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Nurses is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 14, 1991, to May 7, 1994, created and produced by Susan Harris as a spin-off of Empty Nest, which itself was a

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Nurses Season 1 Episode 4 - Coming to America
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    #1 - Coming to America

    S1:E4

    Gina's father is coming to visit and worried that he might disapprove of her life alone, she tells him that she has a boyfriend. Little does she know that he excepts her to get married before he leaves the country.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Nurses Season 1 Episode 5 - Reversal of Grandpa
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    #2 - Reversal of Grandpa

    S1:E5

    The staff take turns talking to an accident victim in hopes he will come out of his coma.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt

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  3. Nurses Season 1 Episode 8 - Kind, Konsiderate Kare
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    #3 - Kind, Konsiderate Kare

    S1:E8

    A high-ranking member of the Klu Klux Klan check into the hospital with a medical condition, then collapses in the hallway, leaving Annie to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on him. Another patient is a sexist construction worker who sat on a nail gun – so the female staff finds a way to get even with his snide remarks. Greg is smitten with a lady patient he's seeing… until her husband shows up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Nurses Season 1 Episode 11 - Seize the Date
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    #4 - Seize the Date

    S1:E11

    Hank's brother visits and falls in love with Gina; Julie makes friends with a selfish patient; and a hospital administrator tries to prove Dr. Riskin isn't billing poor patients for their tests.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Nurses Season 1 Episode 12 - Friends and Lovers
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    #5 - Friends and Lovers

    S1:E12

    Annie nearly died in a car accident, so she decides if anything ever happens to her and Fred, she's leaving the kids to Sandy. Sandy is initially taken with the idea… until Annie starts criticizing her habits and lifestyle. Meanwhile, Julie falls for a doctor who turns out to be an escaped mental patient. Greg announces that he has the ability to shapeshift.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Nurses Season 1 Episode 13 - Love, Death, and the Whole Damn Thing
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    #6 - Love, Death, and the Whole Damn Thing

    S1:E13

    Julie's first lover, Peter, checks into 3 West, and the two immediately start catching up on old times, with Peter revealing all the women he's slept with. But when Dr. Risken arrives to break the news that Peter's indiscriminate bed-hopping has left him a brief time to live with AIDS, he's enraged and Julie's freaked out. Julie, deathly afraid of catching AIDS, first avoids him but later lets him know that he won't have be alone when he dies. Meanwhile, Annie's mother-in-law moves in with her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Susan Harris

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  7. Nurses Season 1 Episode 15 - Sphere Today, Gone Tomorrow
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    #7 - Sphere Today, Gone Tomorrow

    S1:E15

    Hank gets testy with everyone when he discovers a lump in his scrotum... and then accidentally announces his news over the P.A. Dr. Riskin takes Julie's advice and stands up to the medical director, who then quits leaving her to fill his position.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Nurses Season 1 Episode 16 - The Truth Shall Screw You Up
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    #8 - The Truth Shall Screw You Up

    S1:E16

    Sandy's mother arrives for a visit and immediately starts to complain; Gina is upset to learn Hank is dating other women.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Nurses Season 1 Episode 17 - Married to the Mop
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    #9 - Married to the Mop

    S1:E17

    Paco becomes indebted to a mob boss; Gina tries to make Hank jealous by dating another man, unaware that he is gay.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Nurses Season 1 Episode 21 - Rude Awakenings
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    #10 - Rude Awakenings

    S1:E21

    When a patient comes out of a 38-year coma, Dr. Riskin shocks the staff by telling them she was once engaged to the man, and that they had a son.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Nurses Season 1 Episode 22 - The Ex-Factor
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    #11 - The Ex-Factor

    S1:E22

    Gina realizes Hank is still carryin a torch for his ex-wife; Greg is trapped in the elevator with a cannibal.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Nurses Season 2 Episode 2 - In My New Country
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    #12 - In My New Country

    S2:E2

    Laverne checks into 3 West to have her webbed toes fixed, but when Sandy gets wind of the situation, toes aren't the only things being separated. Gina, hopped up on recently becoming a US citizen, vows to track down the slumlord that owns Paco's building… which turns out to be Jack Trenton. And Luke and Hank butt heads over Luke's problem with authority.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Nurses Season 2 Episode 3 - Inside Information
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    #13 - Inside Information

    S2:E3

    Sandy, who has become increasingly hostile, is pressured by Julie and Annie to see a psychiatrist. Jack and Hank try to gain inside stock information from a comatose patient.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Nurses Season 2 Episode 4 - The Bad Boy in the Plastic Bubble
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    #14 - The Bad Boy in the Plastic Bubble

    S2:E4

    The staff has to come in for half a day to take a seminar on proper waste disposal because Jack's been throwing hazardous waste in the regular trash bins. Jack, as a ""volunteer,"" worms his way out of showing up, and rubs everyone's noses in it. So Luke tells Jack that he may have been contaminated by a toxic substance, and cons him into spending time in a plastic bubble... wearing only a diaper. Meanwhile, Annie's hawking chocolate for her son, and Hank agrees to buy two cases – but he can't even afford one bar.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Nurses Season 2 Episode 5 - Julie Gets Validated
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    #15 - Julie Gets Validated

    S2:E5

    Julie arrives late for work because she spent the night with the parking lot attendant. Jack suddenly becomes smitten with Julie when rumor spreads (and gets twisted) that Julie had sex in the parking garage. For fun, Hank sneaks up on Luke and winds up getting punched. Hank becomes the hospital joke and loses his self-confidence – and his ability to gain an erection.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Nurses Season 2 Episode 6 - Annie's Choice
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    #16 - Annie's Choice

    S2:E6

    Annie gets to go on a second honeymoon, so she leaves Julie in charge -- which really ticks off Sandy and Gina. Jack tries to con a dying patient out of his beloved railroad-watch.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Nurses Season 2 Episode 8 - Dirty Laundry
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    #17 - Dirty Laundry

    S2:E8

    Geraldo shows up as a patient at the hospital, and everyone is giddy with excitement -- except Jack, who's sure the journalist has shown up to do an expose' on him. So Jack tries to get Paco to take incriminating photos of Geraldo for blackmail purposes. Turns out Geraldo really is there for a story -- about the mysterious packages of laundry that keep being placed in the dumpster.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Nurses Season 2 Episode 9 - Illicit Transfers
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    #18 - Illicit Transfers

    S2:E9

    Jack ""donates"" $20,000 for the new maternity wing in hopes of getting Annie transferred. But he only ends up getting himself transferred -- to the morgue.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Nurses Season 2 Episode 10 - Our Fred
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    #19 - Our Fred

    S2:E10

    Annie hooks up her husband, Fred, with Hank for a ballgame in hopes of getting him interested in getting out of the house. But her plan works all too well when Fred and Hank begin spending more time together than she hoped for. Meanwhile, Jack discovers a patient (Peter Scolari) is a former associate of his -- who ratted him out to the feds.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Nurses Season 2 Episode 12 - Solitary Man
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    #20 - Solitary Man

    S2:E12

    Sandy throws Luke a surprise birthday party, to his annoyance. So he decides to give her a glimpse of his world by taking her to a remote cave where he claims he likes to hang out. Meanwhile, Jack agrees to look for Annie's lost wedding ring in return for her taking some hours off of his community service time. What Annie doesn't realize is that Jack's got her ring in his pocket.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Nurses Season 2 Episode 13 - Caught Short
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    #21 - Caught Short

    S2:E13

    In the end it turns out Gina won the baby pool and gets to keep the necklace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Nurses Season 2 Episode 14 - If I Were a Rich Man
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    #22 - If I Were a Rich Man

    S2:E14

    Sandy buys a calendar with naked men in it because she thinks the Mr. February or Dusty Bottoms is Luke, so now all the girls wonder and try to find out by asking Paco to help out if Luke is Dusty or not. Jack dares Hank to be rich.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Nurses Season 2 Episode 15 - Gropes of Wrath
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    #23 - Gropes of Wrath

    S2:E15

    The nurses turn in a slimy supply-man for sexual harassment. Meanwhile, Paco himself gets turned in for harassment when he gets tongue-tied in front of gorgeous a candy-striper and asks her to ""feel me.""

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Nurses Season 2 Episode 17 - The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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    #24 - The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    S2:E17

    Sandy reluctantly agrees to go on a date with Jack. They spend the evening on a riverboat casino where Sandy sees how big of a shark Jack really is.

    Director:Gil Junger
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Nurses Season 2 Episode 18 - Love and Death
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    #25 - Love and Death

    S2:E18

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    Director:Gil Junger
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Coming to America" is the worst rated episode of "Nurses". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/5/1991. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Reversal of Grandpa".