Ally McBeal
Bygones
By Alex Richmond | Aired on 2002.05.19
Bygones - Are you ready to say goodbye? To relive five years of memories out of context and edited for maximum nostalgic impact? Let it begin. Oh, hooray, a five-year-long "previously" clip show. Previously, a five-years-younger Ally McBeal climbed up a bookshelf...RECAPS, WEECAPS, AND MORE
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| 5-21 Recap |
BygonesBygones - Ally leaves the firm because Maddie is having health problems. Richard and Liza tie the knot. Renee, Georgia, and the ghost of Billy return to say goodbye to Ally. John gives Ally a necklace made from metal salvaged from the World Trade Center, and a book on anthrax, wrapped in a singed sheet of office paper that blew over to Brooklyn on September 11. |
2002.05.19 2002.05.21 |
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| 5-20 Recap |
Double Indemnity, DammitAll Of Me - Kyra Sedgwick stars as a woman with a dual personality -- a cold, careerist side, and a docile, obedient-wife side. Her husband wants to medicate her to be docile all the time. This plot outrages Alex Richmond. So glad the show is canceled! Plus, Ally celebrates her thirty-second year on earth, and wears really bad outfits. |
2002.05.12 2002.05.14 |
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| 5-19 Recap |
Kiss This Show Goodbye: All Sweetness And No SorrowWhat I'll Never Do For Love Again - Elaine gives great audition (and excellent casting couch follow-up) for a touring production of A Chorus Line. Richard's father is sued for sexual harassment; Richard and Liza take the case and get closer. No Ally this week. Yay! |
2002.05.05 2002.05.06 |
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| 5-18 Recap |
Ally and Victor Bite the DustAnother One Bites The Dust - Are you surprised? Are you bummed? Do you care? Three episodes to go, woo! |
2002.04.28 2002.05.02 |
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| 5-17 Recap |
Hang Down Your Head and CryTom Dooley - Heather Locklear is married to two dudes, and is hot for John Cage. She likes mariachis. And Lara Flynn Boyle. No, really. Christina Ricci joins the firm, and Ally is, like, not in this episode at all. Only four more episodes after this -- woo! |
2002.04.21 2002.04.26 |
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| 5-16 Recap |
Love Is All AroundLove Is All Around - Christina Ricci and Matthew Perry guest-star on the hiatus-breaking two-hour train wreck. They both play lawyers. Gasp. Ally and Victor finally do it. |
2002.04.14 2002.04.15 |
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| 5-15 Recap |
The Heart of an ArtichokeHeart And Soul - A girl needs a heart transplant, and the best donor is her incarcerated dad, who was jailed for murdering her mom. Plus, Ally and Jon Bon Jovi don't date, not because a lawyer dating a plumber would be scandalous and "dating down," oh nooo. Maddie? Smokes. But she doesn't like it, much. |
2002.03.03 2002.03.07 |
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| 5-14 Recap |
Do We Share the Same McDNA?Homecoming - Oh, shut up, Dame Edna. Harmonize with this. Plus, Ally and Maddie are really egg donor and...uh, egg donee. Sniff! Or something. Plus, Victor gets it on with an old lady, who has confused him with the love of her life, Vincent. |
2002.02.24 2002.02.28 |
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| 5-13 Recap |
Accept It: This Show SucksWoman - Ally and Jon Bon Jovi do not kiss, Dame Edna does not win her wrongful termination suit, and Jenny and Glenn do not keep their jobs at Cage, Fish and McBeal. |
2002.02.17 2002.02.18 |
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| 5-12 Recap |
Ally's a Mom, John Is GoneThe New Day - When John leaves the firm again, Richard asks Ally to become a partner. She learns he's been paying salaries out of his own pocket. Ally -- happy to take on her mommy role -- is shocked but willing to take on the extra office responsibilities, as long as she can still leave at five. Corretta represents an associate fired from her job because she has AIDS. |
2002.02.10 2002.02.11 |
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