Nurses

1991–1994 · Ended · 3 seasons · 68 episodes · Comedy · United States

Creator Susan Harris · Channel NBC · Starring Arnetia Walker, Mary Jo Keenen, Ada Maris

Nurses is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 14, 1991, to May 7, 1994, created and produced by Susan Harris as a spin-off of Empty Nest, which itself was a spin-off of The Golden Girls.
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Episodes

22 episodes · September 1991 – May 1992
  1. Episode 1: 1. Son of a PilotSeptember 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.
  2. Episode 2: 2. A Lesson in LifeSeptember 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.
  3. Episode 3: 3. This Joint is Jumpin'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 mother; and Annie worries she may be pregnant.
  4. Episode 4: 4. Coming to AmericaOctober 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 boyfriend. Little does she know that he excepts her to get married before he leaves the country.
  5. Episode 5: 5. Reversal of GrandpaOctober 12, 1991
    The staff take turns talking to an accident victim in hopes he will come out of his coma.
  6. Episode 6: 6. Mother, Jugs, and ZachOctober 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.
Show 16 more episodes
  1. Episode 7: 7. Dead NurseOctober 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.
  2. Episode 8: 8. Kind, Konsiderate KareNovember 2, 1991
    A high-ranking member of the Klu Klux Klan check into the hospital with a medical condition, 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 shows up.
  3. Episode 9: 9. Begone with the WindNovember 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.
  4. Episode 10: 10. An Intern-al Affair to RememberNovember 16, 1991
    Sandy must decide if she wants to move to Minnesota with her new boyfried; a patient confuses her medicine because she can't read; and Greg overacts in a training video.
  5. Episode 11: 11. Seize the DateNovember 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.
  6. Episode 12: 12. Friends and LoversDecember 7, 1991
    Annie nearly died in a car accident, so she decides if anything ever happens to her and Fred, she's leaving the kids to Sandy. Sandy is initially taken with the idea… until Annie starts criticizing her habits and lifestyle. Meanwhile, Julie falls for a doctor who turns out to be an escaped mental patient. Greg announces that he has the ability to shapeshift.
  7. Episode 13: 13. Love, Death, and the Whole Damn ThingDecember 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.
  8. Episode 14: 14. No Hiding PlaceJanuary 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.
  9. Episode 15: 15. Sphere Today, Gone TomorrowJanuary 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.
  10. Episode 16: 16. The Truth Shall Screw You UpFebruary 1, 1992
    Sandy's mother arrives for a visit and immediately starts to complain; Gina is upset to learn Hank is dating other women.
  11. Episode 17: 17. Married to the MopFebruary 8, 1992
    Paco becomes indebted to a mob boss; Gina tries to make Hank jealous by dating another man, unaware that he is gay.
  12. Episode 18: 18. Eat SomethingFebruary 15, 1992
    When a patient is killed by an ambulance, Annie begins to question her faith in God.
  13. Episode 19: 19. Catch a Fallen StarFebruary 22, 1992
    A former child star, Chet ""Poofie"" McGuire (Stephen Furst), comes to the hospital to research his new role for the sitcom ""Poofie McGuire, Nurse for Hire."" Greg's star-struck, but everyone else is annoyed – particularly Annie, who has to take Chet on rounds with her. But Chet's attitude changes when he witnesses the staff revive a dying man. Meanwhile, Julie goes on a ""holy quest"" to track down the brother of that dying man and Dr. Riskin fends off an obnoxious mother who's giving her son high blood-pressure.
  14. Episode 20: 20. Moon over MiamiFebruary 29, 1992
    The entire staff is pulled in to cover a double-shift during the full moon. Julie tells her co-workers about her grandmother's theory on the full moon – how it's a chance to make up for missed love opportunities. Sandy finds herself falling for Charlie Deitz. Paco decides that he's going to ask out Gina. Hank wants to ask out a slut… but he changes his tune when Gina attacks him and sticks her tongue down his throat in the elevator. A hernia-surgery patient makes repeated attempts at escaping; a former astronaut arrives with a bump on the head; and Blanche Devereaux tracks down Dr. Riskin because she can't get a man to bed her.
  15. Episode 21: 21. Rude AwakeningsApril 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.
  16. Episode 22: 22. The Ex-FactorMay 2, 1992
    Gina realizes Hank is still carryin a torch for his ex-wife; Greg is trapped in the elevator with a cannibal.

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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
25 minutes
FIRST AIRED
September 14, 1991
LAST AIRED
May 7, 1994
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Touchstone Television, Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions

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