Ally McBeal
Seeing Green
Season 3, Episode 3 · Aired 1999-11-08
Synopsis
Ally is plagued with hallucinations of Al Green. She talks about these hallucinations with Dr. Shirley Flott, who is seeing patients while Dr. Tracy is away. Shirley has no patience for Ally's daydreams and wants desperately to put her on Prozac. Wrestling with the idea of going on medication leads Ally to question what is so wrong about hallucinations: they bring her comfort and keep her in perspective?
In the series
This episode is part of Ally McBeal (1997–2002) on Fox.
Dancing babies, short skirts, and workplace longing — late-’90s cultural flashpoint.
Key cast
- Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal
- Greg Germann as Richard Fish
- Jane Krakowski as Elaine Vassal
- Peter MacNicol as John Cage
- Lucy Liu as Ling Woo
- Gil Bellows as Billy Thomas