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==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
   
 
==Season 1 (1991-1992)==
 
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! style="background-color:black;color:rgb(255,255,255);"|Short<br />summary
 
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|1
 
|1
 
|Son of a Pilot
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris Susan Harris]
 
|September 14, 1991
 
|The newest nurse, Julie, doesn't exactly inspire her co-workers with confidence. Meanwhile, Sandy is shocked to learn her ex-husband is planning to marry a very young patient.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-3 [3]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|2
 
|2
 
|A Lesson in Life
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|Susan Beavers
 
|September 21, 1991
 
|A patient helps Julie with her phobias; Laverne convinces Sandy to go on a date; Gina helps a patient reunite with his brother; and the doctors try to cure Greg's bad attitude.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-4 [4]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|3
 
|3
 
|This Joint Is Jumpin'
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Smith_(writer) Danny Smith]
 
|September 28, 1991
 
|A new doctor frames Greg for the theft of some missing drugs; Sandy gets made at a patient who is ignoring her <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="position:static;border-bottom-width:1px!important;border-bottom-style:solid!important;border-bottom-color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;text-decoration:underline!important;color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;background-image:none!important;background-attachment:scroll!important;cursor:pointer!important;display:inline!important;padding-bottom:1px!important;float:none!important;font-style:normal!important;background-position:0%50%;background-repeat:repeatrepeat!important;">mother</span>; and Annie worries she may be pregnant.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|4
 
|4
 
|Coming to America
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|Bruce Ferber
 
|October 5, 1991
 
|Gina's father is coming to visit and worried that he might disapprove of her life alone, she tells him that she has a fiancee—so she enlists Hank to play the part. Little does she know that he excepts her to get married before he leaves the country. Meanwhile, a soap opera actor (John O'Hurley) checks into the hospital and causes a spectacle, and an elderly patient refuses to sign a consent form.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-6 [6]]</sup>
 
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|5
 
|5
 
|Reversal of<span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="position:static;border-bottom-width:1px!important;border-bottom-style:solid!important;border-bottom-color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;text-decoration:underline!important;color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;background-image:none!important;background-attachment:scroll!important;cursor:pointer!important;display:inline!important;padding-bottom:1px!important;float:none!important;font-style:normal!important;background-position:0%50%;background-repeat:repeatrepeat!important;">Grandpa</span>
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Van_Zandt Billy Van Zandt], Jane Milmore
 
|October 12, 1991
 
|The staff take turns talking to an accident victim in hopes he will come out of his coma.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-7 [7]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|6
 
|6
 
|Mother, Jugs, and Zach
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Van_Zandt Billy Van Zandt], Jane Milmore
 
|October 19, 1991
 
|Sandy must look after her ex-husband's new fiancée; Annie's son is getting into trouble at school; Gina sneaks a dog onto the floor to comfort a burn victim; and Julie helps a senile patient.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-8 [8]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|7
 
|7
 
|Dead Nurse
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris Susan Harris]
 
|October 26, 1991
 
|Annie's boss tells her she has to drop her plans and cover a shift, so Annie tells her to drop dead—and she does.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-9 [9]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|8
 
|8
 
|Kind, Konsiderate Kare
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Smith_(writer) Danny Smith]
 
|November 2, 1991
 
|A high-ranking member of the Ku Klux Klan check into the hospital with a <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5" style="position:static;border-bottom-width:1px!important;border-bottom-style:solid!important;border-bottom-color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;text-decoration:underline!important;color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;background-image:none!important;background-attachment:scroll!important;cursor:pointer!important;display:inline!important;padding-bottom:1px!important;float:none!important;font-style:normal!important;background-position:0%50%;background-repeat:repeatrepeat!important;">medical condition</span>, then collapses in the hallway, leaving Annie to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on him. Another patient is a sexist construction worker who sat on a nail gun – so the female staff finds a way to get even with his snide remarks. Greg is smitten with a lady patient he's seeing… until her husband <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="position:static;border-bottom-width:1px!important;border-bottom-style:solid!important;border-bottom-color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;text-decoration:underline!important;color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;background-image:none!important;background-attachment:scroll!important;cursor:pointer!important;display:inline!important;padding-bottom:1px!important;float:none!important;font-style:normal!important;background-position:0%50%;background-repeat:repeatrepeat!important;">shows</span> up.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-10 [10]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|9
 
|9
 
|Begone with the Wind
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|Bruce Ferber
 
|November 9, 1991
 
|Chaos breaks out in the hospital during a hurricane – the kitchen's flooded, the phones are out, and the roads are closed. So when Rose Nyland shows up to help, she's immediately stuck with Julie and the duo are assigned to gathering food from the patients – food that they later give to Laverne for the pediatrics ward. When the news arrives that the roof collapses in a burning building, Annie fears that her husband, a fireman, may have been killed. Sandy runs into a man with a broken leg, whom she dumped. Hank and Gina get trapped in an elevator and share a romantic moment. Two rival gangs start a knife-fight in front of the nurses' station (and threaten Rose) so it's Paco to the rescue.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-11 [11]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|10
 
|10
 
|An Intern-al Affair to Remember
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris Susan Harris]
 
|November 16, 1991
 
|Sandy must decide if she wants to move to Minnesota with her new boyfriend; a patient confuses her medicine because she can't read; and Greg overacts in a <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6" style="position:static;border-bottom-width:1px!important;border-bottom-style:solid!important;border-bottom-color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;text-decoration:underline!important;color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;background-image:none!important;background-attachment:scroll!important;cursor:pointer!important;display:inline!important;padding-bottom:1px!important;float:none!important;font-style:normal!important;background-position:0%50%;background-repeat:repeatrepeat!important;">training</span> video.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-12 [12]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|11
 
|11
 
|Seize the Date
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris Susan Harris]
 
|November 23, 1991
 
|Hank's brother visits and falls in love with Gina; Julie makes friends with a selfish patient; and a hospital administrator tries to prove Dr. Riskin isn't billing poor patients for their tests.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-13 [13]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|12
 
|12
 
|Friends and Lovers
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|Diane Dixon, Peter Tilden
 
|December 7, 1991
 
|Annie decides to leave her children in the care of Sandy if she and her husband ever die, but as soon as the papers are signed, Annie starts criticizing Sandy's habits and lifestyle. Meanwhile, Julie falls for a doctor who turns out to be an escaped mental patient; and Greg announces that he has the ability to shapeshift.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-14 [14]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|13
 
|13
 
|Love, Death, and the Whole Damn Thing
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cadiff Andy Cadiff]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris Susan Harris]
 
|December 14, 1991
 
|Julie's first lover, Peter, checks into 3 West, and the two immediately start catching up on old times, with Peter revealing all the women he's slept with. But when Dr. Risken arrives to break the news that Peter's indiscriminate bed-hopping has left him a brief time to live with AIDS, he's enraged and Julie's freaked out. Julie, deathly afraid of catching AIDS, first avoids him but later lets him know that he won't have be alone when he dies. Meanwhile, Annie's mother-in-law moves in with her.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-15 [15]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|14
 
|14
 
|No Hiding Place
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|Bob Underwood
 
|January 4, 1992
 
|A mentally unstable patient (Larry Linville) is told that he has to cut sulfites out of his diet, so he responds by taking the staff hostage at gunpoint... Which doesn't sit well with Sandy, who was supposed to be off on a big date.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-16 [16]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|15
 
|15
 
|Sphere Today, Gone Tomorrow
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|Tom Straw
 
|January 11, 1992
 
|Hank gets testy with everyone when he discovers a lump in his scrotum... and then accidentally announces his news over the P.A. Dr. Riskin takes Julie's advice and stands up to the medical director, who then quits leaving her to fill his position.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-17 [17]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|16
 
|16
 
|The Truth Shall Screw You Up
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|Susan Beavers
 
|February 1, 1992
 
|Sandy's mother arrives for a visit and immediately starts to complain, so Sandy attempt to mend their relationship but quickly finds that her mother is unwilling to cooperate. Meanwhile, Gina is infuriated with Hank when she discovers that he recently dated a patient who was just admitted.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-18 [18]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|17
 
|17
 
|Married to the Mop
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris Susan Harris]
 
|February 8, 1992
 
|Paco becomes indebted to a mob boss; Gina tries to make Hank jealous by <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD12" style="position:static;border-bottom-width:1px!important;border-bottom-style:solid!important;border-bottom-color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;text-decoration:underline!important;color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;background-image:none!important;background-attachment:scroll!important;cursor:pointer!important;display:inline!important;padding-bottom:1px!important;float:none!important;font-style:normal!important;background-position:0%50%;background-repeat:repeatrepeat!important;">dating</span> another man, unaware that he is gay.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-19 [19]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|18
 
|18
 
|Eat Something
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Hurwitz Mitchell Hurwitz]
 
|February 15, 1992
 
|After two patients are killed in freak accidents, Annie begins to doubt the existence of God. Meanwhile, a group of crazy Trekkes are admitted to the hospital with food poisoning.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-20 [20]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|19
 
|19
 
|Catch a Fallen Star
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Smith_(writer) Danny Smith]
 
|February 22, 1992
 
|Former child star "Poofie" McGuire comes to the hospital to research a role for an upcoming sitcom, and he proceeds to irritate the entire staff. Meanwhile, Julie tries to locate the brother of a dying man, and Dr. Riskin is pursued by an obnoxious mother whose son is suffering from high blood pressure.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-21 [21]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|20
 
|20
 
|Moon Over Miami
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|Bob Underwood
 
|February 29, 1992
 
|Strangeness abounds during the full <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11" style="position:static;border-bottom-width:1px!important;border-bottom-style:solid!important;border-bottom-color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;text-decoration:underline!important;color:rgb(224,27,27)!important;background-image:none!important;background-attachment:scroll!important;cursor:pointer!important;display:inline!important;padding-bottom:1px!important;float:none!important;font-style:normal!important;background-position:0%50%;background-repeat:repeatrepeat!important;">moon</span>. Jeff encourages his co-workers to pursue their romantic fantasies; an astronaut arrives with a lump on his head; and Blanche Devereaux ("The Golden Girls") seeks Dr. Riskin's advice about a sexual problem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-22 [22]]</sup>
 
|-
 
|21
 
|21
 
|Rude Awakenings
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris Susan Harris]
 
|April 25, 1992
 
|When a patient comes out of a 38-year coma, Dr. Riskin shocks the staff by telling them she was once engaged to the man, and that they had a son.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-23 [23]]</sup>
 
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|22
 
|22
 
|The Ex-Factor
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director) Terry Hughes]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris Susan Harris]
 
|May 2, 1992
 
|Gina realizes Hank is still carrying a torch for his ex-wife; Greg is trapped in the elevator with a cannibal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nurses_episodes#cite_note-24 [24]]
 
 
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==Crossovers==
 
==Crossovers==

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Nurses is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1991 to 1994, developed and produced by Susan Harris as a spin-off of Empty Nest (which, in turn, was a spin-off of The Golden Girls).[1]

Synopsis

The show revolved around a group of nurses working at the same Miami hospital as Empty Nest's Dr. Harry Weston. Initially, the main characters were strong-willed nurse Annie Roland (Arnetia Walker), sarcastic nurse Sandy Miller (Stephanie Hodge), dim-witted nurse Julie Milbury (Mary Jo Keenen) and Latina nurse Gina Cuevas (Ada Maris) who frequently reminisced about her homeland, the fictional San Pequeño. Also in the cast were arrogant Dr. Hank Kaplan (Kip Gilman), wise-cracking orderly Paco Ortiz (Carlos Lacamara) and flaky nurse Greg Vincent (Jeff Altman). In addition, Florence Stanley had a recurring role during the first season as Dr. Riskin.

Changes were made, however, after the first season. In an effort to boost ratings, David Rasche joined the cast in the second season as Jack Trenton, a slimy white-collar criminal forced to perform community service at the hospital, and in the final season Loni Anderson joined the cast as new hospital administrator Casey McAfee. Other changes included the addition of Markus Flanagan as hunky orderly Luke Fitzgerald for the second season only, the changing of the show's theme song in seasons two and three, having nurse Gina and Dr. Hank Kaplan get married (Gina being pregnant with Dr. Hank's child). Nurse Greg Vincent was also written off after season one.

In the show's final season, nurse Sandy was gone, and the show's focus moved increasingly from the nurses to Casey McAfee's adjustments in running the hospital under a new HMO, and the antics of Jack Trenton and his sidekick Paco the orderly.

The ratings failed to improve, however, and NBC cancelled the show after its third season.

Cast

  • Stephanie Hodge as Nurse Sandy Miller (1991-1993)
  • Arnetia Walker as Nurse Annie Roland
  • Mary Jo Keenen as Nurse Julie Milbury
  • Jeff Altman as Greg Vincent (1991-1992)
  • Ada Maris as Gina Cuevas
  • Kip Gilman as Dr. Hank Kaplan
  • Carlos Lacámara as Paco Ortiz
  • Florence Stanley as Dr. Riskin (1991-1992)
  • Markus Flanagan as Luke Fitzgerald (1992-1993)
  • David Rasche as Jack Trenton (1992-1994)
  • Loni Anderson as Casey MacAfee (1993-1994)

Episodes

Crossovers

The following is a list of Nurses episodes featuring characters from The Golden Girls and Empty Nest.

Season One
  • Episode 2: "A Lesson in Life" - Laverne Todd from Empty Nest
  • Episode 6: "Mother, Jugs, and Zach" - Harry Weston from Empty Nest
  • Episode 9: "Begone with the Wind" - Rose Nylund from The Golden Girls and Laverne Todd from Empty Nest
  • Episode 20: "Moon Over Miami" - Blanche Devereaux from The Golden Girls and Charley Dietz from Empty Nest
Season Two
  • Episode 2: "In My New Country" - Laverne Todd from Empty Nest
  • Episode 7: "Playing Doctor" - Carol Weston from Empty Nest
Season Three
  • Episode 1: "The Eagle Has Landed" - Harry Weston from Empty Nest
  • Episode 4: "Jack's Indecent Proposal - Charley Dietz from Empty Nest
  • Episode 7: "The Bridges of Dade Country" - Harry Weston from Empty Nest
  • Episode 9: "Temporary Setbacks" - Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls and Empty Nest, and Carol Weston from Empty Nest
  • Episode 10: "The Birth of a Marriage" - Harry Weston from Empty Nest

Ratings

  • 1) 1991–92: #38
  • 2) 1992–93: #60
  • 3) 1993–94: #54

References

External links