Ally McBeal 1x04 The Affair - Part 1 (from the beginning to minute 21:20)

Pallbearer: someone who helps to carry a coffin at a funeral

Wake: a meeting of friends and relations before or after a funeral to remember the person
who died

Commiserate: to express sympathy to someone who is unhappy about something

1) Answer the following questions

a) What is Elaine doing? What for? What does Ally think about it? (00:20)
b) What happened to Professor Dawson? (01:00) Why is Ally so affected by the
news?
c) What did Ally do when she found out Professor Dawson was married? (04:30)
d) Why doesn’t Ally want to be one of the Professor’s pallbearers? (05:00)
e) What does the Professor’s wife want Ally to do at her husband’s funeral?
(08.00)
f) Why did Ally and Professor Dawson break up? (15:00- 22:00)
g) Why does Bill say Georgia wants to have sex so often? (17:00)
h) How does Catherine Dawson realize Ally had an affair with her husband?
(19.00)

2) Complete the following conversation between Ally and Cheanie (from12:33

to13:35)

C:Ally! Ally! __________________________________?

A: No, no. Billy and Richard are gonna be there and and..____________________.
I don’t need …
C: __________? I know your back story, Ally
A: ________________? Who told you?
C:________________. __________________
A:Oh! That, that back story. Billy had him as a professor and I think that he could I
don’t know.. commiserate him
C: Even when you are no longer a couple and you feel like your bad day bottoms
he is still the best cushion in town
A: ____________________. I’m sorry
C:Oh! That’s ok. But if you and I are gonna… you know _____________.
______________________________
A: I know

Answers
Do you want me to go with you?
I’ll be fine
Me?
You do?
You did
You said you and Billy basically grew up together
Something like that
Progress
You’re gonna have to let me in