St. Elsewhere
Not My Type
TV Flash files “Not My Type” as hour 98 of 137 in the TV Flash guide — St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) on NBC, season 5, episode 6, aired 1986-11-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E06: listed hour 98 of 137 in the St. Elsewhere guide, hour 6 of 23 in season 5. It aired 1986-11-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “You Beta Your Life” (S05E05). Next is “Up and Down” (S05E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Dr. Craig's dream of saving Dr. Auschlander's life turns into a nightmare. Also: John Doe #6 helps Dr. Craig write his memoirs; Dr. Turner makes a life-or-death decision based on a patient's religious beliefs; Griffin sets up Birch to take the fall for his negligence; Ehrlich tells the details of his tryst with Lucy; Dr. Fiscus is the butt of jokes when he makes a fashion change.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Not My Type sit in the St. Elsewhere guide?
S05E06 is listed hour 98 of 137 — hour 6 of 23 in season 5, season 5 episode 6.
When did St. Elsewhere S05E06 air?
Not My Type aired 1986-11-05 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…
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