St. Eligius Hospital is located in a low-income area of Boston. Rundown for years, the facility earned the nickname St. Elsewhere because of a reputation as a dumping ground. Under stressful conditions, the staff tries their best to sort out patients and their own busy lives.
Show Details:
Start date: Oct 1982
End date: May 1988
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): NBC (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 137 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Medical
End date: May 1988
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): NBC (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 137 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Medical
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Episode list & details from:
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| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 26 Oct 82 | St. Elsewhere |
| 2. | 1-2 | 09 Nov 82 | Bypass |
| 3. | 1-3 | 16 Nov 82 | Down's Syndrome |
| 4. | 1-4 | 23 Nov 82 | Cora and Arnie |
| 5. | 1-5 | 30 Nov 82 | Samuels and the Kid |
| 6. | 1-6 | 07 Dec 82 | Legionnaires (1) |
| 7. | 1-7 | 14 Dec 82 | Legionnaires (2) |
| 8. | 1-8 | 21 Dec 82 | Tweety and Ralph |
| 9. | 1-9 | 04 Jan 83 | Rain |
| 10. | 1-10 | 11 Jan 83 | Hearts |
| 11. | 1-11 | 18 Jan 83 | Graveyard |
| 12. | 1-12 | 01 Feb 83 | Release |
| 13. | 1-13 | 08 Feb 83 | Family History |
| 14. | 1-14 | 22 Feb 83 | Remission |
| 15. | 1-15 | 01 Mar 83 | Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day |
| 16. | 1-16 | 08 Mar 83 | The Count |
| 17. | 1-17 | 15 Mar 83 | Brothers |
| 18. | 1-18 | 22 Mar 83 | Dog Day Hospital |
| 19. | 1-19 | 05 Apr 83 | Working |
| 20. | 1-20 | 12 Apr 83 | Craig in Love |
| 21. | 1-21 | 19 Apr 83 | Baron von Munchausen |
| 22. | 1-22 | 03 May 83 | Addiction |
| Season 2 | |||
| 23. | 2-1 | 26 Oct 83 | Ties That Bind |
| 24. | 2-2 | 02 Nov 83 | Lust Et Veritas |
| 25. | 2-3 | 09 Nov 83 | Newheart |
| 26. | 2-4 | 16 Nov 83 | Qui Transtulit Sustinet |
| 27. | 2-5 | 23 Nov 83 | A Wing and a Prayer |
| 28. | 2-6 | 30 Nov 83 | Under Pressure |
| 29. | 2-7 | 07 Dec 83 | Entrapment |
| 30. | 2-8 | 14 Dec 83 | All About Eve |
| 31. | 2-9 | 21 Dec 83 | AIDS & Comfort |
| 32. | 2-10 | 11 Jan 84 | A Pig Too Far |
| 33. | 2-11 | 18 Jan 84 | Blizzard |
| 34. | 2-12 | 01 Feb 84 | Hearing |
| 35. | 2-13 | 08 Feb 84 | In Sickness and in Health |
| 36. | 2-14 | 15 Feb 84 | Drama Center |
| 37. | 2-15 | 22 Feb 84 | Attack |
| 38. | 2-16 | 29 Feb 84 | After Dark |
| 39. | 2-17 | 07 Mar 84 | Vanity |
| 40. | 2-18 | 14 Mar 84 | Equinox |
| 41. | 2-19 | 28 Mar 84 | The Women |
| 42. | 2-20 | 02 May 84 | Cramming |
| 43. | 2-21 | 09 May 84 | Rough Cut |
| 44. | 2-22 | 16 May 84 | Hello, Goodbye |
| Season 3 | |||
| 45. | 3-1 | 19 Sep 84 | Playing God (1) |
| 46. | 3-2 | 26 Sep 84 | Playing God (2) |
| 47. | 3-3 | 03 Oct 84 | Two Balls and a Strike |
| 48. | 3-4 | 17 Oct 84 | Strikeout |
| 49. | 3-5 | 24 Oct 84 | Breathless |
| 50. | 3-6 | 31 Oct 84 | My Aim Is True |
| 51. | 3-7 | 07 Nov 84 | Fade to White |
| 52. | 3-8 | 14 Nov 84 | Sweet Dreams |
| 53. | 3-9 | 21 Nov 84 | Up on the Roof |
| 54. | 3-10 | 28 Nov 84 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun |
| 55. | 3-11 | 05 Dec 84 | Homecoming |
| 56. | 3-12 | 12 Dec 84 | The Children's Hour |
| 57. | 3-13 | 19 Dec 84 | Dr. Wyler, I Presume |
| 58. | 3-14 | 02 Jan 85 | Whistle, Wyler Works |
| 59. | 3-15 | 16 Jan 85 | Bye, George |
| 60. | 3-16 | 16 Jan 85 | Saving Face |
| 61. | 3-17 | 23 Jan 85 | Give the Boy a Hand |
| 62. | 3-18 | 30 Jan 85 | Any Portrait in a Storm |
| 63. | 3-19 | 13 Feb 85 | Red, White, Black and Blue |
| 64. | 3-20 | 20 Feb 85 | Amazing Face |
| 65. | 3-21 | 27 Feb 85 | Murder, She Rote |
| 66. | 3-22 | 13 Mar 85 | Tears of a Clown |
| 67. | 3-23 | 20 Mar 85 | Bang the Eardrum Slowly |
| 68. | 3-24 | 27 Mar 85 | Cheers |
| Season 4 | |||
| 69. | 4-1 | 18 Sep 85 | Remembrance of Things Past |
| 70. | 4-2 | 25 Sep 85 | Fathers and Sons |
| 71. | 4-3 | 23 Oct 85 | Haunted |
| 72. | 4-4 | 30 Oct 85 | The Naked and the Dead |
| 73. | 4-5 | 06 Nov 85 | Slice O'Life |
| 74. | 4-6 | 13 Nov 85 | Lost and Found in Space |
| 75. | 4-7 | 20 Nov 85 | Close Encounters |
| 76. | 4-8 | 27 Nov 85 | Watch the Skies |
| 77. | 4-9 | 04 Dec 85 | Sanctuary |
| 78. | 4-10 | 11 Dec 85 | Loss of Power |
| 79. | 4-11 | 18 Dec 85 | Santa Claus Is Dead |
| 80. | 4-12 | 08 Jan 86 | The Boom Boom Womb |
| 81. | 4-13 | 15 Jan 86 | To Tell the Truth |
| 82. | 4-14 | 22 Jan 86 | Family Ties |
| 83. | 4-15 | 29 Jan 86 | Family Feud |
| 84. | 4-16 | 12 Feb 86 | Family Affair |
| 85. | 4-17 | 19 Feb 86 | Time Heals (1) |
| 86. | 4-18 | 20 Feb 86 | Time Heals (2) |
| 87. | 4-19 | 26 Feb 86 | Out on a Limb |
| 88. | 4-20 | 05 Mar 86 | Come Home, Oh Sapien |
| 89. | 4-21 | 12 Mar 86 | Cheek to Cheek |
| 90. | 4-22 | 19 Mar 86 | Black's Magic |
| 91. | 4-23 | 30 Apr 86 | The Equalizer |
| 92. | 4-24 | 07 May 86 | E.R. |
| Season 5 | |||
| 93. | 5-1 | 24 Sep 86 | Where There's Hope, There's Crosby |
| 94. | 5-2 | 01 Oct 86 | When You Wish Upon a Scar |
| 95. | 5-3 | 08 Oct 86 | A Room with a View |
| 96. | 5-4 | 15 Oct 86 | Brand New Bag |
| 97. | 5-5 | 29 Oct 86 | You Beta Your Life |
| 98. | 5-6 | 05 Nov 86 | Not My Type |
| 99. | 5-7 | 12 Nov 86 | Up and Down |
| 100. | 5-8 | 19 Nov 86 | Nothing Up My Sleeve |
| 101. | 5-9 | 26 Nov 86 | After Life |
| 102. | 5-10 | 03 Dec 86 | Once Upon a Mattress |
| 103. | 5-11 | 10 Dec 86 | Lost Weekend |
| 104. | 5-12 | 07 Jan 87 | Cold War |
| 105. | 5-13 | 14 Jan 87 | Russian Roulette |
| 106. | 5-14 | 21 Jan 87 | Visiting Daze |
| 107. | 5-15 | 28 Jan 87 | Getting Ahead |
| 108. | 5-16 | 04 Feb 87 | Jose, Can You See? |
| 109. | 5-17 | 11 Feb 87 | Schwarzwald |
| 110. | 5-18 | 18 Feb 87 | You Again? |
| 111. | 5-19 | 25 Feb 87 | Rites of Passage |
| 112. | 5-20 | 04 Mar 87 | Women Unchained |
| 113. | 5-21 | 13 May 87 | Good Vibrations |
| 114. | 5-22 | 20 May 87 | Slip Sliding Away |
| 115. | 5-23 | 27 May 87 | Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball |
| Season 6 | |||
| 116. | 6-1 | 16 Sep 87 | Resurrection |
| 117. | 6-2 | 23 Sep 87 | The Idiot and the Odyssey |
| 118. | 6-3 | 30 Sep 87 | A Moon for the Misbegotten |
| 119. | 6-4 | 21 Oct 87 | Ewe Can't Go Home Again |
| 120. | 6-5 | 28 Oct 87 | Night of the Living Bed |
| 121. | 6-6 | 04 Nov 87 | The He-Man Woman Hater's Club |
| 122. | 6-7 | 11 Nov 87 | Handoff |
| 123. | 6-8 | 18 Nov 87 | Heart On |
| 124. | 6-9 | 02 Dec 87 | Weigh In, Way Out |
| 125. | 6-10 | 09 Dec 87 | No Chemo, Sabe? |
| 126. | 6-11 | 16 Dec 87 | A Coupla White Dummies Sitting Around Talking |
| 127. | 6-12 | 06 Jan 88 | Final Cut |
| 128. | 6-13 | 13 Jan 88 | Heaven's Skate |
| 129. | 6-14 | 03 Feb 88 | Curtains |
| 130. | 6-15 | 10 Feb 88 | Fairytale Theater |
| 131. | 6-16 | 17 Feb 88 | Down and Out on Beacon Hill |
| 132. | 6-17 | 20 Apr 88 | Their Town |
| 133. | 6-18 | 27 Apr 88 | The Naked Civil Surgeon |
| 134. | 6-19 | 04 May 88 | Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| 135. | 6-20 | 11 May 88 | Split Decision |
| 136. | 6-21 | 18 May 88 | The Abby Singer Show |
| 137. | 6-22 | 25 May 88 | The Last One |
NOTES
St. Elsewhere is one of the finest television show ever produced. A mixture of laughter, tears, grit, intelligence, and realism that no other program has managed to combine. Major characters went through changes that were rooted in years of history and behavior. Some died, and not always those expected to. Veteran characters were respected, instead of being shuffled away in favor of vapid newcomers. History was used to enhance future stories; these were not heroic doctors who had no past and only the brightest future.
The guiding influences in the first year were Joshua Brand & John Falsey; they produced a diverse, fascinating cluster of episodes that stand out as some of the best the show has to offer. They left after the first year (but are given an ironic tribute in the series finale). Former scriptwriter and story editor Tom Fontana (along with John Masius) took over around season 2 or 3, mixing the most extreme aspects of humanity. Good and evil were represented in all their forms, sometimes in the same episode. A typical example would be Cheek to Cheek, with a scene of a doctor reading a tender goodbye present given to her by a cartoonist patient, immediately followed by a scene of another doctor being brutally raped. Fontana also established an actor base and wealth of in-jokes that he still uses today.
When Masius and Fontana took a lesser role in season 6, others stepped up to the plate, resulting in a few bad stories and some that were incredibly powerful. That was the miraculous thing about St. Elsewhere it never experienced the transformation from superb to wretched most long-running dramas do. When writing problems emerged, they worked themselves out. Irritating stories evolved, or simply ended. As the closing credits for the last episode rolled, most of the characters were still intact, as complex and absorbing as ever. St. Elsewhere was one of a kind. It stands out as a beacon of quality. Nearly 20 years since the pilot, and there are few signs of dating. Some of the storylines are more groundbreaking than anything on network television currently. Amazingly enough, the show never won an Emmy for Best Drama Series, but several performers did. Awards: St. Elsewhere (1982) lists many of the awards and nominations wracked up over the 6 seasons.
Thanks to Donna Lemaster and TVFan for their initial efforts in creating this guide.
St. Elsewhere is one of the finest television show ever produced. A mixture of laughter, tears, grit, intelligence, and realism that no other program has managed to combine. Major characters went through changes that were rooted in years of history and behavior. Some died, and not always those expected to. Veteran characters were respected, instead of being shuffled away in favor of vapid newcomers. History was used to enhance future stories; these were not heroic doctors who had no past and only the brightest future.
The guiding influences in the first year were Joshua Brand & John Falsey; they produced a diverse, fascinating cluster of episodes that stand out as some of the best the show has to offer. They left after the first year (but are given an ironic tribute in the series finale). Former scriptwriter and story editor Tom Fontana (along with John Masius) took over around season 2 or 3, mixing the most extreme aspects of humanity. Good and evil were represented in all their forms, sometimes in the same episode. A typical example would be Cheek to Cheek, with a scene of a doctor reading a tender goodbye present given to her by a cartoonist patient, immediately followed by a scene of another doctor being brutally raped. Fontana also established an actor base and wealth of in-jokes that he still uses today.
When Masius and Fontana took a lesser role in season 6, others stepped up to the plate, resulting in a few bad stories and some that were incredibly powerful. That was the miraculous thing about St. Elsewhere it never experienced the transformation from superb to wretched most long-running dramas do. When writing problems emerged, they worked themselves out. Irritating stories evolved, or simply ended. As the closing credits for the last episode rolled, most of the characters were still intact, as complex and absorbing as ever. St. Elsewhere was one of a kind. It stands out as a beacon of quality. Nearly 20 years since the pilot, and there are few signs of dating. Some of the storylines are more groundbreaking than anything on network television currently. Amazingly enough, the show never won an Emmy for Best Drama Series, but several performers did. Awards: St. Elsewhere (1982) lists many of the awards and nominations wracked up over the 6 seasons.
Thanks to Donna Lemaster and TVFan for their initial efforts in creating this guide.