8.5/102 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/1982
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.
Director: Thomas Carter
Writer: John Falsey
7.1/108 votes#2 - Santa '85
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1985
A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.
Director: Phil Joanou
Writer: John Falsey
7.1/1010 votes#3 - Mr. Magic
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1985
A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.
Director: Donald Petrie
Writer: John Falsey
7.0/101 votes#4 - Bypass
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/9/1982
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.
Director: Thomas Carter
Writer: John Falsey
7.0/101 votes#5 - Graveyard
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1983
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.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: John Falsey
7.0/101 votes#6 - The Count
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/1983
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.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: John Falsey
7.0/104 votes#7 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/1990
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.
Director: Joshua Brand
Writer: John Falsey
7.0/104 votes#8 - Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/16/1990
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.
Director: Sandy Smolan
Writer: John Falsey
6.8/1011 votes#9 - Alamo Jobe
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1985
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.
Director: Michael D. Moore
Writer: John Falsey
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John Falsey Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode written by John Falsey. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Thomas Carter. It aired on 10/26/1982 and is rated 1.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Santa '85".