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Kay O'Brien

  • 1986-1986
  • 1 season
  • Drama

Kay "Kayo" O'Brien is a resident surgeon at the fictitious Manhattan General where she struggles to balance her professional and personal life. Ex-boyfriend Sam is still in the picture and she leans on nurse Rosa, her best friend.

Season 1 Episode Guide

14 Episodes 1986

Episode 0

Pilot

Episode 1

Kayo on Call

Thu, Sep 25, 1986

A second-year surgical resident deals with patients and staff at a Manhattan hospital.

Episode 2

Don't Bother Kayo It's Chinatown

Thu, Oct 2, 1986

A Chinatown merchant is wounded in a shootout and needs a kidney transplant, and his brain-dead assailant may be the only suitable donor; Kayo's parents breeze into town.

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Episode 3

Big Vacation

Thu, Oct 9, 1986

Kayo treats two emergency patients: a young woman who refuses surgery for religious reasons, and a terminally ill photojournalist who wants to get the most out of his remaining days.

Episode 4

Taking the Heat

Thu, Oct 16, 1986

Rosa spots a potential problem with a doctor's orders and Kayo later supports the doctor.

Episode 5

A Foreign Concept

Thu, Oct 23, 1986

Wallach's best friend suffers a mild stroke but insists he doesn't need to be hospitalized; misunderstandings abound with a Sri Lankan physician anxious to learn about American surgery techniques.

Episode 6

Lesson Learned

Thu, Oct 30, 1986

Kayo turns to an old friend for consolation after losing a patient; Cliff becomes the object of ridicule among his peers; Moffitt considers a position with another institution.

Episode 7

Princess of the City

Thu, Nov 6, 1986

A wealthy suitor brings excitement to Kayo's social life, while a stern pediatrician frustrates her life at the hospital; a psychiatrist takes an unusual interest in Cliff's genes.

Episode 8

Dollars and Sense

Thu, Nov 13, 1986

A street punk dukes it out with Doyle after the doctor insults his ailing mother; a male nurse learns there are drawbacks to dating Dr. O'Brien

Episode 9

Behind Closed Doors

Thu, Nov 20, 1986

The ER is quarantined, which prevents Kayo from going to her sister's wedding, detains Doyle's accountant and jeopardizes a sick runaway.

Episode 10

Wreck the Halls

Sat, Sep 6, 1986

A department-store explosion creates a major disaster as patients are rushed to Manhattan General during the midst of the Christmas season.

Episode 11

Little White Lies

Sat, Sep 6, 1986

Cliff puts a patient's life at risk when, concentrating more on his social life than on work, he fails to prescribe an essential medication, and Kayo takes the blame.

Episode 12

Reunion

Sat, Sep 6, 1986

Kayo faces a dilemma in obstetrics: whether to save the life of her patient or the patient's unborn child.

Episode 13

Stop and Smell the Linen

Sat, Sep 6, 1986

A workaholic clothing designer refuses treatment after collapsing at the hospital; without official sanction, Nat sets up shop in the linen closet to sell imported goods.

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