S04E08: The Man with the Bag
John and Nelle defend her father who was fired from his job as a teacher because he claims he's Santa Claus, Ally feels threatened when Larry's ex comes to town. Richard and Ling lip synch at the office Christmas party.
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Season 1
Pilot
S1E1 / 08 Sep 1997
Compromising Positions
S1E2 / 15 Sep 1997
The Kiss
S1E3 / 22 Sep 1997
The Affair
S1E4 / 29 Sep 1997
100 Tears Away
S1E5 / 20 Oct 1997
The Promise
S1E6 / 27 Oct 1997
The Attitude
S1E7 / 03 Nov 1997
Drawing the Lines
S1E8 / 10 Nov 1997
The Dirty Joke
S1E9 / 17 Nov 1997
Boy to the World
S1E10 / 01 Dec 1997
Silver Bells
S1E11 / 15 Dec 1997
Cro-Magnon
S1E12 / 05 Jan 1998
The Blame Game
S1E13 / 19 Jan 1998
Body Language
S1E14 / 02 Feb 1998
Once in a Lifetime
S1E15 / 23 Feb 1998
Forbidden Fruits
S1E16 / 02 Mar 1998
Theme of Life
S1E17 / 09 Mar 1998
The Playing Field
S1E18 / 16 Mar 1998
Happy Birthday Baby
S1E19 / 06 Apr 1998
The Inmates
S1E20 / 27 Apr 1998
Being There
S1E21 / 04 May 1998
Alone Again
S1E22 / 11 May 1998
These Are the Days
S1E23 / 18 May 1998
Season 2
The Real World
S2E1 / 14 Sep 1998
They Eat Horses Don't They?
S2E2 / 21 Sep 1998
Fools Night Out
S2E3 / 28 Sep 1998
It's My Party
S2E4 / 19 Oct 1998
Story of Love
S2E5 / 26 Oct 1998
Worlds Without Love
S2E6 / 02 Nov 1998
Happy Trails
S2E7 / 09 Nov 1998
Just Looking
S2E8 / 16 Nov 1998
You Never Can Tell
S2E9 / 23 Nov 1998
Making Spirits Bright
S2E10 / 14 Dec 1998
In Dreams
S2E11 / 11 Jan 1999
Love Unlimited
S2E12 / 18 Jan 1999
Angels & Blimps
S2E13 / 08 Feb 1999
Pyramids on the Nile
S2E14 / 15 Feb 1999
Sideshow
S2E15 / 22 Feb 1999
Sex, Lies & Politics
S2E16 / 01 Mar 1999
Civil War
S2E17 / 05 Apr 1999
Those Lips That Hand
S2E18 / 19 Apr 1999
Let's Dance
S2E19 / 26 Apr 1999
Only the Lonely
S2E20 / 03 May 1999
The Green Monster
S2E21 / 10 May 1999
Love's Illusions
S2E22 / 17 May 1999
I Know Him By Heart
S2E23 / 24 May 1999
Season 3
Car Wash
S3E1 / 25 Oct 1999
Buried Pleasures
S3E2 / 01 Nov 1999
Seeing Green
S3E3 / 08 Nov 1999
Heat Wave
S3E4 / 15 Nov 1999
Troubled Water
S3E5 / 22 Nov 1999
Changes
S3E6 / 29 Nov 1999
Saving Santa
S3E7 / 13 Dec 1999
Blue Christmas
S3E8 / 20 Dec 1999
Out in the Cold
S3E9 / 10 Jan 2000
Just Friends
S3E10 / 17 Jan 2000
Over the Rainbow
S3E11 / 07 Feb 2000
In Search of Pygmies
S3E12 / 14 Feb 2000
Pursuit of Loneliness
S3E13 / 21 Feb 2000
The Oddball Parade
S3E14 / 28 Feb 2000
Prime Suspect
S3E15 / 20 Mar 2000
Boy Next Door
S3E16 / 27 Mar 2000
I Will Survive
S3E17 / 10 Apr 2000
Turning Thirty
S3E18 / 01 May 2000
Do You Wanna Dance?
S3E19 / 08 May 2000
Hope & Glory
S3E20 / 15 May 2000
Ally McBeal: The Musical... Almost
S3E21 / 22 May 2000
Season 4
Sex Lies & Second Thoughts
S4E1 / 23 Oct 2000
Girls' Night Out
S4E2 / 30 Oct 2000
Two's a Crowd
S4E3 / 06 Nov 2000
Without a Net
S4E4 / 13 Nov 2000
The Last Virgin
S4E5 / 20 Nov 2000
Tis the Season
S4E6 / 27 Nov 2000
Love on Holiday
S4E7 / 04 Dec 2000
The Man with the Bag
S4E8 / 11 Dec 2000
Reasons to Believe
S4E9 / 08 Jan 2001
The Ex-Files
S4E10 / 15 Jan 2001
Mr. Bo
S4E11 / 22 Jan 2001
Hats Off to Larry
S4E12 / 05 Feb 2001
Reach Out & Touch
S4E13 / 12 Feb 2001
Boys Town
S4E14 / 19 Feb 2001
Falling Up
S4E15 / 26 Feb 2001
The Getaway
S4E16 / 19 Mar 2001
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
S4E17 / 26 Mar 2001
The Obstacle Course
S4E18 / 16 Apr 2001
In Search of Barry White
S4E19 / 23 Apr 2001
Cloudy Skies Chance of Parade
S4E20 / 30 Apr 2001
Queen Bee
S4E21 / 07 May 2001
Home Again
S4E22 / 14 May 2001
The Wedding
S4E23 / 21 May 2001
Season 5
Friends & Lovers
S5E1 / 29 Oct 2001
Judge Ling
S5E2 / 05 Nov 2001
Neutral Corners
S5E3 / 12 Nov 2001
Fear of Flirting
S5E4 / 19 Nov 2001
I Want Love
S5E5 / 26 Nov 2001
Lost & Found
S5E6 / 03 Dec 2001
Nine One One
S5E7 / 10 Dec 2001
Playing with Matches
S5E8 / 07 Jan 2002
Blowing in the Wind
S5E9 / 14 Jan 2002
One Hundred Tears
S5E10 / 21 Jan 2002
A Kick in the Head
S5E11 / 04 Feb 2002
The New Day
S5E12 / 11 Feb 2002
Woman
S5E13 / 18 Feb 2002
Homecoming
S5E14 / 25 Feb 2002
Heart & Soul
S5E15 / 04 Mar 2002
Love Is All Around (1)
S5E16 / 15 Apr 2002
Love Is All Around (2)
S5E17 / 15 Apr 2002
Tom Dooley
S5E18 / 22 Apr 2002
Another One Bites the Dust
S5E19 / 29 Apr 2002
What I'll Never Do for Love Again
S5E20 / 06 May 2002
All of Me
S5E21 / 13 May 2002
Bygones
S5E22 / 20 May 2002
Calista Flockhart
Ally McBeal
Greg Germann
Richard Fish
Jane Krakowski
Elaine Vassal
Regina Hall
Corretta Lipp
Peter MacNicol
John Cage
Portia De Rossi
Nelle Porter
