The Best Episodes Written By John Falsey

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Pilot

   S1:E110/26/1982

   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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   7.2/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Pilot

   S1:E17/12/1990

   Dr. Joel Fleischman arrives in Anchorage, Alaska to fulfill his part of a bargain that paid $125,000 for his medical education in exchange for service in the state as a doctor. Sure, it'll be tough for a guy from New York to adjust to Anchorage, but... then he learns Anchorage doesn't need him, and he's been assigned to Cicely, a small remote town owned and dominated by the strong minded Maurice Minnifield, a former astronaut set on developing his little part of Alaska into a vacation paradise and equally decided to make Fleischman honor his professional obligations.

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   7.2/10(5 votes)

   #3 - Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes

   S1:E68/16/1990

   A young man from Saskatchewan further rocks the already delicate relationship between Shelly and Holling. Ed suffers from writer's block and a lack of focus as he tries to begin work on his blockbuster movie. Maggie and Rick tiptoe around ""Maggie's curse"" when he shows symptoms of a serious medical problem.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Bypass

   S1:E211/9/1982

   Morrison treats the obnoxious bank bomber; Mr. MacAllister arrives to find his wife in a coma; Dr. Craig holds a news conference and badgers a patient into a surgical consent; and Dr. Samuels tries to teach Dr. Beale how to swim.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - Graveyard

   S1:E111/18/1983

   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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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - The Count

   S1:E163/8/1983

   Cavanero helps hide her patient, a porno movie star, from a process server; Armstrong worries about the ethics of a surgeon who does unnecessary heart surgery for kickbacks; Ehrlich and Fiscus nearly come to blows over their living arrangements; and Dr. Craig considers moving.

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   6.9/10(12 votes)

   #7 - Mr. Magic

   S1:E811/17/1985

   A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.

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   6.9/10(10 votes)

   #8 - Santa '85

   S1:E1112/15/1985

   A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.

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   6.6/10(13 votes)

   #9 - Alamo Jobe

   S1:E310/20/1985

   During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.

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