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RESUME FOR A TV CHARACTER female viewers can identify with: beautiful, smart, successful ... emotional train wreck. For many women, that relatable mix of professional success and personal mess has made two of this season's breakout shows--"Ally McBeal" and "Veronica's Closet"--must-she TV.

You may have already met Fox's leggy new role model. Ally McBeal (Calista Flockhart) is a Harvard law grad, confident in the courtroom, with a penchant for short skirts. She also has an active inner life. Very active. Her vivid daydreams sam the central gimmick of the show. (A device shamelessly lifted by "Ally" creator David E. Kelley from HBO's "Dream On.") An ex-boyfriend works at her new …