List of episodes of the series «Doogie Howser, M.D.»
- Seasons count: 4
- Episodes count: 97
Release date: 9/19/1989
Pilot
- User score: 8
- Episode number: 1
- Episode description: Doogie passes one test to get his driver's license, but he must pass another when he treats a critically ill boy.
Release date: 9/20/1989
The Ice Queen Cometh
- User score: 7.5
- Episode number: 2
- Episode description: Doogie freezes in disbelief when he's asked out to dinner by Victoria Burke, the new radiology chief, known in some circles as "the Ice Queen."
Release date: 9/27/1989
A Stitch Called Wanda
- User score: 9
- Episode number: 3
- Episode description: When Wanda's appendix ruptures with her parents out of town, Doogie ignores hospital policy to operate on her. This creates tension with Dr. Canfield as well as Wanda.
Release date: 10/4/1989
Frisky Business
- User score: 8.5
- Episode number: 4
- Episode description: His parents' trip signals party time for Doogie and friends, whose plans include drinking beer while Doogie is on call.
Release date: 10/11/1989
The Short Goodbye
- User score: 6
- Episode number: 5
- Episode description: Moving out of his parents' house proves to be an eye-opening experience for Doogie. Meanwhile, a rock star is admitted to the hospital for vocal-cord surgery.
Release date: 10/18/1989
Simply Irresistible
- User score: 6
- Episode number: 6
- Episode description: After a grueling 48-hour shift amid hothouse conditions, Doogie is tempted to switch loyalties to an upscale pediatrics group eager to woo him away from Eastman.
Release date: 10/25/1989
Vinnie Video Vici
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 7
- Episode description: Vinnie is no fly on the wall as he observes Doogie's personal and professional life while shooting a documentary on a day in the life of a teenage doctor.
Release date: 11/1/1989
Blood and Remembrance
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 8
- Episode description: Doogie's hectic schedule prevents him from spending time with Wanda, a situation that renders him more sympathetic to a patient.
Release date: 11/8/1989
She Ain't Heavy, She's My Cousin
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 9
- Episode description: Vinnie is stuck on a blind date with Wanda's "big-boned" cousin, a girl with a self-image problem not unlike a plastic-surgery patient at the hospital, who's willing to pay through the nose for a perfect body.
Release date: 11/15/1989
My Old Man and the Sea
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 10
- Episode description: Doogie is invited to spend the weekend in Palm Springs with Wanda and her family, but it's the same weekend that his father picked for their annual fishing trip.
Release date: 11/22/1989
Tonight's the Night
- Episode number: 11
- Episode description: Doogie and Wanda are pressured by peers to get intimate; and Doogie has trouble leaving work problems at work as he deals with an unwed teenage mother.
Release date: 11/29/1989
Every Dog Has His Doogie
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 12
- Episode description: At the hospital, the homeless are being turned away to make room for paying patients; and Doogie bucks the system by arranging surgery for a youngster's pet dog.
Release date: 12/13/1989
Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Episode number: 13
- Episode description: Doogie feigns illness to get out of working the night shift on Christmas Eve so he can go to a party.
Release date: 1/3/1990
Greed Is Good
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 14
- Episode description: Greedy friends and family have a hand out as Doogie makes the finals of a quiz show offering cash and prizes galore.
Release date: 1/10/1990
Attack of the Green-Eyed Monster
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 15
- Episode description: Jealousy comes between Doogie and Wanda, and it also brings a silence between Dr. and Mrs. Howser.
Release date: 1/17/1990
It Ain't Over Till Mrs. Howser Sings
- User score: 7
- Episode number: 16
- Episode description: A scare involving the results of her mammogram has Katherine intent on reviving her '60s singing career at a nightclub's open-mike night.
Release date: 1/31/1990
Tough Guys Don't Teach
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 17
- Episode description: Teaching a safe-sex class in high school isn't intimidating for Dr. Doogie, but one of the students is a beefy bruiser who wants to fight Doogie after class.
Release date: 2/7/1990
I Never Sold Shower Heads for My Father
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 18
- Episode description: Vinnie doesn't understand his father's urgency to involve him in the family shower-head business.
Release date: 2/14/1990
Doogie's Awesome, Excellent Adventure
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 19
- Episode description: Doogie is just about as cool as a guy can get, thanks to fashion advice from the super-cool Griffin, who also thinks it's cool when Doogie "borrows" his father's BMW.
Release date: 2/28/1990
Use a Slurpy, Go to Jail
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 20
- Episode description: An embittered gang member holds Vinnie and Doogie hostage during a botched convenience-store holdup in which Doogie is left to ponder prejudice.
Release date: 3/14/1990
Whose Mid-Life Crisis Is It Anyway
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 21
- Episode description: When Doogie's dad decides to retire, discouraged that his research failed to make a splash in medical journals, Doogie prescribes an attitude adjustment.
Release date: 3/25/1990
Vinnie's Blind Date
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 22
- Episode description: Vinnie's date with Doogie's young patient takes a romantic turn, but Vinnie fears it won't last if a cornea transplant restores her vision.
Release date: 3/28/1990
And the Winner Is...
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 23
- Episode description: Doogie and McGuire put their friendship on the line while competing for the Resident of the Year award.
Release date: 4/4/1990
Breaking Up Is Hard to Doogie
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 24
- Episode description: After sitting in on a marriage-counseling session, Doogie and Wanda wonder if their relationship will improve with age; McGuire defends Spaulding's honor to a boastful rival.
Release date: 4/25/1990
The Grass Ain't Always Greener
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 25
- Episode description: Now free to date other women, Doogie enjoys a few evenings with a trendy philosophy student before realizing that something's missing: Wanda.
Release date: 5/2/1990
Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Grand
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 26
- Episode description: Vinnie is nervous about his "first time" with Janine; Doogie feels unexpected emotions over Wanda's announcement.