7.6/1046 votes#1 - 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
7.2/1035 votes#2 - Home Again
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/1999
Sydney helps a woman with a bad home life; Joanie names her baby. Kyle reenters Syd's Life.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: John Masius
6.8/1034 votes#3 - All Good Dogs Go to Heaven
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/1999
A dying dog triggers Jim's greif; Syd races to save a teen whoose diagnosis is grave; Joanie gets into a lather after meeting Syd's Soap- Star patient.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1083 votes
#4 - Sisters
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/1999
Syd helps Joanie's friend whose health is as bad as her reputation: Jim and Robbie bust a sick chimp out of the zoo.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: Lance Gentile
- 7.3/1023 votes
#5 - Runaway Sydney
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/1999
Trouble at home & at the clinic causes Syd to pack her bags to return to LA; Jim faces a clingy client.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1028 votes#6 - Tying the Not
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/1999
Syd's thrilled when Joanie announces that she's marrying Richie, but Lynda plants doubts in Syd's mind weather or not the pair really love each other.
Director: Marc Buckland
Writer: Todd A. Kessler
- 7.2/1025 votes
#7 - If Memory Serves
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/1999
Syd's momeries confirm her fears about Jim's mystery lady; Robbie jumps through the hoops for a new lady.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1031 votes
#8 - Blind Faith
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/1999
Syd's hospital job is jeopardized by a surly surgeon-and a blind date who gets struck by lighting; a seeing-eye dog (voice of Jay Leno) opens up to a flu-ridden Jim.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1029 votes
#9 - Taste of Providence
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/12/1999
Syd helps a stripper leave the business, drawing fire from Dr. Marcus and the dancer's angry lover; Joanie makes a splash at a cooking contest; Robbie gets involved with a bookie.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lance Gentile
- 7.3/1027 votes
#10 - You Bet Your Life
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/19/1999
Syd is staggered by the indecent proposal of an eccentric, elderly but lustful millionaire who offers her cash-starved medical clinic a fortune if she'll spend 48 hours traveling with him; a debt-ridden Robbie gets in deeper when he urges his injured girlfriend not to play in a key college basketball game while he secretly bets against her team; Joanie begins cooking school and falls for a mysterious fellow student who admires her ""aphrodisiacal"" clam chowder; Jim hires a klutzy veterinary assistant at the clinic.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1026 votes
#11 - Pig in Providence
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/2/1999
Syd gamely tries to help a young stripper who wants to leave her profession and have her bustline reduced to alleviate a dangerous back problem - but her abusive biker boyfriend may have other ideas. Elsewhere, Sydney's chilly relationship with a desirable chief surgeon begins to thaw quickly; Robbie's lucky dalliance with horse racing encourages him to roll the dice one too many times; and Joanie searches for the missing ingredient that could make her clam chowder a winner in the 'Taste of Providence' cooking contest.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Todd A. Kessler
- 7.3/1027 votes
#12 - Saint Syd
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/9/1999
No good deed goes unpunished. Against her better judgment, Syd can't resist reaching out to help a wayward teenager, but her efforts only complicate the manipulative young woman's relationship with her new foster parents - especially when she suddenly disappears; Joanie is agog when a major food distributor wants to buy her secret chowder if she will leave her family and move to Japan to provide quality control; and resourceful Robbie borrows more trouble when he secretly volunteers one of his dad's prized poodle patients for a day-long, lucrative TV commercial shoot that backfires.
Director: N/A
Writer: Andrew Gottlieb
- 7.0/1023 votes
#13 - Family Tree
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/23/1999
A wary Syd tries to do the right thing when she takes in Lilly , a troublesome teenager who is returned by her latest foster parents, but in no time, the lodger's carelessness places the entire Hansen household in jeopardy. Joanie's hopes soar when she learns that her handsome business partner has broken up with his girlfriend, but their main concern however, is finding a restaurant that will let them showcase her special chowder for food distributors. Robbie comes to the rescue and risks his job when he volunteers his place of employment while the owner is away. In addition, Sydney encounters a likable elderly patient (guest star Maxine Stuart) with hidden health problems, and Jim wants to help a bedraggled stray dog give birth to her pups.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1025 votes
#14 - Good Fellows
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/30/1999
14 A busy Syd helps an injured high school runner (guest star Brian Poth) who is driven to win at any price by his stern coach/father even as she is romanced by the handsome son of a courtly mob boss (guest star John Capodice) whose beloved pug is treated in her dad's veterinary clinic. Elsewhere, Joanie's culinary reputation takes a hit when her vaunted meatloaf is spurned by humans but makes for a tail-wagging dogfood among the canine set.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: Todd A. Kessler
- 6.5/1024 votes
#15 - Two to Tango
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/7/1999
Syd firmly tries to fend off the romantic advances of a handsome businessman (guest star David Lee Smith) whose family is linked to the Mob, and lavish gifts begin to wear her down while at the clinic. She diagnoses a sickly landscaper (guest star Tim Ransom) who she suspects is being poisoned by pesticides. Elsewhere among the Hansen clan: Joanie -- on the eve of her new shop opening -- becomes concerned when boyfriend/business partner shows little interest in her infant daughter; Jim indulges himself when he commits to helping Lilly rig up a Rube Goldberg contraption as part of a school project; and Robbie begins to appreciate the hidden allure of Jim's clumsy veterinary assistant in a whole new way.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1022 votes
#16 - Guys and Dolls
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/14/1999
Syd and her father clash over her relationship with Paul when it's revealed that the District Attorney's office has begun a criminal investigation into Paul's alleged mob ties. Meanwhile, Robbie talks Joanie into filming her own cable TV commercial to promote the Barkery, and Syd tries to treat a teenage boy whose symptoms don't match his blood tests.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: Carol Barbee
- 6.1/1025 votes
#17 - Heaven Can Wait
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/21/1999
The series closes its first season with an emotional episode revolving around troubled teen Lilly. With Syd and the Hansens, Lilly has found a sense of security. Syd is thrilled when Kyle returns to Providence for a quick visit, but later becomes concerned when he also seeks her medical advice. Meanwhile, Jim is stunned when his assistant, Heather, quits her job, and enlists Robbie's help to convince her to stay. Joanie has a difficult time finding someone suitable to help her out at the Barkery. And, a family celebration turns tragic when a friend from Lilly's past arrives in Providence.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Providence Season 1
Every episode of Providence Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Providence Season 1!
Providence is an American television drama series.
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Providence" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by Michael Fresco and written by John Masius, it aired on 1/8/1999. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Home Again".