Season 3 of American series Ally McBeal aired on FOX television network from October 25 1999 to May 22 2000.
Synopsis
Ally starts off with having sex with man at a car wash, only to later realize he is the fiancé of a client that she has agreed to be a bridesmaid for. She continues to fail to find a boyfriend. John and Nelle's relationship sours with the former deviously stealing all the firm's clients, leaving and suing.
Crew
The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and David E. Kelley Productions. The executive producers were Bill D'Elia and the creator David E. Kelley, who also wrote all 23 episodes just like the two seasons before,[1] with the exception of co-writing the episodes Out in the Cold and In Search of Pygmies with Josh Caplan and co-writing the episode Turning Thirty with Jill Goldsmith. Jonathan Pontell and Alicia West served as the co-executive producers.
Cast
The third season had ten major roles receive star billing. Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal, Greg Germann as Richard Fish, Peter MacNicol as John Cage, Jane Krakowski as Elaine Vassal, Lisa Nicole Carson as Renée Raddick, Gil Bellows as Billy Thomas, Courtney Thorne-Smith as Georgia Thomas, Vonda Shepard as herself, Portia de Rossi as Nelle Porter and Lucy Liu as Ling Woo all returned to the main cast.
The season featured the departure of two original cast members, Gil Bellows and Courtney Thorne-Smith. Gill left to star on The Agency and TCourtney was cast on According to Jim. Bellows' character was killed off in the episode Boy Next Door. According to Gill, the character was originally intended to stay only for one season, but the popularity kept him for two more.
James LeGros made his debut as Mark Albert, a lawyer that replaced Billy at the firm. The character was recurring, and was upgraded to contract status as of season 4.[2]
Various supporting characters from the previous seasons returned to reprise their recurring roles, including Dyan Cannon making her final appearances as Judge Whipper Cone, Albert Hall as Judge Seymore Walsh, Jennifer Holliday as Lisa Knowles, Harrison Page as Reverend Mark Newman, Tracey Ullman as Dr. Tracey Clark, and Renée Elise Goldsberry, Vatrena King and Sy Smith as the backup singers for Vonda Shepard. Gina Philips had a recurring role as Billy's secretary Sandy Hingle.
This season also featured a variety of celebrities. Al Green, Gladys Knight, and Gloria Gaynor all appeared in the form of Ally's hallucinations, while Macy Gray and Randy Newman appeared as performers at the bar. Farrah Fawcett portrays Robin Jones, a newspaper editor accused of sexual harassment. Loretta Devine appeared as a client who also sings during the course of one of Ally's hallucinations following Billy's death. Tina Turner made an appearance.
- Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal
- Courtney Thorne-Smith as Georgia Thomas
- Greg Germann as Richard Fish
- Lisa Nicole Carson as Renée Raddick
- Jane Krakowski as Elaine Vassal
- Portia de Rossi as Nelle Porter
- Lucy Liu as Ling Woo
- with Peter MacNicol as John Cage
- and Gil Bellows as Billy Thomas
- Vonda Shepard as Herself
Episodes
| # | EPISODE |
|---|---|
| 1 | Car Wash |
| Ally has sex with a hunky stranger in a car wash who turns out to be the fiancé of her client. John loses touch with his inner Barry White and Whipper joins Renee in private practice. | |
| 2 | Buried Pleasures |
| Ling and Ally share some lesbian passion. The Biscuit, after erroneously over hearing Nelle's fantasy wish, spanks Nelle and gets kicked out of her apartment. | |
| 3 | Seeing Green |
| Ally starts seeing Tracey's replacement, Dr. Flott who thinks Ally needs to be on Prozac. Meanwhile. Nelle and John defend a high school boy who kissed a girl and Billy joins a club of like-minded men. | |
| 4 | Heat Wave |
| Ally is sued by the person who's wedding she objected to. | |
| 5 | Troubled Water |
| Ally learns that Georgia kissed her father and of her mother's and father's infidelities. | |
| 6 | Changes |
| Billy and Cage represent a woman who claims her employees sexually harassed her after she slept with her boss and, despite her lack of experience, became editor-in-chief of a magazine. | |
| 7 | Saving Santa |
| Cage and Georgia face off over fired Santa while Ally intercedes to get Billy & Georgia to talk. | |
| 8 | Blue Christmas |
| Elaine finds an infant in a manger and petitions for custody; Ally sings a sexy tune at Christmas party. | |
| 9 | Out in the Cold |
| Ally dates a homeless man; Ling is arrested for running an escort service for teen boys. | |
| 10 | Just Friends |
| Ally has a dream involving John and him being 'the one'. Elaine goes on a blind date. | |
| 11 | Over the Rainbow |
| Georgia sues firm for contributing to the break up of her marriage. | |
| 12 | In Search of Pygmies |
| Ling represents a friend being kicked out of a nursing home. Ally dumps a guy she met by hitting his car because of his awful laugh. | |
| 13 | Pursuit of Loneliness |
| Ally is asked out by her coffee bar barista who turns out to be a judge who is bisexual. | |
| 14 | The Oddball Parade |
| Ally enters a contest to perform with Tina Turner. Cage & Fish represent employees fired because they're oddballs. | |
| 15 | Prime Suspect |
| Cage and Fish represent an oddball from episode 14 who is accused of killing his boss. | |
| 16 | Boy Next Door |
| A man claims that his wife’s extensive cosmetic surgery is grounds for an annulment. Cage becomes stuck in an elevator. | |
| 17 | I Will Survive |
| Ally deals with loss. | |
| 18 | Turning Thirty |
| Ally reacts to her 30th birthday. Cage and Albert represent a woman accused of smothering her elderly husband with her breasts. | |
| 19 | Do You Wanna Dance? |
| After having cybersex with a stranger she met online, Ally arranges to meet her "lover" face-to-face. A man sues his best friend for sleeping with his wife. | |
| 20 | Hope and Glory |
| Nelle leaves firm and schemes to take Elaine and client files. | |
| 21 | Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost |
| Ally's parents react to meeting Brian. John's birthday is full of surprises. | |
Trivia
- The entire season originally aired Mondays at 9pm, just like Season One and Season Two.
- A month before the premiere of the season, Fox began airing Ally, a half-hour serries that consisted of re-edited scenes from the first two seasons and previously unseen footage, with the intention of making it a sitcom. 13 episodes of the show were shot, but only 10 were broadcast.[3]
- Season Three was released on DVD as a six disc boxed set under the title of Ally McBeal: Season Three on October 7, 2002,[4][5] just like the two seasons that aired before and in the U.S. on December 22, 2009.
- This season had an average rating of 12.3 million viewers in the United States and was ranked #39 on the complete ranking sheet of all the year's shows.Template:Citation needed This was the second highest rated season of Ally McBeal.
- On the 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards, the show won an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special for the season premiere episode Car Wash.[6] Kevin Fallon cited the sex scene from the episode Car Wash as one of "TV's 13 Dirtiest Sex Scenes" in a column for The Daily Beast.[7]
References
- ↑ David E. Kelley (I) - Filmography by TV series. IMDB.com.
- ↑ Rice, Lynette. "James LeGros joins Ally McBeal", EW.com, 2000-05-19.
- ↑ Ally on IMDB. IMDB.com.
- ↑ Ally McBeal: Season Three, Part One.
- ↑ Ally McBeal: Season Three, Part Two.
- ↑ Awards for Ally McBeal. IMDB.com.
- ↑ Fallon, Kevin (Oct 11, 2012). 'The Good Wife' Ice Cream Shocker & TV's 13 Dirtiest Sex Scenes (VIDEO). The Daily Beast.
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