The BEST episodes of Ally McBeal season 5
Every episode of Ally McBeal season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ally McBeal season 5!
Ally McBeal is a young attorney who joins a prestigious law firm with a highly sexual environment and whose staff includes Ally's ex-boyfriend. The series contains fantasy sequences, flashbacks and voiceovers to reveal what Ally is really thinking. Many episodes contain an appearance by singer Vonda Shepard, who performed the show's theme song.
#1 - Heart and Soul
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/4/2002
Ally does a lot of soul searching after she asks Victor out on a date; Fish, Raymond, and Claire represent a woman seeking a heart transplant from her father -- who is serving time for killing the woman's mother.
#2 - Blowin' in the Wind
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/14/2002
Ally falls in love with a dumpy house being renovated by construction worker Victor Morrison; a woman sues after her adoring ex-husband goes bankrupt by lavishing her with gifts; Jenny's chiropractor's chair proves sexually fulfilling.
#3 - What I'll Never Do for Love Again
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2002
When Fish's father is sued for sexual harassment, Fish's mother asks for a divorce; Elaine has high hopes when she tries out for a role in A Chorus Line; Fish finds himself increasingly drawn to Liza.
#4 - A Kick in the Head
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/4/2002
A little girl claims she is Ally's daughter; Fish and Cage take on their first murder trial, defending a man accused of kicking his wife in the head.
#5 - Love Is All Around (1)
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/15/2002
Ally grows nervous when her third date with Victor approaches. Liza and Cage defend a woman charged with bigamy; Nelle and a handsome new associate, Wilson Jade, represent a woman suing her husband for sexual harassment.
#6 - Woman
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/2002
Ally fires two of the firm's employees; Fish defends Claire Otoms when she's accused of sexually harassing co-workers; Nelle and Ling lip-synch a song at the bar; Maddie throws a slumber party for her friends.
#7 - Tom Dooley
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/2002
Liza and Cage defend a woman charged with bigamy; Nelle and a handsome new associate, Wilson Jade, represent a woman suing her husband for sexual harassment.
#8 - Homecoming
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/2002
Ally decides to have a DNA test performed to determine if Maddie is her daughter; a woman suffering from dementia mistakes Victor for her lover; Claire arranges a meeting between Fish and his first love.
#9 - Lost and Found
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/2001
Ally, Glenn, Raymond, and Jenny go out on a double date.
#10 - Judge Ling
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/2001
Ally and Jenny are shocked to discover that the name plaintiff in the telephone company solicitation case is a man in drag; Ling becomes a judge in small claims court; Coretta convinces Cage to have a make-over.
#11 - All of Me
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2002
The attorneys represent a woman with a split personality: the submissive Helen, who's deeply in love with her husband; and the aggressive Helena, who wants a divorce.
#12 - Another One Bites The Dust
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2002
Ally represents Victor when he's sued by an ex-girlfriend, and is appalled to discover that Victor created a painting of her... complete with cellulite.
#13 - The New Day
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/2002
Fish offers to make Ally a partner; a woman with AIDS sues after she's fired from a law firm; Ally adjusts to the responsibilities that come with parenthood.
#14 - Neutral Corners
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/2001
The attorneys develop a novel approach to gain leverage against the telephone companies; Cage expresses his feelings for Ally.
#15 - One Hundred Tears
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/21/2002
Ally aids a man determined to make a lifelong dream come true by flying across a river using a pair of wings; a matchmaker sets up Elaine and Fish on dates.
#16 - Bygones
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2002
When Maddie suffers a nervous breakdown, Ally decides to move to New York, leading to tearful goodbyes with her friends; Fish and Liza decide to wed.
#17 - Playing with Matches
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/7/2002
Frances' fiance hits on Ally; Kimmy takes a matchmaker to court after she spends a great deal of money and fails to find a man; Ally encounters the ghost of a young boy.
#18 - Nine One One
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/2001
As Christmas approaches: a minister loses his job because he no longer believes in God; a town mayor cancels Christmas celebrations; a woman sues for sexual harassment after a man kisses her under mistletoe during a party.
#19 - Love Is All Around (2)
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/15/2002
The judge forbids the lawyers to interfere on Claire's engagement, and her fiancé decides to call the wedding off. Devastated, Claire goes to Ally for help. Ally is still shaken with the memory of Larry, and isn't sure of her feelings for Victor anymore. In the middle of that there's Todd, whom Ally turned down as an attorney, but who asked her out on a date. He gets on her nerves and they fight a lot. On their date, Ally confronts Victor and tries to pick a fight with him. John and Nelle try to settle upon their imminent lost in court, but Liza has now lowered her offer. John is furious and decides to take her down.
#20 - I Want Love
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/2001
Jenny's mother, who is marrying a 22-year-old man, sues her former employers for sexual harassment; Elton John sings at the bar.
#21 - Friends and Lovers
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/2001
The firm hires attorneys Jenny Shaw and Glenn Foy; Shaw sues all the telephone companies for making annoying solicitation calls; Cage believes Ally loves him.
#22 - Fear of Flirting
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/2001
Jenny represents Raymond in a sexual harassment case; complications arise when Raymond expresses an interest in dating Jenny and Glenn expresses an interest in dating Ally; Fish moves into the hole behind Cage's toilet when Cage mysteriously disappears.