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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 1, 2000

Colleagues Shaken by Billys Death

DICTA One of the most profoundly moving moments of 'Ally McBeal' came when Richard Fish told John Cage the news of Billy Thomas' sudden death. Page 8.

By Renee Laurents
        David E. Kelley is simply a masterful writer. If some weeks "Ally McBeal" doesn't touch us as much as others, its creator may be forgiven. Genius that he is, even Kelley cannot maintain week after week the heights to which his writing takes us in this week's show. It was one of the most powerful in the series' history.
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