Ally McBeal: Season 4
The fourth season of the television series Ally McBeal commenced airing in the United States on October 12, 2000, concluded on May 21, 2001, and consisted of 23 episodes. The entire season originally aired Mondays at 9pm, just like the seasons before. The fourth season had an average rating of 12.0 million viewers in the United States and was ranked number 40 on the complete ranking sheet of all the year's shows. Thi
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish.
- Ally and Billy Thomas were going steady throughout their childhoods, and Ally even followed Billy to Harvard.
- The series follows the personal and professional life of lawyer Ally, created by David E. Kelley.
- Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, and dramatic, characterized by an incredibly overactive imagination.
Season overview
The fourth season of the television series Ally McBeal commenced airing in the United States on October 12, 2000, concluded on May 21, 2001, and consisted of 23 episodes. The entire season originally aired Mondays at 9pm, just like the seasons before. The fourth season had an average rating of 12.0 million viewers in the United States and was ranked number 40 on the complete ranking sheet of all the year's shows. This was the third highest rated season of Ally McBeal. The series follows the personal and professional life of lawyer Ally, a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, and dramatic, featuring an incredibly overactive imagination that works overtime.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Sex Lies & Second Thoughts
Oct 23, 2000 · 43 min
Brian asks Ally to move in with him, but she questions the entire relationship mostly because their sex life is lackluster. She turns to Renee and a new therapist, who has oddly ta
Girls' Night Out
Oct 30, 2000 · 43 min
Richard and Ling take Cindy McCauliff's case. She was fired for refusing to take a physical, afraid people would find out she's a man. Richard and Ling, although a bit sickened wit
Two's a Crowd
Nov 6, 2000 · 43 min
Mark's girlfriend finally reveals "her" secret; Ling and Nelle represent a woman suing a relationship guru whose advice ruined the woman's marriage; Ally is dating two different me
Without a Net
Nov 13, 2000 · 43 min
Ally runs into Kimmie Bishop, an old friend of hers from college. Ally makes fun of her in front of her fellow puritan friends, and Kimmie is so outraged she decides to sue Ally fo
The Last Virgin
Nov 20, 2000 · 43 min
Kimmie comes to Cage & Fish looking to hire Ally. She's suing her old firm for wrongful termination. They fired her for being too puritan, and the opposite lawyer is Larry. Now All
Tis the Season
Nov 27, 2000 · 43 min
The Christmas season is approaching, and while Ally is thrilled about it, Larry has nothing to celebrate. He confesses to her that he has a 7 year-old son who lives in Detroit with
Love on Holiday
Dec 4, 2000 · 43 min
Elaine gets sued by a former office clerk because she called him "peanut" due his size. John thinks Larry was ridiculing him by making fun of his relationship with Kimmy and her mo
The Man with the Bag
Dec 11, 2000 · 43 min
John and Nelle defend her father who was fired from his job as a teacher because he claims he's Santa Claus, Ally feels threatened when Larry's ex comes to town. Richard and Ling l
Reasons to Believe
Jan 8, 2001 · 43 min
The Nicholas Engbloom comes to Cage & Fish looking for John to help him with a murder case. Melanie West suffers with Tourette's syndrome and accidentally ran over her boyfriend. S
The Ex-Files
Jan 15, 2001 · 43 min
Larry's ex-wife asks him for his permission to take their son to Canada, where she is moving. They argue over why can't one of them move closer to the other so their son can grow w
Mr. Bo
Jan 22, 2001 · 43 min
Melanie takes John to her tiny apartment (actually it's an old service elevator) and introduces him to Mr. Bo, a homeless man Melanie cares deeply for. Mr. Bo starts to stalk John
Hats Off to Larry
Feb 5, 2001 · 43 min
Larry's son flies in from Detroit and goes to Cage & Fish looking for Ally. He wants to sue his parents for emotional damage. Ally and Sam bond, and Larry has to take him back to D
Reach Out & Touch
Feb 12, 2001 · 43 min
Ally has hallucinations with Barry Manilow. Richard assigns Ling to work with Jackson Duper, the firm's newest lawyer. When they meet, Ling discovers that Jackson slept with her in
Boys Town
Feb 19, 2001 · 43 min
Richard and John's relationship grows more tense than ever and so they attend couples therapy; Jackson's presence has a profound impact on Elaine; Jackson represent a woman being s
Falling Up
Feb 26, 2001 · 43 min
Jackson and Renee's one night stand turns into something more; Ally visits several therapists to get over her hallucinations of Larry, who eventually appears in the flesh; John rep
The Getaway
Mar 19, 2001 · 43 min
To escape their ruined love lives, Richard and John go for a vacation to Los Angeles. It turns into a working vacation however when John not only must get Richard out of legal trou
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
Mar 26, 2001 · 43 min
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 a
The Obstacle Course
Apr 16, 2001 · 43 min
Cassandra surprises John when she suddenly shows up at the office. She wants to continue the relationship they started in LA, but John doesn't want to go on seeing her, because the
In Search of Barry White
Apr 23, 2001 · 43 min
John loses his ability to channel Barry White while going up against Larry in a case involving a man who wants to clone his late wife; Nelle hooks Elaine into on-line romance; Ling
Cloudy Skies Chance of Parade
Apr 30, 2001 · 43 min
Larry defends Sting when a man sues him for breaking up his marriage; a Streisand impersonator sues over his nose job; Richard flirts with Cindy Margolis to make Ling jealous.
Queen Bee
May 7, 2001 · 43 min
Sydney Gale hires Cage & Fish to represent her in court. She's been sued for wrongful termination, and Richard and John take the case. An employee is suing Sydney because he doesn'
Home Again
May 14, 2001 · 43 min
Ally becomes extremely jealous over Larry's easy friendship with his ex-wife; Richard tries to stop a magazine from publishing photos of his LA friend, Jane.
The Wedding
May 21, 2001 · 43 min
Malcolm Wyatt hires Ally to take his case. He's suing a girl for not going to the prom with him after she said yes in fall. The opposing lawyer is Larry Paul, and Ally is nervous a