Ally McBeal and Billy Thomas were going steady throughout their childhoods. Ally even followed Billy to Harvard law school despite having no interest in law. But when Billy chose to pursue a career in law away from Ally, their relationship came to an end. In the present, an old classmate of Ally's named Richard Fish gives Ally a job at his law firm, where Billy and his new wife are also working. This puts Ally in a predicament since she still has feelings for Billy which she's laboring to get over. At the office, Ally puts up with a nosy, gossiping secretary named Elaine, and an oddball lawyer named John Cage never seems to lose a case. At home, Ally's friend and house-mate Renee regularly advises her on her love life. The series follows Ally's trials and tribulations in life through her eyes, and caricaturizes her personal thoughts and fantasies.

Episode Listing:
Pilot
Compromising Positions
The Kiss
The Affair
One Hundred Tears Away
The Promise
The Attitude
Drawing the Lines
The Dirty Joke
Boy to the World
Silver Bells
Cro-Magnon
The Blame Game
Body Language
Once in a Lifetime
Forbidden Fruits
Theme of Life
The Playing Field
Happy Birthday, Baby
The Inmates
Being There
Alone Again
These Are the Days