St. Elsewhere

1982 - 1988

Pilot

26th October 1982

Episode 1

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.

Bypass

9th November 1982

Episode 2

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.

Down's Syndrome

16th November 1982

Episode 3

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.

Cora and Arnie

23rd November 1982

Episode 4

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.

Samuels and the Kid

30th November 1982

Episode 5

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.

Legionnaires (1)

7th December 1982

Episode 6

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.

Legionnaires (2)

14th December 1982

Episode 7

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.

Tweety and Ralph

21st December 1982

Episode 8

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

4th January 1983

Episode 9

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.

Hearts

11th January 1983

Episode 10

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

18th January 1983

Episode 11

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.

Release

1st February 1983

Episode 12

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.

Family History

8th February 1983

Episode 13

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.

Remission

22nd February 1983

Episode 14

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.

Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day

Episode 15

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.

The Count

Episode 16

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.

Brothers

15th March 1983

Episode 17

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.

Dog Day Hospital

22nd March 1983

Episode 18

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.

Working

Episode 19

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.

Craig in Love

12th April 1983

Episode 20

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

19th April 1983

Episode 21

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..

Addiction

Episode 22

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.

Top Cast

William Daniels•Norman Lloyd•Ronny Cox

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.

Watch Providers 🇬🇧

Channel 4

Production Companies

+2 more

Full Cast

William Daniels Image

William Daniels

Mark Craig

Norman Lloyd Image

Norman Lloyd

Daniel Auschlander

Ronny Cox Image

Ronny Cox

John Gideon

Bonnie Bartlett Image

Bonnie Bartlett

Ellen Craig

Ed Begley Jr. Image

Ed Begley Jr.

Victor Ehrlich

Stephen Furst Image

Stephen Furst

Elliot Axelrod

Bruce Greenwood Image

Bruce Greenwood

Seth Griffin

Eric Laneuville Image

Eric Laneuville

Luther Hawkins

Sagan Lewis

Jacqueline Wade

Howie Mandel Image

Howie Mandel

Wayne Fiscus

Cindy Pickett Image

Cindy Pickett

Carol Novino

David Morse Image

David Morse

Jack Morrison

France Nuyen Image

France Nuyen

Paulette Kiem

Christina Pickles Image

Christina Pickles

Helen Rosenthal

Jennifer Savidge Image

Jennifer Savidge

Lucy Papandrao

Denzel Washington Image

Denzel Washington

Philip Chandler

Full Crew

Bruce Paltrow Image

Bruce Paltrow

Executive Producer

John Falsey Image

John Falsey

Producer

Joshua Brand

Producer

John Tinker

Producer

Abby Singer Image

Abby Singer

Producer

Tom Fontana Image

Tom Fontana

Producer

Mark Tinker Image

Mark Tinker

Executive Producer

Channing Gibson

Producer

John Masius

Producer

showData