Skinny Ally McBeal lives in a fast-moving, stressful lawyer-world of surreal daydreaming and emotional tension.
Much time is spent in the unisex toilets either crying on colleagues'
shoulders or in an impromptu dance routine. The ensemble work together
or against each other in solving their unusual cases.
Richard has a thing about women's 'wattles' (the bit under the chin), John talks to himself and Elaine is the seemingly dizzy, blonde office secretary who is actually finely tuned in to the office politics and keeps everyone informed.