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The following is a list of episodes for the American [[medical drama]] [[television program|television series]] ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''. The series ran on [[NBC]] from October 26, 1982, to May 25, 1988, with a total of 137 episodes produced, spanning 6 seasons.

==Series overview==
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| episodes1    = 22
| start1       = {{Start date|1982|10|26}}
| end1         = {{End date|1983|5|3}}

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| end2         = {{End date|1984|5|16}}

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| episodes3    = 24
| start3       = {{Start date|1984|9|19}}
| end3         = {{End date|1985|3|27}}

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| end4         = {{End date|1986|5|7}}

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| end5         = {{End date|1987|5|27}}

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==Episodes==

===Season 1 (1982–83)===
{{Episode table
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|title=20
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|director=15
|airdate=14
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=1
 |EpisodeNumber2=1 
 |Title=Pilot
 |DirectedBy=[[Thomas Carter (director)|Thomas Carter]]
 |WrittenBy=[[Joshua Brand]] & [[John Falsey]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1982|10|26}}
 |ProdCode=2313
 |ShortSummary=While the doctors of St. Eligius search for a missing mental patient, paramedics bring in the victims of a terrorist bombing. <br>'''Debut episode:''' Seen in the opening credits (in the following order) were [[Ed Flanders]] as Dr. Donald Westphall, [[David Birney]] as Dr. Ben Samuels, [[G.W. Bailey]] as Dr. Hugh Beale, [[Ed Begley Jr.]] as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, [[Terence Knox]] as Dr. Peter White, [[Howie Mandel]] as Dr. Wayne Fiscus, [[David Morse]] as Dr. Jack Morrison, [[Christina Pickles]] as Nurse Helen Rosenthal, [[Kavi Raz]] as Dr. V.J. Kochar, [[Cynthia Sikes]] as Dr. Annie Cavanero, [[Denzel Washington]] as Dr. Philip Chandler, and [[William Daniels]] as Dr. Mark Craig.  The following actors were seen in the debut episode, but would not be promoted to the opening credits until later seasons:  [[Norman Lloyd]] as Dr. Daniel Auschlander, [[Barbara Whinnery]] as Dr. Cathy Martin, [[Kim Miyori]] as Dr. Wendy Armstrong, [[Ellen Bry]] as Nurse Shirley Daniels, [[Eric Laneuville]] as Luther Hawkins, [[Sagan Lewis]] as Dr. Jacqueline Wade, and [[Jennifer Savidge]] as Nurse Lucy Papandrao.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2
 |EpisodeNumber2=2 
 |Title=Bypass
 |DirectedBy=Thomas Carter
 |WrittenBy=Joshua Brand & John Falsey
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1982|11|09}}
 |ProdCode=2301
 |ShortSummary=As Morrison reluctantly treats the bomber ([[Tim Robbins]]), Ehrlich has his first OR session with Craig and Beale takes a swimming lesson from Samuels.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=3
 |EpisodeNumber2=3 
 |Title=Down's Syndrome 
 |DirectedBy=[[Mark Tinker]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey and [[Tom Fontana]]|t= Tom Fontana}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1982|11|16}}
 |ProdCode=2304
 |ShortSummary=A couple ([[Tony Bill]], [[Maureen Anderman]]) learn their unborn child has Down's syndrome, while Westphall plays host to hospital board members.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=4
 |EpisodeNumber2=4 
 |Title=Cora and Arnie
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey and Neil Cuthbert|t= Neil Cuthbert}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1982|11|23}}
 |ProdCode=2305
 |ShortSummary=Morrison informs a bag lady ([[Doris Roberts]]) with sore feet that she has a life-threatening condition and a parolee in pain ([[Lionel Mark Smith|Lionel Smith]]) learns that he's been shot.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=5
 |EpisodeNumber2=5 
 |Title=Samuels and the Kid 
 |DirectedBy=Thomas Carter
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey and [[John Masius]]|t= John Masius}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1982|11|30}}
 |ProdCode=2303
 |ShortSummary=As Chandler accuses a nurse ([[Vivian Bonnell]]) of incompetence and Cavanero instructs a teenager (Henry Celis) on delivering a baby over the phone, Samuels befriends an 11-year-old boy (Jeremy Licht) with a football injury. <br>'''Debut episode:''' [[Bonnie Bartlett]] as Ellen Craig.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=6 
 |EpisodeNumber2=6 
 |Title=Legionnaires: Part 1
 |DirectedBy=Thomas Carter
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey and [[Joel Surnow]]|t= Joel Surnow}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1982|12|07}}
 |ProdCode=2306
 |ShortSummary=Westphall considers closing a ward after patients die of [[Legionnaires' disease]], while a nurse ([[Rita Taggart]]) expresses contempt for Cavanero.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=7
 |EpisodeNumber2=7 
 |Title=Legionnaires: Part 2
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey and [[Charles Rosin]]|t= Charles Rosin}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1982|12|14}}
 |ProdCode=2309
 |ShortSummary=As Fiscus is mugged in the ER and Beale discovers his patient ([[Laraine Newman]]) got pregnant during her stay, Westphall's decision to close the ward puts his job on the line.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=8
 |EpisodeNumber2=8 
 |Title=Tweety and Ralph
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey and [[Elizabeth Diggs]]|t= Elizabeth Diggs}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1982|12|21}}
 |ProdCode=2307
 |ShortSummary=While a patient ([[Molly Cheek]]) celebrates her upcoming hysterectomy, Ralph ([[Richard Marcus]]) makes a nest in the storeroom.
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=9
 |EpisodeNumber2=9 
 |Title=Rain
 |DirectedBy=Victor Hsu
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey and Tom Fontana|t= Tom Fontana}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|01|04}}
 |ProdCode=2308
 |ShortSummary=As Morrison takes a house call he later regrets, Fiscus pulls his gun on a patient ([[Ray Liotta]]) and White's daughter ([[Candace Cameron]]) swallows mothballs.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=10
 |EpisodeNumber2=10 
 |Title=Hearts
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey and John Masius|t= John Masius}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|01|11}}
 |ProdCode=2310
 |ShortSummary=While Ralph poses as a staffer and a woman ([[Conchata Ferrell]]) learns she has labor pains, Ehrlich experiences another moment of truth assisting Craig.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=11
 |EpisodeNumber2=11 
 |Title=Graveyard
 |DirectedBy=Victor Lobl
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= Joshua Brand & John Falsey and John Masius and Tom Fontana}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|01|18}}
 |ProdCode=2302
 |ShortSummary=Samuels tries to save a critically wounded patient ([[Tom Hulce]]), while a Chinese couple perform a ritual on their dying son (Rummel Mor) and Ralph (Richard Marcus) decides to leave St. Eligius, by flying away.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=12
 |EpisodeNumber2=12 
 |Title=Release
 |DirectedBy=Victor Lobl
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= Tom Fontana and David Assael}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|02|01}}
 |ProdCode=2311
 |ShortSummary=As Craig's college roommate ([[Andy Romano]]) checks in for a sex change operation, White tries to get his first autopsy consent form and Chandler helps a shooting victim (Tom Hulce) regain his memory.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=13
 |EpisodeNumber2=13 
 |Title=Family History
 |DirectedBy=[[Kevin Hooks]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= Andrew Laskos}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|02|08}}
 |ProdCode=2312
 |ShortSummary=White hopes to reconcile with his wife (Karen Landry), while the amnesiac shooting victim (Tom Hulce) meets his parents ([[Alan Feinstein (actor)|Alan Feinstein]], [[Claire Malis]]) and Armstrong attempts to correct an embarrassing oversight.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=14
 |EpisodeNumber2=14 
 |Title=Remission
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= Leigh Curran}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|02|22}}
 |ProdCode=2314
 |ShortSummary=As Auschlander considers chemotherapy, a victim of a racially-motivated assault ([[David James Elliott|David Elliott]]) is brought in, a female flasher ([[Janis Paige]]) roams the halls and Fiscus - recently evicted from his apartment - convinces Ehrlich to take him in.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=15
 |EpisodeNumber2=15 
 |Title=Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day
 |DirectedBy=[[Bruce Paltrow]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= John Masius and Tom Fontana}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|03|01}}
 |ProdCode=2315
 |ShortSummary=While Ehrlich gets mismatched for a party at Craig's house, Morrison learns that the assault victim (David Elliott) was not beaten up due to racial issues and tricks are played on Luther for his birthday.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=16
 |EpisodeNumber2=16 
 |Title=The Count
 |DirectedBy=Kevin Hooks
 |WrittenBy=Joshua Brand & John Falsey
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|03|08}}
 |ProdCode=2316
 |ShortSummary=Cavanero and Samuels help a porn star (Michael Halsey) hide from a summons server ([[William Schilling]]), while Armstrong suspects a surgeon ([[Peter Michael Goetz]]) of needlessly inserting pacemakers in patients.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=17
 |EpisodeNumber2=17 
 |Title=Brothers
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= Mark Tinker & John Tinker}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|03|15}}
 |ProdCode=2317
 |ShortSummary=As Ehrlich asks Nurse Daniels for a second chance, and Rosenthal faces a mastectomy, a man ([[Pat Hingle]]) asks the doctors to end his terminally ill brother's suffering.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=18
 |EpisodeNumber2=18 
 |Title=Dog Day Hospital
 |DirectedBy=Victor Lobl
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= [[John Ford Noonan]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|03|22}}
 |ProdCode=2318
 |ShortSummary=A pregnant woman ([[Judith Light]]) with a gun interrupts Ehrlich's first solo operation when she demands to see the doctor who gave her husband ([[Tom Atkins (actor)|Tom Atkins]]) a vasectomy, while Fiscus's feisty "aunt" ([[Elizabeth Kerr]]) tours the hospital.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=19
 |EpisodeNumber2=19 
 |Title=Working
 |DirectedBy=Bruce Paltrow
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= Dennis Cooper}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|04|05}}
 |ProdCode=2320
 |ShortSummary=The family of a patient (Alan Haufrect) who died in an elevator sues Chandler, and an attractive surgeon ([[Rita Zohar]]) reveals a different side of Craig.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=20
 |EpisodeNumber2=20 
 |Title=Craig in Love
 |DirectedBy=Victor Lobl
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= Steve Lawson}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|04|12}}
 |ProdCode=2321
 |ShortSummary=Craig continues to enjoy the warmth of Dr. Anya (Rita Zohar) while his wife is away and Chandler grows increasingly sensitive due to the malpractice charge.<br>'''Final episode:''' [[David Birney]] as Dr. Ben Samuels.  (Though credited in the following two episodes, this is Samuels' final appearance.)
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=21
 |EpisodeNumber2=21 
 |Title=Baron Von Munchausen
 |DirectedBy=Victor Hsu
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joshua Brand & John Falsey|t= David Assael and Paul Schiffer}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|04|19}}
 |ProdCode=2319
 |ShortSummary=As a crazy woman ([[Micole Mercurio]]) attacks Daniels, and Craig addresses a group of minority med students, Morrison and Ehrlich clash over whether to operate on a man ([[Louis Giambalvo]]) whose test results differ from his condition.
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=22
 |EpisodeNumber2=22 
 |Title=Addiction
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy=John Masius and Tom Fontana
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|05|03}}
 |ProdCode=2322
 |ShortSummary=White is suspected of stealing drugs, Auschlander gets into a fist fight, Craig's med-student son ([[Scott Paulin]]) has a different reaction to medicine, and Morrison's wife (Deborah White) goes into labor.<br>'''Final episode:''' [[G.W. Bailey]] as Dr. Hugh Beale.
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}}
}}

===Season 2 (1983–84)===
{{Episode table
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|overall=2
|season=2
|title=20
|writer=19
|director=15
|airdate=14
|prodcode=6
|episodes=

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=23
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=Ties That Bind
 |DirectedBy=[[Bruce Paltrow]]
 |WrittenBy=[[John Masius]] and [[Tom Fontana]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|10|26}}
 |ProdCode=3301
 |ShortSummary=City-budget advisor Joan Halloran clashes with Craig over funds for a heart transplant, while a man ([[Alan Arkin]]) refuses to leave his wife ([[Piper Laurie]]) after driving her to the ER.<br>'''Debut episode:''' [[Nancy Stafford]] as Joan Halloran.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=24
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title=Lust Et Veritas 
 |DirectedBy=[[Mark Tinker]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana and [[Dennis Cooper]]|t= Dennis Cooper}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|11|02}}
 |ProdCode=3302
 |ShortSummary=Singleton (Alan Arkin) goes too far to rehabilitate his wife (Piper Laurie) and a plastic surgeon sees a good side to Halloran.<br>'''Debut episode:''' [[Mark Harmon]] as Dr. Robert Caldwell, [[Stephen Furst]] as Dr. Elliot Axelrod.  (Harmon was in the credits of the previous episode, but did not actually appear in the show until this episode.)
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=25
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |Title=Newheart
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy=John Masius and Tom Fontana and [[Garn Stephens]] & Emilie R. Small
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|11|09}}
 |ProdCode=3303
 |ShortSummary=As Fran Singleton (Piper Laurie) refuses to see her husband (Alan Arkin), Halloran faces strong opposition to the proposed participation in a nuclear contingency plan.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=26
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |Title=Qui Transtulit Sustinet 
 |DirectedBy=Victor Lobl
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|t=[[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]] & Mark Tinker|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|11|16}}
 |ProdCode=3304
 |ShortSummary=The heart-transplant team being led by Craig faces complications, while Luther asks Fiscus to join him in a silver-futures investment.
 |LineColor=333333
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=27
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |Title=A Wing and a Prayer 
 |DirectedBy=Bruce Paltrow
 |WrittenBy=Raymond DeLaurentis & [[Bob DeLaurentis|Robert DeLaurentis]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|11|23}}
 |ProdCode=3305
 |ShortSummary=The staff of St. Eligius plan their own Thanksgiving dinner, leading to Craig and Ehrlich having a competition for best turkey.
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=28
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |Title=Under Pressure
 |DirectedBy=[[David Anspaugh]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= Steve Bello}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|11|30}}
 |ProdCode=3307
 |ShortSummary=Two Irish teenagers ([[Eric Stoltz]], Thomas Dewier) cause trouble at the hospital, while Rosenthal gets arrested just before her breast surgery and a lounge singer ([[Austin Pendleton]]) sets up in an elevator.
 |LineColor=333333
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=29
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |Title=Entrapment 
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana and John Masius and Steve Bello|t= Steve Bello}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|12|07}}
 |ProdCode=3308
 |ShortSummary=As Craig finds the answer to Eve's post-operative blues, a Protestant youth runs down a Catholic and White has a drug relapse.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=30
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=All About Eve
 |DirectedBy=David Anspaugh
 |WrittenBy=John Masius and Tom Fontana
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|12|14}}
 |ProdCode=3309
 |ShortSummary=Caldwell reveals his relationship with Halloran during his treatment, while Westphall tells his autistic son ([[Chad Allen (actor)|Chad Allen]]) that their housekeeper ([[Penny Santon]]) is leaving.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=31
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |Title=AIDS and Comfort 
 |DirectedBy=Victor Lobl
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana and Steve Lawson|t= Steve Lawson}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1983|12|21}}
 |ProdCode=3306
 |ShortSummary=White reveals that he's treating a patient with AIDS ([[Michael Brandon]]) just as the hospital is having difficulty organizing a blood drive during a blizzard.
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=32
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=A Pig Too Far
 |DirectedBy=[[Linda Day]]
 |WrittenBy=John Tinker and [[James Kahn]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|01|11}}
 |ProdCode=3310
 |ShortSummary=Halloran investigates transfer practices when an indigent is brought in from a private hospital, while Ehrlich experiences the neuroses that come with being in love.
 |LineColor=333333
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=33
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |Title=Blizzard
 |DirectedBy=[[Kevin Hooks]]
 |WrittenBy=Steve Lawson and Jamie Horton
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|01|18}}
 |ProdCode=3311
 |ShortSummary=During a blizzard, Craig has a hard time getting to the hospital, Martin has a date, a computer hacker (David Knell) makes trouble for Luther and the roof falls in on Cavanero.
 |LineColor=333333
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=34
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |Title=Hearing
 |DirectedBy=[[Charles Braverman]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Steve Bello and Robert Daniels|t= Steve Bello}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|02|01}}
 |ProdCode=3312
 |ShortSummary=As Luther and Fiscus use chemical relief to treat Auschlander and a radiology supervisor (Raymond Singer) criticizes a deaf employee (Robert Daniels), the futures of Daniels and White at St. Eligius are decided at a hearing.
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=35
 |EpisodeNumber2=13 
 |Title=In Sickness and in Health
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy=John Masius and Tom Fontana
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|02|08}}
 |ProdCode=3313
 |ShortSummary=Halloran's father ([[William Windom (actor)|William Windom]]) comes to the hospital, while Craig's mother-in-law ([[Lurene Tuttle]]) and Ehrlich's aunt ([[Louise Lasser]]) are among the guests at Roberta ([[Jean Bruce Scott]]) and Ehrlich's wedding.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=36
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |Title=Drama Center
 |DirectedBy=David Anspaugh 	
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= John Tinker}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|02|15}}
 |ProdCode=3314
 |ShortSummary=A rape happens outside the hospital, Westphall's son and White each struggle to deal with change and a TV crew follows Craig.
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=37
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |Title=Attack
 |DirectedBy=Kevin Hooks
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= Cynthia Darnell & Douglas Brooks West}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|02|22}}
 |ProdCode=3315
 |ShortSummary=As a construction worker ([[Dan Hedaya]]) keeps quiet about his medical history to avoid losing work time and Auschlander enjoys the company of an old girlfriend ([[Geraldine Fitzgerald]]), the rapist finds a new victim inside the hospital.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=38
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |Title=After Dark
 |DirectedBy=[[Eric Laneuville]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana and Steve Lawson|t= Steve Lawson}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|02|29}}
 |ProdCode=3316
 |ShortSummary=While Craig expects to win the "Doctor of the Year" award and Caldwell and Ehrlich make decisions about their romantic relationships, the rapist strikes again.
 |LineColor=333333
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=39
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |Title=Vanity
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= John Tinker and Raymond DeLaurentis and [[Jorge Zamacona]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|03|07}}
 |ProdCode=3317
 |ShortSummary=Craig wants to put a stop to the TV documentary, Rosenthal has reconstructive breast surgery and Mr. Entertainment ([[Austin Pendleton]]) finds his true calling.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=40
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |Title=Equinox 
 |DirectedBy=David Anspaugh 
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= [[Channing Gibson]] & [[Charles H. Eglee]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|03|14}}
 |ProdCode=3318
 |ShortSummary=As Cavanero faces the task of telling a student he has cancer, White is let go from his reduced assault charge and returns to the hospital - only to face a hostile staff, including Martin.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=41
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |Title=The Women
 |DirectedBy=Bruce Paltrow
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= [[John Ford Noonan]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|03|28}}
 |ProdCode=3319
 |ShortSummary=The staff of St. Eligius makes friends with an octogenarian ([[Eva Le Gallienne]]), an erratic mother ([[Brenda Vaccaro]]) and a nose-job recipient ([[Blythe Danner]]).
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=42
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |Title=Cramming
 |DirectedBy=[[Tim Matheson]]
 |WrittenBy=Steve Lawson and Steve Bello
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|05|02}}
 |ProdCode=3320
 |ShortSummary=As Armstrong makes a fatal misdiagnosis and White takes a polygraph test, Ehrlich attempts to send Aunt Charice (Louise Lasser) away as he crams for the National Boards.
 |LineColor=333333
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=43
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |Title=Rough Cut
 |DirectedBy=Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Steve Lawson and Steve Bello|t= Susan Lindner & Mitchell Fink}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|05|09}}
 |ProdCode=3321
 |ShortSummary=While Fiscus gains popularity from his modeling debut and Caldwell tries to prepare for a weekend in Paris, the residents wait to hear who will be dropped from the program.<br>'''Final episode:''' [[Kim Miyori]] as Dr. Wendy Armstrong. (Miyori is seen in the credits of the following episode, but this episode is her final appearance.)
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=44
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |Title=Hello and Goodbye
 |DirectedBy=Linda Day
 |WrittenBy=John Masius and Tom Fontana
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|05|16}}
 |ProdCode=3322
 |ShortSummary=The ER is shut down for repairs as Morrison goes on his first date since his wife's passing, Craig's son (Scott Paulin) returns home after conquering his drug problem and Auschlander collapses in a stalled elevator.<br>'''Debut episode:''' [[Byron Stewart]] as Warren Coolidge.
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}}

===Season 3 (1984–85)===
{{Episode table
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|overall=2
|season=2
|title=20
|writer=19
|director=15
|airdate=14
|prodcode=6
|episodes=

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=45
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=Playing God: Part 1
 |DirectedBy=[[Bruce Paltrow]]
 |WrittenBy=[[John Masius]] and [[Tom Fontana]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|09|19}}
 |ProdCode=4301
 |ShortSummary=A mother superior ([[Michael Learned]]) argues with Westphall over the fate of a critically injured nun ([[Priscilla Morrill]]), while the nurses may go on strike since Rosenthal and Auschlander can't negotiate a contract and three firemen are brought in with severe burns and injuries. Clancy ([[Helen Hunt]]) tells Morrison important news. Fiscus gives the new residents a tour of the hospital.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=46
 |EpisodeNumber2=2 
 |Title=Playing God: Part 2
 |DirectedBy=Bruce Paltrow
 |WrittenBy=John Masius and Tom Fontana
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|09|26}}
 |ProdCode=4302
 |ShortSummary=Westphall bans Sister Domenica (Michael Learned) from the hospital as Fiscus meets a young patient's fairy godmother ([[Tammy Grimes]]). Rosenthal brings a mediator ([[Herbert Edelman]]) into the negotiations and White comes back to work. Clancy (Helen Hunt) decides to have an abortion against Morrison's wishes.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=47
 |EpisodeNumber2=3 
 |Title=Two Balls and a Strike 
 |DirectedBy=[[David Anspaugh]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|t= John Tinker|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana and [[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|10|03}}
 |ProdCode=4303
 |ShortSummary=As the rapist strikes again, Daniels stays behind when Rosenthal leads the nurses on strike. The Craigs see a therapist and Luther discovers the reason behind a firefighter's slow recovery.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=48
 |EpisodeNumber2=4 
 |Title=Strikeout 
 |DirectedBy=[[Mark Tinker]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana and Steve Bello|t= Steve Bello}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|10|17}}
 |ProdCode=4304
 |ShortSummary=As Martin becomes the rapist's latest victim, the city threatens to close St. Eligius if the nurses' strike isn't settled and Lucy leaves the picket line to help with an emergency surgery with one of the fire fighters ([[Ernie Hudson]]). Because of the strike, Warren and Luther get extra work replastering the Craigs' kitchen walls. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=49
 |EpisodeNumber2=5 
 |Title=Breathless
 |DirectedBy=[[Eric Laneuville]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= [[Joel Surnow]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|10|24}}
 |ProdCode=4305
 |ShortSummary=A psychiatric patient ([[Jim Lefebvre]]) confesses to the rapes, while the firefighter ([[John Hammond (actor)|John Hammond]]) who's been using drugs faces complications. An employee ([[Al Ruscio]]) gets asbestosis and Ehrlich gets divorced.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=50
 |EpisodeNumber2=6 
 |Title=My Aim is True
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker	
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= [[Charles H. Eglee]] & [[Channing Gibson]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|10|31}}
 |ProdCode=4306
 |ShortSummary=One firefighter gets a new face ([[Stephen Elliott (actor)|Stephen Elliott]]), another develops claustrophobia. Auschlander hires an assistant, a cop loses his gun in the ER and Elliot becomes a hypochondriac while disagreeing with Wade over a patient. Shirley flirts with White.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=51
 |EpisodeNumber2=7 
 |Title=Fade to White
 |DirectedBy=David Anspaugh 
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= Cynthia Darnell}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|11|07}}
 |ProdCode=4307
 |ShortSummary=Morrison discovers the cause of a child's asthma attacks, while residents interview for a job in television and the surviving firefighters (Ernie Hudson, Stephen Elliott) celebrate their recovery. Doctors try to save White. A new orderly makes her presence known.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=52
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=Sweet Dreams
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy=John Masius and Tom Fontana
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|11|14}}
 |ProdCode=4308
 |ShortSummary=The doctors and patients of St. Eligius have sleeping problems.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=53
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |Title=Up on the Roof
 |DirectedBy=Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Tinker and Charles H. Eglee|t= Steve Bello and Channing Gibson}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|11|21}}
 |ProdCode=4309
 |ShortSummary=As a bone-marrow specialist ([[Caroline McWilliams]]) arrives to perform a transplant on feuding brothers ([[Harold Gould]], [[Bill Macy]]), an accident happens while Morrison's neighbor watches Pete and Caldwell bids farewell to the last firefighter (Stephen Elliott). Shirley gives Cathy an important letter and finds herself on the roof.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=54
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=Girls Just Want to Have Fun
 |DirectedBy=Bruce Paltrow
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Charles H. Eglee and Steve Bello|t= Channing Gibson and John Tinker}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|11|28}}
 |ProdCode=4310
 |ShortSummary=Auschandler proposes a risky procedure for Alexis (Brandy Gold), while the rumor Cavanero started comes back to hunt her and Chandler turns in a woman ([[Beah Richards]]) who's been illegally practicing medicine. Morrison and Fiscus are haunted by Shirley.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=55
 |EpisodeNumber2=11 
 |Title=Homecoming
 |DirectedBy=David Anspaugh
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Steve Bello and Channing Gibson|t= John Tinker and Charles H. Eglee}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|12|05}}
 |ProdCode=4311
 |ShortSummary=A woman ([[Mimi Kennedy]]) returns home from a trip to find her ex-husband ([[John Schuck]]) getting weaker from the procedure he's going through to save their daughter (Brandy Gold), while Martin gives Fiscus a letter that could determine Daniels' fate.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=56
 |EpisodeNumber2=12 
 |Title=The Children's Hour 
 |DirectedBy=[[William Daniels]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson and John Tinker|t= Charles H. Eglee and Steve Bello}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|12|12}}
 |ProdCode=4312
 |ShortSummary=Westphall decides his son's future, while Martin leaves the psychiatric ward to help a fellow patient ([[Richard Maynard (actor)|Richard Maynard]]). Ehrlich helps a woman ([[Anne-Marie Martin]]) with an active libido and Rosenthal is confronted by her lover's wife ([[Beverly Sanders]]).
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=57
 |EpisodeNumber2=13 
 |Title=Dr. Wyler, I Presume
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= Cynthia Darnell}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1984|12|19}}
 |ProdCode=4313
 |ShortSummary=The search for a kidney donor reunites Auschlander with a doctor ([[David Wayne]]) who's been in Africa for 40 years and Craig and Ehrlich find removing a bullet from a patient to be a very risky procedure.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=58
 |EpisodeNumber2=14 
 |Title=Whistle, Wyler Works 
 |DirectedBy=David Anspaugh 	
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= Duncan Smith}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|01|02}}
 |ProdCode=4314
 |ShortSummary=As Ehlrich stands by during Shalla's kidney transplant, Luther is recruited by a Caribbean medical school with questionable credentials that already has a "graduate" working at the hospital. Chandler treats a patient ([[Jay Tarses]]) who has one wife too many. Victor and Ellen have a heart to heart chat.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=59
 |EpisodeNumber2=15 
 |Title=Bye, George 
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy=John Masius and Tom Fontana
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|01|09}}
 |ProdCode=4315
 |ShortSummary=While Halloran tries to defend Morrison and Mrs. Hufnagel ([[Florence Halop]]) proposes marriage, a tragedy convinces Wyler (David Wayne) to leave Boston.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=60
 |EpisodeNumber2=16 
 |Title=Saving Face
 |DirectedBy=[[Charles Braverman]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= [[Jorge Zamacona]] and [[Norma Safford Vela]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|01|16}}
 |ProdCode=4316
 |ShortSummary=Caldwell cares for a woman ([[Ann Hearn]]) with a disfigured disease, while Craig's 30th-anniversary celebration includes a visit from his brother ([[Lou Richards (actor)|Lou Richards]]) and a new doctor ([[Karen Austin]]) takes over the ER.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=61
 |EpisodeNumber2=17 
 |Title=Give the Boy a Hand 
 |DirectedBy=[[Janet Greek]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= Mitchell Fink & Marc Ross}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|01|23}}
 |ProdCode=4317
 |ShortSummary=As Westphall tries to counsel his daughter ([[Dana Short]]) on her college pressures and Ehrlich ends his TV career, Woodley (Karen Austin) befriends a runaway pregnant woman ([[Lycia Naff]]), whose boyfriend ([[Timothy Van Patten]]) has set up a drug deal.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=62
 |EpisodeNumber2=18 
 |Title=Any Portrait in a Storm
 |DirectedBy=[[Leo Penn]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= [[Lyle Kessler]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|01|30}}
 |ProdCode=4318
 |ShortSummary=Dean (Timothy Van Patten) leaves for Florida just as Maddy (Lycia Naff) goes into labor, while a phone repairman (John Corey) gets electrocuted in the hospital and Auschlander cancels his own tribute. Cathy returns to work.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=63
 |EpisodeNumber2=19 
 |Title=Red, White, Black and Blue 
 |DirectedBy=Bruce Paltrow
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= Channing Gibson}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|02|13}}
 |ProdCode=4319
 |ShortSummary=As Ehrlich reports a case of suspected child abuse and Shirley Daniels returns to St. Eligius, the staff goes on alert mode when the First Lady's motorcade passes through the area, while Westphall faces an ethical dilemma.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=64
 |EpisodeNumber2=20 
 |Title=Amazing Face
 |DirectedBy=Janet Greek
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= Charles H. Eglee}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|02|20}}
 |ProdCode=4320
 |ShortSummary=While Westphall puts his house on the market and Daniels returns to the scene of the crime, the bandages are removed from a woman (Ann Hearn) operated on for disfigurement just as Mrs. Hufnagel (Florence Halop) is about to go under the knife herself.
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=65
 |EpisodeNumber2=21 
 |Title=Murder, She Rote
 |DirectedBy=Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy=Tom Fontana and John Masius and Steve Bello
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|02|27}}
 |ProdCode=4321
 |ShortSummary=Elliot goes on a date, Caldwell tries to get his patient (Ann Hearn) to leave her room, Mrs. Hufnagel (Florence Halop) finally leaves the hospital and Daniels is declared fit to return to work. Westphall sells his house.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=66
 |EpisodeNumber2=22 
 |Title=Tears of a Clown
 |DirectedBy=Janet Greek
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Steve Bello, John Tinker, Charles H. Eglee and Channing Gibson|t= John Masius and Tom Fontana}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|03|13}}
 |ProdCode=4322
 |ShortSummary=A clown's multiple sclerosis gets worse, while Craig helps Westphall find a condo and Morrison's responsibilities take their toll on him. Fiscus meets Cathy's new lover. Axelrod finds out he is included in Mrs. Hufnagel's will.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=67
 |EpisodeNumber2=23 
 |Title=Bang the Eardrum Slowly 
 |DirectedBy=David Anspaugh
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius and Tom Fontana|t= Stephen Willey}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|03|20}}
 |ProdCode=4324
 |ShortSummary=As Morrison learns the cause of his troubles and Elliot meets Mrs. Hufnagel's son (Boyd Bodwell) while mourning her passing with Auschlander, Luther's hearing is damaged in an explosion.<br>'''Final episode:''' [[Cynthia Sikes]] as Dr. Annie Cavanero. (Sikes is seen in the credits of the following episode, but this episode is her final appearance.)
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=68
 |EpisodeNumber2=24 
 |Title=Cheers
 |DirectedBy=Bruce Paltrow
 |WrittenBy=John Masius and Tom Fontana and John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1985|03|27}}
 |ProdCode=4323
 |ShortSummary=Craig, Auschlander and Westphall have drinks at ''[[Cheers]]'' as they ponder the meaning of life. Katherine ([[Jane Wyatt]]) faces major surgery. Luther needs an Easter Bunny for the annual Easter egg hunt.
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}}
}}

===Season 4 (1985–86)===
{{Episode table
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|overall=2
|season=2
|title=20
|writer=19
|director=15
|airdate=14
|prodcode=6
|episodes=

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 69
 |EpisodeNumber2= 1
 |Title= Remembrance of Things Past 
 |DirectedBy= [[Bruce Paltrow]]
 |WrittenBy= [[John Masius]], Bruce Paltrow and [[Tom Fontana]]
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|9|18}}
 |ProdCode= 5309
 |ShortSummary=The hospital review board acquires a new member from the psychiatric floor; Chandler experiences long-suppressed resentments when he treats a Vietnamese patient (Le Tuan) and Dr. Turner counsels an upwardly mobile couple ([[George Deloy]], [[Deborah May]]) who can't conceive a child. <br>'''Debut episode:''' [[Alfre Woodard]] as Dr. Roxanne Turner.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 70
 |EpisodeNumber2= 2 
 |Title= Fathers and Sons
 |DirectedBy= [[Mark Tinker]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= [[Duncan J. D. Smith|Duncan Smith]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|9|25}}
 |ProdCode= 5302
 |ShortSummary=The Craigs meet their pregnant daughter-in-law, Yvonne (Suzanne Lederer); the Valeres (George Deloy, Deborah May) continue to explore ways of having a child; Westphall's new policies irritate the residents and Auschlander; and Luther rides with a paramedic team ([[Adam Arkin]], [[Melanie Chartoff]]) preoccupied with their personal grievances.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 71
 |EpisodeNumber2= 3 
 |Title= Haunted
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|t= [[Charles H. Eglee]], [[Channing Gibson]] & [[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]]|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|10|23}}
 |ProdCode= 5310
 |ShortSummary=The Craigs face a tremendous loss as their first grandchild is born; a newly inspired Dr. Westphall returns to work full of ideas; and Fiscus invites himself up to Dr. Caldwell's Cape Cod retreat, where he sees a different side to the surgeon. Elliot and Marcy (Jeannie Elias) discover a common interest in food.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 72
 |EpisodeNumber2= 4 
 |Title= The Naked and the Dead
 |DirectedBy= [[Leo Penn]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= [[Russ Woody]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|10|30}}
 |ProdCode= 5303
 |ShortSummary=Dr. Westphall tries to deal with his critical sister-in-law ([[Tanya Berezin]]) and a reluctant hospital board; Luther becomes Axelrod's personal trainer; Roxanne asks Chandler to her recital; Rosenthal worries over the threats of an assaulted teenager ([[Robert Romanus]]); Dr. Caldwell's questionable behavior continues at the hospital; and Dr. Craig proves to be of little help to his grieving wife.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 73
 |EpisodeNumber2= 5 
 |Title= Slice O'Life
 |DirectedBy= [[Eric Laneuville]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker|t= John Tinker}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|11|6}}
 |ProdCode= 5304
 |ShortSummary=Dr. Westphall drives himself too hard and is hospitalized; Yvonne's parents ([[Ramon Bieri]], [[K Callan]]) arrive to see their daughter (Suzanne Lederer) and to claim their grandchild; Terri (Deborah May) has in-vitro fertilization; Fiscus makes a donation; and Dr. Caldwell picks up the wrong woman (Cristen Kauffman). Helen goes back to work on the floor. Dr. Westphall's insightful moving man ([[Todd Susman]]) checks into the hospital.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 74
 |EpisodeNumber2= 6 
 |Title= Lost and Found in Space 
 |DirectedBy= Robert Becker
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= Bob Rosenfarb}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|11|13}}
 |ProdCode= 5305
 |ShortSummary=An astronaut ([[David Ackroyd]]) lecturing in Boston collapses and is brought to St. Eligius; Papandrao and Rosenthal continue to clash; Axelrod loses both Marcy (Jeannie Elias) and his battle with the bulge; Dr. Craig impatiently assumes the responsibility for explaining the facts of life to an intellectually disabled young woman ([[Amanda Wyss]]); and Dr. Westphall hears some hard to take truths from his sister-in-law ([[Tanya Berezin]]).
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 75
 |EpisodeNumber2= 7 
 |Title= Close Encounters
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= [[Norma Safford Vela]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|11|20}}
 |ProdCode= 5306
 |ShortSummary=Dr. Craig arranges to take Yvonne (Suzanne Lederer) home to her parents; Ehrlich advises a plastic surgery patient behind Dr. Caldwell's back; Capt. Neal ([[Betty White]]) arrives to evaluate the astronaut's condition and to supervise his transfer to Walter Reed, despite Westphall and Morrison's objections; Chandler and Dr. Turner plan a vacation together; and John Doe #6 ([[Oliver Clark]]) decides he's [[The Mary Tyler Moore Show|Mary Richards]] and plans a party to celebrate.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 76
 |EpisodeNumber2= 8 
 |Title= Watch the Skies 
 |DirectedBy= [[Bethany Rooney|Beth Hillshafer]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= Charles H. Eglee}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|11|27}}
 |ProdCode= 5307
 |ShortSummary=Mr. Galecki (Ramon Bieri) brings Barbara back to the Craigs; Dr. Turner leaves unexpectedly for her sleepy hometown down South; Rosenthal slaps Lucy; Jack takes his remedial exam and Colonel Cochrane (David Ackroyd) reconciles himself with God. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 77
 |EpisodeNumber2= 9 
 |Title= Sanctuary
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius|t= Channing Gibson}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|12|4}}
 |ProdCode= 5308
 |ShortSummary=Dr. Westphall learns that his new housekeeper ([[Edith Diaz]]) is an illegal immigrant who was tortured by the death squads in El Salvador; a nervous Ehrlich tries to get out of his OB-GYN rotation, and later delivers a baby; crackdowns on the homeless unearth a sarcophagus ([[Leah Ayres]]) and an old acquaintance of Wayne's (Mark Casella); Dr. Caldwell is chastised for letting his joking comments to Papandrao go too far in front of a patient.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 78
 |EpisodeNumber2= 10 
 |Title= Loss of Power
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Bruce Paltrow & Mark Tinker|t= John Masius & Tom Fontana}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|12|11}}
 |ProdCode= 5323
 |ShortSummary= A blackout brings past patients to the hospital. Fiscus proposes to Mona (Leah Ayres). Westphall is trapped in an elevator. Axelrod treats a patient ([[Richard Gilliland]]) who thinks he's a vampire. Caldwell receives bad news about a friend's mother. Rosenthal receives papers about a past mistake. John Doe (Oliver Clark) calls the FBI. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 79
 |EpisodeNumber2= 11 
 |Title= Santa Claus is Dead 
 |DirectedBy= Leo Penn
 |WrittenBy= Charles H. Eglee, John Masius & Tom Fontana
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|12|18}}
 |ProdCode= 5314
 |ShortSummary=Axelrod tries to keep Santa Claus ([[Aaron Fletcher]]) alive after he collapses at a children's party; Ehrlich tries to brighten the holiday for his only obstetrical patient ([[Judyann Elder]]); Lizzie's boyfriend ([[Casey Siemaszko]]) finds the Westphalls' Christmas depressing; and Dr. Craig overindulges at his Christmas party.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 80
 |EpisodeNumber2= 12 
 |Title= The Boom Boom Womb 
 |DirectedBy= [[Nicholas Mele]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= Michael Moody}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|1|8}}
 |ProdCode= 5312
 |ShortSummary=An anti-abortionist ([[Rob Garrison]]) targets the hospital for bomb threats and Chandler is involved in trouble at the Boston Women's Clinic; Rosenthal decides what she must do with her youngest son ([[Ina Fried|Ian Fried]]); Luther loses his favorite racing pigeon, whom he left in Axelrod's care; and Morrison tries to explain abortion to Pru (Amanda Wyss). Dr. Westphall's housekeeper (Edith Diaz) has her INS hearing. Mona (Leah Ayres) and Wayne quarrel.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 81
 |EpisodeNumber2= 13 
 |Title= To Tell the Truth 
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= Steve Lawson}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|1|15}}
 |ProdCode= 5313
 |ShortSummary=Fiscus does his community outreach work with two cantankerous elderly people ([[John McIntire]], [[Jeanette Nolan]]). An eccentric couple ([[Ellis Rabb]], [[Carrie Nye]]) come to the hospital to claim John Doe (Oliver Clark). The Valeres (George Deloy, Deborah May) fight about adoption.  Phil finds himself at the wrong place and the wrong time.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 82
 |EpisodeNumber2= 14 
 |Title= Family Ties
 |DirectedBy= [[Allan Arkush]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= [[Judith Kahan]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|1|22}}
 |ProdCode= 5315
 |ShortSummary=The wealthy matriarch of an old [[Massachusetts]] family ([[Dorothy McGuire]]) is admitted for tests. Auschlander is cold towards Mrs. Endicott. Morrison prepares for his upcoming knee surgery. The Valeres (George Deloy, Deborah May) interview a surrogate ([[Annette McCarthy]]). 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 83
 |EpisodeNumber2= 15 
 |Title= Family Feud 
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= Frank Dandridge}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|1|29}}
 |ProdCode= 5316
 |ShortSummary=Augusta Endicott (Dorothy McGuire) learns that her family's medical problems are hereditary. A shooting occurs in the chapel.  As Dr. Caldwell prepares for surgery to eliminate his facial scar, he discovers that he's been infected with the [[HIV]] virus.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 84
 |EpisodeNumber2= 16 
 |Title= Family Affair
 |DirectedBy= Bruce Paltrow
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= [[Eric Overmyer]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|2|12}}
 |ProdCode= 5317
 |ShortSummary= The Endicotts try to adjust to losing a family member but gain good news about another; Dr. Caldwell's diagnosis of AIDS causes concern for his friends and a cooling in Fiscus and Clancy's relationship; and Ehrlich's outreach assignment involves the normal sized son ([[Adam Rich]]) of dwarf parents (Tommy Madden, [[Marcia DeRousse]]).<br>'''Final episode:''' [[Nancy Stafford]] as Joan Halloran, [[Mark Harmon]] as Dr. Robert Caldwell.  (Harmon is seen in the opening credits of the following two episodes, but this is his final appearance.)
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 85
 |EpisodeNumber2= 17 
 |Title= Time Heals (Part 1)
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|2|19}}
 |ProdCode= 5318
 |ShortSummary= St. Eligius' 50th anniversary spurs memories, including: its opening in 1935 under the leadership of Father Joseph McCabe ([[Edward Herrmann]]), the arrival of recently emigrated Helen Rosenthal and Mark's return as chief of surgery, Mark's bypass on Patrick O'Casey ([[William Russ]]) and the death of Maureen Westphall ([[Anita Gillette]]). Morrison struggles to diagnose a difficult patient ([[Brian Kerwin]]) and cope with the loss of Pete to a kidnapper.

In 1997, [[TV Guide]] ranked this episode (along with part two) #44 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1997 |title=Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue=June 28-July 4 }}</ref> In 2009, it moved to #23.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rev-views.blogspot.com/2009/06/tv-guides-top-100-episodes.html|title=TV Guide's Top 100 Episodes|publisher=Rev/Views|access-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 86
 |EpisodeNumber2= 18 
 |Title= Time Heals (Part 2)
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|2|20}}
 |ProdCode= 5301
 |ShortSummary= St. Eligius' 50th anniversary spurs memories, including: the growing up of Donald Westphall, the arrival of young Daniel Auschlander ([[James Stephens (actor)|James Stephens]]) and his first meeting with Katharine ([[Devon Ericson]]), a drunken and embittered Father McCabe's departure, and the residency of Mark Craig under Dr. David Domedion ([[Jackie Cooper]]). The O'Casey family's long history with St. Eligius leads Morrison to a diagnosis. Pete is returned.

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode (along with part one) #44 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1997 |title=Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue=June 28-July 4 }}</ref> In 2009, it moved to #23.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rev-views.blogspot.com/2009/06/tv-guides-top-100-episodes.html|title=TV Guide's Top 100 Episodes|publisher=Rev/Views|access-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 87
 |EpisodeNumber2= 19 
 |Title= Out on a Limb
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= Judith Kahan}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|2|26}}
 |ProdCode= 5319
 |ShortSummary=A former nurse, Carol Novino, returns to the hospital as a medical student. Morrison faces telling a young boy ([[R.J. Williams]]) he must have his arm amputated due to bone cancer. Ellen Craig is still grieving Steven while caring for her granddaughter. Axelrod and Fiscus go on a trip to Los Angeles. <br>'''Debut episode:''' [[Cindy Pickett]] as Dr. Carol Novino.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 88
 |EpisodeNumber2= 20 
 |Title= Come Home, Oh Sapien
 |DirectedBy= Allan Arkush
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= [[Michael Duggan]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|3|5}}
 |ProdCode= 5320
 |ShortSummary=Chandler receives a suicide call on his first night of outreach work on a crisis hotline. Ellen and Mark Craig separate. Novino has dinner with the Westphalls. Thanks to an endowment by the Endicotts, artist Alex Corey (Jeff Allin) returns. Rosenthal tells Axelrod news about Marcy (Jeannie Elias).
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 89
 |EpisodeNumber2= 21 
 |Title= Cheek to Cheek
 |DirectedBy= [[Helaine Head]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= Eric Overmyer}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|3|12}}
 |ProdCode= 5321
 |ShortSummary=Ehrlich tries to avoid giving a [[pelvic examination]] to Mrs. Craig on the last day of his OB/GYN rotation. Novino treats her favorite cartoonist ([[Eric Christmas]]) who is dying of lung cancer. Violence erupts when Morrison does his outreach work at a local prison and sees a familiar face ([[John Dennis Johnston]]).|LineColor= 003153
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 90
 |EpisodeNumber2= 22 
 |Title= Black's Magic
 |DirectedBy= Beth Hillshafer
 |WrittenBy= Charles H. Eglee, Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson, John Masius & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|3|19}}
 |ProdCode= 5324
 |ShortSummary=Dr. Turner returns to the hospital, and Phil Chandler spends the day searching for her. Luther questions his plan to become a paramedic. Auschlander finds himself in a crack house. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 91
 |EpisodeNumber2= 23 
 |Title= The Equalizer 
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= Charles H. Eglee, Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson, John Masius & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|4|30}}
 |ProdCode= 5325
 |ShortSummary=Rosenthal is visited by her first husband ([[Dick Shawn]]) and youngest son (Ian Fried). Chandler is arrested at an [[Internal resistance to South African apartheid|anti-apartheid]] demonstration. Auschlander is disappointed Westphall won't back resident housing. Barbara is baptized.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 92
 |EpisodeNumber2= 24 
 |Title= E.R. 
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|5|7}}
 |ProdCode= 5322
 |ShortSummary=The residents worry about who will be asked to return next year. A mugging victim (Patrick Collins) called Boston Massachusetts comes into the emergency room for treatment. Dr. Auschlander fears his own death. Westphall spends the night in a hotel. Craig lashes out and puts his career on the line.<br>'''Final episode:''' [[Barbara Whinnery]] as Dr. Cathy Martin.
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===Season 5 (1986–87)===
{{Episode table
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|title=20
|writer=19
|director=15
|airdate=14
|prodcode=6
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 93
 |EpisodeNumber2= 1
 |Title= Where There's Hope, There's Crosby
 |DirectedBy= [[Bruce Paltrow]]
 |WrittenBy= [[John Masius]] & [[Tom Fontana]]
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|9|24}}
 |ProdCode= 6301
 |ShortSummary=Father McCabe ([[Edward Herrmann]]), suffering from [[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis|ALS]], visits the hospital before being transferred to a convalescent home. Craig seeks the opinion of his medical school classmate, Dr. Todd Sweeney ([[Dakin Matthews]]), on treatment for his injured hand. Morrison comes back after his assault, then receives a surprise visitor.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 94
 |EpisodeNumber2= 2
 |Title= When You Wish Upon a Scar
 |DirectedBy= [[Mark Tinker]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|t= John Tinker|s= John Masius, Tom Fontana & [[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|10|1}}
 |ProdCode= 6302
 |ShortSummary=The new resident, Seth Griffin, quickly winds up on Rosenthal's bad side. Jackie Wade tries to deal with her marital problems. Morrison introduces his new family to his St. Eligius family. Craig freezes during surgery.<br>'''Debut episode:''' [[Bruce Greenwood]] as Dr. Seth Griffin.  (Greenwood is seen in the opening credits of the previous episode, but this is his first appearance.)
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 95
 |EpisodeNumber2= 3
 |Title= A Room With a View
 |DirectedBy= [[Eric Laneuville]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, [[Channing Gibson]] & John Masius|t= Channing Gibson}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|10|8}}
 |ProdCode= 6303
 |ShortSummary=An elderly woman ([[Rosemary DeCamp]]) who watches Dr. Craig from her apartment across the street from the hospital becomes distressed when she sees that he is leaving. Dr. Birch treats a woman ([[Helen Page Camp]]) who has an unusual side effect from past chemotherapy. Fiscus helps two daughters ([[Christine Healy]], [[Kathleen Lloyd]]) decide what to do with their dying father ([[George O. Petrie|George Petrie]]). Craig is rude to his replacement, Dr. Kiem.  <br>'''Debut episode:''' [[France Nuyen]] as Dr. Paulette Kiem.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 96
 |EpisodeNumber2= 4
 |Title= Brand New Bag 
 |DirectedBy= [[Bethany Rooney|Beth Hillshafer]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, John Masius & [[Eric Overmyer]]|t= Eric Overmyer}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|10|15}}
 |ProdCode= 6304
 |ShortSummary=The Craigs try out yet another new maid ([[Elke Sommer]]); fellow employees stab Luther in the back; Axelrod is embarrassed and rude about a patient's colostomy; and Fiscus helps Mr. Ewell's daughter (Christine Healy) to take him home to die.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 97
 |EpisodeNumber2= 5
 |Title= You Beta Your Life 
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana, John Masius & Mark Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|10|29}}
 |ProdCode= 6305
 |ShortSummary=After causing the death of a patient, Griffin plays Birch and Novino against each other in order to avoid taking blame. Westphall helps a dying boy ([[Jason Bateman]]) and his parents. Craig starts his memoirs.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 98
 |EpisodeNumber2= 6
 |Title= Not My Type
 |DirectedBy= [[Allan Arkush]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker|t= Ann Reckling}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|11|5}}
 |ProdCode= 6306
 |ShortSummary=Turner operates on a patient ([[Rosalind Chao]]) whose religion forbids blood transfusions. Griffin shifts the blame for the patient's death to Birch, who is forced to resign but not before she punches Griffin in the face. John Doe #6 ([[Oliver Clark]]) returns as Dr. Craig's new typist.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 99
 |EpisodeNumber2= 7
 |Title= Up and Down
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius|t= Johnny Dawkins}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|11|12}}
 |ProdCode= 6307
 |ShortSummary=Westphall's daughter, Elizabeth ([[Dana Short]]), goes out with Griffin. Luther befriends a bag lady ([[Kathy Bates]]) with [[Tourette's syndrome]]. John Doe #6 (Oliver Clark) disappears and takes Dr. Craig's manuscript with him. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 100
 |EpisodeNumber2= 8
 |Title= Nothing Up My Sleeve 
 |DirectedBy= Allan Arkush
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, John Masius & Eric Overmyer|t= [[Norma Safford Vela]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|11|19}}
 |ProdCode= 6308
 |ShortSummary=Mandatory drug testing causes a deep division of opinion; Morrison is haunted by his day at the prison and refuses to tell Joanne ([[Patricia Wettig]]) what really happened; Axelrod is assigned to guide a 14-year-old medical student ([[Wil Wheaton]]) around; Griffin gets a warning from Dr. Westphall about hurting Lizzie (Dana Short); and Dr. Craig tries to perform magic tricks for some young patients and his housekeeper (Elke Sommer).
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 101
 |EpisodeNumber2= 9
 |Title= After Life
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|11|26}}
 |ProdCode= 6309
 |ShortSummary=The hospital staff work to save the life of Wayne Fiscus after he's shot. In a coma, Fiscus dreams he's in heaven and reunited with a number of people from his past who have died, including Peter White (departed in season 3: [[#ep53|"Up On The Roof"]]), Ralph ([[Richard Marcus]]) (departed in season 1: [[#ep11|"Graveyard"]]), Eve Leighton ([[Marian Mercer]]) (departed in season 2: [[#ep30|"All About Eve"]]), Murray Robbin (Murray Rubin) (departed in season 3: [[#ep59|"Bye, George"]]). The hospital's namesake, [[Saint Eligius]], makes an appearance.  Saving Fiscus necessitates Craig's overcoming his [[#ep92|hand injury]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 102
 |EpisodeNumber2= 10
 |Title= Once Upon a Mattress 
 |DirectedBy= [[Helaine Head]]	 	 
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, John Masius & Channing Gibson|t= Channing Gibson}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|12|3}}
 |ProdCode= 6310
 |ShortSummary=Fiscus is deeply depressed after his surgery, and no one can cheer him up except his hospital roommate ([[Todd Susman]]) who's just had a penile implant. Craig returns to the hospital and has another run-in with Dr. Kiem. Westphall makes a visit to an old friend, then decides to make an important purchase. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 103
 |EpisodeNumber2= 11
 |Title= Lost Weekend
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, John Masius & Eric Overmyer|t= Eric Overmyer}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|12|10}}
 |ProdCode= 6311
 |ShortSummary=Dr. Westphall tries to help an alcoholic poet ([[Milo O'Shea]]) he once admired; Dr. Craig puts his usual worst foot forward as he tries to persuade the Soviets to release Masha's husband; Rosenthal confronts McPhail ([[Melinda Culea]]) about her drug problem; and Ehrlich makes friends with Papandrao's new boyfriend ([[Gregory Itzin]]) who suffers from narcolepsy.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 104
 |EpisodeNumber2= 12
 |Title= Cold War
 |DirectedBy= [[Peter Medak]]	 	 
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius|t= [[Christopher Whitesell]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|1|7}}
 |ProdCode= 6312
 |ShortSummary=Dr. Turner finds her confidence shaken when she learns her new patient (Gayle Harbor), about to undergo a risky transfusion procedure, has a malpractice suit pending at another hospital; Dr. Peltrovich ([[Elya Baskin]]) arrives but has trouble getting licensed to practice medicine; and Morrison explodes during a mock war with paint guns.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 105
 |EpisodeNumber2= 13
 |Title= Russian Roulette
 |DirectedBy= Helaine Head
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius, Tom Fontana & John Tinker|t= Ann Reckling}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|1|14}}
 |ProdCode= 6313
 |ShortSummary= Dr. Craig becomes jealous when Dr. Peltrovich (Elya Baskin) is finally allowed to pursue his work with lasers; Fiscus experiences an emotional rollercoaster as he returns to work with a critical leukemia patient (Mary McCusker); and Ehrlich hits highs and lows as he accepts his "Orphan of the Year" award.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 106
 |EpisodeNumber2= 14
 |Title= Visiting Daze 
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana & John Masius and Eric Overmyer|t= [[D. Keith Mano]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|1|21}}
 |ProdCode= 6314
 |ShortSummary=Axelrod defers to Griffin and Novino. Luther visits Polly (Kathy Bates) and Dr. Kiem is unhappy with her long-distance marriage. Victor has visitors.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 107
 |EpisodeNumber2= 15
 |Title= Getting Ahead
 |DirectedBy= Allan Arkush
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana, John Masius & Eric Overmyer
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|1|28}}
 |ProdCode= 6315
 |ShortSummary=Novino discovers that a hospital pathologist (Dierk Torsek) is selling body parts. John Doe #6 (Oliver Clark) has a book on the best-sellers list, the novel that was written by Dr. Craig. Dr. Craig runs into a college chum ([[Gerald Hiken]]). Fiscus has an ethical dilemma.  Lizzie (Dana Short) has news for Griffin.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 108
 |EpisodeNumber2= 16
 |Title= Jose, Can You See? 
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker|t= John Tinker}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|2|4}}
 |ProdCode= 6316
 |ShortSummary=Novino gives shelter to a blind homeless man ([[Ray Charles]]). Auschlander finds out he has a son by former girlfriend Margaret Ryan ([[Geraldine Fitzgerald]]). Wade finds out she's farsighted. Ellen objects when Craig decides to redecorate Steven's old room and make it a nursery for Barbara.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 109
 |EpisodeNumber2= 17
 |Title= Schwarzwald 
 |DirectedBy= Allan Arkush
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius, Tom Fontana & [[Channing Gibson|Chan Gibson]]|t= James Kramer & [[Richard Kramer (writer)|Richard Kramer]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|2|11}} 
 |ProdCode= 6317
 |ShortSummary=Rosenthal is shocked when she sees how much weight Marcy (Jeannie Elias) has gained. A fetal ultrasound reveals less than perfect results for a couple ([[Tony Goldwyn]], [[Jane Daly (actress)|Jane Daly]]) hoping for a perfect baby. Fiscus deals with a difficult patient ([[Harry Groener]]).  Axelrod's veterinarian father ([[Louis Nye]]) comes on an official visit. Morrison receives a windfall and news about Nick Moats (John Dennis Johnston). 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 110
 |EpisodeNumber2= 18
 |Title= You Again?
 |DirectedBy= Ron Abbott
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker|t= Susan Kander}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|2|18}}
 |ProdCode= 6318
 |ShortSummary= Morrison testifies at Nick Moats' parole hearing; Dr. Kiem buries herself in work when she learns her son ([[Kenneth Jezek]]) has taken off from home and is missing; Fiscus diagnoses multiple sclerosis in an old college friend ([[Željko Ivanek]]); and the rumors fly that St. Eligius is about to become a billing center for Boston General.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 111
 |EpisodeNumber2= 19
 |Title= Rites of Passage
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|2|25}}
 |ProdCode= 6319
 |ShortSummary=A woman (Patricia Gaul) artificially inseminated with Fiscus's sperm gives birth. Three young boys ([[Thomas Wilson Brown]], [[Christian Hoff]], Ian Giatti) bond while sharing a room. Westphall is reunited with an old friend who reminds him that he broke a promise. Morrison finds out Nick Moats (John Dennis Johnston) was granted parole. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 112
 |EpisodeNumber2= 20
 |Title= Women Unchained
 |DirectedBy= [[Michael Fresco]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, John Masius & Eric Overmyer|t= [[Russ Woody]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|3|4}}
 |ProdCode= 6320
 |ShortSummary=Shirley Daniels returns to the hospital as a patient; Mrs. Craig offers Griffin a place to stay; Chandler and Novino compete to see who can correctly diagnose a difficult patient; and Ehrlich and Papandrao face wedding rumors when they return from Mexico. Morrison receives a phone call by Nick Moats (John Dennis Johnston).<br>'''Final episode:''' [[Ellen Bry]] as Shirley Daniels.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 113
 |EpisodeNumber2= 21
 |Title= Good Vibrations
 |DirectedBy= Bruce Paltrow
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson, John Masius & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|5|13}}
 |ProdCode= 6323
 |ShortSummary= Flashbacks occur as a representative from the hospital's new owner comes to visit. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 114
 |EpisodeNumber2= 22
 |Title= Slip Sliding Away 
 |DirectedBy= John Heath
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= John Masius & Tom Fontana|t= John Tinker, Channing Gibson & Eric Overmyer}} 
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|5|20}}
 |ProdCode= 6321
 |ShortSummary=Luther tries to find out who is responsible for the mercy killings at St. Eligius. Turner performs risky fetal heart surgery. Yvonne (Suzanne Lederer) comes to the Craig's home to take Barbara back to Clinton. Morrison gets a gun to protect himself and his family. Everyone gets an unwelcome surprise with their paychecks.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 115
 |EpisodeNumber2= 23
 |Title= Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball 
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana & John Masius
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|5|27}}
 |ProdCode= 6322
 |ShortSummary=Auschlander tries to stop the demolition of St. Eligius. Nick Moats (John Dennis Johnston) makes a final visit to the Morrisons. Ellen embarrasses Craig at a party.
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===Season 6 (1987–88)===
{{Episode table
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|season=2
|title=20
|writer=19
|director=15
|airdate=14
|prodcode=6
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 116
 |EpisodeNumber2= 1
 |Title= Resurrection
 |DirectedBy= [[Bruce Paltrow]]
 |WrittenBy= [[Channing Gibson]] & [[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]]
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|9|16}}
 |ProdCode= 7301
 |ShortSummary=St. Eligius reopens after the hospital is bought by the Ecumena corporation, led by Chief of Services John Gideon. Craig begins work designing an artificial heart. Residents come back, some happy to return, others less so. <br>'''Debut episode:''' [[Ronny Cox]] as Dr. John Gideon.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 117
 |EpisodeNumber2= 2
 |Title= The Idiot and the Odyssey 
 |DirectedBy= [[Mark Tinker]]
 |WrittenBy= Channing Gibson, [[John Masius]] & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|9|23}}
 |ProdCode= 7303
 |ShortSummary=Westphall and John Gideon lock horns over a proposed AIDS clinic. Dr. Kiem uses hypnosis as a surgical anesthetic. Morrison has a confrontation with Joanne's ex husband (Allen Williams). <br>'''Final episode:''' [[Kavi Raz]] as Dr. V.J. Kochar.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 118
 |EpisodeNumber2= 3
 |Title= A Moon For the Misbegotten
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= [[Tom Fontana]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|9|30}}
 |ProdCode= 7302
 |ShortSummary=Fed up with Gideon's refusal to set up an AIDS clinic, Westphall quits but not before he moons Gideon. Fiscus's mother ([[Lainie Kazan]]) visits the emergency room, and Luther tries to keep a man ([[Richard Kline]]) who thinks he's pregnant out of the psychiatric unit. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 119
 |EpisodeNumber2= 4
 |Title= Ewe Can't Go Home Again
 |DirectedBy= [[Eric Laneuville]]
 |WrittenBy= Channing Gibson, [[Eric Overmyer]] & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|10|21}}
 |ProdCode= 7304
 |ShortSummary=Craig gives Ehrlich marital advice while his own marriage is falling apart. The staff takes their grievances against John Gideon to Dr. Auschlander. Rosenthal learns that one of her nurses ([[Penelope Ann Miller]]) is epileptic. Lizzie ([[Dana Short]]) cleans out her dad's office.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 120
 |EpisodeNumber2= 5
 |Title= Night of the Living Bed
 |DirectedBy= [[Michael Fresco]]
 |WrittenBy= Channing Gibson, [[John PiRoman]] & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|10|28}}
 |ProdCode= 7305
 |ShortSummary=Chandler tries to diagnose a friend (Hector Elias) of John Gideon's in his campaign to become chief resident. Ellen Craig meets Gideon, who takes a liking to her. The hospital bed in which Mrs. Hufnagel ([[Florence Halop]]) died appears to be haunted.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 121
 |EpisodeNumber2= 6
 |Title= The He-Man Woman Hater's Club 
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker |t= Emily Potter}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|11|4}}
 |ProdCode= 7306
 |ShortSummary=Craig and Ehrlich attend a meeting of an all-male medical society. Gideon offers Ellen a job in the hospital, and Chandler is appointed chief resident.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 122
 |EpisodeNumber2= 7
 |Title= Handoff
 |DirectedBy= [[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= Glen Merzer}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|11|11}}
 |ProdCode= 7307
 |ShortSummary=Novino, Ehrlich, and Chandler screen candidates for Craig's artificial heart. Ellen has lunch with Gideon in the hospital cafeteria.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 123
 |EpisodeNumber2= 8
 |Title= Heart On
 |DirectedBy= Michael Fresco
 |WrittenBy= Channing Gibson & John Tinker 
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|11|18}}
 |ProdCode= 7308
 |ShortSummary=Craig proceeds with the artificial heart implant, but the patient ([[John Kellogg (actor)|John Kellogg]]) develops complications. Brett Johnson and his partner are beaten up in a gay bashing incident, causing Griffin to have a change of heart.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 124
 |EpisodeNumber2= 9
 |Title= Weigh In, Way Out
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|12|2}}
 |ProdCode= 7323
 |ShortSummary= Fiscus pulls one last prank on Gideon before turning thirty; Morrison and Novino compete to deliver the 100,000th baby at St. Eligius; Dr. Craig puts on the boxing gloves again; and Lucy walks the Freedom Trail with a dying man ([[Charles Lane (actor, born 1905)|Charles Lane]]).
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 125
 |EpisodeNumber2= 10
 |Title= No Chemo, Sabe? 
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker |t= Douglas Steinberg}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|12|9}}
 |ProdCode= 7310
 |ShortSummary=Axelrod's cousin Pee-Wee ([[Matt Frewer]]) checks in and checks out Novino; Fiscus tries to help his father ([[Bill Dana]]) deal with his stroke; Mr. Spooner (John Kellogg) takes his first post surgery steps with the media in full attendance; and Dr. Auschlander considers his future medical treatment.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 126
 |EpisodeNumber2= 11
 |Title= A Coupla White Dummies Sitting Around Talking 
 |DirectedBy= David Morse
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker |t= [[D. Keith Mano]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|12|16}}
 |ProdCode= 7311
 |ShortSummary=A man ([[Alan Young]]) claiming to be the true inventor of the Craig 9000 kidnaps Ehrlich; AIDS patient Brett Johnston's rib injuries have led to pneumonia and he is now determined to break with his lover; Dr. Kiem helps Amy Jeffries ([[Rosemary DeCamp]]), a lonely St. Eligius neighbor; Griffin treats a driven young broker ([[Joseph Kell]]) determined to make a million before he dies; Lucy worries that she might be pregnant; Helen returns to work; the company that owns the hospital finds itself sued for infringement and Mrs. Spooner ([[Neva Patterson]]) ends her husband's suffering.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 127
 |EpisodeNumber2= 12
 |Title= Final Cut
 |DirectedBy= [[Bethany Rooney|Beth Hillshafer]]
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker |t= Jim Kramer}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|1|6}}
 |ProdCode= 7312
 |ShortSummary=A patient ([[Todd Susman]]) returns to the hospital to have his circumcision reversed. Morrison is upset when his son is rejected by an exclusive private school.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 128
 |EpisodeNumber2= 13
 |Title= Heaven's Skate 
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker |t= Ann Reckling}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|1|13}}
 |ProdCode= 7313
 |ShortSummary=Judge Farnham ([[Jack Dodson]]) is helped by newcomer chaplain Claire McCabe (Shelly Gibson). Craig goes on a date, and Rosenthal is upset when she learns of Bobby Caldwell's death from AIDS. Griffin has a spiritual awakening. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 129
 |EpisodeNumber2= 14
 |Title= Curtains
 |DirectedBy= John Heath
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= [[Lydia Woodward]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|2|3}}
 |ProdCode= 7314
 |ShortSummary=Morrison treats a family affected by [[Huntington's disease]]. Rosenthal's drug abuse escalates. A trustee (Jeff Allin) of the hospital loses a battle.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 130
 |EpisodeNumber2= 15
 |Title= Fairytale Theater 
 |DirectedBy= Michael Fresco 	
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= [[Grace McKeaney]] & Lydia Woodward}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|2|10}}
 |ProdCode= 7315
 |ShortSummary=Craig is uncharacteristically upset when his sheep dies. Novino treats a patient (Marie Denn) who has been asleep for sixty years.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 131
 |EpisodeNumber2= 16
 |Title= Down and Out On Beacon Hill 
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= Channing Gibson & John Tinker
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|2|17}}
 |ProdCode= 7316
 |ShortSummary=Ehrlich tries to console Lucy when she loses the baby. Fiscus treats a patient ([[Olivia Barash]]) with [[cystic fibrosis]]. Gideon suspends Craig due to the Spooner family's malpractice suit, and Rosenthal checks herself in to the chemical dependency unit.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 132
 |EpisodeNumber2= 17
 |Title= Their Town
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= Sagan Lewis}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|4|20}}
 |ProdCode= 7317
 |ShortSummary=Westphall, now living in New Hampshire, has visitors for his birthday. Ellen walks around her hometown. Novino gets into a work dispute between three carpenters ([[Candy Clark]], Jack Kehler, Doug Dirkson). 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 133
 |EpisodeNumber2= 18
 |Title= The Naked Civil Surgeon
 |DirectedBy= Michael Fresco
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= Grace McKeaney}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|4|27}}
 |ProdCode= 7318
 |ShortSummary=Surgeons are forced to operate in the nude during an infection study. Auschlander receives a visit from the son ([[Lawrence Pressman]]) he never knew.
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 |EpisodeNumber= 134
 |EpisodeNumber2= 19
 |Title= Requiem for a Heavyweight
 |DirectedBy= Bill Molloy
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= Lydia Woodward}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|5|4}}
 |ProdCode= 7319
 |ShortSummary=Axelrod undergoes surgery after suffering a heart attack. Ellen ends her relationship with Gideon.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 135
 |EpisodeNumber2= 20
 |Title= Split Decision
 |DirectedBy= John Heath
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= [[Aram Saroyan]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|5|11}}
 |ProdCode= 7320
 |ShortSummary=Craig returns to work while Rosenthal wonders if she'll ever work again. The residents have little time to mourn one of their own.
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 |EpisodeNumber= 136
 |EpisodeNumber2= 21
 |Title= The Abby Singer Show
 |DirectedBy= Eric Laneuville
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= Tom Fontana}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|5|18}}
 |ProdCode= 7321
 |ShortSummary=Roxanne Turner returns, and Chandler decides to leave medicine and move to [[Mississippi]] with her. A fire disrupts the Doctor of the Year banquet, which was also honoring the third year [[Residency (medicine)|residents]], some of whom are leaving St. Eligius to become [[Attending physician|attendings]]. A number of the residents' parents visit for the dinner, including Jack's father ([[Tom Poston]]), Victor's parents ([[Steve Allen]] and [[Jayne Meadows Allen]]), Fiscus' mother ([[Lainie Kazan]]), while Axelrod's father ([[Louis Nye]]) arrives to clean out his son's belongings. Craig and Ellen discuss reconciliation. Wade deals with difficult parents ([[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]], [[Cristine Rose]]) of a dying child, Debbie Oppeheimer ([[Judith Barsi]]). First year residents await results of boards and if they will be back next year.  <br>'''Final episode:''' [[Alfre Woodard]] as Dr. Roxanne Turner, [[Denzel Washington]] as Dr. Philip Chandler.  (Washington is seen in the opening credits of the following episode, but this is his final series appearance.)
Note: The episode title is an industry in-joke, which references ''St. Elsewhere'' crew member [[Abby Singer]]. In industry parlance, the "Abby Singer shot" is the next-to-last shot of the day, while this show is the next-to-last show of the series.   
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 |EpisodeNumber= 137
 |EpisodeNumber2= 22
 |Title= The Last One
 |DirectedBy= Mark Tinker
 |WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Fontana & Channing Gibson & John Tinker|t= Bruce Paltrow & Mark Tinker}}
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1988|5|25}}
 |ProdCode= 7322
 |ShortSummary=Westphall agrees to take over the running of St. Eligius when Weigert sells the hospital back to the Boston diocese. Ellen is offered a job in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], and Craig agrees to go along with her. The hospital and the people who work there are revealed to be figments in the mind of an [[autistic]] boy who stared at a snowglobe with the hospital building inside of it.
Note: A show known for black comedy and inside jokes, the series finale is filled with such, from the opening moment of Fiscus telling ER patient "[[David Sarnoff|General Sarnoff]]... cut down on the time you spend watching television" (the president of [[RCA]], who launched [[NBC]] in 1926), to [[List of St. Elsewhere characters#Orderly Warren Coolidge|Orderly Coolidge]] dealing with ([[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|''The Fugitive'''s]]) Dr. Richard Kimble and the One-Armed Man, to (''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'''s) [[Floyd Lawson|Floyd the Barber]] working in the hospital, and numerous others.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-05-28/entertainment/8802010817_1_patient-show-helicopter-crash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531043002/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-05-28/entertainment/8802010817_1_patient-show-helicopter-crash |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 31, 2016 |title='Elsewhere' End A Pun Fest |last=Gedan |first=Gail |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=1988-05-28 |access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>  
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083483/episodes List of ''St. Elsewhere'' episodes] at [[Internet Movie Database]]

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