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Ally McBeal S3E18 — Turning Thirty

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Ally McBeal•Season 3•Episode 18

Turning Thirty

7.0/10 · 211 votesMay 1, 200044 min

Ranked #19 of 21 in Season 3•−0.3 vs season avg

The firm defends a woman accused of murdering her eighty-nine-year-old husband by suffocating him with... her breasts. Meanwhile, Ally struggles with turning thirty. She goes to church to find God, but instead finds an angry Reverend Newman who has a pet peeve about women who

Directed byJeannot Szwarc

Written byDavid E. Kelley, Jill Goldsmith

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Seasons5

Cast10

Calista Flockhart

Calista Flockhart

Ally McBeal

Courtney Thorne-Smith

Courtney Thorne-Smith

Georgia Thomas

Greg Germann

Greg Germann

Richard Fish

Lisa Nicole Carson

Lisa Nicole Carson

Renée Raddick

Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski

Elaine Vassal

Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows

Billy Thomas

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

John Cage

V

Vonda Shepard

Vonda Shepard

Portia De Rossi

Portia De Rossi

Nelle Porter

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu

Ling Woo

Crew8

David E. Kelley

David E. Kelley

Writer

Jeannot Szwarc

Jeannot Szwarc

Director

B

Billy Dickson

Director of Photography

J

Jill Goldsmith

Writer

M

Mark C. Baldwin

Editor

Bill D'Elia

Bill D'Elia

Executive Producer

J

Jack Philbrick

Unit Production Manager

A

Alice West

Co-Executive Producer

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Episode Summary

"Turning Thirty" is episode 18 of Ally McBeal season 3. It scored 7.0/10 from 211 votes, ranking #19 of 21 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by David E. Kelley, Jill Goldsmith, it aired on May 1, 2000.

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