Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal is a TV series created by David E. Kelley (Boston Legal) that aired on FOX from 1997 to 2002. The series features Calista Flockhart as the title character who struggles to balance her life as a lawyer at the fictional Boston law firm of Cage and Fish, with her eccentric love life.

Mentions

 * The second season episode "Angels and Blimps" features a young boy with leukemia named Eric Stall who wants to sue God. The episode opens with a rendition of "The Rainbow Connection" performed by Vonda Shepard playing under a scene in which Ally is depicted as walking on air as she converses with Dr. Greg Butters. The song is used again later in the episode after it is revealed that the boy had passed away. It's used at length over silent footage of grievance, and a sequence depicting Eric held by the hand, walking into the afterlife. (video)

Connections

 * Jane Krakowski played Elaine Vassal
 * Lucy Liu played Ling Woo
 * Renée Elise Goldsberry played a singer in a recurring role
 * Robert Downey, Jr. played Larry Paul in a recurring role
 * Dyan Cannon played Jennifer 'Whipper' Cone in a recurring role
 * James Marsden played Glenn Foy in a recurring role
 * Hayden Panettiere played Maddie Harrington in a recurring role
 * Jesse L. Martin played Dr. Greg Butters in a recurring role
 * Barry Humphries played Claire Otoms in a recurring role
 * Taye Diggs played Jackson Duper in a recurring role
 * Anne Heche played Melanie West in a recurring role
 * Tracey Ullman played Dr. Tracey Clark in a recurring role
 * Alaina Reed played Judge Elizabeth Witt in 3 episodes
 * Sandra Bernhard played Caroline Poop in 2 episodes
 * Isaiah Washington played Michael Rivers in 2 episodes
 * Anthony Anderson played Matthew Vault in 2 episodes
 * Nell Carter played Harriet Pumple in 2 episodes
 * John Ritter played George Madison in 2 episodes
 * Marlo Thomas played Lynnie Bishop in 2 episodes
 * Josh Groban played Malcolm Wyatt in 2 episodes
 * Fred Willard played Dr. Harold Madison in 2 episodes
 * Bernadette Peters played Cassandra Lewis in 2 episodes
 * Haley Joel Osment played Eric Stall in "Angels and Blimps"
 * Richard Schiff played Bernie Gilson in "These Are the Days"
 * Betty White played Dr. Shirley Flott in "Seeing Green"
 * Paul Reubens played Louis in "Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade"
 * Paul Bartel played a doctor in "Love's Illusions"
 * James Denton played Jimmy Bender in "Do You Wanna Dance?"
 * Rosie O'Donnell played Dr. Hooper in "Let's Dance"
 * Louie Anderson played a therapist in "Without a Net"
 * Randy Newman played himself in "Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost"
 * Kyra Sedgwick played Helena Greene in "All of Me"
 * Vanessa Williams played Sheila Hunt in "Another One Bites the Dust"
 * Rob Schneider played Ross Fitzsimmons in "Happy Trails"
 * Robert Picardo played Barry Philbrick in "Love's Illusions"
 * Florence Henderson played Dr. Shirley Grouper in "Two's a Crowd"
 * Paul Dooley played Nicholas Engblume in "Reasons to Believe"
 * Carl Reiner played Johnson Buck in "Bygones"
 * Gladys Knight played herself in "Seeing Green"
 * French Stewart played Michael Walker in "Blowin' in the Wind"
 * Tony Shalhoub played Albert Shepley in "Those Lips, That Hand"
 * Chubby Checker played himself in "Mr. Bo"
 * Heather Locklear played Nicole Naples in "Tom Dooley"
 * Dakota Fanning played a 5-year-old Ally McBeal in "Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost"
 * Barry Manilow played himself in 2 episodes
 * Rhea Perlman played Dr. Helen Tooth in "Falling Up"
 * Elton John played himself in "I Want Love"
 * Bruce Willis played Dr. Nickle in "Love Unlimited"
 * James Frawley directed the Pilot episode