User Reviews

It's a New Day, and a New Dawn, ... and Ally is not feeling good. She is still trying to get into this new life - no Larry (off to Detroit and just left a note), no Rene (something that is never explained). Mark also left for Good without explanation, but then, who cares?

Instead, Ally has a new psychologist, and lots to talk about after she bumps into Jenny. Jenny is like Ally, only younger. In a breakout of motherly feelings, Ally hires Jenny. Only to find that Fish has hired Jenny's ex-boyfriend Glenn. Anybody else feeling as if we know this?

So this ist the fifth season and Ally McBeal tries some kind of restart. New Charakters are introduced, old ones left behind with or without explanation, and things are still the same. Ally is as neurotic as Ally can be, but some years older and in a strange way she is sort of more grown up neurotic.

The start is quite bumpy in my opinion, as several characters seem to be mere copies, while others are not even likeable.

Another point for criticism for me is the way the producer(s) got rid of Larry and Rene. Sure, nobody else but RDjr is responsible for him violation probation. As I didn't really like Ally and Larry as a couple, I can live with him leaving the show. Still, I wonder how things had developed with Larry as Ally's husband.

With Rene, or Lisa Nicole Carson, things are different. Rumour has it that she behaved strangely on set and was fired. As of today, she is known for having been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder, and considering that Ally McBeal is a show full with neurotic characters and has given a voice to the not-so-common girl or guy on the street, treating a major character and the actress behind that character in this way... it leaves a bad taste, doesn't it?