6.3/1050 votesLoading...#1 - Good Vibrations
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/1987
The representative of a foreign medical group interested in the hospital visits to absorb the psychic `aura' of the place (via flashbacks) but collapses from a heart attack before he can recommend the sale.
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Writer: Tom Fontana, John Masius, John Tinker
6.6/1047 votesLoading...#2 - Down and Out On Beacon Hill
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/1988
Fiscus can't understand his nihilistic cystic fibrosis patient or her punk friends; Dr. Gideon suspends Dr. Craig because of the Spooner malpractice suit; Ehrlich and Lucy are unable to console each other when she miscarries; and Rosenthal admits herself to the chemical dependency unit.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: John Tinker
6.8/1052 votesLoading...#3 - The Naked Civil Surgeon
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/27/1988
Wade and Kiley liberate their psyches during a study of OR infection vectors; Dr. Auschlander meets the son he never knew; Morrison and Novino grow closer as they work in the ICU; and Rosenthal adjusts to life in the chemical dependency unit.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: Grace McKeaney
6.8/1055 votesLoading...#4 - Split Decision
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/11/1988
Brett Johnston's parents come to visit; even in death Axelrod doesn't get any respect; Rosenthal waits for her release while her roommate runs away; Luther proposes to Penny; and Dr. Craig returns to St. Eligius to do a multiple transplant.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1048 votesLoading...#5 - Resurrection
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1987
One month after St. Eligius was shut down, it is reopened by The Ecumena Corporation and its head of medicine Dr. John Gideon. Meanwhile, Dr. Craig is offered the opportunity to design an artificial heart, which the younger doctors jokingly call the ""Craig 5000.""
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Writer: John Tinker
6.9/1054 votesLoading...#6 - Their Town
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/20/1988
Dr. Craig, Ellen, Lizzie and Novino drive to Peterborough, New Hampshire to visit Dr. Westphall on his birthday; Ellen tries to deal with changes to her hometown; Novino stirs up a lady carpenter; Lizzie finally expresses her resentment; and Dr. Craig almost destroys his friendship with Dr. Westphall.
Director: Mark Tinker
Writer: N/A
7.0/1048 votesLoading...#7 - The Abby Singer Show
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/18/1988
An ebullient Novino pursues Morrison; Fiscus tries to revitalize his mother's life; Rosenthal returns to duty; Wade tries to help a dying child deal with her bitterly divided parents; Griffin tests positive for AIDS; Dr. Turner returns and helps Chandler come to a decision about his future; and the Oseranskys return to take Lucy to the ""Doctor of the Year"" dinner, which ends in a flaming disaster.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Tom Fontana
7.1/1076 votesLoading...#8 - Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/1983
Samuels operates on a hooker, who invites all her friends to visit her; Myra White gives her estranged husband some news; the racial tensions reach a climax when the truth about O'Connor's beating surfaces; and Ehrlich makes a fool of himself by drinking too much at a party given by Dr. Craig.
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Writer: Tom Fontana, John Masius
7.1/1044 votesLoading...#9 - Heart On
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1987
Craig proceeds with his artificial heart implant despite some questions about his choice of candidates; Morrison tries to deal with the departure of Joanne for Seattle and Dr. Craig becomes suspicious about the relationship between Ellen and Dr. Gideon. AIDS patient, Brett Johnston, and his lover are victims of gay bashing and as a result of his injuries, Brett is readmitted into the hospital.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: John Tinker
7.2/1046 votesLoading...#10 - The Idiot and the Odyssey
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1987
Gideon and Westphall argue over an AIDS clinic, Ehrlich looks for a mysterious woman on his wedding day, Kiem experiments with hypnosis, and Joanne blames Boomer for letting her kids go back to Seattle with her ex-husband.
Director: Mark Tinker
Writer: John Masius, John Tinker
7.2/1046 votesLoading...#11 - Night of the Living Bed
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1987
It's Halloween at the new and improved St. Eligius, and the craft-matic bed where Mrs. Hufnagel was crushed to death is apparently haunted. Meanwhile, Wade, Craig, and Ehrlich look for a heart transplant recipient and Chandler sucks up to Gideon in order to get promoted.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: John Tinker, John PiRoman
7.2/1051 votesLoading...#12 - Requiem For a Heavyweight
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 5/4/1988
Ehrlich stands up to Dr. Craig's verbal missiles; Griffin fails in an attempt to pass along spiritual support; Axelrod faces emergency heart surgery as a patient; Rosenthal finds it hard to face her children during family therapy; and Luther uses Penny's video equipment to record Dr. Gideon.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lydia Woodward
7.4/1053 votesLoading...#13 - A Moon For the Misbegotten
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1987
The AIDS clinic becomes a showdown between Dr. Westphall and Dr. Gideon; Griffin tries to avoid his AIDS patient's homosexual lover; Fiscus' mother drops by for a visit; and Luther tries to help a man who insists he's pregnant and about to deliver.
Director: Mark Tinker
Writer: N/A
7.4/1044 votesLoading...#14 - Handoff
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1987
Dr. Craig and Ehrlich attend a meeting of the Cushing Society, an all male medical society; Wade gets herself into more surgery than she bargained for; Novino takes a special interest in two lonely children; Dr. Gideon offers Ellen a new career; and Chandler is made new chief resident.
Director: David Morse
Writer: John Tinker
7.4/1044 votesLoading...#15 - A Coupla White Dummies Sitting Around Talking
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1987
A man claiming to be the true inventor of the Craig 9000 kidnaps Ehrlich; AIDS patient Brett Johnston's rib injuries have led to pneumonia and he is now determined to break with his lover; Dr. Kiem helps Amy Jeffries, a lonely St. Eligius neighbor; Griffin treats a driven young broker determined to make a million before he dies; Lucy worries that she might be pregnant; Helen returns to work; the company that owns the hospital finds itself sued for infringement and Mrs. Spooner ends her husband's suffering.
Director: David Morse
Writer: N/A
7.4/1043 votesLoading...#16 - Final Cut
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1988
Mr. Bevine returns for foreskin reconstruction; Dr. Auschlander seeks an alternative for a fellow cancer patient; Novino frets over Pee-Wee and tests Lucy, who has trouble telling Victor the news; Fiscus returns to work. but has trouble putting his father's death behind him; Morrison's false confidence as `Dr. Adam Logan' evaporates when Pete is rejected by an exclusive private school.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
7.4/1041 votesLoading...#17 - Curtains
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1988
Morrison counsels a family about genetic testing and Huntington's disease; Rosenthal's drug problem causes a death; artist Alex Corey does a shocking piece of performance art; the Craigs proceed with their divorce and the hospital undergoes a name change.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1044 votesLoading...#18 - Fairytale Theater
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/1988
Phil returns from a training course at the Weigert home office; someone takes a shot at Dr. Gideon; Dr. Craig loses Flash during a rescue attempt by animal activists; the new security cameras upset Rosenthal, who continues to lose control; Novino tries to correct a misdiagnosis made 60 years ago, and a show is performed in the children's ward.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: Grace McKeaney, Lydia Woodward
7.5/1045 votesLoading...#19 - Visiting Daze
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1987
Axelrod allows Novino and Griffin to override his judgement; Dr. Kiem worries about her long distance marriage as she tries to help an inseparable couple make a final farewell; Luther tries to help Polly make it through a day without her medication; and Ehrlich goes to great lengths to confirm the Oseranskys' story.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: N/A
7.6/1070 votesLoading...#20 - Craig in Love
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/12/1983
Dr. Craig continues to enjoy Dr. Anya's companionship; Morrison worries over White's erratic behavior; and Chandler becomes upset over the casual attitude everyone seems to taking towards his malpractice suit.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: N/A
7.6/1068 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.6/1058 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.6/1059 votesLoading...#23 - Cheers
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/27/1985
Mrs. Auschlander faces major heart surgery; Dr. Craig is disturbed to see the ravages of time on his mentor, Dr. David Domedion; Ehrlich searches for a religion; the messiah shows up for a Celtics game; and Dr. Westphall announces his resignation at a friendly little bar called Cheers.
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Writer: Tom Fontana, John Masius, John Tinker
7.6/1043 votesLoading...#24 - Nothing Up My Sleeve
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1986
Mandatory drug testing causes a deep division of opinion; Morrison is haunted by his day at the prison; Axelrod is assigned to guide a 14-year-old medical student around; Griffin gets a warning from Dr. Westphall about hurting Lizzie; and Dr. Craig tries to perform magic tricks for some young patients and his housekeeper.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Norma Safford Vela
7.6/1045 votesLoading...#25 - Cold War
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1987
Dr. Turner finds her confidence shaken when she learns her new patient, about to undergo a risky transfusion procedure, has a malpractice suit pending at another hospital; Dr. Peltrovich arrives but has trouble getting licensed to practice medicine; and Morrison explodes during a mock war with paint guns.
Director: Peter Medak
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of St. Elsewhere
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Good Vibrations" is the worst rated episode of "St. Elsewhere". It scored 6.3/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by Bruce Paltrow and written by Tom Fontana, John Masius, John Tinker, it aired on 5/13/1987. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Down and Out On Beacon Hill".