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comedy-drama
series which aired on the Fox
network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley
, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia
. The series stars Calista Flockhart
in the title role
as a young lawyer working in the fictional Boston
law firm Cage and Fish, with other young lawyers whose lives and loves were eccentric, humorous and dramatic.
The show focused on the romantic and personal lives of the main characters, often using legal proceedings as plot device
s to contrast or reinforce a character's drama.
There's no sin in loving men. Only pain!
We're not only wired to want what we can't have, but we're also wired to want what we really don't want.
You only die once!
When guys are persistent, it's romantic, they make movies about that. If it's a woman, then they cast Glenn Close.
Law and love are the same - romantic in concept but the actual practice can give you a yeast infection.
I like being a mess. It's who I am.
I've been dumped before, Renee. This isn't pain I'm feeling, it's nostalgia.
I mean, with all due respect, you sort of walk around with uppity breasts, and the hair flips aren't the most subtle. And your perfume - you could be flammable. Now what if somebody shut you down as a safety hazard, how would you feel then?
Here I am, the victim of my own choices. And I'm just starting.
Maybe I'm happy and I just don't know it.