Ally McBeal

Seasons

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SEASON 1

SEASON 2

SEASON 3

SEASON 4

SEASON 5

Season 5

Ally McBeal is an American dramedy television series created by David E. Kelley which stars Calista Flockhart in the title role as a young lawyer working in the fictional Boston law firm Cage, Fish and Associates with other young lawyers whose lives and loves are eccentric, humorous and dramatic.

The show aired in the USA on Fox from 28 September, 1997 to 20 May, 2002. There are 112 hour-long episodes in five seasons.

The series originally aired in South Africa on SABC3 from 8 June, 1998 to 5 August, 2002. It later aired on TopTV's Fox Entertainment channel, beginning with Season 4.

See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.

Season 5 premiered on Fox Entertainment on Wednesday 10 November 2010, at 20h15. New episodes broadcast weekly. There are 22 episodes in the fifth and final season.

Synopsis

Ally McBeal (Calista Flockhart) is a single, twenty-something lawyer who is searching for love as she approaches her thirties.

She works at a law firm where her childhood sweetheart is working with his wife. She still has deep feelings for him but does her best to hide them.

She is a deeply sensitive person with her head in the clouds most of the day.

Other characters at the law firm include John Cage (Greg Germann), a bit of an oddball who has a thing for Barry White music; Richard Fish (Peter MacNicol), who has sex on his mind 24/7; Elaine Vassal (Jane Krakowski), the nosy and gossiping secretary; Billy Thomas (Gil Bellows), the love of Ally's life; and his wife Georgia Thomas (Courtney Thorne-Smith).

Renee Raddick (Lisa Nicole Carson) works for the district attorney and is Ally's flatmate. She is often giving Ally advice on her love life or just lends Ally a shoulder when things don't go quite the way she planned.

Cage & Fish (which becomes Cage/Fish & McBeal or Cage, Fish, & Associates towards the end of the series), the fictional law firm where most of the characters work, is depicted as a highly sexualized environment, symbolized by its unisex public restroom.

Lawyers and secretaries in the firm routinely date, flirt with, or have a romantic history with each other, and frequently run into former or potential romantic interests in the courtroom or on the street outside.

The show also features regular visits to a local bar where singer Vonda Shepard regularly performs.

Seasons

Season 1 (23 episodes)

Channel: SABC3 | Premiere: 8 Jun 1998 | Finale: 9 Nov 1998 | Mondays, 21h30
Channel: Fox Entertainment | Premiere: 25 Sep 2010 | Finale: 17 Oct 2010 | Daily, 15h45

Season 2 (23 episodes)

Channel: SABC3 | Premiere: 19 Apr 1999 | Finale: 20 Sep 1999 | Mondays, 21h30
Channel: Fox Entertainment | Premiere: 18 Oct 2010 | Finale: 23 Nov 2010 | Daily, 15h45

Season 3 (21 episodes)

Channel: SABC3 | Premiere: 8 May 2000 | Finale: 4 Dec 2000 | Mondays, 21h30
Channel: Fox Entertainment | Premiere: 10 Nov 2010 | Finale: 30 Nov 2010 | Daily, 15h45

Season 4 (23 episodes)

Channel: SABC3 | Premiere: 26 Feb 2001 | Finale: 30 Jul 2001 | Mondays, 21h30
Channel: Fox Entertainment | Premiere: 2 Jun 2010 | Finale: 3 Nov 2010 | Wednesdays, 21h00

Season 5 (22 episodes)

Channel: SABC3 | Premiere: 11 Mar 2002 | Finale: 5 Aug 2002 | Mondays, 21h30
Channel: Fox Entertainment | Premiere: 10 Nov 2010 | Finale: 6 Apr 2011 | Wed, 20h15

Season 5 Cast

Calista Flockhart

as

Ally McBeal

Jane Krakowski

as

Elaine Vassal

Peter MacNicol

as

John Cage

Greg Germann

as

Richard Fish

Vonda Shepard

as

Vonda Shepard

Gil Bellows

as

Billy Thomas

Courtney Thorne-Smith

as

Georgia Thomas

Lucy Liu

as

Ling Woo

Portia de Rossi

as

Nell Porter

Lisa Nicole Carson

as

Renee Raddick

Regina Hall

as

Corretta Lipp

Robert Downey, Jr.

as

Larry Paul

James Marsden

as

Glenn Foy

Julianne Nicholson

as

Jenny Shaw

Christina Ricci

as

Liza Bump

Hayden Panettiere

as

Maddie Harrington

Josh Hopkins

as

Raymond Millbury

Albert Hall

as

Judge Seymour Walsh

Elton John

as

Himself

Jami Gertz

as

Kimmy Bishop

John Michael Higgins

as

Steven Milter

Matthew Perry

as

Attorney Todd Merrick

John Pankow

as

Barry Dekumbis

Jane Sibbett

as

Beth Herman

Amy Pietz

as

Bonnie

Mariah Carey

as

Candy Cushnip

Barry Humphries

as

Claire Otoms (as Dame Edna Everage)

Kirsten Nelson

as

Connie Dekumbis

Michael O'Neill

as

Dr. Colbert

Scott Adsit

as

Dr. Ted Slipp

Jacqueline Bisset

as

Frances Shaw

Nell Carter

as

Harriet Pumple

Tom Berenger

as

Harrison Wyatt

Kyra Sedgwick

as

Helena Greene

Missy Doty

as

Holden

Alicia Coppola

as

Holly Richardson

Peter Scolari

as

Hooley

Norma Michaels

as

Irene

Carl Reiner

as

Johnson Buck

Tim DeKay

as

Kendall Willis

Romy Rosemont

as

Marie Hall

Patricia Belcher

as

Marsha Forrester

French Stewart

as

Michael Walker

Nestor Carbonell

as

Miles Josephson

Missy Yager

as

Molly

John Aylward

as

Mr. Cobb

Christian Clemenson

as

Mr. Hookland

Michael Gaston

as

Mr. Horace

Julia Campbell

as

Ms. Bridgeman

Melinda McGraw

as

Nancy Gower

Heather Locklear

as

Nicole Naples

Mark Moses

as

Opposing Lawyer

Kurt Fuller

as

Paget

Bob Stephenson

as

Peter

Nancy Lenehan

as

Principal Deborah Harkness

Earl Billings

as

Ray's Client

Anita Barone

as

Sarah Werner

Ashley Johnson

as

Serena Feldman

Vanessa Williams

as

Sheila Hunt

Bruce French

as

Simon McAllister

Michael Hyatt

as

Stage Manager

Lara Flynn Boyle

as

Tally Cupp

Jon Bon Jovi

as

Victor Morrison

Roma Maffia

as

Werner's Attorney

Bobby Cannavale

as

Wilson Jade

David Selby

as

Mr. Rohr

John Ducey

as

Witness