Laura Jane & Eleanor Parker Podcasts

🚨 CN: Bigotry is back at Cage & Fish (did it ever go away?!), this time in the form of ableism directed at folks with dwarfism so feel free to skip this episode if that's going to be tough to hear. Meanwhile Cassandra has come from LA to confound John and Ling continues to refuse to be with Jackson to confound us! For better or worse, today is all …

There's nothing we love more than a little homo-erotic toe-to-toe but NOT at the expense of innocent people's weddings! Jackson and Larry almost end things between a betrothed couple over a pre-nup with a side of muscle-envy. And things aren't so great between Elaine and Mark (oh no, stop, so sad...👀) because Elaine is cheating on him. For gods sak…

🌴 AHHH RICHARD AND JOHN HAVE BEEN LET LOOSE ON LOS ANGELES AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE PREMISE OF THIS EPISODE?!!! This means we need all hands on deck to understand HOW and WHY this was allowed to happen. It's a good job friend of the pod, and quadruple recurring guest star Liam Dempsey (off of Spocklight podcast) has agreed to help us out! Loosen your …

ℹ️ Content Note: This episode was recorded a few weeks before the news broke of Anne Heche's death. This episode marks Anne's last appearance as Melanie West, so we discuss her performance in the show towards the end of the episode. Our thoughts are with all those who loved and knew Anne 🤍 *** No spoilers but, this episode SOMEONE is back to make a…

John and Richard are bickering like an ol' married couple and Mark has unceremoniously tried to dump Elaine for being too thirsty but don't worry we've got Cage & Fish's OFFICIAL RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLOR Ally McBeal on the case so make sure no unhealthy toxic partnerships are EVER broken up. That's right! We've arrived at the middle of this season, …

Don't you just love it when your favourite show about a Single Female Lawyer making her way in the world at the turn of the millenium has an extra special musical star guest spot by none other than Bazza Manilow?! And then don't you just love it even more when said musical star Bazza Manilow, who has a plethora of banging tunes in his back catalogu…

🚨Content Warning: Mark's ex-girlfriend Cindy is back in town so of course we need to issue a warning to bypass this episode if hearing about the show's blatant transphobia is going to be difficult for you.. we wish we could but for some reason we've committed to watching every episode of Ally McBeal with our horrified 2022 eyeballs! 🤷🏼‍♀️ In less u…

At Cage & Fish this episode, everyone except Nelle has competition fever as Chubbie Checker is in town overseeing a TWIST CONTEST. Meanwhile as Vonda makes her way through the back catalogue of songs Robbie Williams has covered, Melanie introduces John to her tiny home and her special homeless friend - neither of which turn out to be what they seem…

Who's got the Ex-Factor? ❌ Ling, for one, who's ex is supposed to getting married but can't just quit Ling (who can?!). ❌ But also Larry, because guess what, everyone's fave Detroit homewrecker is back in town, and BOY ARE WE MAD ABOUT IT! ❌ Today, we're discussing S4E10: The Ex-Files. ***FIND US ON THE INTERNET! 📱Follow Bygones on Twitter and Face…

John's boyhood legal hero (sure!) is having marriage trouble so John pulls in the best charmer in town THAT'S RIGHT Larry Paul to get those two ol' love birds back on track. Also, John defends a lady with Tourette's on a murder charge but SOMEHOW we have a feeling will be STICKING AROUND! Today, we're discussing S4E9: Reasons to Believe *** FIND US…

A li'l late but its Christmas in Boston, and that means another patented Cage and Fish holiday party! Except this year, ONE THING and ONE THING ONLY threaten to spoil the festivities and that is Larry's ex-wife Jamie! It's not all about Ally's love life though, elsewhere Nelle's dad is actually Santa?! Of COURSE he is 🎅🏼Today, we're discussing S4E8…

🚨Content Warning: Ugh all the homophobia from Richard this episode is yuck. You have been warned! LAWYERS ARE UP FOR AUCTION in today's episode, but don't worry its for charity, and Nelle gets to fall in love so we guess its ok?! ALSO Richard spends the whole time running away from a man in case he catch gay???! (sure), Elaine finds herself at the …

Oh, Larry. This episode Ally discovers the sad secret as to why he hates Christmas. Join us as we discuss blowing Big Santa wide open, John's questionable rock n roll wooing technique and of course, the heartbreak that is RDJ sitting at a lonely piano singing Joni Mitchell covers on S4E6: 'Tis The Season. *sobs into some tinsel* *** FIND US ON THE …

Kimmy is BACK but this time she's not suing Ally, but her old firm. Turns out Kimmy is l'il too prudey for those dudies! Meanwhile we think it's about this point when everyone is shipping Ally and Larry, EVEN THOUGH she is having an unnatural level of stress over their first kiss, cos they are just too frickin cute. Today we're discussing S4E5: The…

🚨Content Warning: If it wasn't clear from the episode title, yes, there's a transphobic storyline in the show that continues in this episode. Feel free to skip if you're not up to having to hear about that, we wish we could! Ding Ding, it's Ally vs Kimmy as Ally is a bitch and Kimmy sues! Meanwhile, Nelle dates Larry, Ally dates a father and son bu…

🚨Content Warning: Sadly the transphobic storyline from last episode, continues in this episode. Feel free to skip if you're not up to having to hear about that. Ally's Carrie Bradshaw VoiceOver™️ is BACK as she dates a father AND a son, and hosts a Cage/Fish gals sleepover! Oh, and Richard continues to be an absolute jerk to Mark and Cindy and unfo…

🚨Content Warning: Unfortunately there is quite a lot of transphobia to discuss in this episode BOOOO Feminism owes Ally McBeal so much, because in this episode Ally has just plain HAD IT with the fact that nobody cares about women's interests at Cage & Fish and has decided to do something about it. So she sets up a Women's Bar Association to help t…

Ally's boyfriend Brian has asked her to move in with him! Hooray! A MAN! It's everything Ally has ever wanted!! Let's celebrate! Right?! WRONG! Ally runs immediately to therapy, and finds no Tracey (😭) but instead a Larry Paul (🥵). But he's a lawyer not a therapist... OH NO! However will she cope?! Knowing Ally, badly. Yep it's a new season, a new …

Er, hi, remember us?!?! We're coming back baby! Here's what to expect from Bygones S4 now that it has its very own real life dancing baby to contend with. Thanks for being patient - we love you all!! *** FIND US ON THE INTERNET! 📱 Follow Bygones on Twitter and Facebook @bygonespodcast and Instagram @bygonespod! 📧 Or email us bygonespodcast@gmail.co…

Knock Knock! Yep it's your friendly office mailwoman here with ALL OUR LISTENERS THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS on Season 3! And we are here to answer them for you! PLUS... the FINAL Season 3 Verdict of the Week Leaderboard results! *** FIND US ON THE INTERNET! 📱 Follow Bygones on Twitter and Facebook @bygonespodcast and Instagram @bygonespod! 📧 Or email u…

Hoorah! We've survived car sex, computer sex, grief and espionage to make it to the end of Season 3! As is tradition, we're taking a look back at the season as a whole, talking about our highs and lows (oh man, the lows)... not forgetting to crown the winner of the Verdict of the Week Leaderboard, before putting it to bed ready fresh for Season 4! …

Guys.... 2020.. what a TIME! We know this probably isn't the Christmas many of you had hoped for - but we hope we make your festive time a little more bright with a li'l bite-sized bloopers ep to tide you over until our Season 3 wrap-up in January. We hope you all stay safe and have a great time saying GOOD RIDDANCE to 2020!!! We'll be back when we…

WOWEE, this is the one where the Allyverse goes full jazz hands by attempting a musical episode to round off this season! John and Nelle sing sad songs, a whole restaurant sings at Ally, her mum and dad cause some Freudian DRAMA but uhhh we don't care about that because we get Renee and Elaine on stage singing, which lets face it is, is how everyon…

We're back the penultimate episode of season 3, discussing Nelle's dastardly deeds and emotional warfare, Ally's drunk-in-love obliviousness, and BUTTON-TONGUING?!?! Today we're discussing S3E20: Hope and Glory *** FIND US ON THE INTERNET! 📱Follow Bygones on Twitter and Facebook @bygonespodcast and Instagram @bygonespod! 📧Or email us bygonespodcast…

Renee thinks Ally is hiding a guy in her room! But she's not! She's having COMPUTER SEX! Whatever that means! And then she is convinced her mystery internet guy is Lawyer Hugh Grant! But instead she is arrested for STATUTORY RAPE!? Also Nelle pushes to make partner, but... Richard says no, because he's done the research! Today we're discussing S3E1…

Come, join us to explore the wonder of dedicating an entire episode to the trauma of getting "older", as well as Elaine vs Renee song battles and the apparent fact that if a woman has breasts in your TV show, that is carte blanche to focus your camera on them at all times and add balloon squeaky sound effects. Today we're discussing S3E18: Turning …

So this is the one where we find out what to fill the hole that Billy ButtHurt has left in our lives with... or should that be WHO we fill the hole with.. That's right NEW CHARACTER KLAXON! Strap yourselves in for our conversation all about Gloria Gaynor, Ghost Billy and MISSING RENEE! Today we're discussing S3E17: I Will Survive. *** FIND US ON TH…

Uhhhmm GUYS... WE HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT THIS EPISODE AND IT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU EXPECT!?!? Join us as we say goodbye to one half of the greatest love story that was never really real to begin with (but that won't stop Ally telling it anyway!). And we welcome back recurring guest Liam Dempsey (Spocklight), who insisted he be here to ensure we conduc…

🔪Murder!?! On Ally McBeal?!! AGAIN!?!?! And the only way to prove their clients innocence is for Ally to become a SPY?!?! And that's not even the most interesting thing about this episode! Elsewhere, Billy is hallucinating, Nelle sends him to doctors and then STEALS HIS CLIENT (cold!) and we end on the biggest bombshell of the show TO DATE! 💣Today …

📣ALERT: DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE EXCITING MUSICAL GUEST STAR OF THIS EPISODE! You might think that this makes for a GOOD episode... BUT YOU WOULD BE WRONG!!! Ally is the most ungrateful and undeserving contest winner of all time (Justice For Elaine!!) but THEN the show is ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMATIC during the case of the week.. and that's not even inc…

It's the season of Billy somehow not being the worst person in the show, whilst still also being awful?! ANALYSE THAT! Luckily, that's exactly what this podcast is here to do, so join us for a deep dive into Ally's refusal to work on her prejudices, and Nelle's sudden personality transplant. Today we're discussing S3E13: Pursuit of Loneliness *** F…

Should Ling be impersonating blind people to cross streets? Should Ally be causing traffic accidents just to set thirst traps? Why has Ling never mentioned her best friend Marty ever before? And most of all, are Pygmies a peaceful people or a severely badly drawn stereotype? These are just some of the questions we'll be grappling with today as we d…

Get ready for war Cage & Fish style as Georgia is suing the firm for causing the death of her marriage. PROPS 👏🏼FOR 👏🏼 TRYING 👏🏼 GEORGIA!! Nothing is off the table, as Richard, John and Billy just want to be kids forever and it looks like nobody is going to stop them any time soon! Today we're discussing s3e11: Over the Rainbow. *** FIND US ON THE …

It's that magical time of an Ally McBeal season, when David E Kelley turns to his trusty rolodex of storylines to dust off some deja vu for us... but never fear! RETURNING GUEST Matt Brothers (Spocklight, Sudden Double Deep) has popped by to help us sort out this mess! Today we're discussing s3e10: Just Friends. *** GET TO KNOW OUR GUEST! Matt Brot…

Had enough of Ally's bullshit yet? Bored of Billy's ButtHurt Butt? OF COURSE YOU'RE NOT! Because this episode we've got MOAR ALLY NARCISSISM! And BILLY GIRLS!!! Today we're discussing s3e9: Out in the Cold *** 📱Follow Bygones on Twitter and Facebook @bygonespodcast and Instagram @bygonespod! 📧Or email us bygonespodcast@gmail.com *** 🛍WE HAVE MERCH!…

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It's nearly Christmas at Cage & Fish and we have some complicated feelings about Jerry from Parks and Rec's loose grip on the fundamentals of employment law, Billy's general bell-endery, John's hypocrisy and the downright horrendous treatment of little people?!?! Today we're discussing S3E7: Saving Santa. *** 📱Follow Bygones on Twitter and Facebook…

It's happening, it's happening YOU GUYS IT'S HAPPENINGGGGGG THINGS ARE CHANGING BECAUSE IT'S EFFING CHANGES!!!! We mean... *ahem*... today we are discussing S3E6: Changes. *** 📱Follow Bygones on Twitter and Facebook @bygonespodcast and Instagram @bygonespod! 📧Or email us bygonespodcast@gmail.com *** 🛍WE HAVE MERCH!! - with our first three season's …

BYGONES 3.05 We Can Call Him Daddy IT'S THANKSGIVING! And it's the episode where we find out the TRUTH about Georgia's secret mystery man, and we say goodbye to Tracy 😭! Today we're discussing S3E5: Troubled Water *** 📱Follow Bygones on Twitter and Facebook @bygonespodcast and Instagram @bygonespod! 📧Or email us bygonespodcast@gmail.com *** 🛍WE HAV…

In this episode, Ally finds herself the subject of a lawsuit as Risa is back to get justice for her wedding shambles, Ling and Richard are arguing over orgasms and Billy is still king of the man-babies and gets a VERY poorly-judged makeover! Today we're discussing S3E4: Heat Wave 🔥👋🏼 *** Find Bygones: On TWITTER! @bygonespodcast On FACEBOOK! Search…

Don't get too excited but AL GREEN IS BACK!! Which means we need to prepare for Ally searching her soul over whether to take anti-depressants and brace yourself because a cameo from Betty White does *not* help matters! Also, Billy takes Richard to his Man Baby Club and somehow this means they all stand around chanting "penis" into the clear Boston …

SPECIAL GUEST KLAXON!!! This episode features guest appearances from Zoe and Amy from the awesome I'm With The Boyband podcast!! We talk about horrendous spanking, horrendous misogyny, and of course... Ally & Ling's visit to gay town. This week we're discussing s3e2: Buried Pleasures. *** Find Zoe and Amy @TheBoybandPod on Twitter or @ImWithTheBoyb…

HOLY DANCING BABIES WE'RE BACK!!! And Season 3 kicks off with sex sex and moar sex, because all the ladies are having sex this season and the men do NOT know what to do about it. This episode we're SO THRILLED to be discussing s3e1: Car Wash. *** Find Bygones: On TWITTER! @bygonespodcast On FACEBOOK! Search Bygones Podcast On INSTA! @bygonespod On …

Our mail woman is back with a special delivery... OUR ANSWERS to YOUR QUESTIONS! Our last stop before we steam through to Season 3 so choo-choo jump on board! This is our Mailbag: Vol. 4! *** Find Bygones: On TWITTER! @bygonespodcast On FACEBOOK! Search Bygones Podcast On INSTA! @bygonespod On EMAIL! bygonespodcast@gmail.com *** 👯‍♀️ You can now su…

Guys we made it! We went through mean girls bitchery, frog woes, #Bally insanity, lightbulb karaoke, swing-dance androgyny, blimps, racoon makeup, knee-pits, racism, homophobia, Al Green AND BARRY WHITE! We cannot POSSIBLY move onto season 3 without sitting back and taking stock of our favourite moments as well as some truly UNACCEPTABLE ones! And …

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! And we're here, at the FINAL episode of season 2 - we made it!! Whilst we hope you're all having a lovely time with (or without??? You do you!) loved ones this week, sadly, Ally is a reminder that sometimes life has other plans. She's spiralling into a depressive episode and everyone INCLUDING US is worried. It's a sad ep…

🚨Content Warning: During this episode's Cultural Stuff segment, we briefly discuss several violent crime cases explored by the BBC show Crimewatch. The BBC article LJ references in the segment is available here: The Big Cases Crimewatch Helped Solve. Buckle up because Ally starts hallucinating signalling the start of the tailspin that takes us to t…

WOW Renee and Ally hatch a plan to get Greg back that involves an escort, two sexy duets and a whole-bar-sing-along but then WTF Ally decides maybe she doesn't want Greg after all!??!?! Oh and Billy can't stop the hotness that is Georgia because OF COURSE HE CAN'T! This episodes we're discussing s2e21: The Green Monster. *** Find Bygones: On TWITTE…

Guys we need to discuss Nelle's QUESTIONABLE choice of venue for the double date with Ling and Richard. But also OMG JOHN IS ACTUALLY SEXY BY THE END OF THE EPISODE?!?!?! We're so excited we need to go take a lie-down! This week we're discussing s2e20: Only The Lonely. *** Find Bygones: On TWITTER! @bygonespodcast On FACEBOOK! Search Bygones Podcas…

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing! Yep Elaine's enlisting Ling's help to compete in her heart's desire - an amateur swing dance competition! Watch out for mild aversions to cross-dressing, sweating and therapist assault! This week we're discussing s2e19: Let's Dance *** Find Bygones: On TWITTER! @bygonespodcast On FACEBOOK! Search By…