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Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts
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| Brian asks Ally to move in with him, but torn between wanting marriage and wanting a more exciting man, she turns to her therapist for help. After meeting Larry Paul, a lawyer she mistakes as her old therapist's replacement, Ally concludes that he's an asshole, her and Brian's sex life is terrible, and now she can't get Larry off of her mind. Meanwhile John is defending a woman who wants an annulment because she doesn't think her husband found her attractive.
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Girls' Night Out
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| Richard and Ling take Cindy McCauliff's case, who is actually a transgender, causing much discomfort. Meanwhile, Ally organizes a models night at the club to attract men. John and Nelle handle a case about a woman sued for sexually harassing a man.
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Two's a Crowd
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| Mark's girlfriend Cindy 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 men who actually are related.
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Without a Net
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| Ally runs into Kimmie Bishop, an old friend from college. Ally makes fun of her in front of her friends and Kimmie sues for defamation. Therefore, Ally hires lawyer Larry Paul as her defense.
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The Last Virgin
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| Kimmie returns to Cage & Fish looking to hire Ally to sue her old firm for wrongful termination. Ally is nervous about her first kiss with Larry and seeks advice with Ling affecting Richard.
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'Tis the Season
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| Christmas season is approaching and while Ally is thrilled, Larry has nothing to celebrate. He finally confesses he has a 7-year-old son in Detroit with his mother.
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Love on Holiday
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| Elaine is sued by a former office clerk because she called him 'peanut' due his size. Nelle and Ling compete in a charity auction dinner date with Nelle dating a doctor convicted of murder and Cindy,(Mark's ex-girlfriend, a trans woman, has drastic plans for Richard for the charity auction.
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The Man with the Bag
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| Nelle request John to defend her father who was fired from his job as a teacher because he claims he is Santa Claus. Ally feels threatened when Larry's ex comes to town. Since the episode's original broadcast, Vonda Shephard's version of Kay Starr’s Christmas song (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man with the Bag, has become a popular holiday song.
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Reasons to Believe
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| Nicholas Engbloom comes to Cage & Fish looking for John to help with a murder case. Melanie West has Tourette syndrome and ran over her boyfriend. Richard teaches Mark how to use a "sex song" to please Elaine in bed.
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The Ex-Files
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| Larry's ex-girlfriend returns and asks for his permission to take their son to Canada. Because of Larry's sexual attraction to his ex, he starts kissing her but stops immediately and tells Ally causing a fight. Melanie is fired from her job for scaring the children and John takes it to court.
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Mr. Bo
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| Melanie takes John to her tiny apartment and introduces him to Mr. Bo, a homeless man. Mr. Bo stalks John and files a complaint against him. Ally takes a case of a woman who fired her secretary because she was slightly overweight and is shocked when she discovers that Cage & Fish only hire hot female lawyers.
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Hats Off to Larry
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| Larry's son flies in from Detroit and goes to Cage & Fish looking for Ally. He wants to sue his parents for emotional damage. Nelle is representing her dance instructor Sam Adams in court. He is suing his ex-partner for stealing his dance moves. Cindy McCauliff returns to the office looking for Richard for legal assistance. Larry realizes his son needs him in Detroit. Ally persuades him to go. He leaves promising he will come back.
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Reach Out and Touch
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| Ally has hallucinations with Barry Manilow. Richard assigns Ling to work with Jackson Duper, the firm's newest lawyer. They have to handle a double case of a man who wants his marriage annulled because his wife is a nymphomaniac and cheated on him 106 times, and is suing the minister for having a torrid affair with her.
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Boy's Town
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| Richard and John's relationship grows more tense and they attend couples therapy; Jackson's presence has a profound impact on Elaine; Jackson represent a woman sued for firing all her male employees.
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Falling Up
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| Jackson and Renee's one night stand turns into something shocking. Ally visits several therapists to get over her hallucinations of Larry. John represents a man who wants to annul his marriage after his wife decides she does not want children, a case that carries over into John's relationship with Melanie.
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The Getaway
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| Richard and John go for a vacation in Los Angeles to de-stress leaving Ally in charge of the office. It turns into a working vacation when John must get Richard out of legal trouble, and help a woman divorcing her wealthy husband. Richard helps a struggling actress leave her agent who is using her to run an escort service.
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The Pursuit of Unhappiness
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| Elaine breaks up with Mark after she tells him that she cheated on him. Jackson is assigned to do the pre-nup for a rich, fat, bald man. Ally puts Larry to defend the future wife's interests, leading to a personal dissension between Larry and Jackson. Ling takes the case of a man sued by his son because a blood clot has left him perpetually happy, ruining the family business.
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The Obstacle Course
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| Cassandra from LA surprises John when she shows up at the office. Ally takes the case of a man sued because he did not reveal to his internet date that he was a dwarf. Ling and Jackson take a case of a woman suing her old boyfriend for interrupting her wedding ceremony.
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In Search of Barry White
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| 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's feelings for Jackson grow more intense.
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Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade
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| Larry defends Sting when a man sues him for breaking up his marriage and rushes to give Ally a birthday present. A Streisand impersonator sues over his nose job. Richard flirts with Cindy Margolis to make Ling jealous.
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Queen Bee
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| Sydney Gale hires Cage & Fish to represent her as she is sued for wrongful termination; Richard and John take the case. Reverend Mark Newman is having problems concerning Lisa Knowles's performance at church. After Jackson's strategy fails, it is in Nelle's hands.
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Home Again
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| When Larry's surprise engagement plan goes awry, he's convinced it is a bad omen. Fish flies to LA to help the aspiring actress Jane Wilco stop a man's magazine from publishing nude pictures of her.
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The Wedding
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| Malcolm Wyatt hires Ally to take his case where he is suing a girl for not going to the prom with him after she said yes. His opposing lawyer is Larry Paul, but he never shows up. Richard hires Jane Wilco as the office's new secretary. Ally talks to Billy's ghost and decides to go to Malcolm's prom as his date, and convinces him to sing solo and never stop believing in love.
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