St. Elsewhere Season 5

(1986) September - May | # of Episodes : 23

Ratings

5.4

7.9

Series Details

Seasons: 6

Total Episodes: 137

Creators: Joshua Brand , John Masius , John Falsey , Mark Tinker

Networks: NBC

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Oct 26, 1982

Recent Air Date: May 25, 1988

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: NR

Website: Link

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox Television , MTM Productions

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Main Cast

Norman Lloyd

Daniel Auschlander

Age : 109 | Popularity : 6%

Ed Begley Jr.

Victor Ehrlich

Age : 74 | Popularity : 9%

Stephen Furst

Elliot Axelrod

Age : 62 | Popularity : 8%

Eric Laneuville

Luther Hawkins

Age : 71 | Popularity : 6%

Episodes

Episode 1

24 September 1986 - Where There's Hope, There's Crosby

A depressed Father Joseph McCabe returns to St. Eligius; Morrison receives a visitor from Seattle; Dr. Craig seeks help for his injured hand from an old classmate; one of Axelrod's patients awakens in the morgue; and Luther plays musical air conditioners.

Episode 2

01 October 1986 - When You Wish Upon a Scar

Wade tries to get a grip on her marital problems; Fiscus throws an engagement party for Morrison; Rosenthal figures out the self-serving Griffin; and John Doe #6 returns.

Episode 3

08 October 1986 - A Room With a View

Dr. Craig behaves boorishly to his replacement, Dr. Paulette Kiem; Birch finds a radioactive patient; Papandrao claims Ehrlich as an escort to a family birthday party; a friend of Fiscus' is admitted with a major stroke; and a hospital neighbor becomes very upset when she observes Dr. Craig's imminent departure.

Episode 4

15 October 1986 - Brand New Bag

The Craigs try out yet another new maid; fellow employees stab Luther in the back; Axelrod is embarrassed and rude about a patient's colostomy; and Fiscus helps Mr. Ewell's daughter take him home to die.

Episode 5

29 October 1986 - You Beta Your Life

Dr. Westphall helps a terminally ill teenager reach his parents; Griffin plays Birch and Novino off against each other to escape blame in a patient's death; Morrison calls Chandler on it when Dr. Turner gets involved in a dispute involving a sick child; and Dr. Craig tries to start his memoirs.

Episode 6

05 November 1986 - Not My Type

Dr. Turner faces a dilemma as she performs surgery on a Jehovah's Witness, who has forbidden any blood transfusions; Griffin takes positive steps to blame Birch for the patient's death; Ehrlich announces his night with Papandrao; and Dr. Craig's new typist encourages him to use his imagination.

Episode 7

12 November 1986 - Up and Down

Lizzie gets involved with Griffin; a man falls while trying to scale the hospital; Luther befriends a bag lady with Tourette's Syndrome; and John Doe #6 disappears with Dr. Craig's book.

Episode 8

19 November 1986 - Nothing Up My Sleeve

Mandatory drug testing causes a deep division of opinion; Morrison is haunted by his day at the prison; Axelrod is assigned to guide a 14-year-old medical student around; Griffin gets a warning from Dr. Westphall about hurting Lizzie; and Dr. Craig tries to perform magic tricks for some young patients and his housekeeper.

Episode 9

26 November 1986 - After Life

Dr. Fiscus is shot. Afterwards, he experiences the afterlife and meets some old friends. Such people include old patients who died in the hospital, a few in limbo and a couple in heaven. However, he is condemed to hades and finds Dr. White swiming in circles for all eternity in a boat with only one oar. Meamwhile, the docs at St. Eligus try their hardest to keep Fiscus alive.

Episode 10

03 December 1986 - Once Upon a Mattress

Fiscus awakens but is deeply depressed, despite a visit from his father; Dr. Craig returns to work and his office, disregarding Dr. Kiem's feelings; Dr. Westphall decides to stop seeing Novino and his moving man comes in for a penile implant.

Episode 11

10 December 1986 - Lost Weekend

Dr. Westphall tries to help an alcoholic poet he once admired; Dr. Craig puts his usual worst foot forward as he tries to persuade the Soviets to release Masha's husband; Rosenthal confronts McPhail about her drug problem; and Ehrlich makes friends with Papandrao's new boyfriend.

Episode 12

07 January 1987 - Cold War

Dr. Turner finds her confidence shaken when she learns her new patient, about to undergo a risky transfusion procedure, has a malpractice suit pending at another hospital; Dr. Peltrovich arrives but has trouble getting licensed to practice medicine; and Morrison explodes during a mock war with paint guns.

Episode 13

14 January 1987 - Russian Roulette

Dr. Craig becomes jealous when Dr. Peltrovich is finally allowed to pursue his work with lasers; Fiscus experiences an emotional rollercoaster as he returns to work with a critical leukemia patient; and Ehrlich hits highs and lows as he accepts his ""Orphan of the Year"" award.

Episode 14

21 January 1987 - Visiting Daze

Axelrod allows Novino and Griffin to override his judgement; Dr. Kiem worries about her long distance marriage as she tries to help an inseparable couple make a final farewell; Luther tries to help Polly make it through a day without her medication; and Ehrlich goes to great lengths to confirm the Oseranskys' story.

Episode 15

28 January 1987 - Getting Ahead

Novino uncovers a pathologist selling body parts when one of her patients dies; Dr. Westphall learns that Lizzie is pregnant; Chandler and a visiting private practitioner learn something from each other, and John Doe #6 surfaces again, along with Craig's novel.

Episode 16

04 February 1987 - Jose, Can You See?

Novino tangles again with Chandler about admitting a blind street person who's not really sick; Dr. Auschlander learns he has a son he never knew; the Craigs face their grief all over again when Ellen offers Griffin a place to stay; and Wade fears for her future when she learns she needs glasses.

Episode 17

11 February 1987 - Schwarzwald

Rosenthal tries to help her obese daughter cope with her problems; Axelrod's father brings a dog to the hospital for chemotherapy; Dr. Turner reluctantly reveals the ultrasound results to a couple looking for the perfect baby; and Dr. Westphall continues to try and find a way to keep the hospital open.

Episode 18

18 February 1987 - You Again?

Morrison testifies at Nick Moat's parole hearing; Dr. Kiem buries herself in work when she learns her son has taken off from home and is missing; Fiscus diagnoses multiple sclerosis in an old college friend; and the rumors fly that St. Eligius is about to become a billing center for Boston General.

Episode 19

25 February 1987 - Rites of Passage

Fiscus waits for a woman artificially inseminated with his sperm to give birth; three young men explore life and the hospital to relieve the boredom of their stay; Dr. Westphall relives part of his past when a childhood friend reminds him of an old pact; and Drs. Craig and Auschlander continue to search for hospital financing.

Episode 20

04 March 1987 - Women Unchained

Shirley Daniels returns to the hospital as a patient; Mrs. Craig offers Griffin a place to stay; Chandler and Novino compete to see who can correctly diagnose a difficult patient; and Ehrlich and Papandrao face wedding rumors when they return from Mexico.

Episode 21

13 May 1987 - Good Vibrations

The representative of a foreign medical group interested in the hospital visits to absorb the psychic `aura' of the place (via flashbacks) but collapses from a heart attack before he can recommend the sale.

Episode 22

20 May 1987 - Slip Sliding Away

Luther turns sleuth to find out who is responsible for the mercy-killings; Dr. Turner takes a chance doing experimental fetal heart surgery; Axelrod gets back at Novino and Griffin; Morrison buys a gun to protect his family; Yvonne Galecki Craig comes to claim her daughter, and Ehrlich and Papandrao have second thoughts about marriage when the new owners fire everyone in the hospital.

Episode 23

27 May 1987 - Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball

Auschlander tries to stop the demolition of St. Eligius.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Bruce Paltrow
	Producer	Channing Gibson Abby Singer John Tinker John Masius Joshua Brand John Falsey
Department	Role	Name

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