Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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Calista Flockhart
Ally McBeal
Greg Germann
Richard Fish
Jane Krakowski
Elaine Vassal
Regina Hall
Corretta Lipp
Peter MacNicol
John Cage
Vonda Shepard
Vonda Shepard
Portia De Rossi
Nelle Porter
Josh Hopkins
Raymond Millbury
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23 episodes • 1997Avg: 7.1Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Sep 8, 1997 | 7.3 |
| 2 | Compromising Positions | Sep 15, 1997 | 7.2 |
| 3 | The Kiss | Sep 22, 1997 | 7.2 |
| 4 | The Affair | Sep 29, 1997 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 100 Tears Away | Oct 20, 1997 | 7.4 |
| 6 | The Promise | Oct 27, 1997 | 7.6 |
| 7 | The Attitude | Nov 3, 1997 | 7.8 |
| 8 | Drawing The Lines | Nov 10, 1997 | 7.5 |
| 9 | The Dirty Joke | Nov 17, 1997 | 7.8 |
| 10 | Boy To The World | Dec 1, 1997 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Silver Bells | Dec 15, 1997 | 7.6 |
| 12 | Cro-Magnon | Jan 5, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 13 | The Blame Game | Jan 19, 1998 | 6.5 |
| 14 | Body Language | Feb 2, 1998 | 6.5 |
| 15 | Once In A Lifetime | Feb 23, 1998 | 6.5 |
| 16 | Forbidden Fruits | Mar 2, 1998 | 6.7 |
| 17 | Theme Of Life | Mar 9, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 18 | The Playing Field | Mar 16, 1998 | 6.5 |
| 19 | Happy Birthday Baby | Apr 6, 1998 | 6.3 |
| 20 | The Inmates | Apr 27, 1998 | 6.5 |
| 21 | Being There | May 4, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 22 | Alone Again | May 11, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 23 | These Are The Days | May 18, 1998 | 7.7 |
23 episodes • 1998Avg: 7.1Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Real World | Sep 14, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 2 | They Eat Horses Don't They? | Sep 21, 1998 | 7.7 |
| 3 | Fools Night Out | Sep 28, 1998 | 7.3 |
| 4 | It's My Party | Oct 19, 1998 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Story Of Love | Oct 26, 1998 | 6.7 |
| 6 | Worlds Without Love | Nov 2, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Happy Trails | Nov 9, 1998 | 4.6 |
| 8 | Just Looking | Nov 16, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 9 | You Never Can Tell | Nov 23, 1998 | 5.0 |
| 10 | Making Spirits Bright | Dec 14, 1998 | 7.6 |
| 11 | In Dreams | Jan 11, 1999 | 6.7 |
| 12 | Love Unlimited | Jan 18, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Angels & Blimps | Feb 8, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Pyramids On The Nile | Feb 15, 1999 | 6.7 |
| 15 | Sideshow | Feb 22, 1999 | 6.7 |
| 16 | Sex, Lies & Politics | Mar 1, 1999 | 6.7 |
| 17 | Civil War | Apr 5, 1999 | 7.7 |
| 18 | Those Lips That Hand | Apr 19, 1999 | 7.3 |
| 19 | Let's Dance | Apr 26, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 20 | Only The Lonely | May 3, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 21 | The Green Monster | May 10, 1999 | 7.5 |
| 22 | Love's Illusions | May 17, 1999 | 7.8 |
| 23 | I Know Him By Heart | May 24, 1999 | 7.7 |
21 episodes • 1999Avg: 6.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Car Wash | Oct 25, 1999 | 6.7 |
| 2 | Buried Pleasures | Nov 1, 1999 | 4.8 |
| 3 | Seeing Green | Nov 8, 1999 | 6.7 |
| 4 | Heat Wave | Nov 15, 1999 | 6.3 |
| 5 | Troubled Water | Nov 22, 1999 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Changes | Nov 29, 1999 | 7.2 |
| 7 | Saving Santa | Dec 13, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Blue Christmas | Dec 20, 1999 | 7.3 |
| 9 | Out In The Cold | Jan 10, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Just Friends | Jan 17, 2000 | 6.8 |
| 11 | Over the Rainbow | Feb 7, 2000 | 7.3 |
| 12 | In Search Of Pygmies | Feb 14, 2000 | 6.3 |
| 13 | Pursuit of Loneliness | Feb 21, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 14 | The Oddball Parade | Feb 28, 2000 | 6.7 |
| 15 | Prime Suspect | Mar 20, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Boy Next Door | Mar 27, 2000 | 7.7 |
| 17 | I Will Survive | Apr 10, 2000 | 6.5 |
| 18 | Turning Thirty | May 1, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 19 | Do You Wanna Dance? | May 8, 2000 | 6.7 |
| 20 | Hope & Glory | May 15, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 21 | Ally McBeal: The Musical... Almost | May 22, 2000 | 6.3 |
23 episodes • 2000Avg: 6.7
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sex Lies & Second Thoughts | Oct 23, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Girls' Night Out | Oct 30, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Two's A Crowd | Nov 6, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Without A Net | Nov 13, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 5 | The Last Virgin | Nov 20, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Tis The Season | Nov 27, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Love On Holiday | Dec 4, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 8 | The Man With The Bag | Dec 11, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Reasons To Believe | Jan 8, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 10 | The Ex-Files | Jan 15, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Mr. Bo | Jan 22, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 12 | Hats Off To Larry | Feb 5, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Reach Out & Touch | Feb 12, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 14 | Boys Town | Feb 19, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 15 | Falling Up | Feb 26, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 16 | The Getaway | Mar 19, 2001 | 4.0 |
| 17 | The Pursuit Of Unhappiness | Mar 26, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 18 | The Obstacle Course | Apr 16, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 19 | In Search Of Barry White | Apr 23, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 20 | Cloudy Skies Chance Of Parade | Apr 30, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 21 | Queen Bee | May 7, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 22 | Home Again | May 14, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 23 | The Wedding | May 21, 2001 | 7.0 |
22 episodes • 2001Avg: 6.6
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friends & Lovers | Oct 29, 2001 | 6.7 |
| 2 | Judge Ling | Nov 5, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Neutral Corners | Nov 12, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Fear Of Flirting | Nov 19, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 5 | I Want Love | Nov 26, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Lost & Found | Dec 3, 2001 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Nine One One | Dec 10, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Playing With Matches | Jan 7, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 9 | Blowing In The Wind | Jan 14, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 10 | One Hundred Tears | Jan 21, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 11 | A Kick In The Head | Feb 4, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 12 | The New Day | Feb 11, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Woman | Feb 18, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 14 | Homecoming | Feb 25, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 15 | Heart & Soul | Mar 4, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 16 | Love Is All Around (1) | Apr 15, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 17 | Love Is All Around (2) | Apr 15, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 18 | Tom Dooley | Apr 22, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 19 | Another One Bites The Dust | Apr 29, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 20 | What I'll Never Do For Love Again | May 6, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 21 | All Of Me | May 13, 2002 | 6.5 |
| 22 | Bygones | May 20, 2002 | 7.0 |
