Meet Ally McBeal she over-analyses her relationships (and sometimes lack of) to the point ... more
of becoming emotionally neurotic. Sounds annoying? It can be. Sounds so-American? It can be. Sounds addictive? It will be... They are young successful lawyers some of them could even be called beautiful a lot of them could be called eccentric and they all work and play together. In this first season we are introduced to the Unisex (the bathroom they all share). Ally is living with Renee still trying to deal with Billy's marriage to someone who is not her and is forced to come to terms with working with his new wife Georgia. Richard and Whipper are still together Elaine establishes herself as the resident know-it-all tart and John Cage is well warming up to being John Cage. It is this season we all have to hold to our hearts as the first time we were introduced to Ally McBeal the quirky original and (yet again) brilliance of a David E. Kelly creation. Contains the entire first season. Features the episodes: 1. Pilot 2. Compromising Positions 3. The Kiss 4. The Affair 5. One Hundred Tears Away 6. The Promise 7. The Attitude 8. Drawing The Lines 9. The Dirty Joke 10. Boy To The World 11. Silver Bells 12. Cro-Magnon 13. The Blame Game 14. Body Language 15. Once In A Lifetime 16. Forbidden Fruits 17. Theme Of Life 18. The Playing Field 19. Happy Birthday Baby 20. The Inmates 21. Being There 22. Alone Again 23. These Are The Days
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Meet Ally McBeal, a single lawyer both blessed and cursed with eccentric colleagues, a ... more
now-married-to-someone-else childhood sweetheart, and an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!The Complete Season One On 6 DiscsDisc 1;- Pilot- Compromising Positions- The Kiss- The AffairDisc 2;- One Hundred Tears Away- The Promise- The Attitude- Drawing The LinesDisc 3;- The Dirty Joke- Boy To The World- Silver Bells- Cro-MagnonDisc 4;- The Blame- Body Language- Once In A Lifetime- Forbidden FruitsDisc 5;- Theme Of Life- The Playing Field- Happy Birthday, Baby- The InmatesDisc 6;- Being There- Alone Again- These Are The Days.
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Advantages: Rob Downey Jnr, Funny Scenes. Disadvantages: Rob Downey Jnr getting kicked off the show.
This is the best AllyMcBealseason by far, I think the actors and the crew have finally worked out what goes, and how far they can push things. They're made Ally more naurotic in this season, and her 'fantasies' are much more funnier.
But the thing for me that makes this season what it is, is the gorgeous bad boy Robert Downey Jnr. His portrayale as Larry Paul, a person Ally mistakes for a therapist even though he's a lawyer and then falls deeply in love with is fantastic. In every role I've ever seen him in, he's so smart and this shines through in AllyMcBeal.
He becomes a proper regular in episode 4 of the season, where he takes Ally's case when she's been sued. She's in the middle of dating two men, who are father and son (only AllyMcBeal could pull that off) and he's dating her co-worker Nelle.
My favourite episodes ...
Advantages: The early days are the best Disadvantages: There are only 24 episodes!
By now it should be clear to regular readers of my ops that Friends is one of the things that rocks my world. Im going to write a detailed overview of all the episodes in series 2 and give some details about the boxset.
The boxset I have consists of three discs, the older series' have different styles to the newer ones. Seasons1-6 are available for around £15 now in shops and on the internet. The newer seaons cost much more, unless of course you know about the wonder of play.com and cdwow. Newer boxsets cost arounf £80 in HMV and MVC but they can be had for around £40 on the internet, and thats even before you check out Ebay!
The reason websites such as play can offer better prices is that they import region 4 dvds which are good on region 2DVD players and PS2's.
Series 2 is a certificate 12 which means that parental ...
Advantages: All Ally, all yours Disadvantages: Extras are pretty much non-existent
GENERAL / PLOT
AllyMcBeal; 70% LA law and 30% David E. Kelley genius.
Unlike many TV series which take a season or two to find its footing, AllyMcBeal was pretty much spot on from episode one onwards.
Detailing the neurotic love-life, or lack of such, of Boston lawyer Ally and her friends, the first season really shines.
Episode one details how Ally lost her job due to sexual harrassment and was taken in by an ex fellow student who now runs a law firm.
Much of the plot hinges on the tension between Ally, her ex Billy and his wife Georgia, but the whole character set is exceptionally well cast and directed.
If you came to the series later on, it could be worth investing in this boxset to get the back story of Ally and Billy, showing how they were childhood sweethearts who were separated at university time ...
The series tells of the professional and personal lives of a group of people who work for a law firm in America. Ally, as the central character adds to the events with her sometimes vivid daydreams... The episodes are: 'The Blame Game', 'Body Language', 'Once In A Lifetime', 'Forbidden Fruits', 'Theme Of Life', 'The Playing Field', 'Happy Birthday Baby', 'The Inmates', 'Being There' 'Alone Again' and 'These Are The Days'.
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