St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

1982
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

8 | en | Drama

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

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EP1  Resurrection
Sep. 16,1987
Resurrection

One month after St. Eligius was shut down, it is reopened by The Ecumena Corporation and its head of medicine Dr. John Gideon. Meanwhile, Dr. Craig is offered the opportunity to design an artificial heart, which the younger doctors jokingly call the ""Craig 5000.""

EP2  The Idiot and the Odyssey
Sep. 23,1987
The Idiot and the Odyssey

Gideon and Westphall argue over an AIDS clinic, Ehrlich looks for a mysterious woman on his wedding day, Kiem experiments with hypnosis, and Joanne blames Boomer for letting her kids go back to Seattle with her ex-husband.

EP3  A Moon For the Misbegotten
Sep. 30,1987
A Moon For the Misbegotten

The AIDS clinic becomes a showdown between Dr. Westphall and Dr. Gideon; Griffin tries to avoid his AIDS patient's homosexual lover; Fiscus' mother drops by for a visit; and Luther tries to help a man who insists he's pregnant and about to deliver.

EP4  Ewe Can't Go Home Again
Oct. 21,1987
Ewe Can't Go Home Again

The orderlies ask Auschlander to talk with Gideon about their grievances, Wade puts up with temporary lodgers, Rosenthal confronts an epileptic nursing student, and Craig gives Ehrlich marriage tips while they start work on a sheep's heart.

EP5  Night of the Living Bed
Oct. 28,1987
Night of the Living Bed

It's Halloween at the new and improved St. Eligius, and the craft-matic bed where Mrs. Hufnagel was crushed to death is apparently haunted. Meanwhile, Wade, Craig, and Ehrlich look for a heart transplant recipient and Chandler sucks up to Gideon in order to get promoted.

EP6  The He-Man Woman Hater's Club
Nov. 04,1987
The He-Man Woman Hater's Club

Dr. Craig and Ehrlich attend a meeting of the Cushing Society, an all male medical society; Wade gets herself into more surgery than she bargained for; Novino takes a special interest in two lonely children; Dr. Gideon offers Ellen a new career; and Chandler is made new chief resident.

EP7  Handoff
Nov. 11,1987
Handoff

Dr. Craig and Ehrlich attend a meeting of the Cushing Society, an all male medical society; Wade gets herself into more surgery than she bargained for; Novino takes a special interest in two lonely children; Dr. Gideon offers Ellen a new career; and Chandler is made new chief resident.

EP8  Heart On
Nov. 18,1987
Heart On

Craig proceeds with his artificial heart implant despite some questions about his choice of candidates; Morrison tries to deal with the departure of Joanne for Seattle and Dr. Craig becomes suspicious about the relationship between Ellen and Dr. Gideon. AIDS patient, Brett Johnston, and his lover are victims of gay bashing and as a result of his injuries, Brett is readmitted into the hospital.

EP9  Weigh In, Way Out
Dec. 02,1987
Weigh In, Way Out

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.

EP10  No Chemo, Sabe?
Dec. 09,1987
No Chemo, Sabe?

Axelrod's cousin Pee-Wee checks in and checks out Novino; Fiscus tries to help his father deal with his stroke; Mr. Spooner takes his first post surgery steps with the media in full attendance; and Dr. Auschlander considers his future medical treatment.

EP11  A Coupla White Dummies Sitting Around Talking
Dec. 16,1987
A Coupla White Dummies Sitting Around Talking

A man 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, a lonely St. Eligius neighbor; Griffin treats a driven young broker 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 ends her husband's suffering.

EP12  Final Cut
Jan. 06,1988
Final Cut

Mr. Bevine returns for foreskin reconstruction; Dr. Auschlander seeks an alternative for a fellow cancer patient; Novino frets over Pee-Wee and tests Lucy, who has trouble telling Victor the news; Fiscus returns to work. but has trouble putting his father's death behind him; Morrison's false confidence as `Dr. Adam Logan' evaporates when Pete is rejected by an exclusive private school.

EP13  Heaven's Skate
Jan. 13,1988
Heaven's Skate

Judge Farnham checks into the hospital with an inoperable cancer (and asking for Floyd the Barber); Rosenthal takes Bobby Caldwell's death very hard; Dr. Craig searches for a date for a skating rink opening; Dr. Kiem is in the middle when she saves the life of a young black man shot by a Vietnamese gang member; Griffin befriends the new chaplain, who's a descendant of the hospital founder, Father McCabe; Novino and Luther compete on the ER simulator and Ehrlich tries to find his elusive parents.

EP14  Curtains
Feb. 03,1988
Curtains

Morrison counsels a family about genetic testing and Huntington's disease; Rosenthal's drug problem causes a death; artist Alex Corey does a shocking piece of performance art; the Craigs proceed with their divorce and the hospital undergoes a name change.

EP15  Fairytale Theater
Feb. 10,1988
Fairytale Theater

Phil returns from a training course at the Weigert home office; someone takes a shot at Dr. Gideon; Dr. Craig loses Flash during a rescue attempt by animal activists; the new security cameras upset Rosenthal, who continues to lose control; Novino tries to correct a misdiagnosis made 60 years ago, and a show is performed in the children's ward.

EP16  Down and Out On Beacon Hill
Feb. 17,1988
Down and Out On Beacon Hill

Fiscus can't understand his nihilistic cystic fibrosis patient or her punk friends; Dr. Gideon suspends Dr. Craig because of the Spooner malpractice suit; Ehrlich and Lucy are unable to console each other when she miscarries; and Rosenthal admits herself to the chemical dependency unit.

EP17  Their Town
Apr. 20,1988
Their Town

Dr. Craig, Ellen, Lizzie and Novino drive to Peterborough, New Hampshire to visit Dr. Westphall on his birthday; Ellen tries to deal with changes to her hometown; Novino stirs up a lady carpenter; Lizzie finally expresses her resentment; and Dr. Craig almost destroys his friendship with Dr. Westphall.

EP18  The Naked Civil Surgeon
Apr. 27,1988
The Naked Civil Surgeon

Wade and Kiley liberate their psyches during a study of OR infection vectors; Dr. Auschlander meets the son he never knew; Morrison and Novino grow closer as they work in the ICU; and Rosenthal adjusts to life in the chemical dependency unit.

EP19  Requiem For a Heavyweight
May. 04,1988
Requiem For a Heavyweight

Ehrlich stands up to Dr. Craig's verbal missiles; Griffin fails in an attempt to pass along spiritual support; Axelrod faces emergency heart surgery as a patient; Rosenthal finds it hard to face her children during family therapy; and Luther uses Penny's video equipment to record Dr. Gideon.

EP20  Split Decision
May. 11,1988
Split Decision

Brett Johnston's parents come to visit; even in death Axelrod doesn't get any respect; Rosenthal waits for her release while her roommate runs away; Luther proposes to Penny; and Dr. Craig returns to St. Eligius to do a multiple transplant.

EP21  The Abby Singer Show
May. 18,1988
The Abby Singer Show

An ebullient Novino pursues Morrison; Fiscus tries to revitalize his mother's life; Rosenthal returns to duty; Wade tries to help a dying child deal with her bitterly divided parents; Griffin tests positive for AIDS; Dr. Turner returns and helps Chandler come to a decision about his future; and the Oseranskys return to take Lucy to the ""Doctor of the Year"" dinner, which ends in a flaming disaster.

EP22  The Last One
May. 25,1988
The Last One

The Craigs' reconciliation faces its first test; Drs. Auschlander and Gideon struggle together to save St. Eligius when Weigert decides to get out; Novino pushes Morrison to decide between her and Joanne; Griffin places his future in God's hands; Ehrlich returns from his odyssey; and Fiscus' last E.R. patient is a lady from the opera... But is it really over? The jaw-dropping climax culminates in a blue-collared dad placing his young autistic son Tommy Westphall's miniature St. Eligius snow globe on the living room TV set, having summoned him to dinner. ""St. Elsewhere's"" entire six-year saga had all been a figment of little Tommy's imagination!

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Released: 1982-10-26 | Released Producted By: 20th Century Fox Television , MTM Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

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Drama

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Cast

William Daniels , Norman Lloyd , Ronny Cox , Bonnie Bartlett , Ed Begley Jr. , Stephen Furst

Director

Mark Tinker

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20th Century Fox Television , MTM Productions

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St. Elsewhere Audience Reviews

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
DeanNYC For a moment, let's forget the final five minutes of this series. Take the 136.9 episodes presented. This was a new sort of television. Granted, "Hill Street Blues" first came up with the large ensemble cast, the mix of humor and drama and set the stage for this program, but St. Elsewhere went so far beyond Hill Street that at the end, the two series didn't even mildly resemble each other.Really, the notable thing that hooks a television viewer and a pop culture junkie about St. Elsewhere were all of the references. Almost like a game of Trivial Pursuit while you watched the action, the writers of the program constantly dropped references to other classic television programs, paid tribute to the past roles of their stars and placed all sorts of humorous "in jokes" for its viewers to get along the way. I don't know that all of them would still have meaning for someone viewing the show today, but maybe? The fact was the writers were letting us know that we were just like them, TV addicts, and that made a Velcro like seal between the program and its fans.That was all just the sizzle. The steak was a great, solid cast and taut storytelling. Clearly this was the best show of the 1980s, and quite possibly the best hospital show in history."First rate people in a second rate place" was how the characters were described, and really, you can't deny it. St. Eligius had a lot of problems throughout its fifty plus years as a Boston teaching hospital, but no matter how convoluted their personal lives became, you always got the feeling that at least the doctors and nurses always cared about their patients, and that's why checking in was not just an addiction but a borderline obsession!Most notable of the players were William Daniels in his role as the bombastic, pedantic and terribly Bostonian Cardiologist, Dr. Mark Craig, along with his foil, Ed Begley Jr. as his ne'er do well protégé, Dr. Victor Ehrlich. An almost Laurel and Hardy style relationship was created with these two (though physically, perhaps Mutt & Jeff is a better reference), and many of the scenes they played together were some of the most hilarious of any SITCOM of the era! But it's difficult to truly single out any one acting performance, when you see who else was doctoring... future two time Oscar winner Denzel Washington on staff, Howie Mandel out of his zany stand-up style to play it straight and he managed! The elegance of Norman Lloyd as Medical Chief Auschlander, and the tragic sadness of Ed Flanders as Westphall, which, even more sadly, was echoed in his real life. Bonnie Bartlett, Christina Pickles, Sagan Lewis... a true gem of a cast and everyone contributed something amazing.In addition, the guest stars list reads like a Hollywood who's who! Just check the "episodes cast" button if you don't believe me.There were some firsts for the show: first television character to get the AIDS virus was Dr. Bobby Caldwell. Inexplicably, they also had the first character to be "cured" of AIDS, but the less said about that, the better! Dr. Westphall's bare ass was the first ever seen on a prime time network program. And, long before "24" existed, there was the digital clock on this series! Forgive the final plot twist, which to me was a dig more at the network that canceled them than the fans that supported them. This show is filled with small treasures and characters that make them shine like diamonds. If only every show could be as good as this one. Then again, were that the case, I'd probably never do anything but watch television!
t-clement-1 The very best television had/has to offer. The show had it all, from the inside jokes to the high drama, every moment kept me captivated. There has been nothing as good since, bar none. It really was the trend setter for so many shows that followed. However, very few that followed lived up the the high standards set by St. Elsewhere. I've been hoping and hoping that that MTM would start to release this amazing show on DVD. Well......................I come with tidings of GREAT JOY!! Season one is finally being released on DVD. YES! that's right! Released as of December 12, 2006. I've already pre-ordered my copy from Amazon.Some of the features are a St. Elsewhere featurette, and also commentary on selected episodes.Can't wait for my delivery date of December 18th. Yeeehaaaww!!
cherm500 This was one of the more thoughtful and well-written series of the 80s and one I would love to see brought out in series for purchase on DVD. The characters were well-developed and multi-dimensional. Even the ones that were irritating were still riveting to watch. It was a forerunner and a ground-breaker to what ER has become today. ER is faster paced, but the elements are still there with characters we've come to know and care about. Dr. House could have been an intern learning the ego-maniacal traits of Dr. Craig which would easily have helped him to grow into the character he now portrays. St. Elsewhere was the medical arena's response to Hill Street Blues (police drama), another acclaimed series. Two hours of TV not to be missed at that time.Who could forget watching Dr. Ehrlich preparing to perform a GYN exam on Bonnie Bartlett who portrayed the wife of the irascible Dr. Craig (William Daniels), when he tells her to lay back and "spread 'em". This was drama and humor and human emotion all mixed together at its very best and it would be a shame if it were never to be made available for people in a newer generation to view. Give me a "St. Elsewhere" over a "Survivor" any day of the week!
juliafwilliams When I saw certain episodes of St. Elsewhere on Bravo, I distinctly heard that generic music, especially in the episode Time Heals, centering on the 50th anniversary of the founding of St. Eligius. I saw the episode at its first run, and the music used on that and a few other episodes was FAR SUPERIOR to this generic music. Either the music licensing fees were too icy-pricey for syndication or the licensers simply had some kind of freeze on the music.Here's hoping that if and when a great show like St. Elsewhere makes it to DVD, consideration will be given to release the episodes with the original music and not the generic music. That generic music is for the buzzards.