"Pilot" - AM - 101
Orig. air date: 9/8/97
-- This episode begins with a wonderful voice-over by Ally, telling us about her earlier life, her first (and to that date, only) true love and the choices she made. "So here I am, victim of my own choices..." she says. "And I'm just starting..." Thus begins the series... Ally works for a firm that she's satisfied with, but one of her senior partners likes her a little too much and starts grabbing her butt... She tells her boss about this incident, and Billings gets fired, but then decides to sue. Later, both partners reveal that they'd much rather be sued by Ally, and would prefer losing her than him, so she quits. Exiting the building with a box of office stuff, she bumps into an old law school classmate, Richard Fish, who immediately invites her to come work for his new firm. There, a shocked Ally finds Billy, her old (but still burning) flame, and is even more shocked to find out that he's married. Ally is also introduced to her secretary, Elaine, and also finds out that the office has a unisex bathroom, which, according to Richard, "helps co-workers breed familiarity rather than just breed". Ally also helps with an office case, and her lawsuit with Billings is also reviewed. In court, Ally represents a magazine in a case brought up by Rev. Kessler, who opposed to the article featuring him in that magazine. She loses the case, and walking back to the firm, she reflects on her two greatest shocks of the day: "I've lost the case... And Billy's married." Back at the office, she meets Billy's wife, Georgia, who just so happens to be beautiful, charming and smart... Which disappoints Ally, to say the least... Later that day, Georgia comes over to Ally and Renee's place. She and Ally admit that they hate each other, but have a good laugh about it anyway... She also tells Ally about how Billy explained his relationship with her as "a couple of dates in high school". Ally tells Georgia the whole story, which was much more than "a couple of dates in high school"... The next day, Ally confronts Billy about this, and he admits he was wrong. Richard overhears this conversation, which infuriates Billy, but he gets over it. That same day, Georgia comes in to talk to Ally about Ally telling Billy that she came over the evening before... This turns into a loud brawl when Renee and Richard come in, and everyone begins accusing each other at the same time. Georgia apologizes to Ally, and this is taken as the cue to start building a tough but real friendship... Later, after Ally wins her appeals case and Richard, Billy and Ally have a drink in their office, Billy admits to Ally that he still loves her, but he also loves the woman he's married to... The episode ends with Ally walking home, thinking to herself in-between some flashbacks of her past with Billy,: "I actually like the quest-the search. That's the fun. The more lost you are, the more you have to look forward to. What do you know? I'm having a great time and I don't even know it..." --

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"Compromising Positions" - AM - 102
Orig. air date: 9/15/97
-- Flames roar and heads risk to roll when Billy, John, two Your Honours and Ronald Cheanie, a new client for the firm and a new date for Ally, could seriously get busted after their dark past floats up. Fortunately, all reputations (and not only) are saved, not least thanks to Ally... --

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"The Kiss" - AM - 103
Orig. air date: 9/22/97
-- Ally's disappointed by a kissless date, and tries to figure out what to do - stay with show or throw it in the Dumpster. Meanwhile, she's also presented with a case co-counseling Georgia where a former anchorwoman is suing for discrimination, claiming to have lost her job because of losing her dazzling looks. Ally & Georgia triumph, and so does Ally's optimistic side when she's (finally) rewarded with a satisfying kiss from the object of her affection... --

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"The Affair" - AM - 104
Orig. air date: 9/29/97
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"One Hundred Tears Away" - AM - 105
Orig. air date: 10/20/97
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"The Promise" - AM - 106
Orig. air date: 10/27/97
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"The Attitude" - AM - 107
Orig. air date: 11/03/97
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"Drawing The Lines" - AM - 108
Orig. air date: 11/10/97
-- Ally teaches Georgia a steaming new cappucino technique which triggers Billy's memories of his sex life with Ally. Ally & Georgia are also co-counsel on a case involving a millionaire who's divorcing his wife and is blackmailed into voiding the relatively low numbers stated in his wife's prenuptial. Caroline Poop returns with a harrassment lawsuit against Cage & Fish, triggered by the mail-girl incident Elaine reported. Her strike is abandoned, though, and everything is settled a la happily-ever-after. --

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"The Dirty Joke" - AM - 109
Orig. air date: 11/17/97
-- Ally and Renee have a dirty-joke-telling contest at the bar, which is triggered by their argument over whether a joke Renee told is repulsive or not. Ally's joke bombs while Renee's makes everyone crack up. Jennifer the Mail Girl returns, suing Cage&Fish for a "hostile work environment". Ally saves the day and Jennifer loses the case. --

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"Boy To The World" - AM - 110
Orig. air date: 12/01/97
-- Ally defends a transvetite hooker who quickly becomes a pal of hers, and is devastated when he's found murdered in the Combat Zone porn district. Fish is deeply saddened by the death of his midget-hating uncle, and makes a solo grieving visit to his grave. He also wins a court battle to have Newman's "Short People" played at his uncle's funeral. --

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"Silver Bells" - AM - 111
Orig. air date: 12/15/97
-- Ally & Georgia take on a case involving a trio wanting to stretch the definition of marriage to include threesomes. Georgia makes a startling discovery about her re-heated passion for Billy since Ally came into the picture, and realizes their relationship is a version of their clients'. Whipper yearns for marriage, but gets a song f/Richard instead. She also rules against the threesome to be in matrimony. --

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"Cro-Magnon" - AM - 112
Orig. air date: 01/05/98
-- Ally & Renee take up sculpting classes which bring Ally closer to one of the extremely well-endowed models. Billy worries about his sexual performance while Cage wins boxing bets at a sports bar. In court Ally defends a high-schooler who stood up for his date. --

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"The Blame Game" - AM - 113
Orig. air date: 01/19/98
-- Ally's one-night stand comes back to haunt her as Glenn, the nude model, returns. Cage & Fish go to court over Transatlantic Flight 111 while Ally & Renee take revenge by pulling the "penguin" on Glenn. --

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"Body Language" - AM - 114
Orig. air date: 02/02/98
-- Ally vows never to be a bridesmaid after she & Renee unhappily discuss the wedding they'd just attended, pouting over society & it's expectations of women. In court Ally thinks of a clever plan to help her client, Janie, marry her one true love - a convict serving a life sentence. Fish's wattle fetish goes overboard as he hits on Janet Reno, but this sends refreshed sparks into his relationship with Whipper. Ally is Janie's bridesmaid, and she ends up dancing in PJs in public as "punishment" for her play-bet with Renee. --

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"Once In A Lifetime" - AM - 115
Orig. air date: 02/23/98
-- Elaine teaches Cage a remarkable kissing technique that knocks Ally off her feet - literally. They agree on staying just friends, at least for the time being. Ally & Billy represent a painter wanting to remarry just to honor his late wife. Cage also discovers 2 more great things in life : a remote control toilet-flusher and Barry White's music. --

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"Forbidden Fruits" - AM - 116
Orig. air date: 03/02/98
-- Ally is confronted by Georgia about her feelings for Billy while she tries to prove to Renee that she's a fantastic lover (on words, so get your mind outta the gutter). The firm defends a senator sued for stealing another man's wife. --

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"Theme Of Life" - AM - 117
Orig. air date: 03/09/98
-- Ally finally agrees to visit Cage's unique therapist, which advises Ally to get a theme song & classifies her as a "cracker". In Legal Land, she defends a [very attractive] doctor who's being sued by a saved patient for placing a pig's organ into her body during a transplant. Ally wins, and with that realizes Dr. Butters is a very possible Mr. Right. Off work, she & Georgia relieve the "tension" between them in a kickboxing match which leaves both knocked out. --

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"The Playing Field" - AM - 118
Orig. air date: 03/16/98
-- Following Dr. Tracy's advice, Ally decides to attack the dancing baby and ends up kicking child prodigy attorney Oren Koolie instead. Strangely enough, he's opposing counsel, representing the "victim" of a small car accident Dr. Butters had that morning while driving Ally to work. The case is settled, and in the end Ally shares a dance with Greg, understanding this is quickly becoming SOMETHING. --

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"Happy Birthday, Baby" - AM - 119
Orig. air date: 04/06/98
-- Ally celebrates her 28th birthday disappointedly: first, she realizes this isn't at all how she envisioned it, second, Renee practically ruins Greg's serenade to Ally at the Bar by leaping onto the stage, and third, Greg announces he's transferring to Chicago. When he admits he thinks he's fallen in love, Ally replies "Oh, I know you have. This is what men do when they fall in love with me - they leave town to pursue their careers." In court, she gets a less than pleasant case - going against Renee to defend a foot fetishist. In the end, she admits she's not a "que sera" kinda girl... Well, we all know the truth... --

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"The Inmates" - AM - 120
Orig. air date: 04/27/98
-- In "Ally"'s part of this queer but interesting crossover-collision of "The Practice" with "Ally McBeal", Fish defends a bistro accused of firing a waiter because of his heterosexuality. Ally openly flirts with Bobby Donnell, who seems more than happy to reply with a few smiles of his own. In court, Billy co-counsels with Donnell in a murder trial while Ally ends up defending Renee for kickboxing a pushy date & breaking his neck. --

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"Being There" - AM - 121
Orig. air date: 05/04/98
-- Georgia & Billy are stunned when they find out Georgia might be pregnant, and Ally is more than stunned - she's jealous. She lets Billy know what she thinks of the whole situation, but it turns out she's overreacting, because the pregnancy test turned out to be a false alarm. Cage & Ally together defend Renee from the guy whose neck she previously broke, and Ally has a rendez-vous with Glenn, who just happens to be a witness for the "victim" of Renee's kickboxing. Ally & Cage save her, and everything seems to be back to normal... though not for long. --

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"Alone Again" - AM - 122
Orig. air date: 05/11/98
-- Cage argues his toughest case yet, defending a 72-year-old convict who, one month prior to release from jail, finished his masterwork rubber-band trampoline - an 18-year-long project - and jumped over the tall prison wall. Unfortunately, due to his sprained ankles accquired during the landing, he was caught with ease, and Cage in one day makes up a strategy which helps free the old man. Throughout the case, he also has to deal with his personal trauma - a case of the long-lost love. --

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"These Are The Days" - AM - 123
Orig. air date: 05/18/98
-- Ally & Bobby finally lock lips while co-counseling on a case involving a janitor wanting to give his healthy heart to his boss in order to save him. The judge, "Happy" Boyle, lets Ally decide on this one, and she rules against it. Meanwhile, Billy & Georgia reheat their romance on the conference room table, which is the last thing Ally wants to see as she checks in to make sure the lights are out - and unfortunately does, catching them in flagrante. Cage defends his cousin playing Cupid with a paddle as our heroine reflects on her year and decides it has been very full, indeed. --

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