Episode guide
Ally McBeal: Season 3
21 episodes · premiered Oct 25, 1999
The third season of the television series Ally McBeal commenced airing in the United States on October 25, 1999, concluded on May 22, 2000, and consisted of 21 episodes. The entire season originally aired Mondays at 9pm, just like the seasons before. A month before the premiere of the season, Fox began airing Ally, a half-hour show 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.
- Episode 1: Car Wash Oct 25, 1999 · 43m Without ever engaging in conversation, Ally has a steamy fling with a guy who works at the car wash. Back at the office, Fish assigns her to a case in which a big client's daughter, Risa…
- Episode 2: Buried Pleasures Nov 1, 1999 · 43m Ling's curiosity is piqued when she dreams about kissing Ally. Under the pretense of becoming better friends, Ling and Ally go on a "date". Meanwhile, John overhears Nelle talking about…
- Episode 3: Seeing Green Nov 8, 1999 · 43m Ally is plagued with hallucinations of Al Green. She talks about these hallucinations with Dr. Shirley Flott, who is seeing patients while Dr. Tracy is away. Shirley has no patience for…
- Episode 4: Heat Wave Nov 15, 1999 · 43m Risa, the bride whose wedding Ally destroyed, decides to sue Ally for intentional infliction of emotional distress; Georgia expresses outrage when Billy hires a sexy twenty-year-old as his…
- Episode 5: Troubled Water Nov 22, 1999 · 43m Ally's Thanksgiving turns into a debacle when she invites her colleagues and her parents to her apartment for dinner.
- Episode 6: Changes Nov 29, 1999 · 43m Richard and Ling officially break up. Billy and Cage represent a sexy, middle-aged woman who's suing her employees for sexual harassment. The woman, Robin Jones, claims that the staff of…
- Episode 7: Saving Santa Dec 13, 1999 · 43m The first case Georgia brings to Renee's new firm pits them against Cage and Fish. Georgia defends Newman's, an upscale department store against Steve Mallory, who worked as the store's…
- Episode 8: Blue Christmas Dec 20, 1999 · 43m Elaine finds a real, live six-week-old baby in a nativity scene manger and wants to keep him. Cage and Ally represent Elaine in her fight to gain custody, while the rest of the office…
- Episode 9: Out in the Cold Jan 10, 2000 · 45m Ally befriends a homeless man and they hit it off, but just when Ally starts to think the man could be Mr. Right, she is stunned by what she finds about him. Meanwhile, Ling is arrested…
- Episode 10: Just Friends Jan 17, 2000 · 45m Ally has a romantic dream about Cage and wakes up thinking that he may be the one for her. When she finally gets up the courage to tell him, he admits that he often thought she might be…
- Episode 11: Over the Rainbow Feb 7, 2000 · 45m Georgia blames "Cage & Fish" for the new Billy, and is suing the firm for the break-up of their marriage. She cites many issues as leading to Billy's breakdown and the ultimate dissolution…
- Episode 12: In Search of Pygmies Feb 14, 2000 · 45m Ling defends a dear old friend who is asked to leave his retirement home because the director finds his exuberant imagination disruptive for other residents. While Ling tries to decide…
- Episode 13: Pursuit of Loneliness Feb 21, 2000 · 45m Ally is pursued by a barista, but she is turned off by his forwardness so she dumps coffee on him. Later she meets him in court, where he is presiding as a judge, and after a heated…
- Episode 14: The Oddball Parade Feb 28, 2000 · 45m Cage and Fish represent four people who lost their jobs for being too odd. The case hits very close to home for John and he is determined to at least raise everyone's spirits. Meanwhile…
- Episode 15: Prime Suspect Mar 20, 2000 · 44m Cage's 'oddball' client (from the previous episode) is accused of murdering his old boss and the firm gets involved in their first murder trial. Suspecting he's been set up, Ally plays…
- Episode 16: Boy Next Door Mar 27, 2000 · 45m Billy represents a woman in an annulment action case, who's deeply religious husband wants out of the marriage due to the fact that she has surgically modified her body. Meanwhile, as John…
- Episode 17: I Will Survive Apr 10, 2000 · 45m After the recent tragic events Ally is being stalked by disco and an imaginary Gloria Gaynor, who sings "I Will Survive." Meanwhile, Richard hires a new lawyer to replace Billy and assigns…
- Episode 18: Turning Thirty May 1, 2000 · 44m The firm defends a woman accused of murdering her eighty-nine-year-old husband by suffocating him with... her breasts. Meanwhile, Ally struggles with turning thirty. She goes to church to…
- Episode 19: Do You Wanna Dance? May 8, 2000 · 44m Ally engages in a little virtual sex, with a guy she's been writing to online for the past few months. At Renee's prompting, Ally tries to arrange a meeting. Eventually, she does. By this…
- Episode 20: Hope & Glory May 15, 2000 · 45m Nelle schemes to leave Cage & Fish in order to start her own firm and it leaves both Richard and John furious. She also recruits and convinces Elaine go with her, but her plan backfires…
- Episode 21: Ally McBeal: The Musical... Almost May 22, 2000 · 45m Things go awry when Ally introduces Brian to her parents, resulting in conjuring up old pains and hurt feelings. Meanwhile, Nelle regrets her decision to leave Cage and Fish, and takes…