St. Elsewhere
This hour-long dramatic series featured life at St. Eligius Hospital, headed by Drs. Donald Westphall and Daniel Auschlander. Every year, new residents would walk down the halls of St. Eligius; learning to deal with perfectionist Cardiovascular Surgeon Mark Craig was only the beginning of the way the hospital and its interesting patients would change their lives forever.
- 1982-1988
- 6 seasons
- NBC
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
This hour-long dramatic series featured life at St. Eligius Hospital, headed by Drs. Donald Westphall and Daniel Auschlander. Every year, new residents would walk down the halls of St. Eligius; learning to deal with perfectionist Cardiovascular Surgeon Mark Craig was only the beginning of the way the hospital and its interesting patients would change their lives forever.
Season 4 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
Remembrance of Things Past
Wed, Sep 18, 1985
Auschlander and Craig have trouble dealing with the resignation of Westphall; a mentally ill amnesia patient gets mistaken for the chairman of the Residency Review Committee; Chandler and Morrison have a falling out over Vietnam.
Episode 2
Fathers and Sons
Wed, Sep 25, 1985
Luther goes out on his first day of paramedic training; Craig is reunited with his estranged son and new wife; Westphall alienates the hospital staff after being back for only one day.
Episode 3
Haunted
Wed, Oct 23, 1985
The Craigs deal with the aftermath of Stephen's death; Caldwell's excursion to a rented cabin on the cape is crashed by Fiscus; Axelrod becomes self-conscious about his weight.
Episode 4
The Naked and the Dead
Wed, Oct 30, 1985
The Craigs prepare for Stephen's funeral; Caldwell's sexual indiscretions lead to a practical joke being played on him; Westphall tries to sell the hospital board on increasing funding for malnutrition; Luther agrees to help Axelrod lose weight.
Episode 5
Slice O'Life
Wed, Nov 6, 1985
The Craigs meet Yvonne's parents and their relationship gets off to an icy start; Westphall's efforts to start a hunger unit in the hospital takes a toll on his health; Caldwell's sexual escapades take a scary turn; a cancer patient's impotence following an operation causes Fiscus to reflect on his own life.
Episode 6
Lost and Found in Space
Wed, Nov 13, 1985 60 mins
Westphall is visited by his daughter at the hospital; the Residency Review Committee puts pressure on Caldwell and Turner to perform more surgeries; Axelrod's inability to lose weight costs him a relationship; two mentally challenged patients are caught having sexual intercourse; an astronaut is treated for an unknown condition which causes paralysis in his legs.
Episode 7
Close Encounters
Wed, Nov 20, 1985
Craig travels to Clinton, Ohio in hopes of bringing back his granddaughter. Ehrlich clashes with Caldwell over an unnecessary plastic surgery. Morrison goes against the US military by refusing to discharge an astronaut. John Doe #6 takes the identity of Mary Richards from The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970).
Episode 8
Watch the Skies
Wed, Nov 27, 1985
Craig gets a surprise visitor with good news; Ehrlich is demoted to gynecology; Westphall treats a patient who is suffering from malnutrition; Morrison takes the Remedial Exam for the third time; the tension between Rosenthal and Papandrao hits a boiling point; Chandler's romance with Turner faces a major hurdle.
Episode 9
Sanctuary
Wed, Dec 4, 1985 60 mins
Marina, the sister of the male malnutrition patient from the previous episode, goes to work as housekeeper for the Westphall family and to care for Tommy. Although there is a language barrier, Marina bonds with the child. Lizzy has to rush Marina to St. Eligius. With Dr. Morrison as translator, he and Dr. Westphall learn about Marina's past in El Salvador, where the Communists tortured and abused her. Dr. Westphall is determined to help her. Meanwhile, nasty Nurse Lucy pushes Nurse Helen over the edge with her vicious talk. Simultaneously Nurse Lucy encourages a depressed Dr. Caldwell and trades sexual innuendo with him. Already angry at Nurse Helen, the nasty nurse reports Dr. Caldwell to Dr. Auschlander claiming sexual harassment. Dr. Caldwell is called on the carpet.
Episode 10
Loss of Power
Wed, Dec 11, 1985
There is a citywide blackout in Boston and St. Eligius is hit hard. The so-called "back up" generator does not start automatically and this endangers surgery. Therefore, the Drs. Auschlander and Craig decide to turn off power for all "unnecessary" parts of the hospital, including the elevators. However, Dr. Westphall is stuck in the elevator with a character; Dr. Fiscus proposes to his lady love and she accepts.
Episode 11
Santa Claus Is Dead
Wed, Dec 18, 1985
Mrs. Auschlander heads a program where a group of children visit Santa Claus at St. Eligius. St. Nick has a heart attack, but not until the Auschlanders' grandson Max calls him a fraud. The doctors all swap Christmas gifts and cheer except for Dr. Ehrlich; Dr. Fiscus claims he is incapable of being a friend and therefore cannot have friends. Dr. and Mrs. Craig host a Wassail party. The Westphalls celebrate at home. The time of year causes a lot of grief and emotion to fester and brew. As Max watches and Dr. Axelrod labors, Santa Claus dies. Will poor Elliot Axelrod be forever known as the man who killed Santa?
Episode 12
The Boom Boom Womb
Wed, Jan 8, 1986
Dr. Chandler decides to do his volunteer work at the Boston Women's Clinic where protesters caused criminal damage and were impeding the operation of the clinic. The young mentally challenged girl, Pru, is scheduled for an abortion at St. Eligius; Dr. Morrison is unwilling to perform his job as her attending physician because of his personal beliefs. Luckily, Dr. Erlich is set to perform the abortion. A bomb explodes at Boston Women's Clinic; no one knows if Dr. Chandler survived. When their patients are brought to St. Eligius, Dr. Auschlander receives a telephone bomb threat. Dr. Fiscus rues his proposal to Mona; Morena has her INS hearing.
Episode 13
To Tell the Truth
Wed, Jan 15, 1986
A bomb is planted near the hospital's gift shop; Fiscus is unhappy when he is forced to do his community service with the elderly; Rosenthal must deal with Papandrao both at work and in the courtroom; John Doe is close to discovering his true identity; Ehrlich and Chandler differ over how to treat a couple that is struggling to conceive.
Episode 14
Family Ties
Wed, Jan 22, 1986
The matriarch of the wealthy political Endicott family comes to the hospital for an extended stay; Auschlander is less than thrilled about the Endicotts being at the hospital; Morrison must undergo surgery for the first time; the Valeres finally make a decision on the future of their family; after making an embarrassing mistake on one of his patients, Axelrod is asked to treat a gorilla; Fiscus has second thoughts about his engagement to Mona.
Episode 15
Family Feud
Wed, Jan 29, 1986
Dr. Bobby Caldwell consults his old classmate, now the chief of plastics at Boston General, to repair the facial scar left by the girl at the Cape. The pre-surgical blood work reveals Bobby has antibodies for the AIDS virus. Clancy and Dr. Fiscus throw a birthday party for Dr. Morrison. It is a festival of flirting and pie-flinging. Finally, the tired matriarch of the prominent and wealthy Endicott family is persuaded to have surgery with Dr. Craig. In the chapel, Senator Endicott, her son and presidential candidate, is shot at point blank range by a lunatic. Michael, his son and the family rebel, is helpless to stop it.
Episode 16
Family Affair
Wed, Feb 12, 1986
The Endicotts deal with the aftermath of traumatic events. Caldwell struggles to come to grips with his prognosis. Ehrlich meets a teen with growth problems while doing his community service. Fiscus is leery about taking his relationship with Clancy to the next level.
Episode 17
Time Heals: Part 1
Wed, Feb 19, 1986 60 mins
St. Eligius' 50th anniversary spurs memories, including its opening in 1935 under the leadership of Father Joseph McCabe, the arrival of recently emigrated Helen Rosenthal and Mark's return as chief of surgery, Mark's bypass on Patrick O'Casey and the death of Maureen Westphall. Morrison struggles to diagnose a difficult patient and cope with the loss of Pete to a kidnapper.
Episode 18
Time Heals: Part 2
Thu, Feb 20, 1986 60 mins
Morrison still tries to find out what is wrong with Terence O'Casey and is frantic as to where his son is. In 1935, Westphall's entire family, with the exception of his father, is killed in an accident. In 1945, Westphall was so unruly that Father McCabe resorts to an unusual tactic to straighten him out. Auschlander arrives and has to deal with anti-Semitism and meets the woman whom he would later marry. O'Casey's parents come to visit their three-year-old daughter, who is sick. In 1955, Craig, an intern who acts like Ehrlich, was learning under the eye of Dr. Domedion. McCabe learns that the hospital is being turned over to city so he is being relieved of his duties as hospital administrator. The O'Caseys' daughter is in critical condition, which gives Morrison the clue as to what is wrong with his patient in 1986.
Episode 19
Out on a Limb
Wed, Feb 26, 1986
Axelrod and Fiscus are sent to a medical conference in California; Ehrlich treats a football player will do anything to get another chance to play; Morrison must tell a child that one of his arms will need to be amputated; the Craigs seek counseling; Novino's first day on the job as a doctor does not go very well for her.
Episode 20
Come Home, Oh Sapien
Wed, Mar 5, 1986 60 mins
Alex Corey is brought back to the hospital to paint a portrait; Chandler does his community service at a crisis hot line and gets a suicidal caller; the Craigs' marriage continues to show strain; Axelrod struggles for self respect; Westphall invites Novino over for dinner.
Episode 21
Cheek to Cheek
Wed, Mar 12, 1986 60 mins
Novino treats a cartoonist with a life-threatening condition; Westphall asks Rosenthal for advice on his feelings for Novino; Morrison performs his community service at a prison; Ehrlich must treat Mrs. Craig and is very leery about diagnosing her with anything for fear that it will jeopardize his working relationship with Dr. Craig.
Episode 22
Black's Magic
Wed, Mar 19, 1986 60 mins
Turner returns from Mississippi; Chandler is nervous about the status of his relationship with Turner; Auschlander ends up being in the wrong place at the wrong time when he ventures to a property that is owned by the hospital; Craig becomes more irritable after temporarily giving up custody of his granddaughter.
Episode 23
The Equalizer
Wed, Apr 30, 1986 60 mins
Westphall and Auschlander don't see eye to eye on plans for an adjoining property; Turner gets attached to an orphaned baby; Luther fears that he might never be more than an orderly; Rosenthal is visited by her reformed son and first husband; Novino gets plenty of male attention at the hospital; Ehrlich joins Chandler at a protest rally; the Craigs argue about their granddaughter's baptism.
Episode 24
E.R.
Wed, May 7, 1986 60 mins
A mentally-disturbed man who thinks that he is the city of Boston roams around the ER. Novino accompanies Westphall to the Doctor of the Year banquet. Craig has an auto breakdown which causes him to miss the awards ceremony. Ehrlich is torn when he gets an offer from Boston General. Axelrod tries being less amenable to other people; the third year residency list is released.
