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Season 1
Season 11989

Season 1

September 19, 1989

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26
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8.5
Rating
30
Votes
1989
Year

Cast

Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Doogie Howser
Max Casella
Max Casella
Vinnie Delpino
Belinda Montgomery
Belinda Montgomery
Katherine Howser
Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman
Benjamin Canfield
Mitchell Anderson
Mitchell Anderson
Jack McGuire
Kathryn Layng
Kathryn Layng
Curly Spaulding
James B. Sikking
James B. Sikking
David Howser

Episodes

26 episodes
Season 1
Pilot
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Pilot

Sep 19, 19892 votes
Director: Rick Wallace

Doogie passes one test to get his driver's license, but he must pass another when he treats a critically ill boy.

8 guest stars
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The Ice Queen Cometh
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The Ice Queen Cometh

Sep 20, 19892 votes
Director: Betty Thomas

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."

3 guest stars
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A Stitch Called Wanda
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A Stitch Called Wanda

Sep 27, 19892 votes

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.

8 guest stars
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Frisky Business
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Frisky Business

Oct 4, 19892 votes
Director: Johanna Demetrakas

His parents' trip signals party time for Doogie and friends, whose plans include drinking beer while Doogie is on call.

11 guest stars
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The Short Goodbye
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The Short Goodbye

Oct 11, 19892 votes
Director: Rob Thompson

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.

4 guest stars
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Simply Irresistible
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Simply Irresistible

Oct 18, 19892 votes
Director: Sheldon Larry

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.

14 guest stars
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Vinnie Video Vici
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Vinnie Video Vici

Oct 25, 19891 votes

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.

9 guest stars
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Blood and Remembrance
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Blood and Remembrance

Nov 1, 19891 votes

Doogie's hectic schedule prevents him from spending time with Wanda, a situation that renders him more sympathetic to a patient.

5 guest stars
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She Ain't Heavy, She's My Cousin
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She Ain't Heavy, She's My Cousin

Nov 8, 19891 votes

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.

7 guest stars
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My Old Man and the Sea
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My Old Man and the Sea

Nov 15, 19891 votes
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont

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.

6 guest stars
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Tonight's the Night

Tonight's the Night

Nov 22, 19890 votes
Director: Rob Thompson

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.

5 guest stars
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Every Dog Has His Doogie
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Every Dog Has His Doogie

Nov 29, 19891 votes
Director: Sheldon Larry

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.

8 guest stars
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Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Dec 13, 19890 votes
Director: Betty Thomas

Doogie feigns illness to get out of working the night shift on Christmas Eve so he can go to a party.

11 guest stars
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Greed Is Good
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Greed Is Good

Jan 3, 19901 votes
Director: Johanna Demetrakas

Greedy friends and family have a hand out as Doogie makes the finals of a quiz show offering cash and prizes galore.

9 guest stars
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Attack of the Green-Eyed Monster
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Attack of the Green-Eyed Monster

Jan 10, 19901 votes
Director: Rob Thompson

Jealousy comes between Doogie and Wanda, and it also brings a silence between Dr. and Mrs. Howser.

6 guest stars
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It Ain't Over Till Mrs. Howser Sings
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It Ain't Over Till Mrs. Howser Sings

Jan 17, 19901 votes

A scare involving the results of her mammogram has Katherine intent on reviving her '60s singing career at a nightclub's open-mike night.

9 guest stars
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Tough Guys Don't Teach
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Tough Guys Don't Teach

Jan 31, 19901 votes
Director: Charles Haid

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.

10 guest stars
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I Never Sold Shower Heads for My Father
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I Never Sold Shower Heads for My Father

Feb 7, 19901 votes

Vinnie doesn't understand his father's urgency to involve him in the family shower-head business.

3 guest stars
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Doogie's Awesome, Excellent Adventure
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Doogie's Awesome, Excellent Adventure

Feb 14, 19901 votes
Director: David Carson

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.

8 guest stars
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Use a Slurpy, Go to Jail
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Use a Slurpy, Go to Jail

Feb 28, 19901 votes

An embittered gang member holds Vinnie and Doogie hostage during a botched convenience-store holdup in which Doogie is left to ponder prejudice.

8 guest stars
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Whose Mid-Life Crisis Is It Anyway
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Whose Mid-Life Crisis Is It Anyway

Mar 14, 19901 votes
Director: Rob Thompson

When Doogie's dad decides to retire, discouraged that his research failed to make a splash in medical journals, Doogie prescribes an attitude adjustment.

9 guest stars
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Vinnie's Blind Date
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Vinnie's Blind Date

Mar 25, 19901 votes

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.

8 guest stars
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And the Winner Is...
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And the Winner Is...

Mar 28, 19901 votes
Director: Charles Haid

Doogie and McGuire put their friendship on the line while competing for the Resident of the Year award.

7 guest stars
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Doogie
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Doogie

Apr 4, 19901 votes
Director: Kevin Hooks

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.

12 guest stars
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The Grass Ain't Always Greener
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The Grass Ain't Always Greener

Apr 25, 19901 votes
Director: Rob Thompson

Now free to date other women, Doogie enjoys a few evenings with a trendy philosophy student before realizing that something's missing: Wanda.

10 guest stars
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Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Grand
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Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Grand

May 2, 19901 votes
Director: Stephen Cragg

Vinnie is nervous about his "first time" with Janine; Doogie feels unexpected emotions over Wanda's announcement.

5 guest stars
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