St. Elsewhere
Brothers
TV Flash files “Brothers” as hour 17 of 137 in the TV Flash guide — St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) on NBC, season 1, episode 17, aired 1983-03-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E17: listed hour 17 of 137 in the St. Elsewhere guide, hour 17 of 22 in season 1. It aired 1983-03-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Count” (S01E16). Next is “Dog Day Hospital” (S01E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Walt Schaefer's brother is near death and in agony; Walt wants to let him die but the hospital administration will not allow it. Dr. Westphall has trouble convincing Walt that he cannot grant the wish for a peaceful death. Dr. Ehrlich sends roommate Dr. Fiscus as a replacement on a date with Nurse Daniels. Daniels falls for Fiscus and Ehrlich kicks Fiscus out of the apartment. Dr. White rekindles with his estranged wife in between love trysts with his live-in girlfriend. Test results show Nurse Rosenthal needs surgery -- at another hospital.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Brothers sit in the St. Elsewhere guide?
S01E17 is listed hour 17 of 137 — hour 17 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 17.
When did St. Elsewhere S01E17 air?
Brothers aired 1983-03-15 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I have to finish for the snow-globe ending?
The finale is the lore — it suggests the hospital world may be imagined by a child staring into a snow globe — but the six seasons are the medical ensemble. Watch the dump first; the twist is the argument after.
In the series
Why this series still plays
1980s hospital drama with teeth: St. Eligius as the dump where careers washed up, an MTM ensemble (Denzel Washington among them) mixing cases with serial damage. Also a starter kit for later prestige habits — and an all-time infamous snow-globe ending. Rounds never recovered. Watch it for quality-TV medicine, stay for the continuity fight it still starts.
St. Eligius was the dump where careers and patients washed up, and NBC still put it on the night like a dare. *St. Elsewhere* (1982–1988) — Joshua Brand and John Falsey, MTM's quality banner — treated medicine as human mess rather than soap glamour. Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Howie Mandel, Denzel Washington, Ed Begley Jr., David Morse, a deep bench mixing case-of-the-week with serial character damage. Six seasons, 137 hours. Max's vending machine would call this a limited run with a twist ending. **It was…
Filed against
- Ed Flanders as Dr. Donald Westphall
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- Howie Mandel as Dr. Wayne Fiscus
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- Denzel Washington as Dr. Philip Chandler
Denzel Washington’s Dr. Philip Chandler walked St. Elsewhere’s dump hospital as MTM ensemble steel — St. Eligius where careers washed up, cases mixed with serial damage, a 1980s hospital drama with teeth and an infamous snow-globe ending.…
- David Morse as Dr. Jack Morrison
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