ALLY MCBEAL

Ally is the daughter of George McBeal , also a lawyer, and Jeannie McBeal. She claims to have at least one sister and one brother although neither are ever seen, not even in the occasional flashbacks. She had a sister who died at the age of six. Ally attended Harvard Law School to be with her childhood sweetheart Billy Thomas. Billy, however, left Harvard halfway to attend University of Michigan Law School, thereby breaking Ally's heart. The next thing revealed to the audience is that Ally lives with district attorney Renée Radick, and she is employed in an unnamed Boston law firm. Ally shortly resigns from that firm due to her boss sexually harassing her. Old classmate Richard Fish meets her on the street and then recruits her to join his newly-established law firm, Cage & Fish. To her surprise, she learns that Billy is also working at Cage & Fish. Ally is also shocked that Billy is married to lawyer and University of Michigan alumna, Georgia. Ally falls in love with him again, to the horror of Georgia. Yet, Ally and Georgia rapidly become friends and learn how to collaborate with Billy. Ally dates many men. However, because Billy has always been the main love of her life, no relationship became serious until she met Dr. Greg Butters. Greg and Ally's relationship grew quite serious until Greg spotted Ally and Billy kissing. Billy felt so jealous of Ally's relationship resulting in him declaring his undying love for her. The two of them subsequently engaged in a short affair, which Ally finally broke off. As a result, Greg broke off the relationship after finding out about Ally's actions. Ally engage in sex with a guy at a car wash, however, it later turned out that he is the fiancée of a client, whom Ally subsequently announces during their wedding day. Later, Billy discovered he has a brain tumor, and again grows closer to Ally. However, Billy dies in Ally's arms in court after giving a passionate closing describing his life - although in reality he is hallucinating and describing the life he wished he had shared with Ally. When Georgia later asks Ally if Billy had said anything before he died, the latter lies to her in order to spare Georgia's feelings. Ally starts dating again towards the end of that season, meeting a British lawyer named Brian Selig. The two have a six-month relationship. After six months, Brian asked Ally to move in with him, Ally realizes Brian was much too boring for her and then breaks off the relationship. Shortly after, Ally falls in love with another lawyer Larry Paul. They initially met when she walked into his office and spent much time talking about her issues before she discovered he was a lawyer and a therapist. The two started a serious but rocky relationship. Although initially troubled by the fact that Larry had an ex-wife with whom he was still close and an ex-girlfriend who was also the mother of his child, it was soon evident that Larry was her soulmate. The two agreed to take the relationship long-distance between Detroit and Boston when Larry's son attempted to sue his father, met Ally and told her he missed his dad. Ally then encouraged Larry to move back to Detroit to be in his son's life. Larry agreed and the two parted with the understanding that the relationship would remain and that each would visit the other until such a time that Ally was ready to move to Detroit. Being unable to say goodbye in person, he left a note pinned to a snowman outside Ally's door that said, "I will be back." Initially Ally was supposed to marry Larry, but after a series of problems, they decides to broke off, revealing that while in college, Ally, in need of money, donated an egg for research. However, the egg was fertilized and one day a girl named Maddie shows up on her doorstep, claiming to be her daughter, prompting Ally to faint. Her most significant love interest was Victor Morrison but the relationship deteriorated quite quickly as it was evident that Ally had thoughts for Larry. Subsequently, her daughter is harassed by schoolmates and suffers a shock, so Ally prioritizes her child over quest for love and decides to move to her daughter's home city of New York City.