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Ep |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Airdate |
| 7 | 1 | "Margin for Error" | Gwen Arner | Rena Down | November 11, 1981 (1981-11-11) |
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Mary battles a conspiracy of silence when one of her nurses is accused of giving a patient the wrong medication. |
| 8 | 2 | "My Life as a Woman" | Gwen Arner | Hindi Brooks | November 18, 1981 (1981-11-18) |
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Mary is having symptoms and her long-time physician wants to schedule a hysterectomy which her colleagues feel may be unnecessary. |
| 9 | 3 | "Rivals" | Harry Harris | Fred Freiberger | December 2, 1981 (1981-12-02) |
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A new nurse ( Diane Venora) joins Mary's staff and Mary, for reasons unknown to herself, takes an instant dislike to the girl. |
| 10 | 4 | "Equal Opportunity" | Seymour Robbie | Ray Brenner | December 17, 1981 (1981-12-17) |
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A male nurse ( David Morse) is assigned to Mary's department and Dr. Rose tries to persuade an aging doctor to retire from surgery. |
| 11 | 5 | "Going Home" | Unknown | Camille Marchetta | December 24, 1981 (1981-12-24) |
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Mary quits both her job and New York City after an argument with Dr. Rose, and tries to return to her life as a suburban housewife. |
| 12 | 6 | "A Question of Dignity" | Philip Leacock | Lionel E. Siegel | December 31, 1981 (1981-12-31) |
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A woman, pregnant with her seventh child, accuses Mary of encouraging her to sign a sterilization consent form. |
| 13 | 7 | "To Life" | Philip Leacock | Rena Down | January 7, 1982 (1982-01-07) |
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Mary falls deeply in love with an art history instructor, then learns that he is terminally ill. |
| 14 | 8 | "The Store" | Seymour Robbie | George Bellak | January 14, 1982 (1982-01-14) |
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A prostitute with a heart-valve infection checks into the hospital, and she later disappears with her pimp. |
| 15 | 9 | "A Place to Die" | Philip Leacock | Joel Steiger | January 21, 1982 (1982-01-21) |
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An aging and terminally ill social activist ( James Cromwell) insists on dying at home instead of in a hospital. |
| 16 | 10 | "A Matter of Privacy" | Unknown | Brad Radnitz | January 28, 1982 (1982-01-28) |
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Mary reconsiders her role in the cover-up shooting of a congressman involved in a love triangle. |
| 17 | 11 | "Hands of Gold" | Unknown | Joyce Perry | February 11, 1982 (1982-02-11) |
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Drugs are found to be missing from the medical room in Mary's department. |
| 18 | 12 | "Blackout" | Unknown | Norman Katkov | February 18, 1982 (1982-02-18) |
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During a city-wide blackout, Mary tries to calm patients, Calvo organizes a neighborhood patrol and Toni delivers a baby. |
| 19 | 13 | "Where's Mary?" | Unknown | Philip Rosenberg | March 4, 1982 (1982-03-04) |
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Mary is taken hostage during a bank robbery and tries to persuade her captors to let a wounded guard be treated. |
| 20 | 14 | "On the Line" | Unknown | Philip Rosenberg | March 11, 1982 (1982-03-11) |
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Mary is torn between the needs of her patients and the cause of her nurses when the nurses go on strike. |
| 21 | 15 | "Father" | Alex March | Allan Leicht | April 23, 1982 (1982-04-23) |
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Mary is worried when her perfectionist physician father ( E.G. Marshall) comes for a visit and tries to repair their strained relationship. |
| 22 | 16 | "The Clown Prince is Indisposed" | Tony Mordente | Unknown | April 30, 1982 (1982-04-30) |
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A boisterous, self-centered talk show host ( Steve Allen) and his entourage turn his hospital room into a private office – complete with piano. |
| 23 | 17 | "Fevers" | Unknown | Stuart Rosenberg | May 7, 1982 (1982-05-07) |
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A new inexperienced nurse suffering from job burnout takes the law and the life of a patient into her own hands. |
| 24 | 18 | "A Necessary End" | Bernard L. Kowalski | Unknown | May 14, 1982 (1982-05-14) |
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The question of euthanasia is raised in the story of a dying woman suffering great pain. |
| 25 | 19 | "Impressions" | Unknown | Jerome Coopersmith | May 21, 1982 (1982-05-21) |
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A surgeon ( John Rothman), who has allowed his gambling debts and reckless investments get out of hand, finds his competence questioned following a post-operative death. This episode was delayed for a few hours in Boston, Massachusetts on the last day of broadcasting for WNAC-TV |
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