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…

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…

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…

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.

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;…

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…

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…

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’…

Rosenthal’s first husband and youngest son both return to her life; Chandler comes under fire for his activism against apartheid; Dr. Turner finds it hard to let go of the…

The residents worry over who will be asked to return next year; the Craigs worry over the “”Doctor of the Year”” award dinner; Fiscus grows obsessed with opening a locked…

The Endicotts try to adjust to losing a family member but gain good news about another; Dr. Caldwell’s diagnosis of AIDS causes concern for his friends and a cooling in…

A former nurse returns to St. Eligius as a medical student; a jock desperate to prolong his mediocre career learns the steroids he’s using are killing him; Morrison has difficulty…

St. Eligius’ 50th anniversary spurs memories, including: it’s opening in 1935 under the leadership of Father Joseph McCabe, the arrival of recently emigrated Helen Rosenthal and Mark’s return as chief…

Dr. Turner returns to St. Eligius in time to deliver the baby of an old patient; Chandler has very bad luck as he searches for her all day; and Dr….

Dr. Auschlander resents the wealth and influence of the matriarch of an old Massachusetts family admitted for tests; Morrison feels his impending knee surgery; Axelrod tries to get to know…

The Endicotts learn that their family’s medical problems are hereditary; Dr. Caldwell prepares for surgery to eliminate his facial scar, but learns that he carries a more permanent reminder of…

Chandler does his outreach work at a crisis hotline, where he draws a suicide on his first night; Ehrlich earns Dr. Craig’s approval after he performs well during an emergency;…

St. Eligius’ 50th anniversary spurs memories, including: the growing up of Donald Westphall, the arrival of young Daniel Auschlander and his first meeting with Katharine, a drunken and embittered Father…

Novino treats a famous cartoonist whose hands are being crippled by arthritis; Ehrlich ends his OB-GYN stint by examining Mrs. Craig; and Morrison’s outreach work at a state prison ends…

Fiscus reluctantly does his outreach work with a couple of feisty old people; Chandler is near yet another explosion; John Doe #6 is claimed by a couple who seem as…

Mr. Galecki brings Barbara back to the Craigs; Dr. Turner leaves unexpectedly for her sleepy hometown down South; Rosenthal slaps Lucy; Jack takes his remedial exam and Colonel Cochrane reconciles…

An astronaut lecturing in Boston collapses and is brought to St. Eligius; Papandrao and Rosenthal continue to clash; Axelrod loses both Marcy and his battle with the bulge; Dr. Craig…

Dr. Westphall drives himself too hard and is hospitalized; Yvonne’s parents arrive to see their daughter and to claim their grandchild; Terri has in-vitro fertilization; Fiscus makes a donation; and…

An anti-abortionist targets the hospital for bomb threats and Chandler is involved in trouble at the Boston Women’s Clinic; Rosenthal decides what she must do with her youngest son; Luther…

Life goes on as the generator fails during a city-wide blackout; Caldwell takes leave to visit a dying friend; Westphall shares a stuck elevator with an Irishman; Dr. Craig and…

Dr. Westphall learns that his new housekeeper is an illegal immigrant who was tortured by the death squads in El Salvador; a nervous Ehrlich tries to get out of his…

Dr. Craig arranges to take Yvonne home to her parents; Ehrlich advises a plastic surgery patient behind Dr.Caldwell’s back; Capt. Neal arrives to evaluate the astronaut’s condition and to supervise…

Axelrod tries to keep Santa Claus alive after he collapses at a children’s party; Ehrlich tries to brighten the holiday for his only obstetrical patient; Lizzie’s boy friend finds the…

The Craigs face a tremendous loss as their first grandchild is born; a newly inspired Dr. Westphall returns to work full of ideas; and Fiscus invites himself up to Dr….

The Craigs meet their pregnant daughter-in-law, Yvonne; the Valeres continue to explore ways of having a child; Westphall’s new policies irritate the residents and Auschlander; and Luther rides with a…

Dr. Westphall tries to deal with his critical sister-in-law and a reluctant hospital board; Luther becomes Axelrod’s personal trainer; Roxanne asks Chandler to her recital; Rosenthal worries over the threats…

The hospital review board acquires a new member from the psychiatric floor; Chandler experiences long-suppressed resentments when he treats a Vietnamese patient; and Dr. Turner counsels an upwardly mobile couple…

Mrs. Auschlander faces major heart surgery; Dr. Craig is disturbed to see the ravages of time on his mentor, Dr. David Domedion; Ehrlich searches for a religion; the messiah shows…

Dr. Westphall decides to sell his house; Andrea Fordham sees her new face for the first time; Shirley returns to the morgue where she shot Peter White; Rosenthal believes she’s…

A young woman’s multiple sclerosis worsens, threatening her life as a circus clown; Dr. Craig helps Dr. Westphall look for a condo; and Morrison feels the pressures of his responsibilities…

Luther loses his hearing in an explosion; Morrison finds an explanation for his poorer than usual performance; and Axelrod learns that he is Mrs. Hufnagle’s beneficiary and meets her son.

Westphall places a new doctor in charge of the E.R., and she immediately clashes with Fiscus; Axelrod’s visit to Mrs. Hufnagel’s apartment sends her back to the hospital; Rosenthal and…

Dr. Auschlander suggests a controversial liver dialysis procedure for Wegener’s little girl, using her father’s liver to do the work; Cavanero is stung by the same rumor she started about…

Westphall’s old friend, Capt. Gloria Neal, arrives to make sure everything is prepared for an emergency as the First Lady passes through the area; Ehrlich creates anguish for a mother…

A donor is found for Tshalla but Ehrlich misses out on the operation; Chandler tries to juggle the multiple wives of a bigamist patient; and Morrison faces a personal problem…