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Season 1 – St. Elsewhere

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The staff of St. Eligius Hospital in Boston doesn't pull off the kind of miracles seen in other medical dramas. Instead, they deal with the day-to-day realities of working at a big-city hospital. Amid the inherent drama of saving patients' lives, the show mixes in a healthy dose of dark humor, which the doctors use to cope with various situations.
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St. Elsewhere — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

St. Elsewhere's similarities to its creative team's previous work are glaring, but an excellent cast and vivid sense of place make this hospital worth checking into.

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Howard Rosenberg Los Angeles Times 01/12/2021
If not flawlessly executed, its hours are always highly interesting and involving. Here is a TV series that tries. It presents a wide range of emotion with relatively few diversions toward the cheap or maudlin. Go to Full Review Tom Shales Washington Post 01/12/2021
"Elsewhere" offers an hour of involving human drama and entrancing human comedy, all of it emphatically of its time, yet keyed to themes that are universal and primal: striving, surviving, and intensive caring. Go to Full Review Bud Wilkinson Arizona Republic 01/12/2021
St. Elsewhere is innovative television from MTM and represents the potential of the medium. Characters are well-defined, scenes deal with emotions and issues, and the dialogue is realistic. Go to Full Review Eric Mankin L.A. Weekly 01/14/2021
If you've seen Young Doctors, the serious stuff in St. Elsewhere sounds like parody, and the funny stuff doesn't seem funny enough. Above all, Elsewhere needs some of the strung out, burned out intensity that Hill Street [Blues] can muster. Go to Full Review Mike Boone Montreal Gazette 01/12/2021
St. Elsewhere is good -- probably one of the best new shows of the season, certainly the best drama -- but Hill Street [Blues] it isn't. Go to Full Review Tom Long Santa Cruz Sentinel 01/12/2021
Yep, no getting around it -- St. Elsewhere is "Hill Street Blues Goes to the Hospital"... [But] if you're going to steal, you might as well steal from the rich. St. Elsewhere, at least in its premiere episode, seems to be a very good thief. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/12/2019 The first season is a perfect opening to an amazing show. It's not just a regular medical procedural. The title of "Hill Street Blues in a hospital" is well-deserved. I wish this show is more popular with the modern audience. See more Read all reviews
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Ed Flanders

Dr. Donald Westphall

William Daniels

Dr. Mark Craig

Ed Begley Jr.

Dr. Victor Ehrlich

David Morse

Dr. Jack Morrison

Howie Mandel

Dr. Wayne Fiscus

Christina Pickles

Nurse Helen Rosenthal

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 26, 1982 Pilot Cavanero's mental patient disappears in red tape; Morrison fights against a potentially fatal operation. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 9, 1982 Bypass Morrison reluctantly cares for a remorseless terrorist, whose victim lies in a coma; Craig embarrasses an unprepared intern during surgery. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 16, 1982 Down's Syndrome Cavanero tells expectant parents their child will have Down syndrome; Beale examines Reinhardt; White makes a near-fatal error. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 23, 1982 Cora and Arnie A bag woman (Doris Roberts) rejects a treatment to care for her bewildered mate (James Coco); the terrorist's victim dies. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 30, 1982 Samuels and the Kid An injured boy affects Samuels; after Chandler defends a nurse, two patients die; Cavanero directs a birth by phone. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 7, 1982 Legionnaires Fearing Legionnaires' disease, Westphall wants to close a ward; Cavanero clashes with a nurse; Martin dumps Fiscus. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 14, 1982 Legionnaires Besieged Westphall orders Ward 5 closed; Rosenthal pities a nagging patient; punks mug Fiscus in the emergency room. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 21, 1982 Tweety and Ralph The "birdman" builds a nest for his pregnant girlfriend; the Legionnaires' disease source is found; Fiscus packs a gun. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 4, 1983 Rain Morrison's house call begets a stream of requests; White's daughter eats moth balls; Fiscus overreacts with his pistol. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 11, 1983 Hearts Westphall pursues a phantom physician; Craig bullies Ehrlich into surgery; White breaks down. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 18, 1983 Graveyard Morrison yields to Chinese custom to treat a dying boy; Samuels pines for Paxton; the "birdman" announces he will now be a human. Details Episode 12 Aired Feb 1, 1983 Release White must get authorization for an autopsy; Craig's college roommate wants a sex change; Chandler helps an amnesiac. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 8, 1983 Family History Armstrong insists a patient's problem is hereditary; Chandler tries to help an amnesiac; Craig's old college pal surprises him. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 22, 1983 Remission Auschlander faces chemotherapy; a female flasher prowls the halls; Ehrlich takes in Fiscus as a roommate. Details Episode 15 Aired Mar 1, 1983 Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day Westphall learns the truth behind a racially explosive beating; streetwalkers visit a colleague; Ehrlich scrambles to get a date. Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 8, 1983 The Count A process server dogs an adult-film star; Armstrong tells Craig her suspicions about a surgeon; Ehrlich and Fiscus bicker. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 15, 1983 Brothers A brother requests euthanasia; Fiscus subs for Ehrlich with Daniels; Rosenthal must have surgery elsewhere. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 22, 1983 Dog Day Hospital A pregnant woman brandishes a gun in Ehrlich's operating room; Rosenthal resents special attention after returning. Details Episode 19 Aired Apr 5, 1983 Working Morrison's patient wants to drink himself to death; a dead patient's family sues Chandler; White's work deteriorates. Details Episode 20 Aired Apr 12, 1983 Craig in Love A visiting Hungarian doctor returns Craig's affection; Chandler consults the hospital's lawyer; Morrison tries to help White. Details Episode 21 Aired Apr 19, 1983 Baron Von Munchausen Morrison and Ehrlich's patient shows contradictory symptoms; Daniels subdues a crazed vagrant threatening to kill her. Details Episode 22 Aired May 3, 1983 Addiction Morrison sweats out Nina's prolonged labor; White is suspected of drug thefts; Craig puts his son in Ehrlich's charge. Details

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Season Info

Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 26, 1982