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Season: 3 Episode: 9 Production Code: #3M09 First Air Date: January 10, 2000 Teleplay: David E. Kelley Writer: Josh Caplan & David E. Kelley Director: Dennie Gordon # of Times Richard said Bygones: 2 Guest Stars:
Ted Marcoux as Lewis Walker (homeless man)
Synopsis: Depend on Ally to happen upon the rare homeless man with eyes so twinkling blue that filth only serves as an enhancement. Of course, McBeal has always been dependant on fairytale footage, it was almost a natural progression of things that so desperate a creature would accept being accosted in the cold street as foreplay. Yes, the limited chemistry between beauty and the beast, did seem somewhat stretched to the max, still, it proved kind of, as that sage Ricky Martin would say, fascinating. Ally sparkled when she thought Louis was undercover researching for a book. Admit it, didn’t you also, immediately think he was a higher qualified suitor than at first sight? The mirror of truth is kind of a sickening thing isn’t it? Talking about unlikely everlasting, enough already with Nelle and John’s bickering. Don’t you believe Sam and Diane did it earlier, and better? Wasn’t it absurd to see Nelle sporting a diamond patterned poncho straight out of Mr. Rogers’ closet and suddenly sprouting maternally angelic wings? Since when did she want to be like Ally? At least Ling is securely back on track. Wearing jailhouse orange to far better advantage than Heidi Fleiss and armed with tremendous one-liners, she absolutely devoured everyone in the courtroom. She’s going to blow placid Cameron Diaz off the big screen. The trial itself was pretty ludicrous, once again trading on the plight of geek chic that The Biscuit knows intimately. Who doesn’t think that people are seduced by success? Exhibits A & B: Donald Trump. How about revisiting Chip from eighties Kate and Allie fame? Ugh! It was almost as wince worthy as hearing that Greg dated Mrs. Brady. Maybe Billy’s making some people pretty squeamish right about now too, that is if you were born without a sense of humor. With his boss hog cigar and a bevy of Robert Palmer beauties, it seemed the perfect skewering of the mock-worthy Maxim magazine. Place your bets, which will Billy morph into first, Devo hats or writhing Duran Duran? The plusses stood out here more than the minuses. Not a horrific start to the Millennium if you consider the dumbstick game show rage. |