Ally McBeal: Compromising Positions
Episode score
8.5
Great
Compromising Positions
- 2.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 2
- First Aired: 9/15/1997
- Prod Code: AM01
Fish's partner, John Cage faces fines, jail, and public humiliation. To her dismay, Ally is assigned to be a litigator. Fish invites Ally along to dinner with a very wealthy potential client, Ronald Cheanie. Unbeknownst to Ally, the dinner is really a double date with Fish and his girlfriend, Whipper. Ally is furious, but Cheanie turns out to be handsome and intelligent. Read full recap »
- Writers:
- David E. Kelley
- Director:
- Jonathan Pontell
- Stars:
- Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal)
- Gil Bellows (Billy Thomas)
- Jane Krakowski (Elaine Vassal)
- Lisa Nicole Carson (Renée Raddick)
- Greg Germann (Richard Fish)
- Courtney Thorne-Smith (Georgia Thomas)
- Recurring Role:
- Phil Leeds (Judge Boyle)
- Dyan Cannon (Whipper Cone)
- Steven Cohen (The Dancing Twin)
- Eric Cohen (The Dancing Twin)
- Vonda Shepard (Herself)
- Peter MacNicol (John Cage)
- Guest Star:
- Betty A. Bridges (Clerk)
- Robert Lee Jacobs (Greg Stone)
- John Cirigliano (Man #1)
- Willie Garson (District Attorney Frank Shea)
- Tate Donovan (Ronald Cheanie)
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- The episode marks the first appearance of Dyan Cannon (Whipper) and Phil Leeds (Judge Boyle), both recurring characters. edit »
- Featured Music:
"Pearl's a Singer" by Vonda Shepard
"Grain of Sand" by Vonda Shepard edit » - FOX repeated this episode on December 22, 1997 and May 25, 1998. edit »
- Peter MacNicol makes his first appearance as John Cage. He is signed as a special guest star, and he'll go on to become a regular later this season. edit »
- John: Ally, can I ask you a question?
Ally: Anything.
John: How often do you have sexual relations?
Ally: Not that! You can’t ask me that! You don’t even know me! edit » - Ally: Do you love her, Richard?
Richard: I’m not sure… I think so, but it could be… maybe it’s just the waddle.
Ally: Excuse me?
Richard: On her neck. That’s what I go for with older women. The loose skin on their neck… the hint of a waddle. There’s nothing more arousing for me, the way it just gently hangs there. And Whipper, I mean… I mean her neck is pretty tight now but you can see the potential, it will be perfect! So perfect! I wonder do I really love her or just the impending waddle? It just makes me crazy! edit » - Ally (to a random guy in a bar, trying to prove that men are pigs): Don’t even speak. I live across the street and I wanna take your clothes off. Do bad things. I’ll have you back in an hour.
Ally Ally? Ally McBeal? Greg stone! I was your brother’s roommate at Baits!
Oh… Hello. (voiceover) I can’t move my feet! edit » - Georgia (trying to prove a point): I’m sorry, I’ve never done this before in my life. I can see you’re wearing a ring so I know you’re married. I don’t even wanna know your name, I don’t even wanna talk, I… I live across the street and I just wanna be naked with you for an hour and pretend it never happened… and remember it forever.
Guy in bar: Let me just pay my check first.
Georgia: Oh, I’m sorry… I though you were somebody else. My mistake.
edit » - (Ally is looking around for Ronald Cheanie)
Elaine: He took the stairs, he’s gone.
Ally: You could catch him if you took the window. edit »
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Compromising Positions
The Bottom Line: "Well written"07/19/07 05:54am | report abuseThis was a good second episode. ...Continue »
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