ALLY
McBEAL, played by award-winning Broadway actress Calista Flockhart ("The
Birdcage," "Three Sisters"), is remarkably comfortable in the courtroom,
but uneasy about various elements of her life outside...many of which will
come to life in fantasy sequences, flashbacks and voiceovers.
Ally's single -- after breaking up with her long-time boyfriend, Billy Alan Thomas (Gil Bellows, "Love and A .45," "Law & Order"). Ally and Billy have been on-again, off- again since they were 7-years-old. They played "doctor" as children, became lovers as adults, and jousted over Law Review during school, especially when Ally made it and Billy didn't.
Now, circumstances have forced Ally to join a prestigious Boston firm headed by her law school nemesis, Richard Fish (Greg Germann, "Ned and Stacey"). He's a smarmy, litigious Brahmin who knows a killer lawyer when he sees one. On her first day at the office, Ally meets her new colleague: Billy...the same one! He's now married to the beautiful and engaging Georgia (Courtney Thorne-Smith, "Melrose Place"), whom Ally wants to dislike -- but can't -- and the two became friends.
Ally
and Billy now find - themselves thrown into an awkward situation, but neither
wants to go away. In fact, their very real, life-long attraction for each
other might just start up again.
And in unique and amusing elements, when Ally has a reaction to someone or something, the viewer will see/hear what she's really thinking in fantasy sequences. Her interior life literally comes alive -- and Ally's anything but shy; some of her innermost thoughts and opinions are doozies!
Infused
with Kelley's brand of humor and insight, ALLY McBEAL offers a romantic
love triangle, a rich fantasy life, and a contemporary look at the drama
and anxiety of real-life office situations. This law series takes the oath
to deliver one of the most compelling and sensitive portraits of a young
professional woman ever rendered by a man. 
ALLY
McBEAL is a David E. Kelley Production in association with 20th Century
Fox Television. Kelley is executive producer, Jeffrey Kramer is co-executive
producer.