Ally McBeal: Season 1
The first season of the American legal comedy‑drama Ally McBeal premiered in the United States on September 8, 1997 and concluded on May 18, 1998. The season comprises twenty‑three episodes that follow the titular character, a young attorney named Ally McBeal. After losing her position when she is sexually harassed by her former
Season overview
The first season of the American legal comedy‑drama Ally McBeal premiered in the United States on September 8, 1997 and concluded on May 18, 1998. The season comprises twenty‑three episodes that follow the titular character, a young attorney named Ally McBeal. After losing her position when she is sexually harassed by her former
Episodes
Pilot
Sep 8, 1997 · 43 min
Ally McBeal, 28, and a recent graduate of Harvard Law School, is harassed on the job by a senior associate. When she confronts the partners, it backfires and she loses her job. On
Compromising Positions
Sep 15, 1997 · 43 min
Fish's partner, John Cage faces fines, jail, and public humiliation. To her dismay, Ally is assigned to be a litigator. Fish invites Ally along to dinner with a very wealthy potent
The Kiss
Sep 22, 1997 · 43 min
Ally senses Cheanie is withholding something when he neglects to kiss her goodnight after their first official date. Georgia asks Ally to assist her in trying an age discrimination
The Affair
Sep 29, 1997 · 43 min
Ally is asked to be a pallbearer at the funeral of her ex-law professor. The widow, Katherine Dawson, invites her to give the eulogy, but Ally's initial reluctance betrays the reas
100 Tears Away
Oct 20, 1997 · 43 min
Ally is arrested for aggravated assault and attempted shoplifting. Renee bails her out, but word spreads quickly, and Ally is brought before the State Bar Review Board. A litany of
The Promise
Oct 27, 1997 · 43 min
Ally has to defend a friend of Whipper brought up on solicitation charges. She is serving as second chair to Cage, whose idiosyncrasies become increasingly apparent and mystifying
The Attitude
Nov 3, 1997 · 43 min
Ally represents a Jewish woman who needs her Rabbi to grant her a spiritual release from her marriage to her comatose husband. Ally goes personally to the Rabbi's office to find ou
Drawing the Lines
Nov 10, 1997 · 43 min
Billy and Georgia are faced with a crisis of confidence in their marriage. Elaine threatens to sue the firm for sexual harassment if Fish and Cage don't meet her demands for improv
The Dirty Joke
Nov 17, 1997 · 43 min
The attorney, Caroline Poop, who represented Elaine in her short lived suit against Fish and Cage regarding the constant gawking directed at a beautiful delivery woman, returns. Th
Boy to the World
Dec 1, 1997 · 43 min
Judge Whipper Cone asks Ally to take on a pro-bono case of a young prostitute up on her third solicitation charge. Fish, meanwhile, wants to sue his uncle's church for discriminati
Silver Bells
Dec 15, 1997 · 43 min
Three intelligent, successful and motivated adults approach Judge Whipper Cone about the possibility of getting legal representation in their quest to have the courts approve a leg
Cro-Magnon
Jan 5, 1998 · 43 min
Ally is shocked to discover that her biological clock is ticking, unleashing strange libidinal impulses in her. During a sculpting class with live nude male models, she and Renee b
The Blame Game
Jan 19, 1998 · 43 min
Ally has a chance encounter with Glenn, the well-endowed artists' model, at a local Starbucks, and makes it very clear that she is irritated with him. On the legal side, John Cage
Body Language
Feb 2, 1998 · 43 min
Ally and Renee are bridesmaids at a friend's wedding. They both bristle at the absurdity of the rituals performed, and swear to never do it. Richard asks Ally to flirt with a wealt
Once in a Lifetime
Feb 23, 1998 · 43 min
Fish brings in a client, an 80-something world famous artist, who is battling his heirs to regain control of his estate. Ally and Billy co-counsel the case, and as a result of spen
Forbidden Fruits
Mar 2, 1998 · 43 min
A high-profile case opens up for Cage and Fish when a jilted spouse plans to sue a U.S. Senator for "interfering with happy marital relations". The Senator's case perversely parall
Theme of Life
Mar 9, 1998 · 43 min
Ally, Georgia and Renee sign up for a kick boxing class to relieve stress. Ally and Georgia wind up having to fight each other because they're both beginners. As they start to carp
The Playing Field
Mar 16, 1998 · 43 min
Ally is a passenger in a car accident with the firm's client Greg Butters, a handsome doctor to whom she finds herself attracted. She attempts to handle the doctor's case herself,
Happy Birthday Baby
Apr 6, 1998 · 43 min
Ally is in denial about her birthday but her co-workers aren't. Elaine orchestrates a party at the bar and asks Dr. Greg Butters to sing a romantic ballad dedicated to Ally. He doe
The Inmates
Apr 27, 1998 · 43 min
A wealthy client is brutally murdered and the wife is implicated. Her only defense when caught red-handed is that she has no recollection of what had taken place. Billy, anxious to
Being There
May 4, 1998 · 43 min
Cage prepares Ally for Renee's trial. Renee is fast becoming a basket-case because she's convinced Cage's untraditional tactics are going to cost her job. Georgia tells Billy that
Alone Again
May 11, 1998 · 43 min
John Cage must confront the cowardice of his convictions when he comes face to face with an ex-law school classmate who is coincidentally trying the case he's representing. It beco
These Are the Days
May 18, 1998 · 43 min
Cage must represent his second cousin, a harmless but eccentric man with a Cupid Complex. His cousin was brought up on assault charges for swatting couples in the head with a paddl