Ally McBeal - Season 2 Part 1 [1998]

Amazon.co.uk Review

At the start of Series Two of the Boston law firm drama, nothing much had changed at Richard Fish's rather kooky establishment. Ally (Calista Flockhart) was still a skinny, whimsical woman-child looking for Mr Right. Billy (Gil Bellows) was still married to Georgia (Courtney Thorne-Smith), John Cage (Peter McNicol) was still too eccentric to be considered for romantic involvement, Elaine (Jane Krakowski) was still a nosey meddler and Fish (Greg Germann) himself was still looking for ways to make money. Lots of it. Greed prompts him to hire new litigator Nelle (Portia DiRossi), a tall, blonde power-dresser who leaves the other women bristling in her wake. But their antipathy towards their new colleague is nothing compared to the forces of hatred spiky Ling (Lucy Liu) inspires. Before long John (The Biscuit) and Nelle are embarking on a tempestuous romance, Ally is stealing Elaine's new boyfriend before going out with one of Georgia's exes and Billy begins to show the signs of instability which lead to him to bleach his hair blonde in the following season. Ally's outspoken flatmate Renee (Lisa Nicole Carson) got a welcome increase in her time on screen in this second season. Despite the sheer number of episodes David E Kelley and his team turn around each year, this second series consistently provided entertaining viewing to the last, despite--or perhaps because of--some of the characters being so unlikable. The inter-office banter reached new heights of inventive bitchiness, the comic CGI illustrations of Ally's imagination still felt reasonably fresh and the court cases managed to combine oddity with emotional involvement. All in all this group of dysfunctional and rather incestuous workaholics proved curiously engaging yet again. --Emma Perry

Customer Reviews:

The start of Ally's best ever year!!.......2002-09-21

Season 2 of Ally McBeal is by far the best. Scripts with an edge and actors to match this season gives us nelle (portia de rossi) and ling (lucy liu) two fantastic characters. Storylines involve ling being wonderfully nasty, nelle being the ice queen and the introduction of stefan (just watch and see that bit). The whole thing reeks of class with a fresh feeling that later seasons lacked a little. Calista Flockhart is brilliant with good comic timing and dramatic. Peter MacNicol is brilliant as john and if you didn't like ally you could watch the show for him All in all this boxset is fantastic value and truly essential (along with part 2 of course.) the series looks great on dvd too so it really is a must buy

More cracking comedy from the strangest law firm on TV.......2002-04-13

This series carries on from the excellent first by introducing the beautiful characters Nelle and Ling. They bring new hilarious new story lines, both girls get involved with the senior partenrs of Ally's firm, Richard and John. Though, being Ally McBeal, neither relationship is what you could call normal.
The episodes are hilarious with, both funny and moving story lines, from the death of a judge to antics of Stefan the frog.
A must for all fans of the hit tv show. Watching it makes you want to see more.

This video is filled with laughs and is a must for fans........2001-03-28

It is an enjoyable video with lots of laughs. it sees the joining of Nell and Ling into the series and it is a joy to see all the ups and downs of working at Cage and Fish.

Definately a must for all Ally McBeal fans

This is Ally McBeal at her best!.......2001-03-28

I wasnt sure how this would be as they intoduced all new characters but this is the best yet. The first series was great but this is even better. Story lines are brilliant and the cast just get better and better. I would advise anyone to invest in this.

Ally McBeal - The best show to come out of America.......2001-03-09

I have been watching Ally McBeal since it first started. My initial thoughts were what a weird name. Thats because it is a weird program. If you want fast comerdy and side spliting one liners, from the fastest law firm in Boston then this is for you. Ally McBeal has never underestimated my expectations, espically Season 2. I think it is the best comerdy ever made and if you watch this you will too.

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Ally McBeal - Season 1 Part 2 [1998]
Starring: Calista Flockhart , Courtney Thorne-Smith , Greg Germann , Lisa Nicole Carson , and Jane Krakowski
Director: Sandy Smolan , Mel Damski , Elodie Keene , Jeremy Paul Kagan , and Dennie Gordon
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00006IXCC
Release Date: 2002-10-07

Customer Reviews:

ally mcbeal.......2004-04-06

if you missed this first time around on tv, then shame on you. You have missed one of the finest dramas (in its early stages anyway) that was on tv in the late 90s. Laughter, tears, romance, it has the lot.

What are you waiting for????

Been Searching My Soul Tonight.......2003-09-29

Or at least the internet. Found out from the US amazon.com that the series is available in the UK, but not in the states. Ridiculous! So buy this while you can, and pity us poor yanks who can't get our own - or if we did buy it here, couldn't watch it on our pathetic single-region DVD players. Hopefully Fox/DEK will get a clue and release them here!

Wow!.......2003-06-19

All I can say is: WOW! I was not going to buy this second part to the first series, but after buying the first half to find out how it all began, I could not resist! I thought that the first boxset was good, but this series just gets better as it goes on; I cannot wait to start watching the second. Ally Mcbeal is everything you could want from a television show: dramatic, funny, sad (sometimes simultaneously!) However, it is the comedy that shines above the rest; this is one funny show! If, like me, you're a fan of John 'The Biscuit' Cage, you will be pleased to know that he appears much more in these later episodes than some of the earlier ones. I'll say it again: Wow!

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