List of St. Elsewhere episodes

The following is a list of episodes for NBC television drama St. Elsewhere. The series premiered on October 26, 1982 and ended on May 28, 1988. A total of 137 episodes were produced spanning 6 seasons.

Contents

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
1 22 October 26, 1982 - May 3, 1983
2 22 October 26, 1983 - May 16, 1984
3 24 September 19, 1984 - March 27, 1985
4 24 September 18, 1985 - May 7, 1986
5 23 September 24, 1986 - May 27, 1987
6 22 September 16, 1987 - May 28, 1988

Season 1 (1982–1983)

Series
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Season
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
1 1 "Pilot" Thomas Carter Joshua Brand & John Falsey October 26, 1982 2313
2 2 "Bypass" Thomas Carter Joshua Brand & John Falsey November 9, 1982 2301
3 3 "Down's Syndrome" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Tom Fontana
Story by: Joshua Brand, John Falsey & Tom Fontana
November 16, 1982 2304
4 4 "Cora and Arnie" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Neil Cuthbert
Story by: Neil Cuthbert, Joshua Brand & John Falsey
November 23, 1982 2305
5 5 "Samuels and the Kid" Thomas Carter Teleplay: John Masius
Story by: Joshua Brand, John Falsey & John Masius
November 30, 1982 2303
6 6 "Legionnaires (Part 1)" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Charles Rosin
Story by: Joshua Brand, John Falsey & Charles Rosin
December 7, 1982 2306
7 7 "Legionnaires (Part 2)" Thomas Carter Teleplay: Joel Surnow
Story by: Joshua Brand, John Falsey & Joel Surnow
December 14, 1982 2309
8 8 "Tweety and Ralph" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Elizabeth Diggs
Story by: Joshua Brand, Elizabeth Diggs & John Falsey
December 21, 1982 2307
9 9 "Rain" Victor Hsu Teleplay: Tom Fontana
Story by: Joshua Brand, John Falsey & Tom Fontana
January 4, 1983 2308
10 10 "Hearts" Mark Tinker Teleplay: John Masius
Story by: Joshua Brand, John Falsey & John Masius
January 11, 1983 2310
11 11 "Graveyard" Victor Lobl Teleplay: John Masius
Story by: Joshua Brand, John Falsey & John Masius
January 18, 1983 2302
12 12 "Release" Victor Lobl Teleplay: David Assael & Tom Fontana
Story by: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
February 1, 1982 2311
13 13 "Family History" Kevin Hooks Teleplay: Andrew Laskos
Story by: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
February 8, 1983 2312
14 14 "Remission" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Lee Curran
Story by: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
February 22, 1983 2314
15 15 "Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day" Bruce Paltrow Teleplay: Tom Fontana & John Masius
Story by: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
March 1, 1983 2315
16 16 "The Count" Kevin Hooks Joshua Brand & John Falsey March 8, 1983 2316
17 17 "Brothers" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Mark Tinker
Story by: Joshua Brand, John Falsey & Mark Tinker
March 15, 1983 2317
18 18 "Dog Day Hospital" Victor Lobl Teleplay: John Ford Noonan
Story by: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
March 22, 1983 2318
19 19 "Working" Bruce Paltrow Teleplay: Dennis Cooper
Story by: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
April 5, 1983 2320
20 20 "Craig in Love" Victor Lobl Teleplay: Steve Lawson
Story by: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
April 12, 1983 2321
21 21 "Baron Von Munchausen" Victor Hsu Teleplay: David Assael & Paul Schiffer
Story by: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
April 5, 1983 2319
22 22 "Addiction" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana & John Masius May 3, 1983 2322

Season 2 (1983–1984)

Series
#
Season
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
23 1 "Ties That Bind" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana October 26, 1983 3301
24 2 "Lust Et Veritas" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Dennis Cooper
Story by: Dennis Cooper, Tom Fontana & John Masius
November 2, 1983 3302
25 3 "Newheart" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana, John Masius, Emilie Small & Garn Stephens November 9, 1983 3303
26 4 "Qui Transtulit Sustinet" Victor Lobl John Tinker & Mark Tinker November 16, 1983 3304
27 5 "A Wing and a Prayer" Bruce Paltrow Raymond DeLaurentis & Robert DeLaurentis November 23, 1983 3305
28 6 "Under Pressure" David Anspaugh Teleplay: Steve Bello
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
November 30, 1983 3307
29 7 "Entrapment" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Steve Bello
Story by: Steve Bello, Tom Fontana & John Masius
December 7, 1983 3308
30 8 "All About Eve" David Anspaugh Tom Fontana & John Masius December 14, 1983 3309
31 9 "Aids and Comfort" Victor Lobl Teleplay: Steve Lawson
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
December 21, 1983 3306
32 10 "A Pig Too Far" Linda Day James Kahn & John Tinker January 11, 1984 3310
33 11 "Blizzard" Kevin Hooks James Horton & Steve Lawson January 18, 1984 3311
34 12 "Hearing" Charles Braverman Teleplay: Steve Bello
Story by: Steve Bello & Robert Daniels
February 1, 1984 3312
35 13 "In Sickness and in Health" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana & John Masius February 8, 1984 3313
36 14 "Drama Center" David Anspaugh Teleplay: John Tinker
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
February 15, 1984 3314
37 15 "Attack" Kevin Hooks Teleplay: Cynthia Darnell & Douglas Brooks West
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
February 22, 1984 3315
38 16 "After Dark" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Steve Lawson
Story by: Tom Fontana, Steve Lawson & John Masius
February 29, 1984 3316
39 17 "Vanity" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Raymond DeLaurentis, John Tinker & Jorge Zamacona
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
March 7, 1984 3317
40 18 "Equinox" David Anspaugh Teleplay: Charles H. Eglee & Channing Gibson
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
March 14, 1984 3318
41 19 "The Women" Bruce Paltrow Teleplay: John Ford Noonan
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
March 28, 1984 3319
42 20 "Cramming" Tim Matheson Steve Bello & Steve Lawson May 2, 1984 3320
43 21 "Rough Cut" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Mitchell Fink & Susan Kindner
Story by: Steve Bello & Steve Lawson
May 9, 1984 3321
44 22 "Hello, Goodbye" Linda Day Tom Fontana & John Masius May 16, 1984 3322

Season 3 (1984–1985)

Series
#
Season
#
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
45 1 "Playing God (Part 1)" Bruce Paltrow Tom Fontana & John Masius September 19, 1984 4301
46 2 "Playing God (Part 2)" Bruce Paltrow Tom Fontana & John Masius September 26, 1984 4302
47 3 "Two Balls and a Strike" David Anspaugh Teleplay: Tom Fontana & John Tinker
Story by: John Masius & John Tinker
October 3, 1984 4303
48 4 "Strikeout" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Steve Bello
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
October 17, 1984 4304
49 5 "Breathless" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Joel Surnow
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
October 24, 1984 4305
50 6 "My Aim is True" David Anspaugh Teleplay: Charles H. Eglee & Channing Gibson
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
October 31, 1984 4306
51 7 "Fade to White" David Anspaugh Teleplay: Cynthia Darnell
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
November 7, 1984 4307
52 8 "Sweet Dreams" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana & John Masius November 14, 1984 4308
53 9 "Up on the Roof" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Steve Bello & Channing Gibson
Story by: Charles H. Eglee & John Tinker
November 21, 1984 4309
54 10 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Bruce Paltrow Teleplay: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
Story by: Steve Bello & Charles H. Eglee
November 28, 1984 4310
55 11 "Homecoming" David Anspaugh Teleplay: Charles H. Eglee & Mark Tinker
Story by: Steve Bello & Channing Gibson
December 5, 1984 4311
56 12 "The Children's Hour" William Daniels Teleplay: Steve Bello & Charles H. Eglee
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
December 12, 1984 4312
57 13 "Dr. Wyler, I Presume" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Cynthia Darnell
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
December 19, 1984 4313
58 14 "Whistle, Wyler Works" David Anspaugh Teleplay: Duncan Smith
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 2, 1985 4314
59 15 "Bye, George" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana & John Masius January 9, 1985 4315
60 16 "Saving Face" Charles Braverman Teleplay: Norma Safford Vela & Jorge Zamacona
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 16, 1985 4316
61 17 "Give the Boy a Hand" Janet Greek Teleplay: Mitchell Fink & Marcus Ross
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 23, 1985 4317
62 18 "Any Portrait in a Storm" Leo Penn Teleplay: Lyle Kessler
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 30, 1985 4318
63 19 "Red, White, Black and Blue" Bruce Paltrow Teleplay: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
Story by: Steve Bello & Charles H. Eglee
February 13, 1985 4319
64 20 "Amazing Face" Janet Greek Teleplay: Charles H. Eglee
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
February 20, 1985 4320
65 21 "Murder, She Rote" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Steve Bello
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
February 27, 1985 4321
66 22 "Tears of a Clown" Janet Greek Teleplay: Tom Fontana & John Masius
Story by: Steve Bello, Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson & John Tinker
March 13, 1985 4322
67 23 "Bang the Eardrum Slowly" David Anspaugh Teleplay: Stephen Willey
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
March 20, 1985 4324
68 24 "Cheers" Bruce Paltrow Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker March 27, 1985 4323

Season 4 (1985–1986)

Series
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Season
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
69 1 "Remembrance of Things Past" Bruce Paltrow Tom Fontana, John Masius & Bruce Paltrow September 18, 1985 5310
70 2 "Father and Sons" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Duncan Smith
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
September 25, 1985 5302
71 3 "Haunted" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson & John Tinker
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
October 23, 1985 5311
72 4 "The Naked and the Dead" Leo Penn Teleplay: Russ Woody
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
October 30, 1985 5303
73 5 "Slice O'Life" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: John Tinker
Story by: Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker
November 6, 1985 5304
74 6 "Lost and Found in Space" Robert Becker Teleplay: Bob Resenfarb
Story by: Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker
November 13, 1985 5305
75 7 "Close Encounters" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Norma Safford Vela
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
November 20, 1985 5306
76 8 "Watch the Skies" Beth Hillshafer Teleplay: Charles H. Eglee
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
November 27, 1985 5307
77 9 "Sanctuary" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Channing Gibson
Story by: Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius
December 4, 1985 5308
78 10 "Loss of Power" Mark Tinker Teleplay: John Masius
Story by: Tom Fontana, Bruce Paltrow & Mark Tinker
December 11, 1985 5309
79 11 "Santa Claus is Dead" Leo Penn Charles H. Eglee, Tom Fontana & John Masius December 18, 1985 5314
80 12 "The Boom Boom Womb" Nicholas Mele Teleplay: Michael Moody
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 8, 1986 5312
81 13 "To Tell the Truth" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Steve Lawson
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 15, 1986 5313
82 14 "Family Ties" Allan Arkush Teleplay: Judith Kahan
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 22, 1986 5315
83 15 "Family Feud" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Frank Dandridge
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 29, 1986 5316
84 16 "Family Affair" Bruce Paltrow Teleplay: Eric Overmyer
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
February 12, 1986 5317
85 17 "Time Heals (Part 1)" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker February 19, 1985 5318
86 18 "Time Heals (Part 2)" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker February 20, 1985 5301
87 19 "Out on a Limb" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Judith Kahan
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
February 26, 1986 5319
88 20 "Come Home, Oh Sapien" Allan Arkush Teleplay: Michael Duggan
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
March 5, 1986 5320
89 21 "Cheek to Cheek" Helaine Head Teleplay: Eric Overmyer
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
March 12, 1986 5321
90 22 "Black's Magic" Beth Hillshafer Charles H. Eglee, Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson, John Masius & John Tinker March 19, 1986 5324
91 23 "The Equalizer" Mark Tinker Charles H. Eglee, Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson, John Masius & John Tinker April 30, 1985 5325
92 24 "E.R." Mark Tinker Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius May 7, 1986 5326

Season 5 (1986–1987)

Series
#
Season
#
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
93 1 "Where There's Hope, There's Crosby" Bruce Paltrow Tom Fontana & John Masius September 24, 1986 6301
94 2 "When You Wish Upon a Scar" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker October 1, 1986 6302
95 3 "A Room With a View" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Channing Gibson
Story by: Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius
October 8, 1986 6303
96 4 "Brand New Bag" Beth Hillshafer Teleplay: Eric Overmyer
Story by: Tom Fontana, John Masius & Eric Overmyer
October 15, 1986 6304
97 5 "You Beta Your Life" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana, John Masius & Mark Tinker October 29, 1986 6305
98 6 "Not My Type" Allan Arkush Teleplay: Ann Reckling
Story by: Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker
November 5, 1986 6306
99 7 "Up and Down" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Johnny Dawkins
Story by: Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius
November 12, 1986 6307
100 8 "Nothing Up My Sleeve" Allan Arkush Teleplay: Norma Safford Vela
Story by: Tom Fontana, John Masius & Eric Overmyer
November 19, 1986 6308
101 9 "After Life" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker November 26, 1986 6309
102 10 "Once Upon a Mattress" Helaine Head Teleplay: Channing Gibson
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
December 3, 1986 6310
103 11 "Lost Weekend" Eric Laneuville Tom Fontana, John Masius & Eric Overmyer December 10, 1986 6311
104 12 "Cold War" Peter Medak Teleplay: Christopher Whitesell
Story by: Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius
January 7, 1987 6312
105 13 "Russian Roulette" Helaine Head Teleplay: Ann Reckling
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 14, 1987 6313
106 14 "Visiting Daze" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: D. Keith Mano
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
January 21, 1987 6314
107 15 "Getting Ahead" Allan Arkush Tom Fontana, John Masius & Eric Overmyer January 28, 1987 6315
108 16 "Jose, Can You See?" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: John Tinker
Story by: Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker
February 4, 1987 6316
109 17 "Schwarzwald" Allan Arkush Teleplay: Richard Kramer
Story by: Tom Fontana & John Masius
February 11, 1987 6317
110 18 "You Again?" Ron Abbott Teleplay: Susan Kander
Story by: Tom Fontana, John Masius & John Tinker
February 18, 1987 6318
111 19 "Rites of Passage" Eric Laneuville Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Masius February 25, 1987 6319
112 20 "Women Unchianed" Michael Fresco Teleplay: Russ Woody
Story by: Tom Fontana, John Masius & Eric Overmyer
March 4, 1987 6320
113 21 "Goodd Vibrations" Bruce Paltrow Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson, John Masius & John Tinker May 13, 1987 6323
114 22 "Slip Sliding Away" John Heath Channing Gibson, John Masius, Eric Overmyer & John Tinker May 20, 1987 6321
115 23 "Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball" Eric Laneuville Tom Fontana & John Masius May 27, 1987 6322

Season 6 (1987–1988)

Series
#
Season
#
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
116 1 "Resurrection" Bruce Paltrow Channing Gibson & John Tinker September 16, 1987 7301
117 2 "The Idiot and the Odyssey" Mark Tinker Channing Gibson, John Masius & John Tinker September 23, 1987 7303
118 3 "A Moon For the Misbegotten" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Tom Fontana
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
September 30, 1987 7302
119 4 "Ewe Can't Go Home Again" Eric Laneuville Channing Gibson, Eric Overmyer & John Tinker October 21, 1987 7304
120 5 "Night of the Living Bed" Michael Fresco Channing Gibson, John PiRoman & John Tinker October 28, 1987 7305
121 6 "The He-Man Woman Hater's Club" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Emily Potter
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
November 4, 1987 7306
122 7 "Handoff" David Morse Teleplay: John Tinker
Story by: Channing Gibson & Glen Merzer
November 11, 1987 7307
123 8 "Heart On" Michael Fresco Channing Gibson & John Tinker November 18, 1987 7308
124 9 "Weigh In, Way Out" Mark Tinker Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Tinker December 2, 1987 7323
125 10 "No Chemo, Sabe?" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Douglas Steinberg
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
December 9, 1987 7310
126 11 "A Coupla White Dummies Sitting Around Talking" David Morse Teleplay: D. Keith Mano
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
December 16, 1987 7311
127 12 "Final Cut" Beth Hillshafer Teleplay: Jim Kramer
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
January 6, 1988 7312
128 13 "Heaven's Skate" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Ann Reckling
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
January 13, 1988 7313
129 14 "Curtains" John Heath Teleplay: Ann Reckling
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
February 3, 1988 7314
130 15 "Fairytale Theater" Michael Fresco Teleplay: Grace McKeaney & Lydia Woodward
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
February 10, 1988 7315
131 16 "Down and Out On Beacon Hill" Eric Laneuville Channing Gibson & John Tinker February 17, 1988 7316
132 17 "Their Town" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Sagan Lewis
Story by: Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson & John Tinker
April 20, 1988 7317
133 18 "The Naked Civil Surgeon" Michael Fresco Teleplay: Grace McKeaney
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
April 27, 1988 7318
134 19 "Requiem for a Heavyweight" Bill Molloy Teleplay: Lydia Woodward
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
May 4, 1988 7319
135 20 "Split Decision" John Heath Teleplay: Aram Saroyan
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
May 11, 1988 7320
136 21 "The Abby Singer Show" Eric Laneuville Teleplay: Tom Fontana
Story by: Channing Gibson & John Tinker
May 18, 1988 7321
137 22 "The Last One" Mark Tinker Teleplay: Bruce Paltrow & Mark Tinker
Story by: Tom Fontana & Channing Gibson
May 28, 1988 7322

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