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What I'll Never Do for Love Again

Episode Number: 110    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Monday May 6, 2002    Prod Code: 5M19
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.

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Writer: David E. Kelley
Director: Billy Dickson
Star: Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal),  Greg Germann (Richard Fish),  Jane Krakowski (Elaine Vassal),  Vonda Shepard (Herself),  Portia de Rossi (Nelle Porter),  Regina Hall (Corretta Lipp),  Hayden Panettiere (Maddie Harrington),  Josh Hopkins (Raymond Milbury)
Recurring Role: Bobby Cannavale (Wilson Jade),  Albert Hall (Judge Seymore Walsh),  Christina Ricci (Liza "Lolita" Bump),  Barry Humphries (Claire Otoms)
Guest Star: Nestor Carbonell (Miles Josephson),  Janet Carroll (Ellen Fish),  Natalija Nogulich (Attorney Melissa Bloom),  Missy Yager (Molly Stewart),  Michael Hyatt ('Chorus Line' Judge),  Bryan Anthony (Young Man),  Mark Mueller (Foreman),  Charles Kimbrough (Charles Fish),  Bill D'Elia ("A Chorus Line" Producer (uncredited))

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Calista Flockhart only appears briefly after the opening credits. (edit)
Featured Music:
"Teach Me How To Shimmy" by the Coasters
"Dance: 10; Looks: 3" by Hamlisch/Kleban
"Mustang Sally" performed by Vonda Shepard
"The Music and the Mirror" performed by Jane Krakowski
"What I Did for Love" from "A Chorus Line" performed by Vonda Shepard (edit)
Jane Carroll who played Charles Kimbrough's wife in this episode, also played his wife Doris on a comedy show "Murphy Brown." (edit)
This episode was retitled several times. It's also known as "What I Did for Love", "What I'll Never Do For Love" and "Reality Bites". (edit)
The other casting director/producer of "A Chorus Line" is Bill D'Elia, the series real life executive producer. (edit)

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Elaine performs the song "Dance: 10; Looks: 3" from the musical A Chorus Line, a show about performers trying out for a perfectionist director. The musical first premiered on Broadway in 1975. (edit)

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Episode Title: "What I'll Never Do for Love Again"

This episode's title is a play on the song "What I Did for Love" from A Chorus Line. The song is also sung by Vonda Shepard during the episode. (edit)
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What I'll Never Do for Love Again
"Series classic"
Overall, probably one of my two favorite ally mcbeal episodes, all because of Elaine and her fantastic singing/dancing/acting!
Continue » Posted Jun 6, 2006 12:02 pm PST
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