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Ally McBeal

The Pursuit of Unhappiness

Season 4, Episode 17, Aired Mar 26, 2001

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Elaine cheated on Mark and now she's trying by all means to find a way for him to forgive her. She even takes advice from Richard! But in the end she has a serious talk with Mark and she tells him she cheated because he never fully trusted her. They break up. Meanwhile, Jackson is assigned to do the pre-nup for a rich, fat and bald man. Ally puts Larry to defend to soon-to-be wife's interests, which leads into a more personal dissension between Larry and Jackson. And Ling takes the case of a man who's being sued by his own son because a blood clot has left him perpetually happy which is ruining the family business.moreless

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Kathleen Nolan

Edith Thompson
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William R. Moses

Kenneth Thompson
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Jenjer Vick

Julie

Calista Flockhart

Ally McBeal
Greg Germann

Richard Fish
Lisa Nicole Carson

Renée Raddick
Jane Krakowski

Elaine Vassal
Vonda Shepard

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Portia de Rossi

Nelle Porter

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QUOTES (9)
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- Richard: Ethics have no place in a law firm!
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- Ally: Did you make love to him? Elaine: A little. Ally: A little?
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- Henry: Your honor, may I approach? Judge Walsh: Why? Henry: I'd like to kiss my wife. Judge Walsh: Denied.
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- John: What God has joined together let no lawyer tear asunder!
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- Henry: I want to cry for my wife.
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- Mark: I consider you and I friends. Ally: Oh, please, why does everybody think I'm a friend? I'm not even nice.
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- Ally: Well, isn't that the remote calling the wrist skinny!
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- Jackson: I like your style. Larry: I hate yours. Jackson: Excuse me?
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- Nelle: How was L.A.? Did you find what you were looking for? John: Yes, people with warmth. It was culture shock, you snippy-assed popsicle. Ally: John. John: She started it, she called me an imbecile. Ally: Um, no, she didn't.
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- Featured Music: "Dedicated to the One I Love" performed by Vonda Shepard "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" performed by Josef Sommer "Somewhere Out There" performed by Vonda Shepard
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- Guest Jenjer Vick is married to the show's producer Steve Robin. She was Calista Flockhart's stand-in since the pilot episode.
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- Elaine: I should be in a soap opera, "As My Vagina Turns." This is a reference to a popular long-running CBS soap opera titled "As the World Turns."
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- Episode Title: "The Pursuit of Unhappiness" The title is a reference to a 1934 and a 1971 drama movie titled "The Pursuit of Happiness."
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