
Episodes No.Īlly McBeal is introduced as flashbacks of her and ex-boyfriend Billy Thomas are displayed in montage.

The second part of the crossover was the episode titled Axe Murderer which began on the Ally McBeal episode titled The Inmates, which aired April 27, 1998, and has several characters from The Practice.Calista Flockhart and Gil Bellows, in return, guest starred on The Practice. The first season also included a crossover episode from another David E. James Naughton and Jill Clayburgh would later appear as Allie's parents. Renée Elise Goldsberry, Vatrena King and Sy Smith appeared at the bar as the Ikettes, the backup singers for Vonda and other performers. Shepard performed in every episode of the entire season, and was upped to series regular status in the upcoming season.



Greg Butters Harrison Page as the reverend at the local church, who had a history with lead choir singer Lisa Knowles Tracey Ullman as Ally's unconventional therapist and Vonda Shepard as a musical performer at the bar where the lawyers used to hang out every night after finishing their daily jobs. Various supporting characters included Dyan Cannon as Whipper Cone, a judge who had a relationship with Richard Fish for a while Albert Hall as Seymore Walsh, a stern judge with little sense of humor and a general dislike of the Cage and Fish law firm Jennifer Holliday as Lisa Knowles, the lead choir singer at the local church who had a history with the reverend Phil Leeds as Happy Boyle, a very old judge who was obsessed with dental hygiene Jesse L.
