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Ally McBeal
1997 · TV series · 43 min episodes · 5 seasons
Created by David E. Kelley
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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I don’t know if they were tacked on, exactly, but they seemed to be the purpose rather than a tool.
If you showed the NYC skyline in 2003, you’d have to go out of your way to show the Twin Towers. Edward Norton saying how “pando” changed things, on the other hand, is going out of your way in the opposite direction.
I feel like the early-00s equivalent of this movie would be the CGI dancing baby on Ally McBeal (“justified” by the character’s ticking biological clock), except almost every scene would have one such meme or topical reference.
It took three years, with an associate's degree, for a 'super genius' to get her bachelor's degree?
Tell me they didn't milk her for tuition for duplicate courses.
Did the article mention what her bachelor's degree is in?
[EDIT]
Heard majored in history and minored in political science, which falls under social sciences.
The article also mentioned she has passed an online law school admission test and plans to get a JD entirely online.
It did not mention LSATs and I also believe entirely online JD programs do not require LSATs.
I actually watched on Ally McBeal episode ("The Playing Field" - season 1) on Netflix an hour ago reminding me of this scenario...
A 10-year old boy genius becomes a lawyer, and during negotiations against Ally, cries and sulks under the table when not getting his way.
So, I am pretty tickled by this article. I don't understand why the child would not pursue a higher caliber academic institution. Perhaps she is not that smart.