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The Best Episodes of St. Elsewhere Season 2

Every episode of St. Elsewhere Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of St. Elsewhere Season 2!

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred...
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Ties That Bind" is the best rated episode of "St. Elsewhere" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by Mark Tinker and written by Tom Fontana, it aired on 10/26/1983. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Lust Et Veritas".

  • Ties That Bind
    8.1/1062 votes

    #1 - Ties That Bind

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/1983

    A pushy, abrasive man literally drives into the E.R. to get help for his wife; Ehrlich finds an unusual girlfriend at the laundromat; Fiscus loses both Cathy and Shirley; Dr. Craig clashes with the newly appointed city comptroller, Joan Halloran, over his proposed heart transplant for schoolteacher Eve Leighton.

    Director: Mark Tinker

    Writer: Tom Fontana

  • Lust Et Veritas
    7.8/1054 votes

    #2 - Lust Et Veritas

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/1983

    Medical student Elliot Axelrod and plastic surgeon Dr. Bobby Caldwell join the staff; Eve Leighton's sister expresses reservations about the planned transplant; a resident dropped from the hospital program badgers Cavanero to reevaluate him; and Dr. Craig enlists Dr. Caldwell's help in opposing Joan Halloran's plan to shut down an outpatient surgery clinic.

    Director: Mark Tinker

    Writer: N/A

  • Newheart
    8.3/1062 votes

    #3 - Newheart

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/1983

    The men attend a rather staid bachelor party for Kochar; White learns about the dangers of nuclear medicine; Fran Singleton refuses to see her husband, but later walks out of the hospital by his side; everyone opposes Joan's idea of including St. Eligius in a government nuclear disaster contingency plan; Martin gives Kochar a unique wedding present; and the transplant team goes into action.

    Director: Mark Tinker

    Writer: Tom Fontana, John Masius

  • Qui Transtulit Sustinet
    8.7/1070 votes

    #4 - Qui Transtulit Sustinet

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/1983

    Dr. Craig performs the transplant amidst a publicity barrage; Morrison tries to adjust to his loss; Luther and Fiscus split an investment in silver futures; and Rosenthal counsels a group on breast cancer.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: Mark Tinker, John Tinker

  • A Wing and a Prayer
    8.6/1063 votes

    #5 - A Wing and a Prayer

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/1983

    Dr. Craig and Ehrlich both prepare turkeys for the staff forced to work the holiday; injuries from the Thanksgiving Day parade pour into the ER; and a depressed Dr. Auschlander takes a special interest in an ailing 11-year-old.

    Director: Bruce Paltrow

    Writer: N/A

  • Under Pressure
    8.1/1059 votes

    #6 - Under Pressure

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/1983

    Rosenthal gets arrested just before her scheduled breast reconstruction; Mr. Entertainment sets up in a hospital elevator and meets Dr. Ridley, the new psychiatrist; and Morrison worries over an Irish teenager whose near-fatal beating brings the Catholic-Protestant conflict of northern Ireland to St. Eligius.

    Director: David Anspaugh

    Writer: N/A

  • Entrapment
    8.6/1061 votes

    #7 - Entrapment

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/1983

    Martin decides she's in love with Dr. Craig; White regrets helping out an exhausted mother pleading for sedatives in the E.R.; Eve's sense of cabin fever and anger is calmed by a visit from her students; Morrison learns more about Eddie Carson and the `Troubles'.

    Director: Mark Tinker

    Writer: N/A

  • All About Eve
    7.6/1067 votes

    #8 - All About Eve

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/14/1983

    Dr. Caldwell suffers for his work on Eddie Carson; Joan reveals a secret in the E.R.; Ehrlich meets a brand-new Roberta; Dr. Westphall's housekeeper announces she's returning to Italy; Eve Leighton takes a turn for the worse.

    Director: David Anspaugh

    Writer: Tom Fontana, John Masius

  • Aids and Comfort
    8.4/1056 votes

    #9 - Aids and Comfort

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/21/1983

    White diagnoses a case of AIDS in a Boston city councilman; Dr. Ridley tries to help a tennis prodigy deal with pressure from her ambitious father; and Daniels and Ehrlich try to run a blood drive amidst a blizzard and rumors about the AIDS patient.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

  • A Pig Too Far
    8.2/1061 votes

    #10 - A Pig Too Far

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/1984

    The medical staff and Joan Halloran fight back when a large private hospital dumps an indigent, unstable emergency patient on the E.R.; Ehrlich seeks advice about his relationship with Roberta; Daniels is tied to the drug abuse charges against White; and Dr. Ridley and Morrison try to figure out a woman's violent mood swings and personality changes. Luther loses a father figure. A bored teenager wreaks havoc with the hospital's computerized records.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: John Tinker, James Kahn

  • Blizzard
    8.4/1054 votes

    #11 - Blizzard

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1984

    A blizzard causes havoc for everyone; Dr. Craig can't get to the hospital and has to depend on Kochar for survival; Dr. Ehrlich decides to pop the question to Roberta; and the roof literally falls in on Cavanero.

    Director: Kevin Hooks

    Writer: N/A

  • Hearing
    8.5/1058 votes

    #12 - Hearing

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/1984

    Dr. Auschlander asks Fiscus and Luther to help him get some marijuana to relieve his pain; White and Daniels face the medical board hearing; Dr. Westphall defends a deaf employee against his impatient supervisor; and Ehrlich meets Roberta's snobbish parents.

    Director: Charles Braverman

    Writer: N/A

  • In Sickness and in Health
    8.6/1067 votes

    #13 - In Sickness and in Health

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/1984

    Joan's father enters the hospital unexpectedly; Chandler takes a practice run for the Boston Marathon that proves dangerous; and the Craigs host Ehrlich's wedding with guests such as Mrs. Craig's mother and Ehrlich's alcoholic aunt Charice.

    Director: Mark Tinker

    Writer: Tom Fontana, John Masius

  • Drama Center
    8.4/1062 votes

    #14 - Drama Center

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/1984

    A rape occurs in the hospital parking lot; White has trouble adjusting to his restricted status as does Tommy Westphall to the loss of his housekeeper; Cavanero must decide between the man in her life and her career; and a TV crew follows Dr. Craig around to film a documentary.

    Director: David Anspaugh

    Writer: John Tinker

  • Attack
    7.9/1064 votes

    #15 - Attack

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/1984

    The women of St. Eligius take rape prevention classes, but can't prevent the occurence of another rape, this time inside the hospital; an old love of Dr. Auschlander checks in; Cavanero dumps her boyfriend when he can't take no for an answer; Roberta broadcasts her marital problems to the whole staff; and Morrison tries to treat a high-rise construction worker for dizziness who's reluctant to give a complete medical history.

    Director: Kevin Hooks

    Writer: N/A

  • After Dark
    8.5/1058 votes

    #16 - After Dark

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/29/1984

    Morrison learns a lesson from another doctor who makes the diagnosis of Mr. Keuhnelian; Dr. Craig prepares to accept his anticipated `Doctor of the Year' award; Dr. Caldwell and Ehrlich both make decisions about their romantic futures; Cathy's disappearance raises questions; Shirley fends off an imagined attacker; and the rapist strikes again.

    Director: Eric Laneuville

    Writer: N/A

  • Vanity
    7.6/1058 votes

    #17 - Vanity

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/1984

    Dr. Craig tries to stop the TV documentary; Cathy has a rough first day back; Mr. Entertainment finds his true calling; Armstrong continues to feel traumatized; and Rosenthal finally has her breast surgery.

    Director: Mark Tinker

    Writer: John Tinker, Jorge Zamacona

  • Equinox
    8.1/1055 votes

    #18 - Equinox

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/1984

    White returns to work to face a hostile staff; Axelrod accidentally destroys Fiscus' beloved Boston Red Sox baseball cap; Cavanero has to tell a college student he has testicular cancer; Chandler questions himself about why Amanda remains distant from him; and Martin decides to come forward against her rapist.

    Director: David Anspaugh

    Writer: Charles H. Eglee

  • The Women
    8.6/1063 votes

    #19 - The Women

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/1984

    Three women in a room become close despite their differences; an old woman facing the loss of her independence; a mother trying to deal with violent surges of erratic behavior; and a bland young woman searching for 'character' through a nose job.

    Director: Bruce Paltrow

    Writer: N/A

  • Cramming
    8.5/1055 votes

    #20 - Cramming

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1984

    Ehrlich tries to deal with his Aunt Charice and her romantic designs on Dr. Westphall as he crams for the National Boards; a stressed-out Armstrong makes a tragic misdiagnosis; White chooses to take a polygraph test before his trial begins; Shirley tells Cathy that she ""asked for it"", and Cathy's past is used to decimate her on the witness stand.

    Director: Tim Matheson

    Writer: N/A

  • Rough Cut
    9.0/1069 votes

    #21 - Rough Cut

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1984

    Fiscus poses in provocative attire for a newspaper feature; Dr. Caldwell and Joan try to take a spontaneous trip to Paris; Armstrong reacts to the pressures she faces; and everyone waits to hear about who will be dropped from the residency program.

    Director: Eric Laneuville

    Writer: N/A

  • Hello, Goodbye
    8.6/1054 votes

    #22 - Hello, Goodbye

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1984

    The residents scatter as vacation begins; Morrison meets a charming young woman; the E.R. faces major structural repairs; Steven Craig returns home after licking his drug problem; and Luther tries to find a Cheshire cat for a skeptical little girl. Dr. Auschlander collapses in an elevator. Elliot Axelrod has an interview for a position as a resident.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: Tom Fontana, John Masius