St. Elsewhere
Nothing Up My Sleeve
TV Flash files “Nothing Up My Sleeve” as hour 100 of 137 in the TV Flash guide — St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) on NBC, season 5, episode 8, aired 1986-11-19, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E08: listed hour 100 of 137 in the St. Elsewhere guide, hour 8 of 23 in season 5. It aired 1986-11-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Up and Down” (S05E07). Next is “After Life” (S05E09).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Dr. Morrison is haunted by the man who attacked him in prison. Dr. Axelrod is put in charge of a 14 yr. old pre-med student and a piqued Craig has the police hunting for his missing manuscript. Also: Dr. Ehrlich becomes a tyrant when he's put in charge of drug testing, and Luther recruits Dr. Craig to do a magic act for the children's award.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Nothing Up My Sleeve sit in the St. Elsewhere guide?
S05E08 is listed hour 100 of 137 — hour 8 of 23 in season 5, season 5 episode 8.
When did St. Elsewhere S05E08 air?
Nothing Up My Sleeve aired 1986-11-19 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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