Michael Laskin

Young lawyer Ally McBeal experiences emotional turmoil when she takes a job at a firm where her childhood sweetheart and first love also works.

Newman nixes Kramer's millennium-party plans; Jerry obsesses about his position on his girlfriend's speed dial.

While Martinez investigates a series of robberies involving a fake ATM machine, Kelly's current case yields evidence that links Licalsi to the mob. Meanwhile, Lt. Fancy tries to extend his custody of a young boy whose mother is in a drug rehabilitation program.

Don and his team hunt for the killers of two rock climbers found in possession of a large diamond. Also, Charlie decides if he should try to get his FBI clearance reinstated, and a new agent joins the team, on the fifth season premiere.

With the firm splitting up, Posner and Klein are trying to woo the lawyers with big perks, while Jordan and Eli are trying to keep them to do good; Eli's has visions of Maggie and her fiance, which Eli interprets as needing to tell Maggie about his infidelity.