Ally McBeal

Well, if you want a run down of characters and the premise of the show, read Chandler2k`s BRILLIANT opinion - any attempt to explain this show would be a palling plagiarism of that. So, I'll just give my "opinion" on the show. I was an avid watcher when the series first began. Couldn't quite make out Ally McBeal - she was funny and definitely an airhead, but at times I really wondered what drugs she'd been on. Remember the dancing baby? I felt for her long lost love and her inadequacies as they arose, but enjoyed the rest of the show too. After about the third series, it seemed that the writers were just merrily shoving silliness after ...  Read the complete review

When it first came out I really liked Ally McBeal, an American drama / comedy set in a legal firm, it had a quirky slightly surreal feel to it with the strange mind that was the main character Ally McBeal a solicitor in a firm of rather strange individuals. Over time though I soon got bored with it as the plot lines became all the more outlandish and it struggled to attract new viewers and its main star Calista Flockhart almost disappeared from our screens, quite literally in fact as she got painfully thin, however she has returned in another drama called Brothers and Sisters I think. My favourite character was one of her colleagues Richard Fish ...  Read the complete review

Ally McBeal is a sit-com based around a law firm and the main character Ally McBeal. She's not like most people, she's quite the narrotic lady always in her own imagination and with her drama. It begins with sexual harrassment (something you will come to enjoy watching on the series), which leaves Ally out of a job... bumping into an old fellow law student, Fish, she is offered a job. Though fish is quite the bigot but honest about his views, this does raised worries for Ally but she needs the job. All seems great, great office, gorgeous law firm, that is until she sees that the firm contains her ex... the love of her life Billy. And thus the story begins, stretching to ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Ally McBeal is a US TV series that ran from 1997 to 2002. The title character is a young lawyer who works with an eccentric team. The show focuses on her and her colleagues, and often revolves around her unsuccessful love life. WAS IT ANY GOOD: I don't know how I got into this show, but I loved it. There's something about American TV shows that seems t outdo us Brits, and this is no exception. The show is a VERY funny comedy series, which is powered by the strong characters. Oddly enough, McBeal herself isn't the best character in the show - many critics found her annoying and whingey (particularly feminists). No, it's the other ...  Read the complete review

I used to love watching this show back in School, so when I spotted this complete box set of Ally McBeal for £35 last year, I leaped at the chance to buy it. The show ran from 1997 until 2002. From what I can recall, the first season begins with Ally getting touched inappropriately by a boss and trying to sue him, then after leaving court runs into an old friend who hires her at his law firm, and so begins the adventures and misdemeanors of Ally McBeal. The show mainly focuses around Ally at work, with a little bit of her life outside of work thrown in. Throughout the show, Ally has various boyfriends including Billy, who was a childhood sweetheart, ...  Read the complete review