Season 3 poster

Season 3

(1999)

Overview

The third season of the television series Ally McBeal commenced airing in the United States on October 25, 1999, concluded on May 22, 2000, and consisted of 21 episodes. The entire season originally aired Mondays at 9pm, just like the seasons before. A month before the premiere of the season, Fox began airing Ally, a half-hour show that consisted of re-edited scenes from the first two seasons and previously unseen footage, with the intention of making it a sitcom. 13 episodes of the show were …

Cast

Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal
Calista Flockhart

as Ally McBeal

Courtney Thorne-Smith as Georgia Thomas
Courtney Thorne-Smith

as Georgia Thomas

Greg Germann as Richard Fish
Greg Germann

as Richard Fish

Lisa Nicole Carson as Renée Raddick
Lisa Nicole Carson

as Renée Raddick

Jane Krakowski as Elaine Vassal
Jane Krakowski

as Elaine Vassal

Gil Bellows as Billy Thomas
Gil Bellows

as Billy Thomas

Peter MacNicol as John Cage
Peter MacNicol

as John Cage

Vonda Shepard as Vonda Shepard
Vonda Shepard

as Vonda Shepard

Portia de Rossi as Nelle Porter
Portia de Rossi

as Nelle Porter

Lucy Liu as Ling Woo
Lucy Liu

as Ling Woo

Episodes

Car Wash poster

Car Wash 6.0

October 25, 1999

Without ever engaging in conversation, Ally has a steamy fling with a guy who works at the car wash. Back at the office…

Buried Pleasures poster

Buried Pleasures 4.5

November 1, 1999

Ling's curiosity is piqued when she dreams about kissing Ally. Under the pretense of becoming better friends, Ling and …

Seeing Green poster

Seeing Green 6.0

November 8, 1999

Ally is plagued with hallucinations of Al Green. She talks about these hallucinations with Dr. Shirley Flott, who is se…

Heat Wave poster

Heat Wave 6.0

November 15, 1999

Risa, the bride whose wedding Ally destroyed, decides to sue Ally for intentional infliction of emotional distress; Geo…

Troubled Water poster

Troubled Water 6.5

November 22, 1999

Ally's Thanksgiving turns into a debacle when she invites her colleagues and her parents to her apartment for dinner.

Changes poster

Changes 8.0

November 29, 1999

Richard and Ling officially break up. Billy and Cage represent a sexy, middle-aged woman who's suing her employees for …

Saving Santa poster

Saving Santa 7.5

December 13, 1999

The first case Georgia brings to Renee's new firm pits them against Cage and Fish. Georgia defends Newman's, an upscale…

Blue Christmas poster

Blue Christmas 8.0

December 20, 1999

Elaine finds a real, live six-week-old baby in a nativity scene manger and wants to keep him. Cage and Ally represent E…

Out In The Cold poster

Out In The Cold 7.0

January 10, 2000

Ally befriends a homeless man and they hit it off, but just when Ally starts to think the man could be Mr. Right, she i…

Just Friends poster

Just Friends 7.0

January 17, 2000

Ally has a romantic dream about Cage and wakes up thinking that he may be the one for her. When she finally gets up the…

Over the Rainbow poster

Over the Rainbow 8.0

February 7, 2000

Georgia blames "Cage & Fish" for the new Billy, and is suing the firm for the break-up of their marriage. She cites man…

In Search Of Pygmies poster

In Search Of Pygmies 6.0

February 14, 2000

Ling defends a dear old friend who is asked to leave his retirement home because the director finds his exuberant imagi…

Pursuit of Loneliness poster

Pursuit of Loneliness 8.0

February 21, 2000

Ally is pursued by a barista, but she is turned off by his forwardness so she dumps coffee on him. Later she meets him …

The Oddball Parade poster

The Oddball Parade 6.0

February 28, 2000

Cage and Fish represent four people who lost their jobs for being too odd. The case hits very close to home for John an…

Prime Suspect poster

Prime Suspect 7.0

March 20, 2000

Cage's 'oddball' client (from the previous episode) is accused of murdering his old boss and the firm gets involved in …

Boy Next Door poster

Boy Next Door 8.5

March 27, 2000

Billy represents a woman in an annulment action case, who's deeply religious husband wants out of the marriage due to t…

I Will Survive poster

I Will Survive 7.0

April 10, 2000

After the recent tragic events Ally is being stalked by disco and an imaginary Gloria Gaynor, who sings "I Will Survive…

Turning Thirty poster

Turning Thirty 0.0

May 1, 2000

The firm defends a woman accused of murdering her eighty-nine-year-old husband by suffocating him...with her breasts. M…

Do You Wanna Dance? poster

Do You Wanna Dance? 0.0

May 8, 2000

Ally engages in a little virtual sex, with a guy she’s been writing to online for the past few months. At Renee’s promp…

Hope & Glory poster

Hope & Glory 0.0

May 15, 2000

Nelle schemes to leave Cage & Fish in order to start her own firm and it leaves both Richard and John furious. Elaine a…

Ally McBeal: The Musical... Almost poster

Ally McBeal: The Musical... Almost 0.0

May 22, 2000

Things go awry when Ally introduces Brian to her parents, resulting in conjuring up old pains and hurt feelings. Nelle …