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Doogie Howser, M.D. Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1990 - 1991
Episode 1
Doogenstein
Wed, Sep 12, 1990 30 mins
Doogie (Neil Patrick Harris) begins his third-year residency beset with worries that he's becoming too busy to enjoy his youth. Michael: Michael Bendetti. Mr. Leonetti: Paul Kent. Vinnie: Max Casella. Wanda: Lisa Dean Ryan.
Episode 2
Guess Who's Coming to Doogie's
Wed, Sep 19, 1990 30 mins
Former gang member Raymond Alexander (Markus Redmond) gets a job at the hospital where his past comes back to haunt him when a patient's watch is reported missing. Sullivan: Stan Kamber. Welch: Rif Hutton. Alvin: Sami Chester. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris.
Episode 3
Ask Doctor Doogie
Wed, Sep 26, 1990 30 mins
Doogie is forced to don disguises after "Ask Dr. Doogie" public-service spots on the music channel make him famous. Neil Patrick Harris, Max Casella. Candace: Mayim Bialik. Canfield: Lawrence Pressman.
Episode 4
C'est la Vinnie
Wed, Oct 3, 1990 30 mins
Vinnie (Max Casella) finds himself trapped in a broken elevator with his pregnant French teacher. Claire: Mimi Kuzyk. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris. David: James B. Sikking. Janine: Lucy Boryer. Wanda: Lisa Dean Ryan.
Episode 5
Car Wars
Wed, Oct 10, 1990 30 mins
Doogie's dad nixes his buying a classic car; a scared mentally handicapped patient (Kenneth David Gilman) refuses lifesaving treatment. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris. David: James B. Sikking. Katherine: Belinda Montgomery.
Episode 6
Doogie Sings the Blues
Wed, Oct 17, 1990 30 mins
A singer's chance at a comeback is music to his ears, but not to Doogie, who schedules him for surgery. Blind Otis Lemon: Joe Seneca. Jimmy: Art Evans. Joe: Teddy Wilson. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris. Dr. Stoessl: Scanlon Gail.
Episode 7
Academia Nuts
Wed, Oct 24, 1990 30 mins
Vinnie wants to "borrow" Doogie's biology paper; Doogie is asked to invent an illness for a rich hypochondriac. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris. Norman: Charles Levin. Vinnie: Max Casella.
Episode 8
Revenge of the Teenage Dead
Wed, Oct 31, 1990 30 mins
Vinnie casts a humorless med-school applicant (Christopher Pettiet) as the star of his zombie slasher movie. Stuart: Edward Edwards. Vinnie: Max Casella. Dr. Forrest: Elyse Donalson. Janine: Lucy Boryer.
Episode 9
Nautilus for Naught
Wed, Nov 7, 1990 30 mins
A model (Martha Byrne) undergoing medical tests shares something with Doogie: both are being judged on physical appearance. Greg: Jason Brooks. Wanda: Lisa Dean Ryan. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris.
Episode 10
Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down
Wed, Nov 14, 1990 30 mins
Thanksgiving is no holiday for Doogie, whose father and grandfather (James B. Sikking, Tim O'Connor) argue bitterly, or for Vinnie, who's been dumped by Janine (Lucy Boryer). Grandma Irene: Gloria Henry.
Episode 11
Oh Very Young
Wed, Nov 28, 1990 30 mins
Doogie laughs at a May-December romance---until he finds age discrimination aimed at himself by a professor (Granville Van Dusen). Old Man Canfield: Lawrence Pressman. Heather: Adrian Pearson. Scalper: Max Grodenchik.
Episode 12
TV or not TV
Wed, Dec 5, 1990 30 mins
Vinnie waits hand and foot on a hospitalized network bigwig (Jeff McCarthy) to earn a letter of recommendation for film school. Karl: Paul Benvictor. Bob: Ken Daly. Vinnie: Max Casella. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris.
Episode 13
Woman Too Far
Wed, Dec 12, 1990 30 mins
After treating a patient with two wives, Doogie considers cheating on Wanda to date a nursing student (Heather McAdam). Roy: Michael McManus. Joanne: Candice Azzara. Marge: Patty McCormack.
Episode 14
Presumed Guilty
Wed, Jan 2, 1991 30 mins
Doogie encourages a basketball star (Billy "Sly" Williams) to face up to his debilitating condition. Mechanic: Dave Conrades. Paramedic: Timothy Hughes. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris. David: James B. Sikking.
Episode 15
To Live and Die in Brentwood
Wed, Jan 9, 1991 30 mins
Wanda wants to be left alone after a death in the family, and Doogie feels helpless when she won't open up to him. Mr. Plenn: Bill Hudson. Mrs. Plenn: Sherry Rooney. Funeral Director: Bill Shick. Wanda: Lisa Dean Ryan.
Episode 17
Air Doogie
Wed, Jan 23, 1991 30 mins
Dr. J (Julius Erving) inspires Dr. Doogie (Neil Patrick Harris) when Eastman tips off against a rival hospital in a basketball game. Trish: Jada Pinkett. Dr. Goodland: Greg Callahan. Dr. Ramsey: Larry Gelman. Welch: Rif Hutton.
Episode 18
A Life In Progress
Wed, Jan 30, 1991 30 mins
Vinnie is present with his video camera when the hospital cancels a mural project run by an artist with AIDS. Jeff: Robert Clohessy. Pierpoint: James McMullan. Curson: Mimi Bensinger. Vinnie: Max Casella.
Episode 19
My Two Dads
Wed, Feb 6, 1991 30 mins
Unable to get close to his own father, Vinnie accompanies the Howser men on their annual father-son camping trip. Carmine: Don Calfa. Pete: James Oden Hatch. Vinnie: Max Casella. David: James B. Sikking.
Episode 20
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition
Wed, Feb 13, 1991 30 mins
Doogie makes light of Grandpa Don's tales of Irish life, but one particular story may shed light on Doogie's research. Don: Tim O'Connor. Bill: Christopher Collins. Nora: Courtney Gebhart. Dennis: Douglas McKay. Luis: Daniel Faraldo.
Episode 21
Fatal Distraction
Wed, Feb 20, 1991 30 mins
Wanda gives Doogie the green light to take someone else to the hospital's Monte Carlo night. Robyn Lively. Maggie: Netahly Leddel. Wanda: Lisa Dean Ryan. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris. Janet: Deenie Dakota.
Episode 22
The Doctor, the Wife, Her Son and Her Job
Wed, Mar 13, 1991 30 mins
Doogie is embarrassed when his mom gets a job at the hospital, which also causes disruptions at home. Mrs. Diaz: Victoria Racimo. Quian: James Hong. Katherine: Belinda Montgomery. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris.
Episode 23
Planet of the Dateless
Wed, Mar 20, 1991 30 mins
McGuire, after volunteering in Mexico, wants to make a difference, but his specialty seems to be attracting women. Sarah: Carla Gugino. Julie: Robin Gordon. McGuire: Mitchell Anderson. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris.
Episode 24
Doogie's Wager
Wed, Apr 3, 1991 30 mins
Doogie pushes for the survival of a premature baby; and Vinnie pushes for acceptance into film school. Mrs. Hollister: Anne Lockhart. Hollister: Alan McRae. Madame Dorina: Carol Ann Susi. Einstein: Rene Auberjonois.
Episode 25
A Kiss Ain't Just a Kiss
Sun, Apr 24, 1994 30 mins
Janine and Doogie play the kissing game; Raymond refuses to assist an ER patient---his absentee father (Michael D. Roberts). Phyllis: Jennifer Gatti. Paramedic: Carlease Burke. Vinnie: Max Casella. Janine: Lucy Boryer.
Episode 26
Dances with Wanda
Wed, May 1, 1991 30 mins
Doogie invites Wanda to her prom, and soon discovers that she is overwhelmed with doubts about her future. Kelly: Linda Larkin. Dr. Isaacs: Ron Recasner. Wanda: Lisa Dean Ryan. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris.
