Ally McBeal (1997) Web Series — Cast, Story & Where to Watch | MovieLinkBD

Ally McBeal (1997) is a drama, comedy web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Ally McBeal online in HD.

Ally McBeal — Storyline

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!

Cast & Crew

• Created by: David E. Kelley
• Starring: Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Regina Hall, Peter MacNicol, Vonda Shepard, Portia De Rossi, Josh Hopkins

Ally McBeal — Series Details

Ally McBeal — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Pilot (1997-09-08) — 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
• E2: Compromising Positions (1997-09-15) — 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
• E3: The Kiss (1997-09-22) — 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
• E4: The Affair (1997-09-29) — 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
• E5: 100 Tears Away (1997-10-20) — 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
• E6: The Promise (1997-10-27) — 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
• E7: The Attitude (1997-11-03) — 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
• E8: Drawing the Lines (1997-11-10) — 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
• E9: The Dirty Joke (1997-11-17) — 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
• E10: Boy to the World (1997-12-01) — 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
• E11: Silver Bells (1997-12-15) — 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
• E12: Cro-Magnon (1998-01-05) — 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
• E13: The Blame Game (1998-01-19) — 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
• E14: Body Language (1998-02-02) — 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
• E15: Once in a Lifetime (1998-02-23) — 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
• E16: Forbidden Fruits (1998-03-02) — 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
• E17: Theme of Life (1998-03-09) — 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
• E18: The Playing Field (1998-03-16) — 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,
• E19: Happy Birthday Baby (1998-04-06) — 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
• E20: The Inmates (1998-04-27) — 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
• E21: Being There (1998-05-04) — 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
• E22: Alone Again (1998-05-11) — 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
• E23: These Are the Days (1998-05-18) — 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

Season 2

• E1: The Real World (1998-09-14) — Feeling nervous that the firm is not making enough money, Fish and Cage decide to hire another associate, a "rainmaker" who can bring in lucrative clients. They hire Nelle Porter,
• E2: They Eat Horses Don't They? (1998-09-21) — Ally is feeling increasingly antipathetic towards Nelle Porter. She thinks Nelle brings out the darker side of the firm. Nelle represents a First Amendment case about a popular rad
• E3: Fools Night Out (1998-09-28) — Nelle is already making her presence felt in the change of office atmosphere when Fish dumps another groundless case on Georgia. Ling Woo, the unpleasant plant manager, is back to
• E4: It's My Party (1998-10-19) — Elaine refers a client, George Madison, to the firm who is suing a prominent feminist magazine for wrongful dismissal. The new editor in chief decided to disqualify him for the job
• E5: Story of Love (1998-10-26) — Ally gets arrested for fighting with Hannah, a distraught young woman who is struggling with her best friend stealing her boyfriend. Ally offers to represent her later in court, on
• E6: Worlds Without Love (1998-11-02) — Renee bumps into an old flame from high school and must decide if she wants to reignite the love of her life that happens to be married. Ally represents a Nun who lost her job beca
• E7: Happy Trails (1998-11-09) — Ally finally shakes the pesky Wallace. Ling rescues Stefan the frog from a suicide jump only to have him served up as dinner. The gang at the firm mourns the untimely death of Judg
• E8: Just Looking (1998-11-16) — A group of mothers against pornography is trying to shut down Ling's female mud-wrestling club. Ally gets herself into a strange predicament just before a big date with a handsome
• E9: You Never Can Tell (1998-11-23) — The whole firm is angry at Richard for accepting another ridiculous lawsuit that Ling has come up with, but as usual, Richard has no problem telling it as he sees it. Renee inadver
• E10: Making Spirits Bright (1998-12-14) — Richard throws his annual Christmas bash as Ally and Billy get drawn into a high stakes case involving a wealthy bond trader claiming wrongful termination. Renee and Matt consummat
• E11: In Dreams (1999-01-11) — Upon discovering her favorite high school teacher is terminally ill, Ally seeks a court order to allow the women to spend her remaining days in a drug-induced coma, happily dreamin
• E12: Love Unlimited (1999-01-18) — Ally defends a woman coming out of a nine-year marriage whose husband, claiming mental incompetence, wants to have the marriage annulled. Nelle and Cage are having rocky times in t
• E13: Angels & Blimps (1999-02-08) — The lawyers are shocked to discover Ling has been keeping a secret. Ally visits Dr. Butters at the hospital one day and sees he's treating a terminally ill little boy. The little b
• E14: Pyramids on the Nile (1999-02-15) — Fish announces that the most unlikely person has been hired as the firm's latest attorney. Appeals to John Cage go nowhere as he feels he has no choice but to support his partner's
• E15: Sideshow (1999-02-22) — When we last saw Ally she was in shock over her encounter with Billy. Ally realizes her life is in crisis and that everything she does from this moment on could mean a lifetime of
• E16: Sex, Lies & Politics (1999-03-01) — Ally is guilt ridden by her encounter with Billy and she stresses over her relationship with Georgia. Should she confess all to her or keep her dirty little secret? Everything tell
• E17: Civil War (1999-04-05) — Word that Billy and Ally came perilously close to an adulterous affair is spreading through the law firm. What is most uncomfortable are the icy stares and cold shoulders Georgia i
• E18: Those Lips That Hand (1999-04-19) — Cage and Fish's firm gets a capital case to defend a man accused of murdering his comatose wife. He insists he fired up the chainsaw and cut off her hand after she was dead. Renee,
• E19: Let's Dance (1999-04-26) — Cage continues to ride the high of his birthday gift from Nelle. It was a life changing night and has had a profound effect on his view of himself and his self-esteem in regards to
• E20: Only the Lonely (1999-05-03) — In a land where everyone has the opportunity to make a fortune, it seems that now it's Elaine's turn – it appears that her invention, the "Face Bra", might be a hit. Unfortunately,
• E21: The Green Monster (1999-05-10) — Fish and Cage find themselves representing the soon to be ex-wife of a philanderer who is suing not just for divorce but for property damages as well. The case has loser written al
• E22: Love's Illusions (1999-05-17) — Ally is having weird dreams about moments from her childhood, some good, some painful. But each compels her to wrestle with the question of true love. Can it be real or must it ine
• E23: I Know Him By Heart (1999-05-24) — Ally's heart is broken and not by Billy or Greg. It's just one big stress fracture. She's come to the realization that there isn't anyone out there for her. She has her image of th

Season 3

• E1: Car Wash (1999-10-25) — Without ever engaging in conversation, Ally has a steamy fling with a guy who works at the car wash. Back at the office, Fish assigns her to a case in which a big client's daughter
• E2: Buried Pleasures (1999-11-01) — Ling's curiosity is piqued when she dreams about kissing Ally. Under the pretense of becoming better friends, Ling and Ally go on a "date". Meanwhile, John overhears Nelle talking
• E3: Seeing Green (1999-11-08) — Ally is plagued with hallucinations of Al Green. She talks about these hallucinations with Dr. Shirley Flott, who is seeing patients while Dr. Tracy is away. Shirley has no patienc
• E4: Heat Wave (1999-11-15) — Risa, the bride whose wedding Ally destroyed, decides to sue Ally for intentional infliction of emotional distress; Georgia expresses outrage when Billy hires a sexy twenty-year-ol
• E5: Troubled Water (1999-11-22) — Ally's Thanksgiving turns into a debacle when she invites her colleagues and her parents to her apartment for dinner.
• E6: Changes (1999-11-29) — Richard and Ling officially break up. Billy and Cage represent a sexy, middle-aged woman who's suing her employees for sexual harassment. The woman, Robin Jones, claims that the st
• E7: Saving Santa (1999-12-13) — The first case Georgia brings to Renee's new firm pits them against Cage and Fish. Georgia defends Newman's, an upscale department store against Steve Mallory, who worked as the st
• E8: Blue Christmas (1999-12-20) — Elaine finds a real, live six-week-old baby in a nativity scene manger and wants to keep him. Cage and Ally represent Elaine in her fight to gain custody, while the rest of the off
• E9: Out in the Cold (2000-01-10) — Ally befriends a homeless man and they hit it off, but just when Ally starts to think the man could be Mr. Right, she is stunned by what she finds about him. Meanwhile, Ling is arr
• E10: Just Friends (2000-01-17) — Ally has a romantic dream about Cage and wakes up thinking that he may be the one for her. When she finally gets up the courage to tell him, he admits that he often thought she mig
• E11: Over the Rainbow (2000-02-07) — Georgia blames "Cage & Fish" for the new Billy, and is suing the firm for the break-up of their marriage. She cites many issues as leading to Billy's breakdown and the ultimate dis
• E12: In Search of Pygmies (2000-02-14) — Ling defends a dear old friend who is asked to leave his retirement home because the director finds his exuberant imagination disruptive for other residents. While Ling tries to de
• E13: Pursuit of Loneliness (2000-02-21) — Ally is pursued by a barista, but she is turned off by his forwardness so she dumps coffee on him. Later she meets him in court, where he is presiding as a judge, and after a heate
• E14: The Oddball Parade (2000-02-28) — Cage and Fish represent four people who lost their jobs for being too odd. The case hits very close to home for John and he is determined to at least raise everyone's spirits. Mean
• E15: Prime Suspect (2000-03-20) — Cage's 'oddball' client (from the previous episode) is accused of murdering his old boss and the firm gets involved in their first murder trial. Suspecting he's been set up, Ally p
• E16: Boy Next Door (2000-03-27) — Billy represents a woman in an annulment action case, who's deeply religious husband wants out of the marriage due to the fact that she has surgically modified her body. Meanwhile,
• E17: I Will Survive (2000-04-10) — After the recent tragic events Ally is being stalked by disco and an imaginary Gloria Gaynor, who sings "I Will Survive." Meanwhile, Richard hires a new lawyer to replace Billy and
• E18: Turning Thirty (2000-05-01) — The firm defends a woman accused of murdering her eighty-nine-year-old husband by suffocating him with… her breasts. Meanwhile, Ally struggles with turning thirty. She goes to ch
• E19: Do You Wanna Dance? (2000-05-08) — Ally engages in a little virtual sex, with a guy she's been writing to online for the past few months. At Renee's prompting, Ally tries to arrange a meeting. Eventually, she does.
• E20: Hope & Glory (2000-05-15) — Nelle schemes to leave Cage & Fish in order to start her own firm and it leaves both Richard and John furious. She also recruits and convinces Elaine go with her, but her plan back
• E21: Ally McBeal: The Musical… Almost (2000-05-22) — Things go awry when Ally introduces Brian to her parents, resulting in conjuring up old pains and hurt feelings. Meanwhile, Nelle regrets her decision to leave Cage and Fish, and t

Season 4

• E1: Sex Lies & Second Thoughts (2000-10-23) — 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
• E2: Girls' Night Out (2000-10-30) — 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
• E3: Two's a Crowd (2000-11-06) — 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
• E4: Without a Net (2000-11-13) — 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
• E5: The Last Virgin (2000-11-20) — 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
• E6: Tis the Season (2000-11-27) — 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
• E7: Love on Holiday (2000-12-04) — 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
• E8: The Man with the Bag (2000-12-11) — 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
• E9: Reasons to Believe (2001-01-08) — 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
• E10: The Ex-Files (2001-01-15) — 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
• E11: Mr. Bo (2001-01-22) — 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
• E12: Hats Off to Larry (2001-02-05) — 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
• E13: Reach Out & Touch (2001-02-12) — 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
• E14: Boys Town (2001-02-19) — 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
• E15: Falling Up (2001-02-26) — 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
• E16: The Getaway (2001-03-19) — 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
• E17: The Pursuit of Unhappiness (2001-03-26) — 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
• E18: The Obstacle Course (2001-04-16) — 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
• E19: In Search of Barry White (2001-04-23) — 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
• E20: Cloudy Skies Chance of Parade (2001-04-30) — 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.
• E21: Queen Bee (2001-05-07) — 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'
• E22: Home Again (2001-05-14) — 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.
• E23: The Wedding (2001-05-21) — 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

Season 5

• E1: Friends & Lovers (2001-10-29) — It's a new year at the firm, which means changes – big changes! Still getting over Larry and renewing her faith in love, Ally decides to start fresh and let nothing get in her way.
• E2: Judge Ling (2001-11-05) — Jenny insists that Ally should go out with Glenn, and Ally insists she doesn't have a crush on him. The three are assigned to chair the telemarketing case. They have a very hard ti
• E3: Neutral Corners (2001-11-12) — Ally has a dream about Raymond and Glenn. She thinks it's a sign they'll lose the phone company case, and Glenn sees it as a secret attraction of Ally for him. After Raymond makes
• E4: Fear of Flirting (2001-11-19) — Ally and Glenn continue their flirtation, which leads to their conscious avoidance of each other, which does not go unnoticed by the others at Cage and Fish. She insists he's too m
• E5: I Want Love (2001-11-26) — Jenny's mother comes to hire the firm to take her wrongful termination case. She's being fired from her job for dating a 20 year-old. Jenny wants Ally to purposely lose the case bu
• E6: Lost & Found (2001-12-03) — John makes a surprise return and is shocked after hearing from Raymond that Richard threw a party in his "hole". After confronting Richard, John gives the office a speech, in which
• E7: Nine One One (2001-12-10) — Ally helps a minister who was fired from his church for not believing in God. Ever since his wife was brutally murdered, he has been questioning his beliefs and he asks Ally to tal
• E8: Playing with Matches (2002-01-07) — Jenny's mom's wedding is approaching, and Ally is shocked when Tim gives her a certain look that suggests a move. She talks to Jenny, and they decide to test him. Ally makes a move
• E9: Blowing in the Wind (2002-01-14) — Ally impulsively buys a house, to which Dr. Milter concludes is a way of her to take care of herself, since Ally sees herself as a 'work in progress'. Richard gets the others to he
• E10: One Hundred Tears (2002-01-21) — Ally defends a man who broke into his old house to jump out of his old bedroom window. Harvey Hall believes he can fly using wings he made himself. The house owner allows him to ju
• E11: A Kick in the Head (2002-02-04) — 10 year-old Maddie Harrington shows up on Ally's door saying she's her daughter. She's the result of a mixup on the egg bank Ally deposited her eggs ten years ago. Since Maddie's f
• E12: The New Day (2002-02-11) — Maddie keeps testing Ally for her patience and love, something that doesn't go through Ally's mind until Victor points it out. Ally, on the other hand, is being way too protective
• E13: Woman (2002-02-18) — Ally decided that in order for the firm to get out of the financial crisis it's going through, someone will have to be let go. She chooses Jenny, who between all the lawyers of the
• E14: Homecoming (2002-02-25) — Ally decides to take the DNA test after having recurring dreams where Maddie's real parents show up claiming her. Maddie doesn't take that well and escapes to NY to see her aunt Bo
• E15: Heart & Soul (2002-03-04) — Richard and Raymond are hired to represent Serena Feldman, a 16 year-old girl who will die unless Judge Hall consents her a heart transplant from her convicted father, who is the h
• E16: Love Is All Around (1) (2002-04-15) — Ally and Victor find Maddie's nanny dead in front of the TV after returning from their third date. At the firm, Richard assigns Nelle to a case opposite Liza 'Lolita' Bump, a bitch
• E17: Love Is All Around (2) (2002-04-15) — A devastated Claire's goes to Ally for help after her fiancé calls the wedding off. Ally is still shaken with the memory of Larry and isn't sure of her feelings for Victor anymore.
• E18: Tom Dooley (2002-04-22) — Ally is going to the Bermudas with Victor, and welcomes Liza as the firm's newest attorney. Nelle doesn't like that or the fact that she took John's office. Despite being her first
• E19: Another One Bites the Dust (2002-04-29) — Ally and Victor return from their Bermuda trip. Ally feels their relationship is in crisis because they weren't able to connect without Maddie around. Victor is being sued by his f
• E20: What I'll Never Do for Love Again (2002-05-06) — Elaine auditions for "A Chorus Line", but doesn't get a call back. She accidentally bumps into the casting director, whom she finds attractive and nice. They go out for dinner and
• E21: All of Me (2002-05-13) — The lawyers at Cage, Fish & McBeal split when both personalities of the same woman hires them to represent each in court. One of her personalities is a strong woman that goes by He
• E22: Bygones (2002-05-20) — After Maddie passes out Ally finds out she is suffering from a nervous reaction to all the changes in her life, so Ally decides that the only way she can help her daughter is to mo

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Ally McBeal have? 5 season(s) with 112 episodes.

Who created Ally McBeal? David E. Kelley.

Where can I watch Ally McBeal? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.