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Season: 2 Episode: 22 Production Code: AM-222 First Air Date: May, 17 1999 Director: Allan Arkush Writer: David E. Kelley # of Times Richard said Bygones: 1 Guest Stars:
Al Green as himself
Paul Bartel as ?
Synopsis: It sure took her long enough to start wondering if something might be a little out of tune upstairs. Misty memories: Ally is bombarded with images from her past, from being an eight-year-old in bed to a slumber party style chorus reworking of Robert Palmer's addicted to love. Between fantasies, the lawyer has to try a case as she and John represent Kelly Philbrick who writes fictitious love letters to herself, prompting two-year husband Barry to sue for fraud, since this must mean she's faking her affection for him. Kelly has been penning the love notes for eleven years, and finds them more passionate than her marriage has ever bee. Besides the case itself being absurd, Ally keeps imagining the judge turning into crooner, Al Green, it's distracting to say the least. This of course, as The Biscuit succinctly points out, parallels their client's own troubles, that she prefers make-believe because the real thing always disappoints. To further illustrate the point, or beat it to death, whatever the viewer's feeling may be; Kelly states something like love is merely a series of illusions, triggering another Al Green interlude. Meanwhile in the uni-sex, separation seems to be having a great affect on Georgia and Billy when talk of their old dating days leads to having sex in one of the stalls, unfortunately for them the door can't hold that much weight, they fall down right and Ally and John's feet. More information comes to light about what makes Ally the neurotic mess that she is, she remembers (or dreams?) a nasty quarrel between her parents, while her younger self places her hands over her ears. Fish RBI update: In a role reversal, Richard held out on knee-pit action in order to lure Ling into bed. She draws up a confidentiality agreement but is so overcome with desire that she pounces on Fish, too bad he's not ready and able. The Biscuit's just full of good advice this episode as he tells Richard to follow Bob Dole's lead. All systems go. Staunch feminist (or lesbian according to Richard) Margaret Camero, returns to help out in the fraud case. Though lace and fineness Ally is not pleased when the woman totally discredits the institute of marriage claiming it's archaic, and soul mates are basically as mythical as those unicorns that the waifish lawyer sees. Later Ally reveals to pal Renee that her fantasies began when she saw her mother having sex with a man. The even more traumatic part was that it wasn't her father. Back in court Ally closes with a very personal pronouncement that sometimes people have to settle for someone who doesn't quite meet their expectations, that's life, and it's okay to do something to satisfy that part you're missing. Kelly wins, was there ever any doubt. The still painfully disillusioned Ally tries not to cry as navigates her way through the lonesome Beantown streets. |