St. Elsewhere

S01E08: Tweety and Ralph

The search continues for the source of the Legionnaire's Disease; Cavanero befriends a young woman facing a hysterectomy; Tweety makes a decision about her future; and Ellen Craig deals with the elusive Dr. Barnum.

Overview

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

Episodes

Pilot

S01E01 Pilot

October 26, 1982 8.3 60 min
In this intro to the series, Dr. Jack Morrison treats a young girl with dysentary; Dr. Annie Cavanero searches for a missing patient -- who happens to be a large, permanent resident of a local...
Bypass

S01E02 Bypass

November 9, 1982 7.0 60 min
Morrison treats the obnoxious bank bomber; Mr. MacAllister arrives to find his wife in a coma; Dr. Craig holds a news conference and badgers a patient into a surgical consent; and Dr. Samuels tries to...
Down's Syndrome

S01E03 Down's Syndrome

November 16, 1982 7.0 60 min
Cavanero tries to counsel a couple expecting a Down's syndrome child; White makes a near-tragic mistake in the E.R.; Martin and Fiscus are caught in a stalled elevator; Morrison learns his wife is pregnant; and...
Cora and Arnie

S01E04 Cora and Arnie

November 23, 1982 7.0 60 min
Morrison tries to help a bag woman and her husband; Fiscus admits a relatively healthy woman who had fainted for some very expensive tests; V.J. feels homesick; and the bomber and his victim both leave...
Samuels and the Kid

S01E05 Samuels and the Kid

November 30, 1982 7.0 60 min
Dr. Samuels becomes attached to a boy in for leg surgery; Fiscus surprises Martin with a romantic gesture; Chandler challenges a veteran nurse's competency; Dr. Craig receives his coveted `Surgeon of the Year' award; and...
Legionnaires (1)

S01E06 Legionnaires (1)

December 7, 1982 7.0 60 min
While coping with a fussy new administrator, Dr. Westphall investigates suspicious deaths in Ward Five; Martin shocks Fiscus by breaking off their affair; Cavanero has to deal with a very hostile nurse; and White goes...
Legionnaires (2)

S01E07 Legionnaires (2)

December 14, 1982 7.0 60 min
Dr. Westphall risks his job by creating an isolation floor to stem the spread of the suspected Legionnaire's Disease (and the PR fiasco causes administrator Cummings to fall on his sword to save the hospital);...
Tweety and Ralph

S01E08 Tweety and Ralph

December 21, 1982 6.0 60 min
The search continues for the source of the Legionnaire's Disease; Cavanero befriends a young woman facing a hysterectomy; Tweety makes a decision about her future; and Ellen Craig deals with the elusive Dr. Barnum.
Rain

S01E09 Rain

January 4, 1983 7.0 60 min
Morrison regrets making a couple of house calls for an insistent old man; Fiscus has another run-in with a gang member; Ralph takes up eating garbage; White's daughter eats some mothballs; and Dr. Craig bawls...
Hearts

S01E10 Hearts

January 11, 1983 6.0 60 min
Ralph masquerades as a doctor; an obese woman gives birth unexpectedly; an old friend of Dr. Samuels joins the staff; and Ehrlich faints during surgery.
Graveyard

S01E11 Graveyard

January 18, 1983 7.0 60 min
Dr. Samuels breaks up a late night poker game to perform emergency surgery on a gunshot victim; Morrison lets a Chinese couple perform a folk healing ritual on their dying son; and Ralph's manic stage...
Release

S01E12 Release

February 1, 1983 7.0 60 min
A sadistic doctor orders White to get his first autopsy consent; an old friend of Dr. Craig's checks in a sex-change operation; Chandler takes over the case of the John Doe gunshot victim; and Drs....
Family History

S01E13 Family History

February 8, 1983 7.0 60 min
Craig continues to regret his friend's sex-change operation; John Doe #12 becomes sullen and uncooperative when his real parents arrive to take him home; White's reconciliation falls through; and Armstrong delves deeply into a man's...
Remission

S01E14 Remission

February 22, 1983 7.0 60 min
A lady flasher enlivens the halls and rooms of St. Eligius; Fiscus moves in with Ehrlich; Cavanero faces a difficult choice about a fellowship; Dr. Auschlander's cancer remission appears to be ending; Morrison and Chandler...
Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day

S01E15 Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day

March 1, 1983 4.0 60 min
Samuels operates on a hooker, who invites all her friends to visit her; Myra White gives her estranged husband some news; the racial tensions reach a climax when the truth about O'Connor's beating surfaces; and...
The Count

S01E16 The Count

March 8, 1983 7.0 60 min
Cavanero helps hide her patient, a porno movie star, from a process server; Armstrong worries about the ethics of a surgeon who does unnecessary heart surgery for kickbacks; Ehrlich and Fiscus nearly come to blows...
Brothers

S01E17 Brothers

March 15, 1983 7.5 60 min
A fisherman lobbies Dr. Westphall to let his brother die in peace and dignity; Fiscus substitutes for Ehrlich on a date with Shirley Daniels; and Helen's stress mounts as the hospital suffers computer glitches and...
Dog Day Hospital

S01E18 Dog Day Hospital

March 22, 1983 7.0 60 min
Helen returns to work following her mastectomy; Fiscus and Daniels visit his aunt Sirca; a pregnant woman invades the OR and holds Ehrlich and Dr. Craig hostage while demanding to see the doctor who performed...
Working

S01E19 Working

April 5, 1983 7.0 60 min
Morrison tries to reason with a patient determined to drink himself to death; Chandler faces a malpractice suit after a patient dies unexpectedly in an elevator; White goes crazy with jealousy; and Dr. Craig enjoys...
Craig in Love

S01E20 Craig in Love

April 12, 1983 6.0 60 min
Dr. Craig continues to enjoy Dr. Anya's companionship; Morrison worries over White's erratic behavior; and Chandler becomes upset over the casual attitude everyone seems to taking towards his malpractice suit.
Baron Von Munchausen

S01E21 Baron Von Munchausen

April 19, 1983 7.0 60 min
White attends a drug rehabilitation program; Morrison becomes suspicious that his patient may be a surgery addict; Dr. Craig grapples with an inner-city medical scholarship group; Cathy tries to arrange a double date with Daniels...
Addiction

S01E22 Addiction

May 3, 1983 7.0 60 min
Morrison's wife goes into labor; White loses a girlfriend and gains a wife, while falling under suspicion when drugs are stolen; Dr. Craig's son Steven arrives for a period of observation and cause problems for...

Cast

William Daniels
William Daniels
Mark Craig
Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd
Daniel Auschlander
Ronny Cox
Ronny Cox
John Gideon
Bonnie Bartlett
Bonnie Bartlett
Ellen Craig
Ed Begley Jr.
Ed Begley Jr.
Victor Ehrlich
Stephen Furst
Stephen Furst
Elliot Axelrod
Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood
Seth Griffin
Eric Laneuville
Eric Laneuville
Luther Hawkins
Sagan Lewis
Jacqueline Wade
Howie Mandel
Howie Mandel
Wayne Fiscus
Cindy Pickett
Cindy Pickett
Carol Novino
David Morse
David Morse
Jack Morrison

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