Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Calista Flockhart | ... | Ally McBeal | |
Greg Germann | ... | Richard Fish | |
Jane Krakowski | ... | Elaine Vassal | |
Vonda Shepard | ... | Vonda Shepard | |
Portia de Rossi | ... | Nelle Porter | |
Regina Hall | ... | Corretta Lipp | |
Josh Hopkins | ... | Raymond Millbury | |
Hayden Panettiere | ... | Maddie Harrington | |
Jon Bon Jovi | ... | Victor Morrison | |
Christina Ricci | ... | Liza Bump | |
Peter MacNicol | ... | John Cage | |
Loudon Wainwright III | ... | Jerome Trouper (as Loudon Wainwright) | |
Albert Hall | ... | Judge Seymore Walsh | |
Alicia Coppola | ... | Holly Richardson | |
Michael Gaston | ... | Mark Horace |
The firm has a new case where they up against a formidable young lawyer named Lolita ('Christina Ricci'). Concerned about her reputation, Nelle and Richard are off to a Mexican restaurant to retrieve their own Biscuit, John Cage. Ally is attempting to hire a top billing lawyer Todd (Matthew Perry) but she's concerned about the lack of action in her and Victor's relationship and has decided that Todd is attracted to her. Written by napierslogs
It is too bad that they couldn't have just erased the first 15 episodes of Season 5 and started it with this one. This is as fast paced and funny as any of the best early season episodes. It brings back John Cage, who was desperately missed this season, gives Nell something to do (at last), introduces Christina Ricci as Lolita, who is the best continuing character since Anne Haste's Melanie. It also include precious scenes from Matthew Perry. With this cast, the series could have and should have continued for two more years. Unfortunately, the audience had already tuned out by this time, and the Fox Network had bailed on the series instead of letting the audience re-find it.