Episode 16 of "Ally McBeal"
s01e16 Forbidden Fruits
Title: Forbidden Fruits
Original Air Date: 03/02/1998 on FOX
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Writer: David E. Kelley
Guest Stars: J. Patrick McCormack (Senator Foote), Gary Bullock (Judge Steele), Marty Rackham (Joe Bepp), Elaine Giftos (Nancy Foote), Andrew Bloch (Mr. Colson)
Plot Outline:
The firm takes on a high profile case involving a jilted spouse who is suing a US Senator for "interfering with happy marital relations". The Senator's case takes on perversely similar parallels to the Ally / Billy / Georgia love triangle, causing Georgia to quit the case, Fish to try the case, and Cage to keep the Senator from losing his career. Ally, meanwhile, doesn't hide much from Renee, and while trying to deny her feelings, experiences another dancing baby visitation, and thus causing Renee to wonder about Ally's sanity. Cage taps Fish to help litigate... knowing his utter lack of legal experience is just what they need to discredit the merits of the case. He advises Ally to match her adversary with smiles and ingratiating behavior.