St. Elsewhere
“It couldn't happen anywhere else.”
CreatorJoshua Brand, John Falsey
St. Eligius is a crumbling Boston teaching hospital nicknamed 'St. Elsewhere' — the place patients end up when better hospitals won't take them. The NBC drama from MTM Enterprises followed its overworked doctors with a then-radical mix of dark comedy, serialized storylines and patients who actually died, paving the way for 'ER' and every ensemble medical show since. The cast included William Daniels, Ed Begley Jr., Howie Mandel and a young Denzel Washington in his breakout role as Dr. Philip Chandler. It ran six seasons from 1982 to 1988 and remains famous for one of television's most debated finales.
Seasons
6
Episodes
137
Country
United States
Status
Ended
Cast
William Daniels
Mark Craig · 137 eps
Norman Lloyd
Daniel Auschlander · 132 eps
Denzel Washington
Philip Chandler · 137 eps
David Morse
Jack Morrison · 137 eps
Ed Begley Jr.
Victor Ehrlich · 137 eps
Howie Mandel
Wayne Fiscus · 137 eps
Christina Pickles
Helen Rosenthal · 137 eps
Eric Laneuville
Luther Hawkins · 128 eps
Ed Flanders
Donald Westphall · 120 eps
Stephen Furst
Elliot Axelrod · 97 eps
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Sagan Lewis
Jacqueline Wade · 93 eps
Bonnie Bartlett
Ellen Craig · 80 eps
Cynthia Sikes
Annie Cavanero · 68 eps
Jennifer Savidge
Lucy Papandrao · 63 eps
Mark Harmon
Robert Caldwell · 59 eps
Terence Knox
Peter White · 53 eps
Ellen Bry
Shirley Daniels · 51 eps
Kavi Raz
Vijay Kochar · 51 eps
Cindy Pickett
Carol Novino · 50 eps
Bruce Greenwood
Seth Griffin · 45 eps
Kim Miyori
Wendy Armstrong · 39 eps
France Nuyen
Paulette Kiem · 35 eps
Barbara Whinnery
Cathy Martin · 32 eps
Nancy Stafford
Joan Halloran · 30 eps
Ronny Cox
John Gideon · 22 eps
G.W. Bailey
Hugh Beale · 22 eps
David Birney
Ben Samuels · 22 eps
Herb Edelman
Richard Clarendon · 18 eps
Florence Halop
Mrs. Hufnagel · 18 eps
Alfre Woodard
Roxanne Turner · 17 eps
Chad Allen
Tommy Westphall · 17 eps
Christina Kokubo
Paramedic Faith Yee · 15 eps
Frank Dent
Steven Kiley · 13 eps
Jeannie Elias
Marcy Eisenberg · 12 eps
Philip Sterling
Simon Weiss · 12 eps
Paul Sand
Michael Ridley · 12 eps
Deborah May
Terri Valere · 11 eps
S. Pearl Sharp
Nurse Peggy Shotwell · 10 eps
George DelHoyo
Ken Valere · 10 eps
Helen Hunt
Clancy Williams · 8 eps
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1
Pilot
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.
2
Bypass
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.
3
Down's Syndrome
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.
4
Cora and Arnie
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.
5
Samuels and the Kid
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.
6
Legionnaires (1)
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.
7
Legionnaires (2)
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.
8
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.
9
Rain
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.
10
Hearts
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.
11
Graveyard
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.
12
Release
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.
13
Family History
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.
14
Remission
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.
15
Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day
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.
16
The Count
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.
17
Brothers
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.
18
Dog Day Hospital
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.
19
Working
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.
20
Craig in Love
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.
21
Baron Von Munchausen
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..
22
Addiction
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.
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