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HERC Reviews ALLY McBEAL 5.1!!
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Ally McBeal 5.1 FAQ
What’s it called?
“Friends and Lovers.”
Who’s responsible?
Teleplay credited to series mastermind David E. Kelley.
What does TV Guide say?
“A pair of new lawyers at Cage & Fish sets Ally's world spinning in the fifth-season opener. To her latest therapist (John Michael Higgins), Ally describes bumping into Jenny Shaw (Julianne Nicholson), an attorney who's lost her job and her boyfriend. Ally sees so much of herself in Jenny that she hires her, hoping to be a mentor. But when the two arrive at the office, they find Richard has just hired Glenn Foy (James Marsden) - Jenny's ex. And in the story's telling, the therapist detects something interesting: Ally's latent attraction to Glenn. Meanwhile, John (Peter MacNicol) overhears a conversation that puts Ally in a new light for him. Boz Scaggs appears briefly in a cameo.”
What does John Cage overhear?
That Ally “totally” loves him.
What does John Cage not hear?
That Ally loves him as a friend. “No chemistry?” asks Jenny Shaw. “None,” replies Allison McBeal.
Who’s in the title credits tonight?
Calista Flockhart. Greg Germann. Jane Krakowski. Vonda Shepard (now fourth-billed!). Portia Del Rossi. Lucy Liu. Regina Hall. Julianne Nicholson. James Marsden. Josh Hopkins. And Peter MacNicol.
What does Josh Hopkins play?
Raymond Milbury, another lawyer from Shaw and Foy’s old firm. Ally seems to like him too.
What is TV Guide not telling us?
Ally has taken to getting about on a razor scooter, and looks great doing so.
The big news?
Julianne Nicholson is great! And is funnier and is hotter and is taller and has many more freckles than one remembers from her work on NBC’s short-lived supernatural drama “The Others.”
Is Cyclops, er, James Marsden any good?
Pretty-boy Marsden’s the same as he was in “X-Men.” No Hugh Jackman, but he gets the job done.
Does this mean Marsden is quitting “Buffy”?
James Marsden. James Marsters plays Spike on “Buffy”.
Oh. Boz Skaggs?
He sings at the bar (not “Lido Shuffle”). And seems to be morphing into Bruce McGill.
Is Ling Woo a judge now? In the promos, it looks like she’s a judge.
Lucy Liu wears robes in the titles, but Ling is still hard at work for Cage & Fish. Presumably she ascends the bench in a later episode.
What’s great?
The show’s comedy suddenly seems more character-based than it has since season two (very good news)! The nobility of Jenny’s 72,000-client class action suit. We get to imagine Ally masturbating! MacNicol’s very broad but generally very funny reactions throughout. Flockhart’s reading of the line “Puke!” Julianne Nicholson!!!
What’s not so great?
I’m probably wrong, but it seems like Ally and John ruled each other out as romantic interests many, many episodes ago. Also, “Ally’s” on opposite “Angel” now! That’s no good!
How does it end, spoiler-boy?
Ally’s new therapist tells her, “You really want that boy.”
Herc’s rating for “Ally McBeal” 2.1?
***1/2
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Herc could you please register that domain name for me? Thanks!
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only cause their girlfriends make them...right?
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I have tried to watch this show, I know it is a well written show, and many people seem to like it,but I cant get past one major problem that ruins it for me. I never got around one major premis of the show, that men would find Calista Flockhart atractive. She is skinny to the point of looking like she should be in the hospital, not on tv. She has the build of a 13 year old boy, and her face looks like it has slightly caved in around the cheeks(another side affect of being so damm skinny?). With all of the other atractive actress that could have been chosen to play a charcter that is supose to be atactive to men, was she the only actress they could dig up with acting ability to play the role. I find that very hard to believe?
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Herc, sorry, bud, but any news about "Ally McBeal" IS NOT COOL NEWS! The vast majority who visit this site do not give a flying shit!
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I know this isn't about Ally but where the hell is Moriarty with his review of Band of Brothers:Why we fight?I really look forward to reading his very well written reviews.Any way thats all except I will say something about Ally.EAT SOMETHING NOW!!
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I'm still kicking myself. I used to date Josh Hopkins...back when he was going by his first name Lloyd. I thought seeing him in "The Perfect Storm" was bad but now I gotta see him every week on Ally? *sigh* I'll be taping it upstairs while I watch and tape Angel downstairs.
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Long term love interests like jail boy and bleach head aside, Ally's been paired with younger men, boys really, since the show got started. Is this just because the idea of an older woman is supposed to be silly, or because they're trying to make us forget Flockhart passed 30 almost as long ago as she sank beneath 100 pounds? I gave up watching this show sometime last year, but maybe with Cyclops on the cast I'll watch. And a bit of neato trivia, Cyclops is on Ally now, and Jean Gray Famke Janssen was Robert Downey Junior's Ex last season! Maybe Hugh Jackman isn't that far away. He's gotta go somewhere after Swordfish. I can't believe I'm wasting brain space remembering this stuff.
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Remember that show? In the series finale every major character got killed by the big bad demon. I guess they were hopin for a cliffhanger - too bad.
Anyway, it was kinda funny having her basically be a clone of Calista Flockhart's character, but for some reason I found her less annoying than the original.
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It is one of my favorite shows after the West Wing. I think Ally (Calista, same thing) is pretty hot and the show is funny as hell. This episode was dope. Oh yeah, and I am a straight guy. I am 19. That is all homeboys. Peace.
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When did Josh Hopkins ever go by "Lloyd?" I remember him growing up in my old neighborhood in Lexington, KY. His dad was our U.S. Congressmen for several years. He's a few years younger than me. He was always called Josh as a non-actor. I used to get updates on his career after he moved to NYC, and he always went by Josh, including we he got a role on some silly Fox cop show that didn't last very long.
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I used to be forced to watch this show a couple of years ago. It pretty much illustrates what I don't like about American women. Whiny and boring. Every time she broke a nail, she had to go for a walk and reflect on her shattered life while music played in the background. The guys were all more feminine than Tom Leykis (or even Sam Ruben).
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