8.7/1020 votesLoading...#1 - The Eleventh Hour (2)
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2002
Will Syd get to spend her wedding night Owen? She almost gets to unill a patient enters the ER with a bullet wound and the patient's dad takes the ER hostage. Also Owen and Syd may leave Providence.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: N/A
8.5/1030 votesLoading...#2 - Gotcha
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/12/2002
Owen can't wait to see the front side of Syd, he gives her a list of people to squirt all over town. While eating breakfast with Owen Things begin to get a little scary because a patron in the restaurant begins to choke on something. Later that same day Kevin keeps running into Syd.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Carol Barbee
8.3/1016 votesLoading...#3 - A New Beginning
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2002
Syd must face the challenge of working with a new boss Dr. Bil Augustine at an acute care clinc while trying to rasie money to rebuild St. Clare's. Owen asks Syd an important question.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: N/A
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#4 - Left-Overs
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2002
The Hansen's gather for Thanksgiving to show Owen how Thaksgiving is done in the Hansen family. Also Syd misses her wedding shower because of working all weekend.
Director: N/A
Writer: Terrence Coli
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#5 - Things That Go Bump in the Night
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2002
Syd must deal with two bomb shells She loes the engagment ring! Later she must a double shift on Halloween night and not being with Owen for there own fright night.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Jennifer Cecil
- 8.0/1020 votesLoading...
#6 - Civil Unrest
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2001
WILL SYD VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING HER ROMANCE WITH JOE CONNELLY? THINGS HEAT UP WHEN PETE (GUEST STAR ALEX D. LINZ, 'MAX KEEBLE'S BIG MOVE') SETS FIRE TO HIS BEDROOM -- As election day draws near, Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) sees nothing positive about negative campaign tactics used by Joe Connelly (guest star Steven Eckholdt) and begins to seriously question his integrity. Meanwhile, an increasingly hostile Pete (guest star Alex D. Linz, 'Max Keeble's Big Move') realizes Robbie (Seth Peterson) really cares for him when Pete accidentally sets fire to the apartment and Robbie saves him. Elsewhere, during an unsupervised moment at the clinic, Jim (Mike Farrell) administers an injection to a dog and the animal goes into cardiac arrest when Dr. Malaga (guest star Cress Williams, NBC's 'ER') unwittingly gives the dog another shot of the same drug. Later at home, Joanie (Paula Cale) gives Jim an herbal supplement, not knowing it could cause an ulcer.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Mike Kelley
8.0/1017 votesLoading...#7 - Best Man
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2001
CHAOS ABOUNDS AS WEDDING BELLS RING FOR ROBBIE AND TINA -- Robbie (Seth Peterson) and Tina's (Maria Pitillo) wedding is marred when best man Jim (Mike Farrell) becomes flustered while toasting the happy couple and accidentally hits the groom -- but Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) is already furious with Robbie for letting Jim get drunk at the bachelor party and Robbie is annoyed by Syd's thoughtless wedding gift. Meanwhile, Tina's wisecracking father (guest star Peter Jason), youth-obsessed mother (guest star Stephanie Faracy) and mischievous twin brothers (guest stars Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar) add to the chaos of the big event. Additionally, Hannah (Tessa Allen) is on a quest to find Joanie (Paula Cale) a Prince Charming. Concetta Tomei also stars
Director: Kristoffer Tabori
Writer: Ann Lewis Hamilton
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#8 - Gobble Gobble
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2001
THANKSGIVING BRINGS OUT JIM'S GOOD DEED - MUCH TO SYD'S DISMAY -- Jim's (Mike Farrell) rehabilitation requires him to travel on a bus to do his errands but when he decides to do a Good Samaritan deed for the bus driver's grandmother, he ends up accepting a ride from some rough dudes -- and an unknowing Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) grows frantic when he doesn't return on time. Meanwhile: St. Clare's loans its space for a charity Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the Daughters of the Mayflower allowing Syd to treat their chairwoman -- whose lineage might be suspect; Joanie (Paula Cale) and Hannah take a ride in the country and end up saving a turkey; Robbie's (Seth Peterson) well-intentioned plan to surprise Tina with a big family holiday dinner goes up in smoke. Concetta Tomei also stars
Director: Duane Clark
Writer: N/A
8.0/1017 votesLoading...#9 - Shadow Play
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2002
LARRY MILLER (""THE PRINCESS DIARIES"") GUEST-STARS -- In the wake of her malpractice suit, Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) is shadowed at St. Clare's Clinic by one of it's snoopy board members, Dr. Mincus (guest star Larry Miller, ""The Princess Diaries""). Similiarly at the vet clinic, Jim (Mike Farrell) returns to work part-time under the watchful eye of Sam (guest star Cress Williams, NBC's ""ER""). Tina (Maria Pitillo) seeks Syd's professional advice and learns she may have to consider surgery if she hopes to conceive a child. Robbie (Seth Peterson) becomes a full partner at O'Neill's. Joanie (Paula Cale) and Phil (guest star Dan Montgomery) use their talents for fighting the system to help a father (guest star Peter Onorati) whose son (guest star Scott Terra) needs more assistance than his school is willing to give him. Concetta Tomei, Dana Daurey and Samaria Graham also star.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Mike Kelley
- 7.9/1019 votesLoading...
#10 - Big Night
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/2001
An anguished Syd is forced to recall a repressed childhood memory of her late mother Lynda's flirtation with a neighbor while she nurses a dying elderly woman who struggles to remain alive long enough to reconciliate with her arriving daughter. Elsewhere: Joanie poses as Syd at a pharmaceutical convention in order to get her sister some much-needed drug samples but winds up in jail with a gaggle of hookers; Robbie mistakenly ends up playing a serious game of cards with some mob wiseguys; and Jim turns the house upside down when he becomes obsessed with ousting a playful but evasive mouse.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: Tim Kring
- 7.9/1018 votesLoading...
#11 - The Honeymoon's Over
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2001
THE NEWLYWEDS ATTEMPT A HONEYMOON GETAWAY AS JIM RETURNS TO REHAB; LINDSAY CROUSE ('BUFFY') GUEST STARS - Newlyweds Robbie (Seth Peterson) and Tina (Maria Pitillo) grow increasingly frustrated with the airlines, and each other, when travel problems arise and it seems that they'll never make it to Miami for their honeymoon while Jim (Mike Farrell) returns to rehab and makes some painful revelations to his new coach (guest star Lindsay Crouse, ""Buffy The Vampire Slayer"") about his feelings towards Syd (Melina Kanakaredes). Likewise, Syd begins to realize that her father's condition has been taking an emotional toll on her, and that she needs to seek help to deal with it. Elsewhere, Joanie (Paula Cale) finds herself with too much time on her hands and decides to look up an old friend from school. Concetta Tomei also stars. TV-PG
Director: N/A
Writer: Jennifer Johnson
- 7.9/1021 votesLoading...
#12 - The Whole Truth
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/5/2002
Syd's medicial trial begins.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: Jennifer Cecil
- 7.9/1014 votesLoading...
#13 - Truth and Consequences
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2002
Syd and Qwen go to their marriage license, Syd's guilt about kissing Dr.Baylor gets to her.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: Nancy Won
- 7.8/1023 votesLoading...
#14 - Family Ties
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/14/2000
Heather asks for a off for Earth Day, Syd treats a mom to be but gives up a trip to New York but needs to help a mom to be have her baby and hope the dad will donate blood to help save the baby's life. Doug gets a new job in Ohio and asks Joanie to go with him. Syd is unable to go to New York for a reunion and the person she hasn't seen in 10 years drops by.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Mike Kelley
7.8/1020 votesLoading...#15 - Home Sweet Home
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2001
WILL SYD AND JOE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR RELATIONSHIP? - Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) is reluctant to accept Joe's (guest star Steven Ekholdt) invitaton to join him for an evening of romance in the public eye at a glamorous political event. Meanwhile at the clinic, Syd struggles to reconcile a patient (guest star Johnny Whitworth) who has full-blown AIDS, with his estranged father (guest star Frederick Coffin.) On the homefront, an exhausted Joanie (Paula Cale) butts heads with Jim's (Mike Farrell) new home therapist (guest star Debi Morgan). Robbie (Seth Peterson) avoids dealing with family issues by busying himself with do-it-yourself projects at Tina's (guest star Maria Pitillo) apartment. TV-PG
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: N/A
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#16 - Rocky Road
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2001
ISABELLA HOFMANN GUEST-STARS -- Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) has second thoughts about seeing her new therapist (guest star Isabella Hofmann, ""Homicide: Life on the Street"") and becomes alarmed when she stops seeing visions of her mother, Lynda (Concetta Tomei). At the rehab center, Jim (Mike Farrell) makes good progress and in turn helps a friend (guest star David Marciano) who is frustrated with the slow pace of his own recovery. Meanwhile, Joanie (Paula Cale) finally gets financial satisfaction from her father's insurance company and helps a new friend (guest star Carol Potter, ""Beverly Hills, 90210"") wage a similar battle against the HMO. Elsewhere, Robbie's (Seth Peterson) attempts to be more of a friend than a father to Pete (guest star Alex D. Linz, ""Home Alone 3"") results in a trip to the emergency room.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: N/A
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#17 - It's Raining Men
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2002
Syd gets cold feet before marrying Owen, When she sees Dr. David Baylor who is everywhere. Jim tries to stop a brother and sister from putting horses to sleep on their father's estate which they are selling.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carol Barbee
- 7.7/1022 votesLoading...
#18 - Exposure
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/30/2001
After Syd greets her old medical school pal on leave from a rural African hospital, he shows frightening symptoms of the super-deadly Ebola virus, forcing the health department to clamp a quarantine around her clinic -- as well as the Hansen household where Joanie is hosting a chaotic children's birthday party. In the meantime, while a desperate Robbie spots his family on the TV news and heads home hoping to help, Joanie discovers that his girlfriend -- who's also trapped inside the house -- was the same girl who tormented her at summer camp years before. Elsewhere, Jim busies himself treating a bulky bulldog suffering from serious anemia.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Carol Barbee
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#19 - Limbo
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/29/2002
Robbie thinks he has pregnancy symptoms. Jim on a date.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: N/A
7.6/1046 votesLoading...#20 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/1999
Dr. Sidney Hansen returns home to Rhode Island From Los Angeles after tragedy strikes.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: John Masius
- 7.6/1032 votesLoading...
#21 - The Kiss
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/2000
Syd meets a young man with a talent for drawing things. She also learns that the artist has been hidden away for fear of deportation back to Russia by his grandmother. Leo tells Doctor Hansen why he never spoke a word to anyone. He felt that if he spoke to anyone he would be sent back to Russia. Leo tells Syd that he can't remember what his grandmother looked like and that he was never loved by anyone. Joanie begins her quest to find love at a masquerade party where he dresses up as Zorro. Leo doesn't want an operation that could cause him to lose his sight do to a brain tumor that is inoperable because he figures that no one would miss him.
Director: Melanie Mayron
Writer: Tim Kring
7.6/1032 votesLoading...#22 - The Thanksgiving Story (1)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/2000
Syd meets John Hemming's mom and later learns Mrs. Hemming doesn't like Syd. Syd takes in a little girl who leaves the hospital to find her parents. Robbie gives a homeless man a chance to money. Mrs. Hemming doesn't like Syd's way of helping people. Jim takes care of a monkey who scratches his head and uses sign language to talk. Joanie wonders if she is pregnant again. Jim buys a sign language dictionary and learns that Rocket (the monkey) is ill & asks for help. Susan Fuller comes by to help Jim & Heather to understand why he scratches his head. Susan Fuller tells them Rocket is homesick.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1021 votesLoading...
#23 - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/16/2001
Syd tries to compel a grieving recluse (guest star Alastair Duncan) to allow plastic surgery to correct his facial deformities when she learns that he will soon be evicted from his roost while Joanie withdraws from her family -- especially from her protective older sister -- in the wake of her recent miscarriage. Elsewhere, Robbie resorts to desperate measures in order to cozy up to the beautiful mother (guest star Maria Pitillo) of one of his adolescent hockey players (guest star Mickey Toft) while Jim struggles to coax his young granddaughter Hannah to take her medicine.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Carol Barbee
- 7.6/1020 votesLoading...
#24 - Parenthood
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2001
When Syd applies for a grant for her clinic from a prestigious medical foundation, she meets a mysterious man who claims to be her father -- and as she gets to know him, his story about his relationship with her late mother begins to make more and more sense. Meanwhile, as Jim senses that Syd and Joanie are snooping around about the circumstances of Syd's birth, he treats a Lhasa apso dog that refuses to eat. Elsewhere, Robbie gets heat from the ex-husband just when it seems his romance seems to be blossoming with the attractive mother of one of his pee-wee hockey players and Joanie reluctantly hires a sensitive, temperamental baker.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1018 votesLoading...
#25 - Love Story
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/16/2001
Syd's lovelorn life gets a needed lift when she meets a hunky young single father but their relationship is jolted when she learns that he has a congenital heart condition that causes him to suffer blackouts -- and one day soon will end in sudden death. Elsewhere, an uncertain Joanie poses as the happy girlfriend of her gay assistant Elliot in order to secure a building expansion loan from a bank officer while Robbie's newfound romance with the unpredictable Tina proves to be a roller-coaster ride.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Providence
Every episode of Providence ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Providence!
Providence is an American television drama series.
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"The Eleventh Hour (2)" is the best rated episode of "Providence". It scored 8.7/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Tony Wharmby and written by N/A, it aired on 12/20/2002. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Gotcha".