Name: St. Elsewhere
Released: 1982-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Ed Begley Jr.

TV Show · Drama · Classics

St. Elsewhere is the award-winning, critically acclaimed, ambitious, and realistic medical drama about the always under-the-gun doctors and nurses of St. Eligius: an understaffed, underfunded, and always chaotic teaching hospital in a deteriorating section of Boston.

1982 · 49m

Starring Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Ed Begley Jr.

EPISODE 1

Pilot

Chaos abounds at St. Eligius as Dr. Cavanaro searches for a mental patient lost amid hospital bureaucracy, and Dr. Morrison fights to prevent a risky operation on a young girl with dysentery.

47m
EPISODE 2

Bypass

A young woman, the victim of a terrorist bombing, fights for her life, while a conflicted Dr. Morrison must treat the reprehensible terrorist.

45m
EPISODE 3

Down's Syndrome

Dr. Cavanaro must break the news to a young couple that their baby will be born with Down's Syndrome. Meanwhile, Dr. Beale pays a visit to the loathsome bomber, and an overworked Dr. White makes a near-fatal mistake.

47m
EPISODE 4

Cora and Arnie

Cora and Arnie, a homeless couple, face a life-threatening medical decision, while Lillian and George, a middle-class couple, discover the surprising cost of a series of routine tests to determine the cause of Lillian's fainting spells.

47m
EPISODE 5

Samuels and the Kid

Dr. Samuels is deeply affected when a precocious boy admitted for surgery reminds him of his own painful past, while Dr. Chandler tries to have a veteran nurse fired. Elsewhere, Dr. Fiscus surprises Dr. Martin with a romantic dinner, and Dr. Cavanaro delivers a baby in an unusual manner.

46m
EPISODE 6

Legionnaires

Dr. Westphall suspects an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in Ward Five and clashes with a hospital administrator over whether to close down the ward or not.

47m