TV series

St. Elsewhere

Name: St. Elsewhere
Released: 1982
Cast: William Daniels, Norman Lloyd, Ronny Cox, Bonnie Bartlett, Ed Begley Jr.

1982–1988· 6 seasons· 60 min episodes★ 5.7Ended

On NBC — From 20th Century Fox Television · MTM Enterprises

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Synopsis

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.

Themes

boston, massachusetts hospital medical drama suspenseful

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E1 PilotNext upOct 26, 1982 · 60 min · ★ 8.3
Synopsis
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 mental institution; Dr. Ben Samuels tries to recall all of his conquests after being diagnosed with VD; Dr. Daniel Auschlander's liver cancer is revealed; a bombing victim is brought into the ER, as is the young man who set off the bomb; and Dr. Wayne Fiscus and Dr. Cathy Martin begin a relationship.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Jennifer Savidge (Lucy Papandrao), Cotter Smith (Dr. Rowe), James O'Sullivan (Dr. Robinson)
E2 BypassNov 9, 1982 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 teach Dr. Beale how to swim.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Jennifer Savidge (Lucy Papandrao), Frances Lee McCain (Mrs. Reinhardt), Laraine Newman (Jane Zontell), Tim Robbins (Andrew Reinhardt), Jack Bannon (Stephen MacAllister), Peter Maloney (Dr. Burgess)
E3 Down's SyndromeNov 16, 1982 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 Dr. Beale visits the bomber.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Tim Robbins (Andrew Reinhardt), Lance Guest (Orderly Rooney), Jack Bannon (Stephen MacAllister), Deborah White (Nina Morrison), John Walter Davis (Bram Hammond)
E4 Cora and ArnieNov 23, 1982 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 the hospital.
Guest stars: Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Lionel Mark Smith (Man with Bullet in Back), James Coco (Arnie), Tim Robbins (Andrew Reinhardt), Jack Bannon (Stephen MacAllister), Anne Gerety (Lillian Rogers), Barbara Whinnery (Cathy Martin)
E5 Samuels and the KidNov 30, 1982 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 Cavanero's weekend away is interrupted by a patient delivering her baby at home with just a teenage boy to help.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Bonnie Bartlett (Ellen Craig), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Michael Saucedo (Paco), Ally Sheedy (Diane), Rudy Ramos (Bernie Arguello)
E6 Legionnaires (1)Dec 7, 1982 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 to desperate lengths to raise the money to replace his on-call beeper.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Christopher Guest (H.J. Cummings), Candace Cameron Bure (Megan White), Rafael Campos (Ramon)
E7 Legionnaires (2)Dec 14, 1982 · 60 min
Synopsis
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); Dr. Beale learns that Tweety got pregnant while in the hospital; Fiscus is assaulted in the E.R.; and Dr. Craig decides to sell his car.
Guest stars: Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Jennifer Savidge (Lucy Papandrao), Christopher Guest (H.J. Cummings), David Packer (Willie Andrews), Laraine Newman (Jane Zontell), Lance Guest (Orderly Rooney)
E8 Tweety and RalphDec 21, 1982 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Bonnie Bartlett (Ellen Craig), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Molly Cheek (Leslie Stevenson), Laraine Newman (Jane Zontell), Nan Martin (Mrs. Stevenson)
E9 RainJan 4, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 Ehrlich out for spraining his little finger.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Ray Liotta (Murray), George Morfogen (Mr. Lukovic), Candace Cameron Bure (Megan White)
E10 HeartsJan 11, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Jennifer Savidge (Lucy Papandrao), Dorothy Fielding (Dr. Nancy Paxton), Lance Guest (Orderly Rooney), Peter Hobbs (Mr. Ullman)
E11 GraveyardJan 18, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 reaches a crescendo.
Guest stars: Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Robert Pastorelli (Danny Christiano), Julius Harris (Earl), Dorothy Fielding (Dr. Nancy Paxton), Jane Kaczmarek (Sandy Burns), Tom Hulce (John Doe #12), Richard Marcus (Ralph Selover), Marc Hayashi (Chinese doctor)
E12 ReleaseFeb 1, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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. Samuels and Paxton argue over the care of a patient after renewing their intimate relationship.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Dorothy Fielding (Dr. Nancy Paxton), Jane Kaczmarek (Sandy Burns), Tom Hulce (John Doe #12), Andy Romano (Bob Overland), Alice Hirson (Anne Overland)
E13 Family HistoryFeb 8, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 medical and family history to find out why he has persistent nose bleeds.
Guest stars: Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Keenan Wynn (Charlie Heller), Jane Kaczmarek (Sandy Burns), Tom Hulce (John Doe #12), Andy Romano (Bob Overland), Karen Landry (Myra White), Alan Feinstein (Michael Stewart)
E14 RemissionFeb 22, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 try to help a young man injured in a street beating whose brother is determined to get revenge.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Jennifer Savidge (Lucy Papandrao), Michael Madsen (Mike O'Connor), Stacy Keach Sr. (Father Sturm), Melody Anderson (Nurse Jill Roberts)
E15 Monday, Tuesday, Sven's DayMar 1, 1983 · 60 min · ★ 3.0
Synopsis
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 Ehrlich makes a fool of himself by drinking too much at a party given by Dr. Craig.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Bonnie Bartlett (Ellen Craig), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Michael Madsen (Mike O'Connor), Rae Dawn Chong (Hooker)
E16 The CountMar 8, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 over their living arrangements; and Dr. Craig considers moving.
Guest stars: Bonnie Bartlett (Ellen Craig), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Jennifer Savidge (Lucy Papandrao), Peter Michael Goetz (Larry Andrews), Liz Sheridan (Susan Mauri), Diane Delano (Nurse), Roxanne Reese (Nurse Louise), Michael Halsey (Harold Beaumont)
E17 BrothersMar 15, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 she faces a radical mastectomy. Peter celebrates his birthday and runs into Myra and a gentleman friend.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Richard Chaves (Tim Potts), Cady McClain (Erin Scheinfeld), Pat Hingle (Walter Schaeffer), Melody Anderson (Nurse Jill Roberts), Richard Hamilton (Arthur Schaeffer), Alan Oppenheimer (Ira Rosenthal)
E18 Dog Day HospitalMar 22, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 her husband's vasectomy.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Jennifer Savidge (Lucy Papandrao), Judith Light (Barbara Lonnicker), Tom Atkins (Bob Lonnicker), Alan Oppenheimer (Ira Rosenthal)
E19 WorkingApr 5, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 the company of a visiting Hungarian surgeon.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Ed Lauter (Stan Morgen), James Sutorius (Sam Hendrix), Robert Jayne (Stan Morgen Jr.), Melody Anderson (Nurse Jill Roberts), Alan Haufrect (Albert Runneger)
E20 Craig in LoveApr 12, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Bonnie Bartlett (Ellen Craig), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Tom Tully, James Sutorius (Sam Hendrix), Rita Zohar (Vera Anya), Harsh Nayyar (Dr. Pradesh)
E21 Baron Von MunchausenApr 19, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 and Fiscus; and a deranged bag lady tries to assault Daniels in the E.R..
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Jennifer Savidge (Lucy Papandrao), Louis Giambalvo (Anthony Rizzo), Laurie Kennedy (Nan)
E22 AddictionMay 3, 1983 · 60 min
Synopsis
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 Ehrlich; Martin casts her spell over Fiscus again; and Dr. Auschlander and an old friend get into a fist fight as they reminisce about the past.
Guest stars: Norman Lloyd (Daniel Auschlander), Ellen Bry (Shirley Daniels), Eric Laneuville (Luther Hawkins), Sagan Lewis (Jacqueline Wade), Kim Miyori (Wendy Armstrong), Scott Paulin (Stephen Craig), Howard Duff (Herbie), Howard George (Detective Enright)