Kingdom Hospital (2004–2004)

Name: Kingdom Hospital
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Medical

TV ShowEndedABCHorror, Thriller, Medical1 season, 13 episodes

Plot

Kingdom Hospital is the haunting new 15-hour drama series developed directly for television by the award-winning, best-selling master of horror. Using Lars Von Trier's Danish miniseries "Riget" (a.k.a. "The Kingdom") as a point of inspiration, King tells the terrifying story of The Kingdom, a hospital with a bizarre population that includes a nearly blind security guard, a nurse who regularly faints at the sight of blood and a paraplegic artist whose recovery is a step beyond miraculous. When patients and staff hear the tortured voice of a little girl crying through the halls, they are dismissive of any suggestion of mysticism of unseen powers ... but at their own peril.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

01The Young and The HeadlessS01E06 · 6.7Using Peter Rickman's drawings as a guide, Mrs. Druse and Hook make contact with Mary and her nemesis, Paul, and begin to navigate through the trenches of Kingdom Hospital's horrifying past. Meanwhile, Dr. Traff's attempt at a love prank on sleep psychologist Dr. Lona Massingale goes terrifyingly wrong!
02Death's KingdomS01E02 · 6.5Despite being forcibly discharged from the hospital by Dr. Stegman, Mrs. Druse recruits the semi-conscious, telepathic Peter to join her at a seance to identify the spirit whose cries continue to haunt the hospital's elevator shafts. Meanwhile, the man responsible for Peter's condition becomes acutely aware of a much stronger and frightening presence at Kingdom Hospital.
03Goodbye KissS01E03 · 6.5After seeing a girl and finding a toy doll in the elevator shaft, Dr. Hook is convinced to help Druse stay in the hospital while she finds the source of the haunting. Meanwhile, a prisoner and his girlfriend plan out a suicide pact that goes wrong when he is saved by the Kingdom Hospital staff, in a not so common fashion. We also learn that Dr. Stegman killed a patient while in surgery at his last job in Boston, and is now being accused of messing up another surgery with a young girl. The mother now has plans to sue for malpractice. And finally, Peter Rickman is visited in his mind by the beast in his painting, and also comes in contact with Mary and Paul.

Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes2004Aired 6.1Season avg

S01E01Thy Kingdom ComeMarch 3, 2004 4.7Artist Peter Rickman is run down by a stoned, two-time loser driving a minivan. He is admitted comatose to Kingdom Hospital, but not before
S01E02Death's KingdomMarch 10, 2004 6.5Despite being forcibly discharged from the hospital by Dr. Stegman, Mrs. Druse recruits the semi-conscious, telepathic Peter to join her at
S01E03Goodbye KissMarch 17, 2004 6.5After seeing a girl and finding a toy doll in the elevator shaft, Dr. Hook is convinced to help Druse stay in the hospital while she finds t
S01E04The West Side of MidnightMarch 24, 2004 6.0The ex-wife of Dr. Traff dies from a heart attack in his care, while his son Elmer has a dream involving the anteater. Lenny passes onto th
S01E05Hook's KingdomMarch 31, 2004 6.0The psychic Mrs. Druse is called to assist when the trapped evil spirit of a tortured teenaged boy wreaks havoc on the staff, patients and i
S01E06Season's bestThe Young and The HeadlessApril 8, 2004 6.7Using Peter Rickman's drawings as a guide, Mrs. Druse and Hook make contact with Mary and her nemesis, Paul, and begin to navigate through t
S01E07Black NoiseApril 15, 2004 6.0Still unable to speak, Peter gets a message to Dr. Hook and Mrs. Druse that a very dark presence within Kingdom Hospital is channeling his e
S01E08HeartlessApril 22, 2004 6.0An attorney in need of a heart transplant rues the day he checked into Kingdom Hospital. Meanwhile, Hook discovers authentic newspaper clipp
S01E09ButterfingersApril 29, 2004 6.0When a retired major league baseball player attempts to take his own life and is admitted to Kingdom Hospital, he begins a chain reaction th
S01E10The Passion of Reverend JimmyJune 24, 2004 6.0When the reverend of the Christ-Oly-Christ mission is sacrificed, new life resurges in and around Kingdom Hospital and the mystery behind Ma
S01E11Seizure DayJuly 1, 2004 6.0When two different patients have seizures, they awaken to frightening visions of the living dead haunting Kingdom Hospital's halls, and the
S01E12Shoulda Stood in BedJuly 8, 2004 6.5When Peter Rickman has yet another seizure, he witnesses the eventual fate of Kingdom Hospital and makes a tangible connection with its frig
S01E13FinaleJuly 15, 2004 6.5The future of Kingdom Hospital is changed forever when Dr. Hook and Peter are sent back to the Old Kingdom, where they find the answers to t

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Castfull cast & details

Andrew McCarthyDr. Hook

Bruce DavisonDr. Stegman

Meagen FayDr. Brenda Abelson

Ed Begley Jr.Dr. Jesse James

Jamie HarroldDr. Elmer Traff

Sherry MillerDr. Lona Massingale

Allison HossackDr. Christine Draper

William Wise

William WiseDr. Louis Traff

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