Episode guide
St. Elsewhere: Season 5
23 episodes · first aired Sep 24, 1986
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- 1 Where There's Hope, There's Crosby Sep 24, 1986 · 1h 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…
- 2 When You Wish Upon a Scar Oct 1, 1986 · 1h 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.
- 3 A Room With a View Oct 8, 1986 · 1h 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'…
- 4 Brand New Bag Oct 15, 1986 · 1h 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…
- 5 You Beta Your Life Oct 29, 1986 · 1h 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…
- 6 Not My Type Nov 5, 1986 · 1h 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…
- 7 Up and Down Nov 12, 1986 · 1h 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.
- 8 Nothing Up My Sleeve Nov 19, 1986 · 1h 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…
- 9 After Life Nov 26, 1986 · 1h 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…
- 10 Once Upon a Mattress Dec 3, 1986 · 1h 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…
- 11 Lost Weekend Dec 10, 1986 · 1h 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…
- 12 Cold War Jan 7, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 13 Russian Roulette Jan 14, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 14 Visiting Daze Jan 21, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 15 Getting Ahead Jan 28, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 16 Jose, Can You See? Feb 4, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 17 Schwarzwald Feb 11, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 18 You Again? Feb 18, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 19 Rites of Passage Feb 25, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 20 Women Unchained Mar 4, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 21 Good Vibrations May 13, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 22 Slip Sliding Away May 20, 1987 · 1h 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…
- 23 Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball May 27, 1987 · 1h Auschlander tries to stop the demolition of St. Eligius.