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Season 1 Episode Guide



Episode 1. Pilot

Young lawyer Ally McBeal experiences emotional turmoil when she takes a job at a firm where her childhood sweetheart and first love also works.

Episode 2. Compromising Positions

Ally meets the firm's other founding partner when she defends him on charges of soliciting a prostitute and feels like a prostitute herself when Fish asks her to date a prospective client

Episode 3. The Kiss

Ally has a confusing first date with client Ronald Cheanie...and teams up with Georgia to represent a television anchorwoman fired because of her age and sex.

Episode 4. The Affair

The widow of Ally's former law professor asks Ally to speak at his funeral...not knowing she once had an affair with him.<br><br>

Episode 5. One Hundred Tears Away

Ally is arrested for tripping a woman in a supermarket, then faces a bar association hearing on her emotional competence to practice law.

Episode 6. The Promise

Ally saves an obese man's life only to become the object of his affection.

Episode 7. The Attitude

Ally clashes with a client's rabbi and dates a handsome District Attorney while Georgia considers suing her law firm for sex discrimination.

Episode 8. Drawing the Lines

The firm helps the wife of a rich man negate a prenuptial agreement. Elain'e sexual harassment complaint comes to a head. Ally and Billy negotiate personal boundaries in their still tenuous friendship.

Episode 9. The Dirty Joke

The delivery girl sues the firm for sexual harassment. Ally tries to prove she's no Goodie Two-shoes by learning how to appreciate, and tell, dirty jokes.

Episode 10. Boy to the World

Ally defends and befriends a young transvestite prostitute. Fish sues for the right to discuss his dead uncle's prejudices in a eulogy. Cage ponders dating Ally.

Episode 11. Silver Bells

As Elaine plans the firm's musical Christmas party, a case involving a man with two wives causes Ally, Billy and Georgia to examine their relationship. Fish deals with Whipper's holiday marriage blues. Cage asks Ally out.

Episode 12. Cro-Magnon

As the firm's men plan to view a big boxing match, Ally dates a male art model with one large attribute, and is haunted by hallucinations of a dancing baby.

Episode 13. The Blame Game

As Ally, Cage and Georgia try a case about liability in an airplane crash, Ally is reunited with male model Glenn, her recent one-night stand, who makes her feel guilty about using him as a sexual object.

Episode 14. Body Language

Ally comes up with a creative strategy to convince a prison superintendant that an inmate should be allowed to marry. Whipper breaks up with Fish and Cage undergoes smile therapy.

Episode 15. Once in a Lifetime

Representing an artist who can't forget his dead wife conjures up ghosts of one-in-a-lifetime love for Ally and Billy. Cage worries about kissing Ally as their first date looms.

Episode 16. Forbidden Fruits

The firm represents a U.S. Senator accused of breaking up his wife's former marriage. Ally's legal arguments about true love get her into trouble with Georgia and Billy.

Episode 17. Theme of Life

Ally defends a doctor accused of transplanting a pig's liver into a woman without her permission. Ally and Georgia square off in a kickboxing match and Whipper dumps Fish for toying again with Janet Reno.

Episode 18. The Playing Field

Ally faces off against a child prodigy-attorney. A woman claims she is the victim of harassment because, unlike her female co-workers, she refused to use sex as a means of advancing her career.

Episode 19. Happy Birthday, Baby

Ally is mortified when her friends throw her a surprise birthday party. A man with a foot fetish refuses to use insanity as a defense.

Episode 20. The Inmates

The firm joins forces with Bobby Donnell and his staff (from The Practice) when a client is accused of killing her husband. Reneé is arrested for assault. A waiter alleges he was fired because he isn't gay.

Episode 21. Being There

Cage defends Reneé against assault charges. A home pregnancy test reveals Georgia is pregnant.

Episode 22. Alone Again

Cage defends a longtime convict who used a trampoline to break out of prison a month before his release. A woman intends to sue her ex-fiancé for leaving her at the altar.

Episode 23. These are the Days

Bobby Donnell (from The Practice) asks for the firm's help when two men seek an operation to switch hearts. Cage's cousin is arrested for assaulting happy people with a paddle.

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Season 2 Episode Guide



Episode 1. The Real World

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

Episode 2. They Eat Horses, Don't They?

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

Episode 3. Fools Night Out

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

Episode 4. It's My Party

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

Episode 5. Story of Love

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

Episode 6. Worlds Without Love

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

Episode 7. Happy Trails

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." More bad luck besets Stephan the frog.

Episode 8. Just Looking

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

Episode 9. You Never Can Tell

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

Episode 10. Making Spirits Bright

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

Episode 11. In Dreams

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

Episode 12. Love Unlimited

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.

Episode 13. Angels and Blimps

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

Episode 14. Pyramids on the Nile

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.

Episode 15. Sideshow

Ally and Billy deal with the repercussions of their kiss - in the office, in therapy and on their own.

Episode 16. Sex, Lies and Politics

Billy tells Georgia about the kiss. Cage takes on a U.S. Senator. Ally seeks guidance from a variety of sources.

Episode 17. Civil War

Ally and John go up against Richard and Georgia in court. Nelle and Ling help a very sweaty client.

Episode 18. Those Lips, That Hand

Ally and Cage defend a man accused of murder. Fish tries to break up with Ling. Billy and Georgia take a hair-raising case.

Episode 19. Let's Dance

Billy and Georgia seek counseling with special guest Rosie O'Donnell. Elaine and Ling enter a dance contest. Ally refuses to help on a big case.

Episode 20. Only the Lonely

Elaine's Face Bra infomercial debuts. The firm defends a boss who encouraged a monthly "Beach Day." John and Nelle go on their first date.

Episode 21. The Green Monster

Ally hires an escort to make Greg jealous. Georgia gets a hot new look. Cage tries to defend a revengeful wife.

Episode 22. Love's Illusions

John and Ally defend a wife accused of fraud. Fish finally gets Ling into bed. Billy and Georgia remedy their "stalled" love life.

Episode 23. I Know Him by Heart

Ally's Al Green hallucinations get out of control. Lesbian sociologist Margaret Camaro becomes a client.

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Season 3 Episode Guide



Episode 1. Car Wash

Ally has random sex with a man she has never spoken to or seen before at a car wash, only to realize that it is the fiance of one of her clients to which she has agreed to be bridesmaid for at the wedding.

Episode 2. Buried Pleasures

Ling and Ally kiss, then establish there is a missing ingredient, the penis, and decide to never kiss another woman again.

Episode 3. Seeing Green

Ally's hallucinations get worse and she falls in love with her imaginary Al Green. Billy joins a self-help-group of men who want to work on their chauvinism.

Episode 4. Heat Wave

Ally gets sued by Risa, the woman whose wedding she destroyed in the season opener. Meanwhile Billy decides to get his hair colored and hire a new and beautiful assistant.

Episode 5. Troubled Water

The day before Thanksgiving, Billy goes completely crazy, driving Georgia to kiss "George" in the bar. Ally invites everyone over to her place for a holiday dinner including her parents in Which "George" is revealed to be Ally's fater, that proves to be explosive, at the very least. Ally cannot take any more of this chaos and makes an emergency appointment with Tracey. Ally's other guests exit her apartment to finish dinner at Fish's place.

Episode 6. Changes

Billy and Cage represent sexy, middle-aged women who are suing her employees for sexual harassment. The woman, Robin Jones, claims that the staff of her magazine held a "sick out" and delayed the May publication because they didn't want to work for a "nymph". She was subsequently fired. Cage becomes a bad lawyer and Billy ends up taking him off the case. Meanwhile Richard and Ling officially break up. As they lose their case Billy and Robin argue over his chauvinistic principles, but settle it with a kiss - as Georgia walks in on them.

Episode 7. Saving Santa

The first case Georgia brings to Renee's new firm pits them against Cage and Fish. Georgia defends Newman's, an upscale department store against Steve Mallory, who worked as the store's Santa for seventeen years. Cage represents Mallory, who claims that he was wrongfully fired because Newman wants to hire a younger, thinner Santa. Meanwhile, Ally is haunted by visions of herself as a little girl. Ally manages to bring Georgia and Billy together to talk, and Billy sees that he wants Georgia back. But Georgia is not as eager to work things out yet.

Episode 8. Blue Christmas

Elaine finds a baby in a nativity scene and wants to keep him, so she gets Cage and Ally represent her in a custody battle. Billy tries to iron things out with Georgia. Ally, who isn't a big singer, bets Renee $1000 that she can "out-sex" her at the bar, followed by a memorable performance of "Santa Baby" at the Christmas party.

Episode 9. Out in the Cold

Ally befriends a homeless man who turns out to be a writer doing research on homelessness. They hit it off and just when Ally starts to think the man could be Mr. Right, she is stunned by what she finds about him. Meanwhile, Ling is arrested for running a brothel when one of her escorts has sex with a high school boy. Billy, still on his pro-testosterone kick, hires six of Ling's escorts to follow him around and be his assistant. to add to the office disruption, Cage and Nelle have a post break-up argument.

Episode 10. Just Friends

Ally has a romantic dream about Cage and wakes up thinking that he may be the one for her. When she finally gets up the courage to tell him, he admits that he often thought she might be the one for him also. Meanwhile, Elaine goes on a date with a great guy only to learn that he asked her out because his friend said she was easy.

Episode 11. Over the Rainbow

Georgia sues Cage, Fish and the firm for the destruction of her marriage. She cites many issues as leading to Billy's breakdown and the ultimate dissolution of their marriage.

Episode 12. In Search of Pygmies

Ling defends a dear old friend who is asked to leave his retirement home because the director finds his exuberant imagination disruptive for other residents. While Ling tries to decide whether her friend truly believes in his make-believe world or just pretends to, he suffers from a hallucination that has fatal results. Meanwhile, Ally spots a potential cute guy and proceeds to go after him.

Episode 13. Pursuit of Loneliness

Ally is pursued by Hammond, the server at her usual coffee shop, but is turned off by his forwardness. When pressed, she admits that a coffee server is not necessarily that attractive to her. She also learns he owns a chain of coffee joints. Still not impressed, Ally continues to snub Hammond, only to walk into an appeals court and find he is also a presiding judge in her case. When Ally is rude to him in court, Hammond throws her in jail for contempt. When she gets out of jail the two of them get together and kiss. Meanwhile, John begins to worry that Nelle is a snob and Billy finally kisses his assistant Sandy.

Episode 14. The Oddball Parade

Cage and Fish represent a group of oddballs who have been fired from their jobs. One client is a transvestite, one has an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and one is obese. Cage begins to take the case personally, considering himself an oddball. Meanwhile, Ally and Elaine enter a dance contest in which the winner gets to perform as one of Tina Turner's back-up singers at the bar. Elaine is devastated because Ally wins the contest. Billy and Ally agree to rekindle their relationship.

Episode 15. Prime Suspect

Cage's 'oddball' client is accused of murdering his old boss and the firm gets involved in their first murder trial. Ally plays detective and goes snooping when things in the case turn dismal.

Episode 16. Boy Next Door

Billy represents a woman in an annulment action case, who's deeply religious husband wants out of the marriage. However, the case gets sidetracked when Billy reveals the truth about his health, during his closing argument he reveals in court (with Ally present) That he still is and always will be in love with her, after saying this he falls to the floor and dies. Meanwhile, John gets trapped in an elevator and must do his work while his legs dangle.

Episode 17. I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor stalks Ally around singing I Will Survive. Meanwhile, Ally and Ling team up to represent a woman who beat her cheating husband to death with his prosthetic leg. Fish brings in a new lawyer and assigns him to Ally's case.

Episode 18. Turning Thirty

The firm defends a woman accused of murdering her eighty-nine-year-old husband by suffocating him...with her breasts. Meanwhile, Ally struggles with turning thirty. She goes to church to find God, but instead finds an angry Reverend Newman who has a pet peeve about women who only need God between relationships. Ally's next stop at a plastic surgeon has even more devastating results.

Episode 19. Do You Wanna Dance?

Ally engages in a little virtual sex, with a guy she’s been writing to online for the past few months. At Renee’s prompting, Ally tries to arrange a meeting. Eventually, she does. By this time, Ally, or “Lover Lips” as she calls herself, thinks she’s found her “Thunder Thighs”. Upon seeing Brian, the opposing counsel in a case she and Mark are trying, she immediately is drawn to him. Later, Ally is in hot water when she realizes she's been chatting with underage kid.

Episode 20. Hope and Glory

Nelle schemes to leave Cage & Fish in order to start her own firm and it leaves both Richard and John furious. Elaine accepts Nelle's offer to leave the firm and go with her. Ally dates Brian Selig.

Episode 21. Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost

Brian and Ally go to dinner with her parents. A nervous Ally and her hostile father make the dinner dreadful. Not even the entire restaurant engaged in a musical number can help the situation. Elsewhere, Nelle tells her lawyer, Hope, that she thinks she made a mistake leaving the firm and wants to go back. Renee sings the blues at the bar, and all join in. Meanwhile, Hope talks to Fish about Nelle coming back to the firm. He discusses it with John who nixes the idea. Next day, Ally's father visits and tells her she hurt her mother's feelings at the abysmal dinner the night before. Ally blames the situation on her father. They argue and Ally admits she's upset that her father didn't attend Billy's funeral. Ally heads home to meet Brian.

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Season 4 Episode Guide



Episode 1. Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts

Brian wants Ally to move in with him, but she has her reservations. Looking for advice, she searches out Dr. Tracy and finds a new "therapist" has taken her office. The firm represents a woman wishing to annul her six-year-marriage as she feels that her husband married her only for her money.

Episode 2. Girls' Night Out

Richard and Ling take Cindy McCauliff's case, meanwhile, Ally organizes a models night at the club to attract men. John and Nelle handle a case about a woman being sued for sexually harassing a man. They're up against Georgia and Renee.

Episode 3. Two's a Crowd

Mark's girlfriend finally reveals "her" secret; Ling and Nelle represent a woman suing a relationship guru whose advice ruined the woman's marriage; Ally is dating two different men who end up being related.

Episode 4. Without a Net

Ally runs into Kimmie Bishop, an old friend of hers from college. Ally makes fun of her in front of her fellow puritan friends, and Kimmie is so outraged she decides to sue Ally for defamation. Instead of having someone from the office to defend her, Ally hires therapist/lawyer Larry Paul.

Episode 5. The Last Virgin

Kimmie comes to Cage & Fish looking to hire Ally. She's suing her old firm for wrongful termination. They fired her for being too puritan, and the opposite lawyer is Larry. Now Ally and Larry have to face each other in court. Meanwhile, Ally is nervous about her first kiss with Larry and seeks for advice with Ling, who demonstrate on John how a good kiss should go. This makes Richard insecure of himself, and Nelle tells him to find a theme song for himself.

Episode 6. 'Tis the Season

The Christmas season is approaching, and while Ally is thrilled about it, Larry has nothing to celebrate. He confesses to her that he has a 7 year-old son who lives in Detroit with his mother, and ever since they split Larry finds Christmas sad and lonely.

Episode 7. Love on Holiday

Elaine gets sued by a former office clerk because she called him "peanut" due his size. John thinks Larry was ridiculing him by making fun of his relationship with Kimmy and her mother. Nelle and Ling compete about who will have the most bids from the charity auction dinner date and Cindy (Mark's ex-girlfriend the transvestite) has plans for Richard for charity auction.

Episode 8. The Man with the Bag

John and Nelle defend her father who was fired from his job as a teacher because he claims he's Santa Claus; Ally feels threatened when Larry's ex comes to town; Richard and Ling lip sync at the office Christmas party

Episode 9. Reasons to Believe

"The" Nicholas Engbloom comes to Cage & Fish looking for John to help him with a murder case. Melanie West suffers with Tourette's syndrome and ran over her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Richard teaches Mark how to use a "sex song" in order to please Elaine in bed.

Episode 10. The Ex-Files

Larry's ex-wife asks him for his permission to take their son to Canada, where she is moving. They argue over why can't one of them move closer to the other so their son can grow with his two parents around. Melanie is fired from her job for scaring the children and John takes it to court.

Episode 11. Mr. Bo

Melanie takes John to her tiny apartment (actually it's an old service elevator) and introduces him to Mr. Bo, a homeless man Melanie cares deeply for. Mr. Bo starts to stalk John around and he files a complaint against him. Richard organizes a twist contest at the bar and while Elaine freaks with the possibility of losing to the babe lawyers, Nelle only enters the contest after Ling introduces her to a very hot twist instructor. And Ally takes a case of a woman who fired her secretary because she was slightly overweight and is shocked when she discovers that Cage & Fish only hire hot female lawyers.

Episode 12. Hats Off to Larry

Larry's son flies in from Detroit and goes to Cage & Fish looking for Ally. He wants to sue his parents for emotional damage. Meanwhile, Nelle is representing her dance instructor/lover Sam Adams in court. He's suing his ex-partner for stealing his dance moves. Cindy McCauliff returns to the office looking for Richard. (S)He wants to marry a man.

Episode 13. Reach Out And Touch

Ally has hallucinations with Barry Manilow. Richard assigns Ling to work with Jackson Duper, the firm's newest lawyer. When they meet, Ling discovers that Jackson slept with her in the past under a fake name. They have to handle a double case of a man who wants his marriage annulled because his wife is a nymphomaniac and cheated on him 106 times and is suing the minister for having a torrid affair with her. Between the unisex bathroom, Elaine's vibra and Melanie's Tourette, Jackson is going crazy with his new job and questions his future in the firm. Meanwhile, John proposes to Melanie. But Melanie doesn't want to be institutionalized (even if that institution is marriage).

Episode 14. Boys Town

Richard and John's relationship grows more tense than ever and so they attend couples therapy; Jackson's presence has a profound impact on Elaine; Jackson represent a woman being sued for firing all her male employees.

Episode 15. Falling Up

Jackson and Renee's one night stand turns into something more; Ally visits several therapists to get over her hallucinations of Larry, who eventually appears in the flesh; John represents a man who wants to annul his marriage after his wife decides she doesn't want to have kids, a case that carries over into John's relationship with Melanie.

Episode 16. The Getaway

To escape their ruined love lives, Richard and John go for a vacation to Los Angeles. It turns into a working vacation however when John not only must get Richard out of legal trouble but also helps a woman divorcing her wealthy husband who paid someone to seduce her. Meanwhile Richard helps a struggling actress leave her agent who is in fact using her to run an escort service.

Episode 17. The Pursuit of Unhappiness

Elaine cheated on Mark and now she's trying by all means to find a way for him to forgive her. She even takes advice from Richard! But in the end she has a serious talk with Mark and she tells him she cheated because he never fully trusted her. They break up. Meanwhile, Jackson is assigned to do the pre-nup for a rich, fat and bald man. Ally puts Larry to defend to soon-to-be wife's interests, which leads into a more personal dissension between Larry and Jackson. And Ling takes the case of a man who's being sued by his own son because a blood clot has left him perpetually happy which is ruining the family business.

Episode 18. The Obstacle Course

Cassandra surprises John when she suddenly shows up at the office. She wants to continue the relationship they started in LA, but John doesn't want to go on seeing her, because they're 3.000 miles away and he's not completely over Melanie yet. Ally takes the case of a man who's being sued because he didn't reveal to his internet date that he was a dwarf. Larry is representing the woman suing, and the case ends up reflecting on their own relationship as Ally questions Larry if they would be together if she was 3 feet tall. Ling and Jackson take a case of a woman who's suing her old boyfriend for interrupting her wedding ceremony. Jackson reveals his true feelings towards Ling, who is confused and torn between him and Richard. Caught in the middle of this is Renee, who feels used by Jackson.

Episode 19. In Search of Barry White

John loses his ability to channel Barry White while going up against Larry in a case involving a man who wants to clone his late wife; Nelle hooks Elaine into on-line romance; Ling's feelings for Jackson grow more intense.

Episode 20. Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade

Larry defends Sting when a man sues him for breaking up his marriage; a Streisand impersonator sues over his nose job; Richard flirts with Cindy Margolis to make Ling jealous.

Episode 21. Queen Bee

Sydney Gale hires Cage & Fish to represent her in court. She's been sued for wrongful termination, and Richard and John take the case. An employee is suing Sydney because he doesn't want to 'serve' her anymore. In her firm, she only hires men who desire her, and thus make the company a lot like a beehive and Sydney their queen. John and Richard are driven crazy with lust, but they win the case. Meanwhile, Reverend Mark Newman is once again having problems concerning Lisa Knowles's performance at church. Now she's musically attacking Rev. Mark's new girlfriend, who's also a member of the choir. After Jackson's strategy fails, it's in Nelle's hand to fix the situation.

Episode 22. Home Again

When Larry's surprise engagement plan goes awry he's convinced it's an omen and reassurance from his ex-wie doesn't help, especially when Ally sees them together. Fish flies to LA. to help the aspiring actress, Jane, stop a man's magazine from publishing nude pictures of her.

Episode 23. The Wedding

Malcolm Wyatt hires Ally to take his case. He's suing a girl for not going to the prom with him after she said yes in fall. The opposing lawyer is Larry Paul, and Ally is nervous about meeting him in court. But he never shows up, and his partner Coretta tells Ally he left for Detroit. Richard hires Jane Wilco as the office's new secretary, but after she gets the cold shoulder from some people, Richard wonders what ever happened to the friendly workplace he once built. Ally talks to Billy's ghost and decides to go to Malcolm's prom as his date and convinces him to sing solo and never stop believing in love.

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Season 5 Episode Guide



Episode 1. Friends and Lovers

On the season premiere of Ally McBeal, Ally finds herself the mentor for young lawyer Jenny, whom she runs into on the street and immediately hires as an associate at Cage and Fish. Neurotic Jenny, fresh from being fired by her old firm, and from heartbreak over a failed relationship, comes face to face with both her firm when she opposes its lawyers in court, and her old boyfriend, when it turns out that he is the other new associate at Cage and Fish. Meanwhile, John Cage misunderstands Ally when he overhears her say she loves him, and sets out to win her heart. He seeks advice from Richard, waxes poetic to Ally, and after those and other attempts backfire, ends the hour with the realization that she does not love him in the way that he had hoped.

Episode 2. Judge Ling

Jenny insists that Ally should go out with Glenn, and Ally insists she doesn't have a crush on him. The three are assigned to chair the telemarketing case. They have a very hard time with the main plaintiff, Claire Otoms, a purple-haired, flashy-looking lady who lives in a 'colonial house'. Raymond, knowing that if the judge listens to her he'll rule in his favor, takes the deposition to the court. Claire keeps drifting from the questions, for Ally's desperation. But what appeared to have gone so bad turned out good. Coretta convinces John that he must look good to cause a good impression, and John ends up dressing a fake muscle suit to try to get rid of his weird-women magnetism. Ling and Nelle 'compliment' twin babies on the street. The mother of the babies - the Massachusetts governor - is so flattered by the compliments that she offers Ling a judge position. Overwhelmed, Ling makes a purple robe and starts to give more-than-quick sentences.

Episode 3. Neutral Corners

Ally has a dream about Raymond and Glenn. She thinks it's a sign they'll lose the phone company case, and Glenn sees it as a secret attraction of Ally for him. After Raymond makes a 125,000 dollars offer for the phone company case, Ally decides to make an infomercial using Ling's TV show crew and Claire Otoms as the announcer. They threat to run the infomercial nationwide on primetime, and the threat of losing hundreds of millions of dollars scares Raymond's client. Cage & Fish settle for 15 million dollars, the biggest settlement ever, which makes Richard cry of happiness. Meanwhile, Ally is still divided with her feelings for Glenn and if she should date him or not. Glenn says he's not interested in her, and Raymond asks Glenn if he should date Ally. To make things even better, John decides to confess his feelings for Ally and is very disappointed when she says they will never be more than just very good friends.

Episode 4. Fear of Flirting

Ally and Glenn continue their flirtation, which leads to their conscious avoidance of each other, which does not go unnoticed by the others at Cage and Fish. She insists he’s too much of a “boy” for her, but continues to be attracted to him. He’s drawn to her because she’s a little older. Both use Jenny’s feelings as an excuse to not date as well. John takes off for parts unknown, which worries the ladies of the firm, especially Nelle. Richard takes it in stride, and takes over John’s abandoned hole off of the unisex. Raymond is sued by a former coworker for sexual harassment, and asks Jenny to represent him.

Episode 5. I Want Love

Jenny's mother comes to hire the firm to take her wrongful termination case. She's being fired from her job for dating a 20 year-old. Jenny wants Ally to purposely lose the case but Ally can't do that. The case ends up serving as a mirror to Ally and Glenn's relationship. Ally's closing makes Jenny change her mind and she accepts her soon-to-be step-father. Glenn tries to reach Ally, but Ally, as always, is afraid she's going to end up broken hearted. Meanwhile, Ling looks for more exciting cases for her show and brings an entire orchestra to her court. Richard obsesses with Ms. Shaw's waddle, but Francis shows him he's way out of her league.

Episode 6. Lost and Found

John makes a surprise return and is shocked after hearing from Raymond that Richard threw a party in his "hole". After confronting Richard, John gives the office a speech, in which he reveals the reason why and where he left to. Raymond gets Glenn and Ally to double date with him and Jenny. It's Jenny's birthday, and everyone forgets it. Glenn is the only one who didn't get her a present, so he sings a very romantic Elvis song at the bar for her. He asks her back, and she accepts. Ally wonders if she should hook up with John, but the ghost of Larry is still present in her thoughts. Meanwhile, Ling poses nude to boost her TV character; Corretta and Richard find themselves involved in a police investigation on a woman who used to marry rich old men for the money.

Episode 7. Nine One One

Ally helps a minister who was fired from his church for not believing in God. Ever since his wife was brutally murdered, he has been questioning his beliefs and he asks Ally to talk to his son. Ally is surprised to see Malcolm again and encourages him to sing at his father's service after he is hired back. Meanwhile, John takes a case opposite a mayor who cancelled the Christmas parade of his town due to a disaster in which people died. Very moved, John proves that Christmas is what they need the most in this time of deep grief. Back in the office, Jenny and Elaine confront each other about Elaine's performance with Glenn in the office's Christmas party.

Episode 8. Playing with Matches

Jenny's mom's wedding is approaching, and Ally is shocked when Tim gives her a certain look that suggests a move. She talks to Jenny, and they decide to test him. Ally makes a move on him, and he offers her to have an affair. Surprisingly, Jenny's mom is ok with that, which only confuses Ally more. She's been hallucinating with a 7-year-old boy who keeps saying she's killing him. The boy is a version of Ally from when she believed in love (a conclusion made by Richard), before Billy died and Larry left. Meanwhile, John and Coretta help Kimmie Bishop, who's back suing a matchmaker for saying she's "unmatchable".

Episode 9. Blowin' in the Wind

Ally impulsively buys a house, to which Dr. Milter concludes is a way of her to take care of herself, since Ally sees herself as a 'work in progress'. Richard gets the others to help paint the house as a surprise for Ally, who hires the handyman Victor to fix the house for her. Meanwhile, Ally handles a case of a man who spent too much money buying gifts for his wife until they went bankrupt. And Jenny has some back problems, to which Coretta recommends a chiropractor who has a special chair. Glenn gets extremely jealous that a chair is giving Jenny more pleasure than him, while Nelle tests the chair.

Episode 10. One Hundred Tears

Ally defends a man who broke into his old house to jump out of his old bedroom window. Harvey Hall believes he can fly using wings he made himself. The house owner allows him to jump from the roof, and Harvey accomplishes his life long dream of flying, at the cost of his own life. Meanwhile, Harriet Pumple tries to find a match for Elaine, Coretta, Richard and John. She matches Elaine with Victor, who would have dumped her if it wasn't for Ally asking him not to. But Harriet can't find a match for John, so the entire office sings "we have to get you a woman" for him. John is profoundly insulted.

Episode 11. A Kick in the Head

10 year-old Maddie Harrington shows up on Ally's door saying she's her daughter. She's the result of a mixup on the egg bank Ally deposited her eggs ten years ago. Since Maddie's father died six months ago, she's been living with her aunt, who sings TV themes on nightclubs for a living. After a lot of talking, Maddie decides to stay in Boston with Ally on a trial basis until they resolve where she will stay. Meanwhile, Richard takes the case of a man who killed his wife after kicking her in the head when he mistook her for a soccer ball. John doesn't think he'll be able to win the case because he can't litigate, but Richard surprises him when he wins.

Episode 12. The New Day

Maddie keeps testing Ally for her patience and love, something that doesn't go through Ally's mind until Victor points it out. Ally, on the other hand, is being way too protective on Maddie, confronting her school principal, teacher and classmates. She decides to hire a nanny, but can't find one that is fits her standards (liking Moulin Rouge, for example), so she ends up hiring Victor, who has developed a very good bond with Maddie. As if she didn't have enough going on in her life, Ally is offered partnership on the firm now that John is gone. After a lot of consideration, Richard decided to ask her and change the firm's name from Cage & Fish to Fish & McBeal, which upsets Nelle, who thinks she should be the next partner, not Ally. After going through the firm's books, Ally discovers that they're losing money and have to fire someone to avoid problems. Since neither Richard nor John had the guts to fire anyone, Ally decides to do so. Meanwhile, Coretta and Raymond face each other in court on a case about a lawyer who was fired because she was dying from AIDS. The case deepens when her employee reveals that his own son died of AIDS and he's only trying to avoid the other partners from further suffering since two of his lawyers died on September 11th.

Episode 13. Woman

Ally decided that in order for the firm to get out of the financial crisis it's going through, someone will have to be let go. She chooses Jenny, who between all the lawyers of the firm had the least number of clients and experience. Glenn takes Jenny's dismissal offensively and decides to quit, taking all his clients with him. Ally accepts his resignation, but Victor convinces her to hire him back since the firm can't afford to lose any clients. Glenn and Jenny decide to start a new firm together and leave Cage, Fish & McBeal once and for all. Now the other lawyers will have to do extra work to make up for the loss. Among the changes Ally is making on the firm, she wants Nelle to be nicer and asks her to perform at the bar, something she has never done before. Afraid of embarrassing herself, Nelle goes to Ling for help. They decide to have backing vocals, a plan that backfires when the singer who was going to dub Nelle suddenly loses her voice and Elaine has Claire Otoms to replace her. That's right. Claire Otoms is back. This time she wants legal representation because she was fired for sexual harassment from her firm. As the case goes on, Richard starts to see the inner beauty of Claire and decides to hire her as an office assistant. Meanwhile, Ally also has problems at home when Maddie starts asking questions about sex and insists she and Victor demonstrate her what a french kiss is.

Episode 14. Homecoming

Ally decides to take the DNA test after having recurring dreams where Maddie's real parents show up claiming her. Maddie doesn't take that well and escapes to NY to see her aunt Bonnie. Maddie thinks the test is just Ally's way of having an excuse not to love her, but Ally only wants a proof that Maddie is her daughter so no one can take her away from her. The test comes out positive, and they both cry. Meanwhile, a demented woman shows up at Ally's door looking for Vincent, the love of her life who owned the house before Ally bought it. She thinks Victor is Vincent, and he plays along. She has a stroke and dies, and Victor suffers from it even though he only met her for less than a day. Ally also offers Raymond a job at the firm, which he takes. And Claire decides to help Richard reunite with his high school crush, but she had a sex change operation and is now a man, something that shocks Richard deeply.

Episode 15. Heart and Soul

Richard and Raymond are hired to represent Serena Feldman, a 16 year-old girl who will die unless Judge Hall consents her a heart transplant from her convicted father, who is the her only match. Serena's aunt is against the transplant because Serena's dad murdered her mother , and Claire interferes with both her and the judge in order to help save Serena. The case is tough, and afraid his daughter will die after Judge Hall denies the transplant, Serena's father escapes and kills himself. Meanwhile, Maddie is caught smoking and reveals to Victor that she wanted to be suspended to avoid father-daughter day at school. She questions Ally why she and Victor can't be together, and Victor overhears Ally telling Maddie that they come from different worlds. Angry at Ally for being elitist, Victor quits, but Ally goes after him to ask him on a date. In the last minute she freaks out, and Victor is called in for help. Ally is still in love with Larry and thus can't date Victor.

Episode 16. Love Is All Around (1)

Ally is about to go on her 3rd date, a.k.a. the "sex date", with Victor. Everybody knows about it, but Ally is nervous because on the 2nd date the tension was so high they couldn't even kiss. Meanwhile, Ally is interviewing for new hires, and meets with big shot attorney Todd Merrick, who gets on her nerves. Ally questions if she's dating Victor to fit hers or Maddie's demands. They finally go out, and when they come home they find Maddie's nanny dead in front of the TV, ruining the rest of the date. At the firm, Richard assigns Nelle to a very important case opposite court devil Liza "Lolita" Bump, a bitchy, young and feared attorney. So feared that Richard has to get John Cage for the case. He's been working at a Mexican restaurant as a mariachi player, and is quickly intimidated by Lisa's actions on and off court. She keeps trying to seduce John in order to settle the wrongful dismissal case, and John feels he must bring "The Biscuit" back to defeat her once and for all. Meanwhile, Claire announces she's getting married, and Coretta suggests she signs a pre-nup. Lisa meets her fiancée and decides to represent him in court.

Episode 17. Love Is All Around (2)

The judge forbids the lawyers to interfere on Claire's engagement, and her fiancée decides to call the wedding off. Devastated, Claire goes to Ally for help. Ally is still shaken with the memory of Larry, and isn't sure of her feelings for Victor anymore. In the middle of that there's Todd, whom Ally turned down as an attorney, but who asked her out on a date. He gets on her nerves and they fight a lot. On their date, Ally confronts Victor and tries to pick a fight with him. John and Nelle try to settle upon their imminent lost in court, but Liza has now lowered her offer. John is furious and decides to take her down.

Episode 18. Tom Dooley

Ally is going to the Bermudas with Victor, and welcomes Liza as the firm's newest attorney. Nelle doesn't like that or the fact that she took John's office. Despite being her first day, Liza hires another lawyer, Wilson Jade, whom she was going to partner with on her own practice, hadn't she joined Cage, Fish & McBeal. Nelle and Wilson represent a woman who's suing her husband for sexual harassment, while John and Liza represent Nicole Naples, a woman who's legally married to two different men. Liza and John develop a great chemistry in court, and save Nicole from going to jail. John almost falls in love with Nicole, who's also interested in singing the mariachi with him. And back at the office, Claire is hot for Wilson, who makes an excellent settlement on the case with the help of Nelle (or should we call her Morgan, her real name, which was discovered by Liza – who's actually Debbie!)

Episode 19. Another One Bites The Dust

Ally and Victor return from their Bermuda trip. Ally feels their relationship is in crisis because they weren't able to connect without Maddie around. Victor is being sued by his former girlfriend for breach of contract. Ally discovers that Victor is a painter and never told her. She's angry, but not as angry as when she sees his painting of her with cellulite. Nelle and Wilson team up against a woman who was blackmailing their client in order not to come public with a tape of their lovemaking. Richard obsesses over Liza and has Claire do the talking for him through a hearing device, afraid she's going to turn him down – and even more afraid she'll say yes to him.

Episode 20. What I'll Never Do for Love Again

Elaine auditions for "A Chorus Line", but doesn't get a call back. She accidentally bumps into the casting director, whom she finds attractive and nice. They go out for dinner and end up having sex. The next morning at work Elaine feels horrible for not giving her full self at the audition and Nelle tries to comfort her. Richard's father seeks for his help. He's being sued by his former secretary for sexual harassment. He fired her because he was falling in love with her, which damages his 40 yearlong marriage.

Episode 21. All of Me

The lawyers at Cage, Fish & McBeal split when both personalities of the same woman hires them to represent each in court. One of her personalities is a strong, decided and bitchy woman that goes by Helena Green. She wants to divorce her husband, who years ago married sweet, warm hearted but weak Helen Green. Helena has Liza and Richard on her side – a couple who is struggling with the imminent commitment – while Helen hires Ally and John – who but those two could represent a suppressed personality of a woman who has love as her life incentive?

Episode 22. Bygones

After Maddie passes out, Ally finds out she is suffering from a nervous reaction to all the changes in her life, so Ally decides that the only way she can help her daughter is to move back to New York. While the news come as a big shock to the firm, Richard anticipates his wedding with Liza so Ally can attend the ceremony. While spending her last hours in the town, Ally gets a visit from Renee, Georgia and afterwards, Billy as a ghost.

Source: Tv.com

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