Fair rating?St. Elsewhere· Season 6 · Episode 13
Heaven's Skate
Judge Farnham checks into the hospital with an inoperable cancer (and asking for Floyd the Barber); Rosenthal takes Bobby Caldwell's death very hard; Dr. Craig searches for a date for a skating rink opening; Dr. Kiem is in the middle when she saves the life of a young black man shot by a Vietnamese gang member; Griffin befriends the new chaplain, who's a descendant of the hospital founder, Father McCabe; Novino and Luther compete on the ER simulator and Ehrlich tries to find his elusive parents.
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#1In Season 6of 22 rated episodes
#116All-timeof 137 rated episodes
+0.3vs season avgSeason 6 averages 2.5
1988First airedJanuary 13, 1988
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