6 Season
137 Episode
St. Elsewhere - Season 4 Episode 19 Out on a Limb
It couldn't happen anywhere else.
A former nurse returns to St. Eligius as a medical student; a jock desperate to prolong his mediocre career learns the steroids he's using are killing him; Morrison has difficulty telling a young boy he will lose an arm to cancer; Fiscus and Axelrod see southern California through different eyes during a medical conference; and Ellen Craig feels the pressure of caring for Barbara and her continuing grief over Steven's death.
- Year: 1988
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: boston, massachusetts, dark comedy, hospital, medical drama, suspenseful
- Director: Joshua Brand, John Masius, John Falsey, Mark Tinker
- Cast: William Daniels, Norman Lloyd, Ronny Cox, Bonnie Bartlett, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Furst