Ally McBeal/Season 2

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Ally McBeal was an American television legal comedy-drama starring Calista Flockhart, created by David E. Kelley. The show ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002.

Happy Trails [2.8]

Nelle: Ling, how can it not be a little degrading, women stranding around in bathing suits ? Guys whooping?

Ling: First, the women there make nearly a hundred thousand dollars a year. How? These drunken Neanderthals hurl money at them. Go into that club. You come out with a lower opinion of men, trust me.

Nelle: That could be true, but these girls do make that money with their bodies.

Ling: They make it, by teasing men with something they'll never get their hands on. That goes to the very essence of a woman.

Nelle: Excuse me?

Ling: Sex is a weapon. We all use it, we tease, we tantalize, we withhold it, something we do in almost every walk of life, be it marriage, business. God gave us that advantage by giving men the dumb stick.

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Ray: So, as a woman, you see nothing wrong with putting out naked girls in a ring, rubbing mud on their breasts for the sole purpose of titillating men?

Ling: No.

Ray: Nothing at all ?

Ling: Suppose we put them in a ring as boxers and cheer for one to knock the other unconscious. Would that be better?

Ray: You're comparing boxing to mud-wrestling ?

Ling: Of course not. Boxing is worse. Talk about reducing people -- let's pay two men to beat on each other, how rich!

Ray: Have you ever met any women in your club ?

Ling: Why should I?

Ray: Never bothered to check out their backgrounds, find out why it is their living is based on sexual desires?

Ling: It would be hypocritical for me to ask. It would suggest I care.

Ray: Maybe a few of them feel like they have little choice. Perhaps for some it represents their only choice.

Ling: Well, then how lucky they are to have you to take that choice away! With feminists like you, who needs chauvinism?

. Ally : three lawyers, he calls me 35 and none of you object?!

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Ally: She's my hero. She's vicious, I disagree with almost everything she says, she treats me like dirt, and somehow she's my hero.

Making Spirits Bright [2.10]

Richard Fish: You're not who you are, you're only what other people think you are. Fishism.

Love Unlimited [2.12]

Georgia: Nelle?

Nelle: Yes, Georgia?

Georgia: It's one thing to say that. Why do we have to be the lawyers doing it?

Nelle: I just want to tie you up in court while I tie up Billy. Kidding.

Sideshow [2.15]

Dr. Tracey Clark: Ally, every patient who comes in this office thinks they are the world's biggest loser. For the first time, I agree.

Sex, Lies and Politics [2.16]

Ling Woo: There's a very old expression in China, It really doesn't matter what I say here, because none of you speak Chinese. But you can see from my sad face I'm sympathetic. You hear from my tone it's appropriate to feel sorry for me. As I drop to a faint whisper, you'll feel the sorrow yourself. I'm going to finish now, pretend to cry.

Civil War [2.17]

John Cage: You and I are friends, albeit we typically zig and zag in different directions. I'm concerned that uh this trial, well...

Richard Fish: What?

John Cage: I'm worried about the fallout. Like you said, Harry Wah's an enormous client, and uh how do I put this?

Richard Fish: Just say it, John.

John Cage: I'm better than you. I fear that this trial will cost us not only a major client but could uh jeopardize our friendship.

Richard Fish: Because you're better than me.

John Cage: Yes.

Richard Fish: And you think you'll beat me.

John Cage: Yes.

Richard Fish: Let me tell you something, John. You can't possibly overestimate how much you underestimate me. And if you're under the impression that you'll overwhelm me with your little stunts, understand this; I'll be all over you the minute you try. I'm not your underling in there. You have nothing over me, and under the heading of...

John Cage: Richard, there are just far too many over and under's going on here. My point is this; no one beats me in court. You won't beat me in court.

The Green Monster [2.21]

Judge Seymore Walsh: Members of the jury, you have a verdict?

Foreman: We have.

Judge Seymore Walsh: What say you?

Foreman: In Mannix versus Mannix... we find in favor of the plaintiff, and order the defendant, Bonnie Mannix to pay damages in the amount of 35 cents.

External links

• Ally McBeal/Season 2 quotes at the Internet Movie Database