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Ally McBeal (1997)

Comedy · Drama · Romance

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!

IMDb rating
6.9 (39,487 votes)
Episode average
7.3 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
Hulu
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1997)

7.39 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 526 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 387 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 372 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 353 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 345 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 331 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 318 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 319 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 310 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 387 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 292 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 319 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 278 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 285 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 281 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 271 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 272 votesEp 18: 7.2 · 265 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 269 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 269 votesEp 21: 7.3 · 269 votesEp 22: 7.4 · 258 votesEp 23: 7.5 · 253 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot7.5526
2Compromising Positions7.3387
3The Kiss7.4372
4The Affair7.3353
5One Hundred Tears Away7.4345
6The Promise7.5331
7The Attitude7.4318
8Drawing the Lines7.2319
9The Dirty Joke7.3310
10Boy to the World7.9387
11Silver Bells7.4292
12Cro-Magnon7.5319
13The Blame Game7.2278
14Body Language7.2285
15Once in a Lifetime7.3281
16Forbidden Fruits7.5271
17Theme of Life7.6272
18The Playing Field7.2265
19Happy Birthday, Baby7.3269
20The Inmates7.3269
21Being There7.3269
22Alone Again7.4258
23These Are the Days7.5253

Season 2 (1998)

7.38 avg 23 episodes 7.4 → 7.1 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 260 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 250 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 253 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 252 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 240 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 225 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 262 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 225 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 215 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 233 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 232 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 247 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 286 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 246 votesEp 15: 7.2 · 247 votesEp 16: 7.3 · 212 votesEp 17: 7.5 · 220 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 234 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 217 votesEp 20: 7.5 · 198 votesEp 21: 7.3 · 215 votesEp 22: 7.3 · 209 votesEp 23: 7.1 · 207 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Real World7.4260
2They Eat Horses, Don't They?7.5250
3Fools Night Out7.5253
4It's My Party7.7252
5Story of Love7.1240
6Worlds Without Love7.2225
7Happy Trails7.5262
8Just Looking7.3225
9You Never Can Tell7.2215
10Making Spirits Bright7.5233
11In Dreams7.0232
12Love Unlimited7.4247
13Angels and Blimps8.0286
14Pyramids on the Nile7.2246
15Sideshow7.2247
16Sex, Lies and Politics7.3212
17Civil War7.5220
18Those Lips, That Hand7.9234
19Let's Dance7.2217
20Only the Lonely7.5198
21The Green Monster7.3215
22Love's Illusions7.3209
23I Know Him by Heart7.1207

Season 3 (1999)

7.32 avg 21 episodes 7.5 → 6.8 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 248 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 224 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 222 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 208 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 217 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 208 votesEp 7: 6.9 · 214 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 222 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 206 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 198 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 218 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 202 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 215 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 207 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 201 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 320 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 215 votesEp 18: 7.0 · 206 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 199 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 184 votesEp 21: 6.8 · 259 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Car Wash7.5248
2Buried Pleasures7.4224
3Seeing Green7.4222
4Heat Wave7.1208
5Troubled Water7.2217
6Changes7.1208
7Saving Santa6.9214
8Blue Christmas7.7222
9Out in the Cold7.3206
10Just Friends7.2198
11Over the Rainbow7.8218
12In Search of Pygmies7.2202
13Pursuit of Loneliness7.3215
14The Oddball Parade7.2207
15Prime Suspect7.4201
16Boy Next Door8.4320
17I Will Survive7.2215
18Turning Thirty7.0206
19Do You Wanna Dance?7.2199
20Hope and Glory7.4184
21Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost6.8259

Season 4 (2000)

7.39 avg 23 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 221 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 219 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 198 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 230 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 216 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 225 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 224 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 201 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 200 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 207 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 192 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 220 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 190 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 195 votesEp 15: 7.1 · 187 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 204 votesEp 17: 7.1 · 192 votesEp 18: 7.1 · 186 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 201 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 243 votesEp 21: 6.8 · 206 votesEp 22: 6.9 · 184 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 240 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts7.6221
2Girls' Night Out7.4219
3Two's a Crowd7.3198
4Without a Net7.3230
5The Last Virgin7.5216
6Tis the Season7.5225
7Love on Holiday7.7224
8The Man with the Bag7.6201
9Reasons to Believe7.5200
10The Ex-Files7.5207
11Mr. Bo7.3192
12Hats Off to Larry7.5220
13Reach Out and Touch7.3190
14Boy's Town7.2195
15Falling Up7.1187
16The Getaway7.5204
17The Pursuit of Unhappiness7.1192
18The Obstacle Course7.1186
19In Search of Barry White7.6201
20Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade7.9243
21Queen Bee6.8206
22Home Again6.9184
23The Wedding7.8240

Season 5 (2001)

7.08 avg 22 episodes 6.9 → 7.7 59 min avg

Ep 1: 6.9 · 192 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 185 votesEp 3: 7.0 · 180 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 174 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 175 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 169 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 219 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 202 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 183 votesEp 10: 6.6 · 186 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 195 votesEp 12: 6.9 · 176 votesEp 13: 7.0 · 191 votesEp 14: 7.0 · 174 votesEp 15: 7.2 · 189 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 191 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 186 votesEp 18: 7.1 · 179 votesEp 19: 6.7 · 182 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 180 votesEp 21: 7.3 · 182 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 264 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Friends and Lovers6.9192
2Judge Ling7.0185
3Neutral Corners7.0180
4Fear of Flirting6.7174
5I Want Love7.1175
6Lost and Found7.0169
7Nine One One7.6219
8Playing with Matches7.0202
9Blowin' in the Wind7.0183
10One Hundred Tears6.6186
11A Kick in the Head7.0195
12The New Day6.9176
13Woman7.0191
14Homecoming7.0174
15Heart and Soul7.2189
16Love Is All Around: Part 17.4191
17Love Is All Around: Part 27.3186
18Tom Dooley7.1179
19Another One Bites the Dust6.7182
20What I'll Never Do for Love Again7.3180
21All of Me7.3182
22Bygones7.7264

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