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:
Friends and Lovers
Judge Ling
Neutral Corners
Fear of Flirting
I Want Love
Lost and Found
Nine One One
Playing with Matches
Blowin' in the Wind
One Hundred Tears
A Kick in the Head
The New Day
Woman
Homecoming
Heart and Soul
Love Is All Around: Part 1
Love Is All Around: Part 2
Tom Dooley
Another One Bites the Dust
What I'll Never Do for Love Again
All of Me
Bygones