Plot: Ally McBeal is a lawyer in her late twenties. She is constantly looking for her Mr. Right, being a hopeless romantic and a neurotic. She gets a job in Fish & Cage firm and she finds out that her childhood sweetheart who left her during law school - Billy - not only works there but is happily married. Of course it's a horrible idea for them to work in such proximity and the first two seasons of the show focus on the dynamics between them and given how Ally bonds with Billy's wife Georgia it only makes the matters worse
Structure: Each episode follows a different case the firm takes. The cases are amazing - weird, shocking, unusual, frequently very moving or funny. There is a case of a boy who is ill with cancer and wants to sue God, a woman who is more happy dreaming and wants to get a court order for a hospital to put her in a coma, the man who cuts off his wife's arm after she is dead because he loved her so much he didn't want to lose the ability of being able to hold her hand and a lot of sexual harassment law suits, which usually make for the most entertaining episodes in the show. The series also follows Ally's and her friends' romantic life and their struggle to find happiness. The series however gets incredibly messy in its 5th season, mostly due to the fact Robert Downey Jr. was fired because of his drug use and since his character was a big part of the 4th season the series basically collapsed after that, even though there are some funny moments in the show's final season.
After having a very hard time in the last few months Richard and John decide to spend few days in L.A. Things don't go well, obviously, as Richard is being his typical self on the airplane which gets him arrested. John represents him and Richard is freed but then he gets arrested yet again...this time for solicitation. During their stay both Richard and John both meet women who are seemingly perfect for them.We also get to see John rip yet another attorney to pieces with the use of his wisdom, water pouring trick and the bells.
