Episode 6 of "Ally McBeal"
s01e06 The Promise
Title: The Promise
Original Air Date: 10/27/1997 on FOX
Director: Victoria Hochberg
Writer: David E. Kelley
Guest Stars: Michael Bofshever (Judge Allen Stephenson), Jamie Rose (Sandra Winchell), James Mathers (Dr. Carpenter), Rusty Schwimmer (Angela Tharpe), Jay Leggett (Harry Pippen), Mary-Margaret Lewis (Foreperson), Michael Winters (Judge Herbert Spitt), Joyce Greenleaf (Bystander #1), Landry Barb (Clerk), Kenneth Zanchi (Bystander #2), Vonda Shepard (Vonda Shepard)
Plot Outline:
Ally has to defend a friend of Whipper brought up on solicitation charges. She is serving as second chair to Cage, whose idiosyncrasies become increasingly apparent and mystifying to Ally as well as the other attorneys. At the same time, on a different case, a severely rotund attorney passes out from a near heart attack just outside the courtroom and Ally has to give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.