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Queen Bee

Episode Number: 88    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Monday May 7, 2001    Prod Code: 4M21
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.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: David E. Kelley
Director: Bethany Rooney
Star: Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal),  Greg Germann (Richard Fish),  Lisa Nicole Carson (Renée Raddick),  Jane Krakowski (Elaine Vassal),  Vonda Shepard (Herself),  Portia de Rossi (Nelle Porter),  Lucy Liu (Ling Woo),  Peter MacNicol (John Cage),  Robert Downey Jr. (Larry Paul),  James LeGros (Mark Albert)
Recurring Role: Taye Diggs (Jackson Duper),  Jennifer Holliday (Lisa Knowles),  Harrison Page (Reverend Mark Newman),  Albert Hall (Judge Seymore Walsh),  Christopher Neiman (Attorney Barry Mathers)
Guest Star: Maurice Godin (Mr. Kensington),  Cleo King (Helene Parks),  B.J. Crosby (Buttons),  Blair Hickey (Mr. Jacobs),  Daniel D'Amico (Foreman),  Christine Lahti (Sydney Gale),  Anastacia (Herself)

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Featured Music:
"Run For Your Life" by Lisa Nicole Carson & B.J. Crosby
"So Very Hard To Go" by Lisa Nicole Carson
"Love is Alive" by Vonda Shepard and Anastacia (edit)

Quotes

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John: Is it the power that makes her sexy or the sexy that makes her powerful? (edit)
John: You promised not to leave me alone with her.
Richard: I had to pee. (edit)
Richard: Jury's back.
Sydney: Just in time.
John: Indeed. (edit)
Helene: Look, you can't stop her from singing the songs, pretty boy. She's the musical director, and if he fires her after having a sexual relationship, she can sue. She's got quid, she's got pro, and she's go quo, and she's suing his holy ass! (edit)
Jackson: All right, let's... let's hold on here. There are a lot of emotions on the surface.
Helene: Oh, shut up, pretty boy. Nobody likes a pretty boy.
Jackson: No one here is attempting to be pretty. (edit)

Trivia

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When Sydney is about to kiss John in the unisex, there are two shots in which you see a man enter. In one there is a shoulder, in the other a leg clearly enters the frame, but in successive shots the man isn't there. (edit)
This episode was banned in Malaysia. (edit)

Allusions

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Episode Title: "Queen Bee"
The queen bee in a honeybee colony or hive is an adult female who is mated and is the mother of the bees of the hive. (edit)
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Season Number: 4
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