ratings of a show that had lost its novelty and thus much of its audience. However, when Downey got into legal troubles over his real-life drug addiction, he was forced to leave the show. Shortly thereafter other central cast members also left, and various characters disappeared from the show without an explanation (such as Renee, Mark, Jackson and Jane Wilco), which caused the ratings to sink again. Guest appearances from Matthew Perry, Jon Bon Jovi, Christina Ricci, and Dame Edna Everage in season five were not enough to save the show.
Ally McBeal Episodes
Ally McBeal Season 1
1. 1- 1 AM00 8 Sep 97 Pilot
2. 1- 2 AM01 15 Sep 97 Compromising Positions
3. 1- 3 AM02 22 Sep 97 The Kiss
4. 1- 4 AM03 29 Sep 97 The Affair
5. 1- 5 AM04 20 Oct 97 One Hundred Tears Away
6. 1- 6 AM05 27 Oct 97 The Promise
7. 1- 7 AM06 3 Nov 97 The Attitude
8. 1- 8 AM07 10 Nov 97 Drawing the Lines
9. 1- 9 AM08 17 Nov 97 The Dirty Joke
10. 1-10 AM09 1 Dec 97 Boy to the World
11. 1-11 AM10 15 Dec 97 Silver Bells
12. 1-12 AM11 5 Jan 98 Cro-Magnon
13. 1-13 AM12 19 Jan 98 The Blame Game
14. 1-14 AM13 2 Feb 98 Body Language
15. 1-15 AM14 23 Feb 98 Once in a Lifetime
16. 1-16 AM15 2 Mar 98 Forbidden Fruits
17. 1-17 AM16 9 Mar 98 Theme of Life
18. 1-18 AM17 16 Mar 98 The Playing Field
19. 1-19 AM18 6 Apr 98 Happy Birthday, Baby
20. 1-20 AM19 27 Apr 98 The Inmates (1)
21. 1-21 AM20 4 May 98 Being There
22. 1-22 AM21 11 May 98 Alone Again
23. 1-23 AM22 18 May 98 These Are the Days
Ally McBeal Season 2
24. 2- 1 2M01 14 Sep 98 The Real World
25. 2- 2 2M02 21 Sep 98 They Eat Horses, Don't They?
26. 2- 3 2M03 28 Sep 98 Fools Night Out
27. 2- 4 2M04 19 Oct 98 It's My Party
28. 2- 5 2M05 26 Oct 98 Story of Love
29. 2- 6 2M07 2 Nov 98 World's Without Love
30. 2- 7 2M08 9 Nov 98 Happy Trails
31. 2- 8 2M09 16 Nov 98 Just Looking
32. 2- 9 2M06 23 Nov 98 You Never Can Tell
33. 2-10 2M10 14 Dec 98 Making Spirits Bright
34. 2-11 2M11 11 Jan 99 In Dreams
35. 2-12 2M12 18 Jan 99 Love Unlimited
36. 2-13 2M13 8 Feb 99 Angels and Blimps
37. 2-14 2M14 15 Feb 99 Pyramids on the Nile
38. 2-15 2M15 22 Feb 99 Sideshow
39. 2-16 2M16 1 Mar 99 Sex, Lies and Politics
22 Mar 99 Life and Trials of Ally McBeal
40. 2-17 2M17 5 Apr 99 Civil War
41. 2-18 2M18 19 Apr 99 Those Lips, That Hand
42. 2-19 2M19 26 Apr 99 Let's Dance
43. 2-20 2M20 3 May 99 Only the Lonely
44. 2-21 2M21 10 May 99 The Green Monster
45. 2-22 2M22 17 May 99 Love's Illusions
46. 2-23 2M23 24 May 99 I Know Him By Heart
Ally McBeal Season 3
47. 3- 2 3M01 25 Oct 99 Car Wash
48. 3- 3 3M02 1 Nov 99 Buried Pleasures
49. 3- 4 3M03 8 Nov 99 Seeing Green
50. 3- 5 3M04 15 Nov 99 Heat Wave
51. 3- 6 3M05 22 Nov 99 Troubled Water
52. 3- 7 3M06 29 Nov 99 Changes
53. 3- 8 3M07 13 Dec 99 Saving Santa
54. 3- 9 3M08 20 Dec 99 Blue Christmas
55. 3-10 3M09 10 Jan 00 Out in the Cold
56. 3-11 3M10 17 Jan 00 Just Friends
57. 3-12 3M11 7 Feb 00 Over the Rainbow
58. 3-13 3M12 14 Feb 00 In Search of Pygmies
59. 3-14 3M13 21 Feb 00 Pursuit of Loneliness
60. 3-15 3M14 28 Feb 00 The Oddball Parade
61. 3-16 3M15 20 Mar 00 Prime Suspect
62. 3-17 3M16 27 Mar 00 Boy Next Door
63. 3-18 3M17 10 Apr 00 I Will Survive
64. 3-19 3M18 1 May 00 Turning Thirty
65. 3-20 3M19 8 May 00 Do You Wanna Dance?
66. 3-21 3M20 15 May 00 Hope and Glory
67. 3-22 3M21 22 May 00 Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost
Ally McBeal Season 4
68. 4- 1 4M01 23 Oct 00 Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts
69. 4- 2 4M02 30 Oct 00 Girls' Night Out
70. 4- 3 4M03 6 Nov 00 Two's a Crowd
71. 4- 4 4M04 13 Nov 00 Without a Net
72. 4- 5 4M05 20 Nov 00 The Last Virgin
73. 4- 6 4M06 27 Nov 00 'Tis the Season
74. 4- 7 4M07 4 Dec 00 Love on Holiday
75. 4- 8 4M08 11 Dec 00 The Man with the Bag
76. 4- 9 4M09 8 Jan 01 Reasons to Believe
77. 4-10 4M10 15 Jan 01 The Ex-Files
78. 4-11 4M11 22 Jan 01 Mr. Bo
79. 4-12 4M12 5 Feb 01 Hats Off to Larry
80. 4-13 4M13 12 Feb 01 Reach Out And Touch
81. 4-14 4M14 19 Feb 01 Boys Town
82. 4-15 4M15 26 Feb 01 Falling Up
83. 4-16 4M16 19 Mar 01 The Getaway
84. 4-17 4M17 26 Mar 01 The Pursuit of Unhappiness
85. 4-18 4M18 16 Apr 01 The Obstacle Course
86. 4-19 4M19 23 Apr 01 In Search of Barry White
87. 4-20 4M20 30 Apr 01 Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade
88. 4-21 4M21 7 May 01 Queen Bee
89. 4-22 4M22 14 May 01 Home Again
90. 4-23 4M23 21 May 01 The Wedding
Ally McBeal Season 5
91. 5- 1 5M01 29 Oct 01 Friends and Lovers
92. 5- 2 5M02 5 Nov 01 Judge Ling
93. 5- 3 5M03 12 Nov 01 Neutral Corners
94. 5- 4 5M04 19 Nov 01 Fear of Flirting
95. 5- 5 5M05 26 Nov 01 I Want Love
96. 5- 6 5M06 3 Dec 01 Lost and Found
97. 5- 7 5M07 10 Dec 01 Nine One One
98. 5- 8 5M08 7 Jan 02 Playing with Matches
99. 5- 9 5M09 14 Jan 02 Blowin' in the Wind
100. 5-10 5M10 21 Jan 02 One Hundred Tears
101. 5-11 5M11 4 Feb 02 A Kick in the Head
102. 5-12 5M12 11 Feb 02 The New Day
103. 5-13 5M13 18 Feb 02 Woman
104. 5-14 5M14 25 Feb 02 Homecoming
105. 5-15 5M15 4 Mar 02 Heart and Soul
106. 5-16 5M16A 15 Apr 02 Love Is All Around (1)
107. 5-17 5M16B 15 Apr 02 Love Is All Around (2)
108. 5-18 5M17 22 Apr 02 Tom Dooley
109. 5-19 5M18 29 Apr 02 Another One Bites The Dust
110. 5-20 5M19 6 May 02 What I'll Never Do for Love Again
111. 5-21 5M20 13 May 02 All of Me
112. 5-22 5M21 20 May 02 Bygone
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