List of ''Ally McBeal'' episodes

Opening title sequence of the "Pilot" episode

Ally McBeal is a comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley, premiered on September 8, 1997 on Fox network in the United States and ended on May 20, 2002. The show spans five seasons, consisting, in toto, of 112 episodes. The episodes were approximately 45 minutes long, excluding commercials. Fox decided to cancel the series due to a significant ratings drop in the final season, caused by the introduction of various new characters and the departures of cast members in the previous season.[1]

All seasons of Ally McBeal were released on DVD in the region 2 in 2002 and 2003, respectively.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Until fall 2009, only several episodes of the first season of Ally McBeal were available in the United States, due to music rights issues. On October 6, 2009, Fox released a 6-disc set of all 23 season-one episodes, with their original music.[12]

Ally McBeal follows an eccentric lawyer, Allison Marie "Ally" McBeal, and her group of friends from work, focusing on their personal and romantic lives, as well as their business cases which would often contrast or reinforce a character's drama. The series starred Calista Flockhart as Ally, Greg Germann as Richard Fish, Jane Krakowski as Elaine Vassal, Peter MacNicol as John Cage, Lisa Nicole Carson as Renée Raddick, Portia de Rossi as Nelle Porter, Lucy Liu as Ling Woo, Gil Bellows as Billy Thomas, Courtney Thorne-Smith as Georgia Thomas, Vonda Shepard as herself, Robert Downey Jr. as Larry Paul, and many others.

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 23 September 8, 1997 May 18, 1998
2 23 September 14, 1998 May 24, 1999
3 21 October 25, 1999 May 22, 2000
4 23 October 12, 2000 May 21, 2001
5 22 October 29, 2001 May 20, 2002

Episodes

Season 1 (1997–98)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Pilot"James FrawleyDavid E. KelleySeptember 8, 1997 (1997-09-08)AM00
22"Compromising Positions"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleySeptember 15, 1997 (1997-09-15)AM01
33"The Kiss"Dennie GordonDavid E. KelleySeptember 22, 1997 (1997-09-22)AM02
44"The Affair"Arlene SanfordDavid E. KelleySeptember 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)AM03
55"One Hundred Tears Away"Sandy SmolanDavid E. KelleyOctober 20, 1997 (1997-10-20)AM04
66"The Promise"Victoria HochbergDavid E. KelleyOctober 27, 1997 (1997-10-27)AM05
77"The Attitude"Michael SchultzDavid E. KelleyNovember 3, 1997 (1997-11-03)AM06
88"Drawing the Lines"Mel DamskiDavid E. KelleyNovember 10, 1997 (1997-11-10)AM07
99"The Dirty Joke"Dan AttiasDavid E. KelleyNovember 17, 1997 (1997-11-17)AM08
1010"Boy To The World"Thomas SchlammeDavid E. KelleyDecember 1, 1997 (1997-12-01)AM09
1111"Silver Bells"Joe NapolitanoDavid E. KelleyDecember 15, 1997 (1997-12-15)AM10
1212"Cro-Magnon"Allan ArkushDavid E. KelleyJanuary 5, 1998 (1998-01-05)AM11
1313"The Blame Game"Sandy SmolanDavid E. KelleyJanuary 19, 1998 (1998-01-19)AM12
1414"Body Language"Mel DamskiDavid E. Kelley, Nicole Yorkin & Dawn PrestwichFebruary 2, 1998 (1998-02-02)AM13
1515"Once In A Lifetime"Elodie KeeneTeleplay by: David E. Kelley
Story by: David E. Kelley & Jeff Pinkner
February 23, 1998 (1998-02-23)AM14
1616"Forbidden Fruits"Jeremy KaganDavid E. KelleyMarch 2, 1998 (1998-03-02)AM15
1717"Theme of Life"Dennie GordonDavid E. KelleyMarch 9, 1998 (1998-03-09)AM16
1818"The Playing Field"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleyMarch 16, 1998 (1998-03-16)AM17
1919"Happy Birthday Baby"Thomas SchlammeDavid E. KelleyApril 6, 1998 (1998-04-06)AM18
2020"The Inmates"Michael SchultzDavid E. KelleyApril 27, 1998 (1998-04-27)AM19
2121"Being There"Mel DamskiDavid E. KelleyMay 4, 1998 (1998-05-04)AM20
2222"Alone Again"Dennis DuganDavid E. KelleyMay 11, 1998 (1998-05-11)AM21
2323"These Are The Days"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleyMay 18, 1998 (1998-05-18)AM22

Season 2 (1998–99)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
241"The Real World"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleySeptember 14, 1998 (1998-09-14)2M01
252"They Eat Horses, Don't They?"Mel DamskiDavid E. KelleySeptember 21, 1998 (1998-09-21)2M02
263"Fool's Night Out"Peter MacNicolDavid E. KelleySeptember 28, 1998 (1998-09-28)2M03
274"It's My Party"Jace AlexanderDavid E. KelleyOctober 19, 1998 (1998-10-19)2M04
285"The Story of Love"Tom MooreDavid E. KelleyOctober 26, 1998 (1998-10-26)2M05
296"World's Without Love"Arvin BrownDavid E. KelleyNovember 2, 1998 (1998-11-02)2M07
307"Happy Trails"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleyNovember 9, 1998 (1998-11-09)2M08
318"Just Looking"Vincent MisianoDavid E. Kelley & Shelly LandauNovember 16, 1998 (1998-11-16)2M09
329"You Never Can Tell"Adam NimoyDavid E. KelleyNovember 23, 1998 (1998-11-23)2M06
3310"Making Spirits Bright"Peter MacNicolDavid E. KelleyDecember 14, 1998 (1998-12-14)2M10
3411"In Dreams"Alex GravesDavid E. KelleyJanuary 11, 1999 (1999-01-11)2M11
3512"Love Unlimited"Dennie GordonDavid E. KelleyJanuary 18, 1999 (1999-01-18)2M12
3613"Angels And Blimps"Mel DamskiDavid E. KelleyFebruary 8, 1999 (1999-02-08)2M13
3714"Pyramids On The Nile"Elodie KeaneDavid E. KelleyFebruary 15, 1999 (1999-02-15)2M14
3815"Sideshow"Alex GravesDavid E. KelleyFebruary 22, 1999 (1999-02-22)2M15
3916"Sex, Lies, And Politics"Arlene SanfordDavid E. KelleyMarch 1, 1999 (1999-03-01)2M16
4017"Civil Wars"Billy DicksonDavid E. KelleyApril 5, 1999 (1999-04-05)2M17
4118"Those Lips, That Hand"Arlene SanfordDavid E. KelleyApril 19, 1999 (1999-04-19)2M18
4219"Let's Dance"Ben LewinDavid E. KelleyApril 26, 1999 (1999-04-26)2M19
4320"Only The Lonely"Vincent MisianoDavid E. KelleyMay 3, 1999 (1999-05-03)2M20
4421"The Green Monster"Michael SchultzDavid E. KelleyMay 10, 1999 (1999-05-10)2M21
4522"Love's Illusions"Allan ArkushDavid E. KelleyMay 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)2M22
4623"I Know Him By Heart"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleyMay 24, 1999 (1999-05-24)2M23

Season 3 (1999–2000)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
471"Car Wash"Bill DicksonDavid E. KelleyOctober 25, 1999 (1999-10-25)3M01
482"Buried Pleasures"Mel DamskiDavid E. KelleyNovember 1, 1999 (1999-11-01)3M02
493"Seeing Green"Peter MacNicolDavid E. KelleyNovember 8, 1999 (1999-11-08)3M03
504"Heat Wave"Alex GravesDavid E. KelleyNovember 15, 1999 (1999-11-15)3M04
515"Troubled Water"Joanna KernsDavid E. KelleyNovember 22, 1999 (1999-11-22)3M05
526"Changes"Arlene SanfordDavid E. KelleyNovember 29, 1999 (1999-11-29)3M06
537"Saving Santa"Rachel TalalayDavid E. KelleyDecember 13, 1999 (1999-12-13)3M07
548"Blue Christmas"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleyDecember 20, 1999 (1999-12-20)3M08
559"Out in the Cold"Dennie GordonStory by: David E. Kelley & Josh Caplan
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
January 10, 2000 (2000-01-10)3M09
5610"Just Friends"Michael SchultzDavid E. KelleyJanuary 17, 2000 (2000-01-17)3M10
5711"Over the Rainbow"Alan MyersonDavid E. KelleyFebruary 7, 2000 (2000-02-07)3M11
5812"In Search of Pygmies"Arvin BrownStory by: David E. Kelley & Josh Caplan
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)3M12
5913"Pursuit of Loneliness"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleyFebruary 21, 2000 (2000-02-21)3M13
6014"The Oddball Parade"Bryan GordonDavid E. KelleyFebruary 28, 2000 (2000-02-28)3M14
6115"Prime Suspect"Rachel TalalayDavid E. KelleyMarch 20, 2000 (2000-03-20)3M15
6216"Boy Next Door"Jack BenderDavid E. KelleyMarch 27, 2000 (2000-03-27)3M16
6317"I Will Survive"Barnet KellmanDavid E. KelleyApril 17, 2000 (2000-04-17)3M17
6418"Turning Thirty"Jeannot SzwarcDavid E. Kelley & Jill GoldsmithMay 1, 2000 (2000-05-01)3M18
6519"Do You Wanna Dance?"Michael LangeDavid E. KelleyMay 8, 2000 (2000-05-08)3M19
6620"Hope and Glory"Mel DamskiDavid E. KelleyMay 15, 2000 (2000-05-15)3M20
6721"Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost"Bill D'EliaDavid E. KelleyMay 22, 2000 (2000-05-22)3M21

Season 4 (2000–01)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
681"Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts"Bill D'EliaDavid E. KelleyOctober 23, 2000 (2000-10-23)4M01
692"Girls' Night Out"Jeannot SzwarcDavid E. KelleyOctober 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)4M02
703"Two's a Crowd"Rachel TalalayDavid E. KelleyNovember 6, 2000 (2000-11-06)4M03
714"Without a Net"Mel DamskiDavid E. KelleyNovember 13, 2000 (2000-11-13)4M04
725"The Last Virgin"Bill D'EliaDavid E. KelleyNovember 20, 2000 (2000-11-20)4M05
736"'Tis the Season"Arlene SanfordDavid E. KelleyNovember 27, 2000 (2000-11-27)4M06
747"Love on Holiday"Bethany RooneyStory by: David E. Kelley, Alicia Martin & Barb Mackintosh
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
December 4, 2000 (2000-12-04)4M07
758"The Man with the Bag"Billy DicksonDavid E. KelleyDecember 11, 2000 (2000-12-11)4M08
769"Reason to Believe"Ron LagomarsinoDavid E. KelleyJanuary 8, 2001 (2001-01-08)4M09
7710"The Ex-Files"Jack BenderDavid E. KelleyJanuary 15, 2001 (2001-01-15)4M10
7811"Mr. Bo"Michael SchultzDavid E. KelleyJanuary 22, 2001 (2001-01-22)4M11
7912"Hats Off to Larry"Jeannot SzwarcStory by: David E. Kelley, Melissa Rosenberg & Barb Mackintosh
David E. Kelley
February 5, 2001 (2001-02-05)4M12
8013"Reach Out And Touch"Kenny OrtegaDavid E. KelleyFebruary 12, 2001 (2001-02-12)4M13
8114"Boys Town"David GrossmanDavid E. KelleyFebruary 19, 2001 (2001-02-19)4M14
8215"Falling Up"Oz ScottDavid E. KelleyFebruary 26, 2001 (2001-02-26)4M15
8316"The Getaway"Bill D'EliaDavid E. KelleyMarch 19, 2001 (2001-03-19)4M16
8417"The Pursuit of Unhappiness"Kenny OrtegaStory by: David E. Kelley, Kerry Lenhart & John J. Sakmar
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
March 26, 2001 (2001-03-26)4M17
8518"The Obstacle Course"Joanna KernsDavid E. Kelley & Kayla AlpertApril 16, 2001 (2001-04-16)4M18
8619"In Search of Barry White"Adam ArkinDavid E. KelleyApril 23, 2001 (2001-04-23)4M19
8720"Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade"Billy DicksonDavid E. KelleyApril 30, 2001 (2001-04-30)4M20
8821"Queen Bee"Bethany RooneyDavid E. KelleyMay 7, 2001 (2001-05-07)4M21
8922"Home Again"Michael SchultzDavid E. KelleyMay 14, 2001 (2001-05-14)4M22
9023"The Wedding"Bill D'EliaDavid E. KelleyMay 21, 2001 (2001-05-21)4M23

Season 5 (2001–02)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
911"Friends and Lovers"Bill D'EliaDavid E. KelleyOctober 29, 2001 (2001-10-29)5M01
922"Judge Ling"Oz ScottDavid E. KelleyNovember 5, 2001 (2001-11-05)5M02
933"Neutral Corners"Arvin BrownDavid E. KelleyNovember 12, 2001 (2001-11-12)5M03
944"Fear of Flirting"Greg GermannDavid E. Kelley, Constance M. Burge & Roberto BenabibNovember 19, 2001 (2001-11-19)5M04
955"I Want Love"Michael SchultzDavid E. KelleyNovember 26, 2001 (2001-11-26)5M05
966"Lost and Found"Mel DamskiStory by: David E. Kelley & Peter Blake
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
December 3, 2001 (2001-12-03)5M06
977"Nine One One"Billy DicksonDavid E. KelleyDecember 10, 2001 (2001-12-10)5M07
988"Playing with Matches"David SemelStory by: David E. Kelley, Constance M. Burge & Roberto Benabib
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
January 7, 2002 (2002-01-07)5M08
999"Blowin' in the Wind"Rachel TalalayConstance M. Burge, Roberto Benabib & Cindy LichtmanJanuary 14, 2002 (2002-01-14)5M09
10010"One Hundred Tears"Bill D'EliaDavid E. KelleyJanuary 21, 2002 (2002-01-21)5M10
10111"A Kick in the Head"David Grossman & Jeannot SzwarcDavid E. KelleyFebruary 4, 2002 (2002-02-04)5M11
10212"The New Day"Bethany RooneyDavid E. KelleyFebruary 11, 2002 (2002-02-11)5M12
10313"Woman"Jeannot SzwarcDavid E. KelleyFebruary 18, 2002 (2002-02-18)5M13
10414"Homecoming"Billy DicksonStory by: David E. Kelley, Constance M. Burge & Roberto Benabib
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
February 25, 2002 (2002-02-25)5M14
10515"Heart and Soul"Steve GomerDavid E. KelleyMarch 4, 2002 (2002-03-04)5M15
106/10716/17"Love is All Around"Arlene SanfordStory by: David E. Kelley, Constance M. Burge, Roberto Benabib & Cindy Lichtman
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
April 15, 2002 (2002-04-15)5M16/5M17
10818"Tom Dooley"Sarah Pia AndersonDavid E. KelleyApril 22, 2002 (2002-04-22)5M18
10919"Another One Bites the Dust"Kenny OrtegaStory by: David E. Kelley, Constance M. Burge & Roberto Benabib
Teleplay by: David E. Kelley
April 29, 2002 (2002-04-29)5M19
11020"What I'll Never Do for Love Again (aka Reality Bites)"Billy DicksonDavid E. KelleyMay 6, 2002 (2002-05-06)5M20
11121"All of Me"Bethany RooneyDavid E. Kelley & Peter MacNicolMay 13, 2002 (2002-05-13)5M21
11222"Bygones"Bill D'EliaDavid E. KelleyMay 20, 2002 (2002-05-20)5M22

References

See also


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