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The Best Episodes of St. Elsewhere

Every episode of St. Elsewhere ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of St. Elsewhere!

The Best Episodes of St. Elsewhere

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...

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  1. 9.0/10(73 votes)

    #1 - Rough Cut

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    S2:E21

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.7/10(76 votes)

    #2 - Qui Transtulit Sustinet

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    S2:E4

    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.

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  3. 8.6/10(195 votes)

    #3 - Cora and Arnie

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    S1:E4

    Morrison tries to help a bag woman and her husband; Fiscus admits a relatively healthy woman who had fainted for some very expensive tests; V.J. feels homesick; and the bomber and his victim both leave the hospital.

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    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.6/10(82 votes)

    #4 - Brothers

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    S1:E17

    A fisherman lobbies Dr. Westphall to let his brother die in peace and dignity; Fiscus substitutes for Ehrlich on a date with Shirley Daniels; and Helen's stress mounts as the hospital suffers computer glitches and she faces a radical mastectomy. Peter celebrates his birthday and runs into Myra and a gentleman friend.

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  5. 8.6/10(70 votes)

    #5 - A Wing and a Prayer

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    S2:E5

    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.

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    Director:Bruce Paltrow
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.6/10(66 votes)

    #6 - Entrapment

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    S2:E7

    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'.

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    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.6/10(67 votes)

    #7 - In Sickness and in Health

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    S2:E13

    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.

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  9. 8.6/10(60 votes)

    #8 - After Dark

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    S2:E16

    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.

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  10. 8.6/10(65 votes)

    #9 - The Women

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    S2:E19

    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.

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    Director:Bruce Paltrow
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  11. 8.6/10(57 votes)

    #10 - Hello, Goodbye

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    S2:E22

    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.

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  12. 8.5/10(60 votes)

    #11 - Hearing

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    S2:E12

    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.

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  13. 8.5/10(58 votes)

    #12 - Cramming

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    S2:E20

    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.

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    Director:Tim Matheson
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  14. 8.4/10(61 votes)

    #13 - Aids and Comfort

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    S2:E9

    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.

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    Director:Victor Lobl
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  15. 8.4/10(58 votes)

    #14 - Blizzard

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    S2:E11

    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.

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    Director:Kevin Hooks
    Writer:N/A
  16. 8.3/10(65 votes)

    #15 - Newheart

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    S2:E3

    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.

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  17. 8.3/10(65 votes)

    #16 - Drama Center

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    S2:E14

    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.

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  18. 8.2/10(86 votes)

    #17 - Legionnaires (1)

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    S1:E6

    While coping with a fussy new administrator, Dr. Westphall investigates suspicious deaths in Ward Five; Martin shocks Fiscus by breaking off their affair; Cavanero has to deal with a very hostile nurse; and White goes to desperate lengths to raise the money to replace his on-call beeper.

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    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:N/A
  19. 8.2/10(83 votes)

    #18 - Graveyard

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    S1:E11

    Dr. Samuels breaks up a late night poker game to perform emergency surgery on a gunshot victim; Morrison lets a Chinese couple perform a folk healing ritual on their dying son; and Ralph's manic stage reaches a crescendo.

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  20. 8.2/10(65 votes)

    #19 - A Pig Too Far

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    S2:E10

    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.

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  21. 8.1/10(221 votes)

    #20 - Pilot

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    S1:E1

    In this intro to the series, Dr. Jack Morrison treats a young girl with dysentary; Dr. Annie Cavanero searches for a missing patient -- who happens to be a large, permanent resident of a local mental institution; Dr. Ben Samuels tries to recall all of his conquests after being diagnosed with VD; Dr. Daniel Auschlander's liver cancer is revealed; a bombing victim is brought into the ER, as is the young man who set off the bomb; and Dr. Wayne Fiscus and Dr. Cathy Martin begin a relationship.

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  22. 8.1/10(80 votes)

    #21 - Legionnaires (2)

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    S1:E7

    Dr. Westphall risks his job by creating an isolation floor to stem the spread of the suspected Legionnaire's Disease (and the PR fiasco causes administrator Cummings to fall on his sword to save the hospital); Dr. Beale learns that Tweety got pregnant while in the hospital; Fiscus is assaulted in the E.R.; and Dr. Craig decides to sell his car.

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    Director:Thomas Carter
  23. 8.1/10(79 votes)

    #22 - Family History

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    S1:E13

    Craig continues to regret his friend's sex-change operation; John Doe #12 becomes sullen and uncooperative when his real parents arrive to take him home; White's reconciliation falls through; and Armstrong delves deeply into a man's medical and family history to find out why he has persistent nose bleeds.

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    Director:Kevin Hooks
    Writer:N/A
  24. 8.1/10(61 votes)

    #23 - Under Pressure

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    S2:E6

    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.

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  25. 8.1/10(57 votes)

    #24 - Equinox

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    S2:E18

    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.

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  26. 8.0/10(100 votes)

    #25 - Samuels and the Kid

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    S1:E5

    Dr. Samuels becomes attached to a boy in for leg surgery; Fiscus surprises Martin with a romantic gesture; Chandler challenges a veteran nurse's competency; Dr. Craig receives his coveted `Surgeon of the Year' award; and Cavanero's weekend away is interrupted by a patient delivering her baby at home with just a teenage boy to help.

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    Director:Thomas Carter

Best Episodes Summary

"Rough Cut" is the best rated episode of "St. Elsewhere". It scored 9/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by Eric Laneuville and written by N/A, it aired on 5/9/1984. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Qui Transtulit Sustinet".