Calista Flockhart, Ally McBeal

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I’ve been down this road walkin’ the line
That’s painted by pride
And I have made mistakes in my life
That I just can’t hide

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Quoi de mieux pour ouvrir ce billet que les premières paroles du générique interprété par Vonda Shepard de la géniale et inoubliable série Ally McBeal ? Histoire de ne pas oublier trop vite les aventures de la plus attachante des avocates névrosées, voici une petite séquence flashback dans les années 90, avec pas mal de photos de la série née de l’imagination de David E. Kelley (marié à Michelle Pfeiffer) créateur également de Chicago Hope, The Practice, Boston Public et Boston Legal.

Le personnage d’Ally McBeal apparaît d’abord dans un épisode de la série The Practice, série qui se déroulait également dans le monde des avocats et autres Defense Attorneys :

Calista Flockhart & Dylan McDermott - 'The Practice' TV series

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Ci-dessus et ci-dessous, une partie du casting de la série TV Ally McBeal :

	Calista Flockhart	…	Ally McBeal (112 episodes, 1997-2002)
	Greg Germann	…	Richard Fish (112 episodes, 1997-2002)
	Jane Krakowski	…	Elaine Vassal (112 episodes, 1997-2002)
	Vonda Shepard	…	Vonda Shepard (109 episodes, 1997-2002)
	Peter MacNicol	…	John Cage (103 episodes, 1997-2002)
	Lisa Nicole Carson	…	Renee Raddick (91 episodes, 1997-2002)
	Portia de Rossi	…	Nelle Porter (89 episodes, 1998-2002)
	Lucy Liu	…	Ling Woo (72 episodes, 1998-2002)
	Courtney Thorne-Smith	…	Georgia Thomas (69 episodes, 1997-2002)
	Gil Bellows	…	Billy Thomas (68 episodes, 1997-2002)

Bon, alors les photos maintenant ! On commence par les photos de groupe :

Calista Flockart (Ally McBeal) :

Calista Flockart (Ally McBeal) & Robert Downey Jr. (Larry Paul) :

Calista Flockart (Ally McBeal) & Jon Bon Jovi (Victor Morrison) :

Calista Flockart (Ally McBeal) & Peter MacNicol (John Cage) :

Greg Germann (Richard Fish) & Christina Ricci (Liza Bump) :

Greg Germann (Richard Fish) & Peter MacNicol (John Cage) :

Jane Krakowski (Elaine Vassal) & Greg Germann (Richard Fish) & Peter MacNicol (John Cage) lors de la comédie musicale de Noël :

Peter MacNicol (John Cage), qu’on retrouve également dans la série 24, où il joue le rôle du conseiller Tom Lennox. Il a commencé sa carrière au cinéma dans une production Disney (Dragonslayer) en 1981.

Courtney Thorne-Smith (Georgia Thomas) :

Portia de Rossi (Nelle Porter), qu’on retrouvera dans l’excellent Arrested Development, dont j’aurai l’occasion de reparler plus tard. Portia de Rossi ressemble un peu à Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos) on peut les confondre facilement !

Greg Germann (Richard Fish) et ses fishisms, dont je ne résiste pas au plaisir d’en recopier quelques uns ci-dessous :

"The bigger it is, the more of him she doesn’t want, that’s all. Fishism."

"It’s not my style to care about others, but what’s going on?"

"Helping others is never more beneficial than when it’s in your own self-interest."

"I’m nothing if not redundant! I also repeat myself."

"I don’t mind losing, it’s high profile losing that is not good."

"Never trust second thoughts. Next thing you know there’ll be a third and a fourth…you’ll be thinking forever!"

"It’s not winning, it’s winning ugly that matters."

"You know, I had a great aunt once who said if you stare at a beautiful woman too long you turn to stone. She was partially right."

"Parenting is nothing if not selfless."

"New firm policy, listen up! Anybody who sues this firm or me, personally, we all drop whatever cases we are working on. We devote all of our intellectual and creative efforts to ruining that person’s life. Are we clear? I don’t want to stop short with just getting even. Retribution is not strong enough. Ruin, that is the goal. Irreversible, irreparable, irrational ruin! New firm policy!"

"I can’t do anything about it, but I’d be happy to sympathize."

"Everyone is alone. It’s just easier to take in a relationship."

"Piles and piles of money. If I help some along the way great, but mainly I’m in the this for the piles, heaps, the really big piles."

"True love means short refractory time."

"You’ve got to remember, you’re not who you are. You’re only what other people think of you."

"I didn’t become a lawyer because I like the law. The law sucks. It’s boring. But it can also be used as a weapon. You want to bankrupt somebody, cost him everything he’s worked for, make his wife leave him, even cause his kids to cry? We can do that."

"I plan to have character one day, great character, but if you want to be rich you better get the money before the scruples set in."

"Sex for men: when it’s right, it’s right; when it’s wrong, it’s still right."

"I couldn’t help but overhear, probably because I was eavesdropping."

Elaine: "Well, I could tell you how to get back with me, but I’m, you know….
Richard: "A slut."
Elaine: "Exactly.

"Personally, I hate sexual harassment laws. The original force behind them were disgruntled lesbians who felt they were not given the same opportunities – along with ugly women, who were jealous of pretty women who got all the breaks in the work force. My cause to action is simple, women are victims. They need special help. Look, at the evolution of these sexual harassment laws. What we are really saying is women really should qualify under the Federal Disability Act. They are less able. They cannot cope with romance in the office. They cannot contend with having to do a job and have a man smile at them. It is too much. Look where we use to be, first quid pro quo, then hostile environment, and now Seinfeld episodes. Women can’t take it; they bruise too easily. The laws are here to protect the weak and most vulnerable in society. She is woman, protect her!"

"Make enough money and everything else will follow."

"There’s no embarrassing way to earn money."

"Quiet! Let me ignore you one at a time."

"For whatever reason, people would never trust me, so I started being unscrupulous on purpose, and that way, I felt in control of people’s reactions."

"Personal questions don’t bother me. I just lie."

"We have an excellent chance to boost our profile and erode the First Amendment in the process. It’s not often we get a case where principle coincides with profit, and I’m not about to take time out just because I’ve breached some trust thing you and I had going!"

"Is that your two cents? I’d be looking for change."

"Nelle, remember how you hate people talking behind your back? I can’t do that while you’re in the room."

"Men love any woman they want to sleep with. It’s the ticket to admission."

"If you don’t kiss a girl on the first date, you’re a gentleman. If you don’t kiss her on the second date, you’re gay!"

"Friction, friction, orgasm. Fishism."

Lucy Liu (Ling Woo), qu’on ne présente plus :

Robert Downey Jr. (Larry Paul), qui explose le box-office depuis quelques années avec les gros succès de Iron Man et Sherlock Holmes (Iron Man 3, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) :

Dans la série Ally McBeal, il y avait pas mal de guest stars issues de la chanson, de mémoire on peut citer Anastacia, Barry White, Al Green, Jon Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Sting,et beaucoup d’autre cameos ! Voici donc Robert Downey Jr. & Sting :

J’oublie évidemment pas mal d’acteurs, mais au passage la fille d’Ally McBeal, c’est Hayden Panettiere qu’on retrouvera pas mal d’années après dans Heroes, voir le billet que j’ai rédigé sur la série.

Encore quelques photos, cette fois-ci sans les légendes, j’ai la flemme :

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Pour conclure, Ally McBeal est une série incontournable, le genre de série dont vous tombez très rapidement accro. Si vous n’avez pas encore acheté l’intégrale DVD d’Ally McBeal, qu’attendez-vous ?