![]() Surgeon Ben Samuels has been with a lot of women on staff. Annie struggles with being a woman in a traditionally male profession. We learn about a few other doctors and nurses as well. Mark Craig, and is close to his Aunt Charise. Victor Ehrlich is training to be a surgeon, is scared of his mentor, Dr. Peter White has a family, but he takes advantage of his friend Jack. Wayne Fiscus loves the excitement of saving lives in the E.R., and likes Dr. Jack is sensitive and caring, but sloppy, and probably too sensitive. We learn a bit about the first-year residents. Rowe, Armstrong, Chandler, Ehrlich and Wade. We meet all of the main cast, and we see a few supporting characters who will stick around.ĭr. There are also several other snippets and scenes that establish characters and storylines that will continue in future episodes. Annie Cavanero, whose patient goes missing. ![]() Jack Morrison, who establishes a caring relationship with a teenage girl with dysentary, and Dr. Elsewhere's pilot episode has two main storylines, centering on Dr. Cavanero can't find a potentially dangerous patient, and Dr. Morrison bonds with a teenage patient, Dr. Thanks to Donna Lemaster and TVFan for their initial efforts in creating this guide.A recap of episode 1 of season 1, in which Dr. Elsewhere (1982) lists many of the awards and nominations wracked up over the 6 seasons. Amazingly enough, the show never won an Emmy for Best Drama Series, but several performers did. Some of the storylines are more groundbreaking than anything on network television currently. Nearly 20 years since the pilot, and there are few signs of dating. As the closing credits for the last episode rolled, most of the characters were still intact, as complex and absorbing as ever. Irritating stories evolved, or simply ended. When writing problems emerged, they worked themselves out. Elsewhere it never experienced the transformation from superb to wretched most long-running dramas do. When Masius and Fontana took a lesser role in season 6, others stepped up to the plate, resulting in a few bad stories and some that were incredibly powerful. Fontana also established an actor base and wealth of in-jokes that he still uses today. A typical example would be Cheek to Cheek, with a scene of a doctor reading a tender goodbye present given to her by a cartoonist patient, immediately followed by a scene of another doctor being brutally raped. Good and evil were represented in all their forms, sometimes in the same episode. ![]() Former scriptwriter and story editor Tom Fontana (along with John Masius) took over around season 2 or 3, mixing the most extreme aspects of humanity. They left after the first year (but are given an ironic tribute in the series finale). The guiding influences in the first year were Joshua Brand & John Falsey they produced a diverse, fascinating cluster of episodes that stand out as some of the best the show has to offer. History was used to enhance future stories these were not heroic doctors who had no past and only the brightest future. Veteran characters were respected, instead of being shuffled away in favor of vapid newcomers. Some died, and not always those expected to. Major characters went through changes that were rooted in years of history and behavior. A mixture of laughter, tears, grit, intelligence, and realism that no other program has managed to combine. Elsewhere is one of the finest television show ever produced. ![]() Christina Kokubo as Paramedic Faith Yee.Saundra Sharp as Nurse Peggy Shotwell.Dana Short as Elizabeth "?Lizzie?" Westphall.
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