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Ally McBeal

FOX (Ended 2002)

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8.4 Great
1,607 votes

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Ally McBeal ranks 1,758 out of the 18,229 shows on TV.com.

The 1,413 users who count themselves as Ally McBeal fans have written a total of 70 reviews.

Status

Ended

Premiered

September 8, 1997

Ended

May 20, 2002

Genre

Drama, Romantic

Theme

Boston

Show Overview

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Episode Score
 
8.8

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 Renée, Georgia and later Billy as a ghost.

Aired: 05/20/02

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FOX's hit dramatic and humorous show tells the story of the trials and tribulations of a 28-year-old lawyer by the name of Ally McBeal (Calista Flockhart), who is just fresh out of Harvard Law School. Ally was harassed at the firm where she was originally working, and when she told the firm's partners, she ended... more »

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  • OMG!!! Ally McBeal finally being released in the U.S.!!!!!!

    Ally McBeal on DVD, in 2009 . Yup, our sources are telling us that 20th Century Fox is prepping the quirky David E. Kell...more »

    6 comments, last one 1 day, 21 hrs ago + Add Comment
  • The transition between 4th and 5th season...

    Hi all! new to the forum, nice 2 meet you everyone :) Anyway, something's been bothering me... a couple of things actu...more »

    25 comments, last one Jun 11, 2009 + Add Comment
  • Do you think it would work if they made a Ally McBeal Movie?

    I was wandering if the quality of the TV show would work in a movie form, like Sex and the city. What do you think?:?:)

    7 comments, last one Jun 7, 2009 + Add Comment
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    10 Perfect

    The most surprising show! hide « show »

    When the show was first aired, it came as a huge surprise: a witty combination between comedy and drama, seen from the eyes of a childish lawyer who has love problems. We all remember the dancing cupid and the unicorns, it all became usual at a point. But Ally surprised us some more when she had wild sex in a car-wash station! Then, she fell in love with the hot shrink, then, with the hot plummer (by the way, who would have ever thought Jon Bon Jovi was gonna star in the show!?).
    Bottomline, this show was always like a breath of fresh air, not only because of Ally's "adventures", but because of the silly trials featured, because of funny John, materialist Richard, sexy Elaine, cold hard Nelle, non-human Ling, etc., who all seemed to be just like Ally after all...
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    10 Perfect

    Ally McBeal is a young lawyer who starts working at a firm where her first love works (and hide « show »

    such an amazing show! ive read so many times how it was only good during seasons 1 and 2... after seeing the first 4 seasons (the last one i still have to download it) let me say its just flawless. yes. there might be one or two (no more) silly episodes, but the rest are oh so great. calista flockhart is just amazing in every episode and all the others actors are just as well, the guest stars are fantastic and the stories just get better. i agree season 5 might suck a little cuz robert downey jr stops acting on it :( !!!! but still... as long as Ally is there... ill be watching
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    10 Perfect

    Ally Mcbeal was a show that within a blink of an eye you could be tearing up, smiling, or burst out laughing, a show that made you feel great each week, of course it is well missed but DVDS bring it back. hide « show »

    I am a big TV watcher, grew up in the 70's and watched lots of shows and if I were to pick my Favorite or the Best it be Ally Mcbeal.

    Now there was only one other show that was this good it was MASH, different type of shows but kept you coming back .

    I really enjoy the years Ally was on, to hear the intro song till the ending credits well worth the hour. Now the cast were perfect choices each one had their own mark on the show which made it as Popular as it was.

    I bought the DVDS of complete seasons which very tough to get cheap, but it is like the show never went off the air. I love to see a rebroadcast of the complete seasons on TVland or even SOAP channel.

    The music now there was a real treat just great tunes, the bar made you want to work in this kind of atmoshere just a great time, great guest singers, funny plots, all time favorite is John's Bary White Dance. Yes this is a show saddly missed love to see a reunion show like MASH did, or even a Movie version be awesome with original cast only though this show can not be remade.
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    9 Superb

    Wow this show is superb!!!!! hide « show »

    I started to watch Ally McBeal today...its 2009 and the show has been on forever. Always seen snatches and said I would try it. It is brilliant. It thought it would be mainly of interest to women...how wrong I was. After seeing two episodes I am hooked. Its funny, sad and quirky. At episode two the characterisations are developing so well. Fish's description of why he is into Whipper.."the waddle", the judge who is tolerant to prostitution, Fish's partner who made a speech to staff and then sent around a questionnaire about his delivery of the speech..all alittle insage. I am hooked on this superb TV series.
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    10 Perfect

    It is a wonderful Character Study! hide « show »

    I am a big big fan of this series and for that matter all the series that David made that had legal twist to it. I will not call Ally MCBeal to eb a Legal TV Series. It is not Perry Mason and it is not even The Practice which was still a legal drama nevertheless.
    I found the relationship between Ally and Georgia to be the epitome of balance that any writer can achive. I am quite sure that inthe later seasons were written to cash in on the brillian three seasons that the series was based on. This is a major TV series and I am sure that this will be remembered kindly.
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