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Episode: 17 Production Code: AM117 First Air Date: March 9, 1998 Writer: David E. Kelley Director: Dennie Gordon Recurring Characters:
Jennifer "Whipper" Cone
Guest Stars:
Liz Torres as Hanna Goldstein
Synopsis: Real girlpower is on display in this one and not that insipid faux variety with platform shoes and Brit wit. As a stressbuster the lady lawyers take up kickboxing to get out their aggressions in a peaceful manner (we’ll see). So this week Ally’s client is Dr. Greg Butters, handsome and a surgeon (a mother’s dream), who is accused of transplanting a pig’s liver into Hanna Goldstein without her consent. The patient believes there were many other perfectly viable options for saving her life. You always get the feeling it’s the really outlandish cases here that’ll someday be authentic newspaper headlines, which may be enough to scare anyone into turning off their television considering some of these wacko clients. Ally’s so distracted by the trial (usually the order of things is reversed) that she doesn’t notice the romantic glances being sent her way by the good doctor, add to that the appearance of that cloying dancing baby one more time. After literally swimming through her life, she finally thinks it’s time she visited John’s therapist, Dr. Tracy Clark who prescribes the selection of a theme song, ‘Tell Him’; which leads to the ultimate in happiness, dancing in the street. Doesn’t everybody? Well, you should. Meanwhile Fish just can’t wash that girl right out of his head, as a second dalliance with Attorney General Janet Reno may cost him the love of Whipper once and for all. Whipper and the A.G. get into a nasty confrontation with Ms. Reno calling the Whip a bitch. Sure hope that wasn’t anybody’s fantasy cat fight. Inside the trial, the doctor is caught up in a slight fib as he admits that using the pig organ helped him secure a much needed grant, leaving Ally angry that he had chosen to left her uninformed, and looking foolish, cause lord knows she can’t do that without assistance. For some reason Ally and Georgia consented to be opponents at the gym one night, and what starts out as friendly, barely tapping one another motions quickly escalates into all out warfare as they knock each other out. The next morning, Richard is seeing little cartoon birdies circling over his head as well when Whipper informs him that he has touched her for the last time. Elaine offers him physical comfort should he want it. Since they are forced to work occasionally, back in the court, John makes his closing quite succinct, stating simply that Hanna’s life was saved, end of story. Surprise, surprise, another victory! Whipper watches forlornly as Ally goes to dinner with the doctor and later we see the still visibly injured kickboxing pair drinking beers together. |