Island Son

1. S01E01Heart and SoulSeptember 19, 1989—Daniel witnesses a drunken accident that leaves a little girl severely injured.
2. S01E02Sometimes They're ZebrasSeptember 24, 1989—Metzger suspects an elderly patient's family of abuse; Daniel's son visits and decides to make it permanent.
3. S01E03Fathers and SonsSeptember 26, 1989—Daniel's son falls for a patient facing a fatal prognosis; a resident falters before his prominent mother's determination that he follow her
4. S01E04GiftsOctober 3, 1989—A tourist protests the age of her physician when Caitlin gets her case, and Daniel's budding romance is nipped by illness and her past.
5. S01E05PainkillersOctober 10, 1989—Daniel suspects the new head of cardiology is addicted to pills, and an orderly's illiteracy nearly kills a patient.
6. S01E06Life SentenceOctober 24, 1989—Daniel tries to protect his patient, a convicted rapist, from the media mob surrounding the hospital; Sam falls for a crafty hitchiker.
7. S01E07The State vs. John KulaniOctober 31, 1989—A doctor has Daniel's father arrested for performing a Hawaiian healing ceremony in the hospital; Caitlin worries about a furtive admirer.
8. S01E08Role ModelsNovember 7, 1989—Fushida becomes a difficult patient when he develops a dangerous infection; Daniel battles to have a patient admitted for critical surgery d
9. S01E09Everyday PeopleNovember 14, 1989—Veronica returns with a proposition, but Daniel's distracted by his patients: a dying talk-show host and a paraplegic fighting to keep his h
10. S01E10HihiaDecember 14, 1989—Sam is paralyzed with caison disease after lying his way into a deep sea diving job with his uncle, which touches off a bitter fight between
11. S01E11The Christmas StoryDecember 21, 1989—A group of men dressed as elves are admitted with symptoms of plague; Dr. Fushida is adamant that he wants a natural son despite the diagnos
12. S01E12Falling StarsJanuary 4, 1990—Metzger's confidence is shaken when he disastrously misdiagnoses a patient; Daniel tries to reconcile the estranged Fushidas; Sam befriends
13. S01E13Icarus FallingJanuary 11, 1990—A pilot refuses to be tested for the source of his blackouts; a teenager resists his girlfriend's decision to put their baby up for adoption
14. S01E14Mary, Mary Quite ContraryFebruary 1, 1990—A teenage volunteer attempts suicide after confiding a terrible secret to Sam. Increasingly unable to cope with terminal cases, Margaret bet
15. S01E15Janine ReturnsFebruary 8, 1990—Daniel's former wife stirs up trouble when she arrives to celebrate their son's birthday. Parents of a dying infant worry that a doctor whos
16. S01E16VirusesFebruary 15, 1990—Daniel discovers that Tess's little friend is HIV-positive; Margaret tries to help an ailing former movie star.
17. S01E17Moving TargetsFebruary 22, 1990—A serial killer who targets prostitutes poses a threat to James's fiancé, a former call girl; Fushida's disapproval of Margaret's office ro
18. S01E18SeparationsMarch 29, 1990—Nina hesitates when Daniel proposes, a man uses his illness to blackmail his daughter, and Caitlin murders a patient when she disagrees with

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