At the hospital, doogie tries to order tests for a star college basketball player who refuses to seek treatment for fear that will damage his chances to play professionally. Vinnie is no fly on the wall as he observes doogies personal and professional life while shooting a documentary on a day in the life of a teenage doctor. Season 1, episode 17 january 31, 1990 teaching a safesex class in high school isnt intimidating for dr. This develops into a real identity crisis, so doogie decides to leave.
Doogie is just about as cool as a guy can get, thanks to fashion advice from the supercool griffin, who also thinks its cool when doogie borrows his fathers bmw. At the hospital, doogie treats a 17year old girl who gives birth and then abandons the baby on his doorstep. Episode info moving out of his parents house proves to be an eyeopening experience for doogie. Doogie, feeling unsatisfied with his position in life, decides to take acting lessons. October 18, 1989 after a grueling 48hour shift amid hothouse conditions, doogie is tempted to switch loyalties to an upscale pediatrics group. Its funny that a nation known for distrusting intellect would embrace a show about a young genius who becomes a doctor at 14. Kelley, the show stars neil patrick harris in the title role as a teenage physician who balances the challenge of practicing medicine with the everyday problems of teenage life. A conversation between jk rowling and daniel radcliffe duration. Tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary.
When the hospitals new chief of radiology asks doogie to dinner, hes stunned by what she asks of him during their date. Peer pressure makes doogie and wanda decide they need to have sex, but an unwed teenager who gives birth at. Season 1, episode 6 simply irresistible first aired. The whole idea of a 16 year old doctor just struck me as being both farfetched and nauseating i didnt particularly like the idea of being treated by a 16 year old. The sixteenth birthday of a certified genesis arrives and we start to meet doctor douglas doogie howser, m.
Doogies hectic schedule prevents him from spending time with wanda lisa dean ryan, a situation that renders him more sympathetic to a patient. Doogie, but one of the students isa beefy bruiser who wants to fight doogie after class. Doogie gets a lesson in how lucky he is when he and vinnie are held hostage by a black gang member during a. Vinnie tries to arrange the perfect evening for his first time with janine, but tonsillitis puts a kink in his plan. Meanwhile, a pop star is admitted for surgery on her vocal cords a. Doogie and wanda, feeling pressured to have sex, make plans to sleep together when doogies parents go away for the weekend. Season 1, episode 23 and the winner is learning theyre in a dead heat to win eastmans resident of the year award. Howser reunites with her old college boyfriend, wally howlin wolf goldstein, which worries doogie when it appears that they might reconnect. Doogie tries to help a childs ailing dog by allowing a veterinary procedure to be done at. Vinnie videotapes doogie, and his friends and colleagues, for an assignment to document a person he admires, catching both the fun of doogies personal life and.
The episode list for the television series doogie howser, m. September 19, 1989 doogie passes one test to get his drivers license, but he must pass another when he treats a critically ill boy t. Howser who secretly finds out via a phone call from the auto mechanic. Meanwhile, a rock star is admitted to the hospital for vocalcord surgery. To cram all of these stories into under 25 minutes per episode is a testament to the. A long shift with no air conditioning and the red tape involved in trying to treat a guatemalan child lead doogie to ser. I was watching this show at the same time as i was watching damages season 1 and i found harris to be more convincing as a teen doctor than rose byrne as a 20something lawyer. Doogie is invited to spend the weekend in palm springs with wanda and her familybut its the same weekend that his father picked for their annual fishing trip.
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