Kay O'Brien
Season 1 Episode Guide
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13
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Season 1 episodes
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Episode
1
Kayo on Call
Sep 25, 1986
In the first episode, Dr. Kay O'Brien is scolded vehemently by a surly colleague Dr. Mark Doyle for making an improper judgement, wins unspoken app...
Episode
2
Don't Bother Kayo, It's Only Chinatown
Oct 2, 1986
A Chinatown tradesman is critically wounded in a shoot-out and requires a kidney transplant, and his brain-dead attacker may be the only suitable d...
Episode
3
Big Vacation
Oct 9, 1986
Dr. Kay O'Brien makes critical decisions on a pair of emergency patients: a young woman who refuses surgery due to her parent's religious beliefs;...
Episode
4
Taking the Heat
Oct 16, 1986
Nurse Rosa's friendship is tested when Kayo sides with a doctor who gives arrogant orders to the staff.
Episode
5
A Foreign Concept
Oct 23, 1986
Dr. Wallach's pal undergoes a mild stroke on the tennis court but stubbornly maintains he's much too healthy to be confined in a hospital and misun...
Episode
6
Lessons Learned
Oct 30, 1986
Kayo has difficulty dealing with the loss of her first patient on the operating table.
Episode
7
Princess of the City
Nov 6, 1986
A rich suitor brings excitement into Kayo's social life; Margolist is upset when a psychiatrist shows special interest in his genes.
Episode
8
Dollars and Sense
Nov 13, 1986
Kayo fights to perform heart surgery on a patient (Miriam Colon) who's not insured. Her son challenges Dr Doyle to a fistfight after the physician...
Episode
9
Behind Closed Doors
Nov 20, 1986
The ER is quarantined, which prevents Kayo from going to her sister's wedding, detains Doyle's accountant and jeopardizes a sick runaway.
Episode
10
Wreck the Halls
Nov 27, 1986
A department-store explosion creates a major disaster as patients are rushed to Manhattan General during the midst of the Christmas season.
Episode
11
Little White Lies
Dec 4, 1986
Cliff puts a patient's life at risk when, concentrating more on his social life than on work, he fails to prescribe an essential medication, and Ka...
Episode
12
Reunion
Dec 11, 1986
Kayo faces a dilemma in obstetrics: whether to save the life of her patient or the patient's unborn child.
Episode
13
Stop and Smell the Linen
Dec 18, 1986
A workaholic clothing designer refuses treatment after collapsing at the hospital; without official sanction, Nat sets up shop in the linen closet...
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