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22 Episodes 1983 - 1984
Episode 1
Sun, Oct 2, 198360 mins
A professional skater refuses treatment for a heart condition that could be fatal. Stanley and E.J. find out that they are going to be parents.
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 9, 198360 mins
The new acting board chairman tries to pressure Arnold Slocum into retirement only four months short of his pension.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 16, 198360 mins
Trapper's contract is up for renewal, and a jealous surgeon is trying to discredit him and take over his position as Chief of Surgery.
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 23, 198360 mins
Trapper's ex-wife starts a self-help group for the wives of doctors, and ends up with one of them on her doorstep. Stanley and E.J. may lose their baby.
Episode 5
Sun, Oct 30, 198360 mins
Trapper gets called into the hospital on his birthday to deal with a possible epidemic. Stanley is finally able to track down the source of the problem, but that does not do much for John's mood, as everyone seems to have forgotten him.
Episode 6
Sun, Nov 6, 198360 mins
Gonzo has been training three doctors for cardiac surgery. But he is told due to budget reasons, he has to cut one of them. So he sets out to do that by getting to know them personally.
Episode 7
Sun, Nov 13, 198360 mins
A 119-year-old man, seemingly in good health, says that he has come to the hospital to die. He changes his mind after media attention makes him feel important again, but Trapper discovers an aortic aneurysm that may kill him after all.
Episode 8
Sun, Nov 20, 198360 mins
As SFM fills with the casualties of the Bay City Marathon, E.J. Riverside goes into labour three weeks early. Stanley can't be found, because he has secretly decided to compete in the run.
Episode 9
Sun, Nov 27, 198360 mins
Andrea finds out who her real mother is, and wants to meet her. Trapper's concern over the emotional state of a Greek patient brings out the good Samaritan in Gonzo, who decides to contact the man's daughter in Greece.
Episode 10
Sun, Dec 4, 198360 mins
Against his better judgement, Trapper agrees to staple the stomach of an obese woman. Gonzo goes to unusual lengths to save Andrea's dog.
Episode 11
Sun, Dec 11, 198360 mins
Everyone is happy for Gloria when she earns her accreditation in Advanced Cardiac Life Support Care, except one doctor. He does not believe nurses should be doing this kind of work, and tries to have Gloria fired.
Episode 12
Sun, Jan 1, 198460 mins
A nurse/midwife who spreads herself too thin threatens her career and two lives, and may bring Gloria down with her. Gonzo sets up a homey "birthing centre" at the hospital.
Episode 13
Sun, Jan 8, 198460 mins
Trapper's old friend, a former workaholic, turns up after years. Trapper is confused when he finds that the man has quit his job and seems intent on nothing but having fun. An E.S.P. clinic set up in the hospital seems to be bringing out unwanted talents in Ernie.
Episode 14
Sun, Jan 15, 198460 mins
When an eight-month-old baby is brought to the hospital with respiratory problems, x-rays show that the child is a dwarf.
Episode 15
Sun, Jan 29, 198460 mins
A cancer patient who dies at the hospital leaves all his worldly wealth to Gonzo, who discovers that most of it was obtained illegally. Jackpot, Ernie and Gloria conspire to trick Stanley into taking his annual physical.
Episode 16
Sun, Feb 12, 198460 mins
An elderly woman comes to visit with her husband, who died a year previously. A pediatrician has difficulty dealing with a young boy who has cancer.
Episode 17
Sun, Mar 4, 198460 mins
Gonzo is convinced that the paranoia of one of his patients has a physical cause. Slocum attempts to cut back on nursing costs by employing a robot nurse, who proves to be quite successful.
Episode 18
Sun, Mar 11, 198460 mins
A patient at SFM who fancies himself a detective is determined to solve the mystery of missing medication, to the despair of the police working on the case.
Episode 19
Sun, Mar 18, 198460 mins
For two years, Jackpot has allowed an elderly friend to believe that $10 a month is paying for full medical insurance but he runs into trouble when she becomes seriously ill and requires treatment that he cannot afford.
Episode 20
Sun, Mar 25, 198460 mins
Trapper questions Ernie's motives when she accepts a proposal from a long-time suitor only after she finds out that he is dying.
Episode 21
Sun, Apr 1, 198460 mins
Trapper lets his imagination run wild when vintage medical equipment stored in his office makes him wonder how doctors in 1917 dealt with issues considered routine in the 1980s.
Episode 22
Sun, May 6, 198460 mins
The doctors of San Francisco Memorial find themselves under the glare of a productivity analyst whose desire to get more work from staff leads her to bring back a doctor suspended for operating unnecessarily.