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Nurses

Nurses

★ 7.1/10•1991•25m•Comedy
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime25m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 14, 1991

Episodes

E1

Son of a Pilot

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.

Sep 14, 1991

E2

A Lesson in Life

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.

Sep 21, 1991

E3

This Joint is Jumpin'

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.

Sep 28, 1991

E4

Coming to America

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.

Oct 5, 1991

E5

Reversal of Grandpa

The staff take turns talking to an accident victim in hopes he will come out of his coma.

Oct 12, 1991

E6

Mother, Jugs, and Zach

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.

Oct 19, 1991

E7

Dead Nurse

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.

Oct 26, 1991

E8

Kind, Konsiderate Kare

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.

Nov 2, 1991

E9

Begone with the Wind

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.

Nov 9, 1991

E10

An Intern-al Affair to Remember

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.

Nov 16, 1991

E11

Seize the Date

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.

Nov 23, 1991

E12

Friends and Lovers

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.

Dec 7, 1991

E13

Love, Death, and the Whole Damn Thing

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.

Dec 14, 1991

E14

No Hiding Place

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.

Jan 4, 1992

E15

Sphere Today, Gone Tomorrow

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.

Jan 11, 1992

E16

The Truth Shall Screw You Up

Sandy's mother arrives for a visit and immediately starts to complain; Gina is upset to learn Hank is dating other women.

Feb 1, 1992

E17

Married to the Mop

Paco becomes indebted to a mob boss; Gina tries to make Hank jealous by dating another man, unaware that he is gay.

Feb 8, 1992

E18

Eat Something

When a patient is killed by an ambulance, Annie begins to question her faith in God.

Feb 15, 1992

E19

Catch a Fallen Star

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.

Feb 22, 1992

E20

Moon over Miami

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.

Feb 29, 1992

E21

Rude Awakenings

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.

Apr 25, 1992

E22

The Ex-Factor

Gina realizes Hank is still carryin a torch for his ex-wife; Greg is trapped in the elevator with a cannibal.

May 2, 1992

Actors

Loni Anderson

Loni Anderson

Casey MacAfee

Arnetia Walker

Arnetia Walker

Nurse Annie Roland

Mary Jo Keenen

Nurse Julie Milbury

Ada Maris

Ada Maris

Gina Cuevas

Kip Gilman

Kip Gilman

Dr. Hank Kaplan

Carlos Lacámara

Carlos Lacámara

Paco Ortiz

David Rasche

David Rasche

Jack Trenton

Recommendations

Childrens Hospital
The Golden Girls
Empty Nest
Green Wing
Scrubs
Getting On
The Golden Palace
Cosby
Men Behaving Badly
American Housewife
NewsRadio
Scrubs
Reba
One Day at a Time
Growing Pains
The Jeffersons
Petticoat Junction
St. Denis Medical
Fresh Off the Boat
Who's the Boss?

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