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Year: 1989  |  1990  |  1991  |  1992  |  1993


Season 1


"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 1 -- Douglas "Doogie" Howser, boy genius, kisses his first girl and loses his first patient, all on the same night

Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Original Air Date—19 September 1989
Doogie passes one test to get his driver's license, but he must pass another when he treats a critically ill boy.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 2 -- An attractive female doctor at the hospital wants Doogie to father her child.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Ice Queen Cometh

Original Air Date—20 September 1989
Victoria Burke, the hospital's attractive new chief of radiology, wants some of Doogie's genius genes.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 3 -- Doogie must rush his girlfriend Wanda to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy when she suddenly becomes ill after their date at a drive-in.

Season 1, Episode 3: A Stitch Called Wanda

Original Air Date—27 September 1989
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.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Doogie throws a wild party when his parents leave town, and soon finds that his irresponsible behavior comes with a price.

Season 1, Episode 4: Frisky Business

Original Air Date—4 October 1989
Fed up with being regarded as a 'nerd' by his peers and as a 'little kid' by his co-workers, Doogie decides to throw a party when his parents go away for the weekend.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 5 -- After an argument with his parents about purchasing a new car, Doogie moves out of the house, only to find that trying to live on his own at 16 is not as easy as he imagines.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Short Goodbye

Original Air Date—11 October 1989
After arguing with his dad about his finances, Doogie decides to go out on his own and rent an apartment. After hearing that a celebrity is staying at the hospital, Vinnie impersonates Doogie to meet her.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Overtired and under a great deal of stress at work, Doogie is approached by a pair of doctors from another hospital who make him a very enticing job offer.

Season 1, Episode 6: Simply Irresistible

Original Air Date—18 October 1989
Frustrated with the strict policies, long shifts and stressful atmosphere of Eastman, Doogie gets a lucrative offer from a group of doctors from an upscale Brentwood hospital and seriously considers taking it.

Vinnie Video Vici: Season 1: Episode 7 -- Much to Doogie's dissatisfaction, Vinnie makes a video documentary about the boy genius for a class project.

Season 1, Episode 7: Vinnie Video Vici

Original Air Date—25 October 1989
The hospital agrees to let Vinnie film a documentary about Doogie. However, his annoying techniques and intrusive behavior annoy Doogie who must tell a family that their daughter might have cancer.

Blood And Remembrance: Season 1: Episode 8 -- Doogie and Wanda break up, and Doogie learns that it is not just roses and poems, but compromise and forgiveness, that are the keys to maintaining a relationship.

Season 1, Episode 8: Blood and Remembrance

Original Air Date—1 November 1989
Doogie's busy schedule causes tension in his relationship with Wanda. He then sees an example of love-gone-wrong at the hospital when one of his patients needs a blood transfusion from his estranged wife who is unwilling to oblige unless he signs the divorce papers.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 9 -- Vinnie has a blind date with Wanda's obese cousin, Yvette, and gets along surprisingly well with her, while Doogie is bothered by a woman obsessed with plastic surgery.

Season 1, Episode 9: She Ain't Heavy, She's My Cousin

Original Air Date—8 November 1989
Doogie fixes Vinnie up with Wanda's cousin who is much larger than everyone expected. At the hospital, Doogie comes across a patient who is obsessed with her appearance.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 10 -- Doogie reluctantly accompanies his father on their annual fishing trip and learns a lesson from the experience.

Season 1, Episode 10: My Old Man and the Sea

Original Air Date—15 November 1989
Doogie's plans to go on a weekend getaway with Wanda are spoiled when he realizes that it's the same weekend as his dad's annual fishing trip. Not wanting to hurt his dad's feelings, he agrees to go.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 11 -- Doogie and Wanda decide that they should take the big step in their relationship and have sex, but have second thoughts when a baby is abandoned at the Howsers' doorstep by an unwed mother.

Season 1, Episode 11: Tonight's the Night

Original Air Date—22 November 1989
Doogie and Wanda, feeling pressured to have sex, make plans to sleep together when Doogie's parents go away for the weekend. At the hospital, Doogie treats a 17-year old girl who gives birth and then abandons the baby on his doorstep.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 12 -- Angry and frustrated over Eastman's refusal to admit sick homeless people, Doogie decides to operate on an injured dog in the hospital because its owner, a little boy, cannot afford a veterinarian.

Season 1, Episode 12: Every Dog Has His Doogie

Original Air Date—29 November 1989
Doogie, upset at the hospital's lack of compassion and adherence to a strict budget, decides to sneak in a dog with a broken leg and operate on it. When he gets caught, his job becomes at risk.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 13 -- Doogie feigns an illness on Christmas Eve to attend a party, but he returns to the hospital to assist his overworked colleagues.

Season 1, Episode 13: Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Original Air Date—13 December 1989
After being forced to work a shift on Christmas Eve, Doogie fakes sickness to get out of it and go to a party with his friends.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 14 -- Doogie competes in a TV game show for geniuses with prizes worth $100,000, and his friends and family begin dividing up his prizes before the contest is even over.

Season 1, Episode 14: Greed Is Good

Original Air Date—3 January 1990
Doogie goes on a game-show for geniuses only to have everyone wanting a piece of the prizes. At the hospital, he treats an ex-boxer with symptoms of glaucoma.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 15 -- Wanda becomes jealous when one of Doogie's beautiful patients flirts with him.  Mrs. Howser reveals that one of her husband's colleagues made a pass at her.

Season 1, Episode 15: Attack of the Green-Eyed Monster

Original Air Date—10 January 1990
Wanda gets upset after Doogie runs into an attractive former patient at the movie theater and he does nothing to resist her flirting. Doogie's parents stop talking to each other over the same issue.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 16 -- When a mammogram reveals a benign mass in her breast, Mrs. Howser determines to live her life to the fullest, which includes performing live at a local nightclub.

Season 1, Episode 16: It Ain't Over Till Mrs. Howser Sings

Original Air Date—17 January 1990
When Doogie's mom mammogram reveals a lump on her breast that turns out to be benign, she decides that she is going to start living her life to the fullest, which includes singing at a nightclub.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 17 -- Doogie is sent to high school to teach safe sex and ends up in a fight with one of the class bullies.

Season 1, Episode 17: Tough Guys Don't Teach

Original Air Date—31 January 1990
As part of a community relations effort by the hospital, Doogie is asked to go to the high school and teach sexual education. On his first day, he is challenged to an after school fight by the captain of the football team.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 18 -- Carmine Delpino pressures his son Vinnie to take over the family business when he discovers he may not have long to live.

Season 1, Episode 18: I Never Sold Shower Heads for My Father

Original Air Date—7 February 1990
Vinnie's reluctance to go into the family business creates tension with his father who may need heart surgery.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 19 -- In an attempt to impress his new hip friends, Doogie "borrows" his father's BMW.  But when the car is towed, it is Vinnie who comes to the rescue.

Season 1, Episode 19: Doogie's Awesome, Excellent Adventure

Original Air Date—14 February 1990
In return for saving the life of the coolest guy in school, Doogie is rewarded by being allowed to hang around with him and his cool friends. With his new found coolness, Doogie neglects Vinnie and disobeys his father.

Season 1, Episode 20: Use a Slurpy, Go to Jail

Original Air Date—28 February 1990
Doogie and Vinnie are held hostage in a convenience store by a gang member.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Dr. Howser, despondent that the six-year study he has completed is strikingly similar to one already published, decides to retire from his practice.

Season 1, Episode 21: Whose Mid-Life Crisis Is It Anyway?

Original Air Date—14 March 1990
When Doogie's dad begins to feel old and unimportant, he decides to quit his medical practice. Doogie and his mom then decide to gather many of the patients he has helped over the years in hopes of changing his mind.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 22 -- Vinnie falls for - and hits it off with - a pretty blind girl whom Doogie is treating.  But when her eyesight is restored, the girl is no longer attracted to him.

Season 1, Episode 22: Vinnie's Blind Date

Original Air Date—21 March 1990
Vinnie romances a blind girl that Doogie introduced him to at the hospital. When she gets an operation that will restore her sight, he worries that she will not find him physically attractive.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 23 -- Doogie and McGuire engage in fierce competition for the "Resident of the Year" award when they become the two top contenders.

Season 1, Episode 23: And the Winner Is...

Original Air Date—28 March 1990
When Doogie and Jack hear a rumor that they are neck and neck for Resident of the Year, they both try to gain an advantage by trying to influence the judges which ultimately puts them in awkward positions.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 24 -- Doogie and Wanda cannot find any excitement in their relationship and try to find the source of the problem.  Meanwhile, McGuire and Spaulding finally get together for a date and really hit it off.

Season 1, Episode 24: Breaking Up Is Hard to Doogie

Original Air Date—4 April 1990
Realizing that his relationship with Wanda has stalled, Doogie ponders whether to break it off or keep it going and risk being unhappy. Jack gets jealous when Curly begins dating a hotshot doctor.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 25 -- Doogie gets a date with a Laker Girl, but discovers it is not a match made in heaven.  He cannot stop thinking about Wanda.

Season 1, Episode 25: The Grass Ain't Always Greener

Original Air Date—25 April 1990
Fresh off his breakup with Wanda, Doogie scores a date with a Lakers cheerleader. He soon realizes that she is too grown up for him.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 1: Episode 26 -- When Vinnie plans to lose his virginity with Janie, he comes down with a case of tonsillitis.  Doogie is jealous when he finds that Wanda is going to France for the summer to live with a French student's family.

Season 1, Episode 26: Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Grand

Original Air Date—2 May 1990
Vinnie comes down with tonsillitis right before he is about to lose his virginity. Doogie is upset with Wanda when she tells him that she will be going away to France for the summer.

Season 2


"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 1 -- Doogie is haunted by a Frankenstein-like dream and, with the help of a psychologist, realizes that he has been neglecting his own life so he can attend to his medical duties.

Season 2, Episode 1: Doogenstein

Original Air Date—12 September 1990
After having an eerie dream where he is attacked by Frankenstein, Doogie goes to a psychiatrist and realizes that he is missing out on his life because of his job.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 2 -- Doogie is surprised by a visit from Raymond Alexander, the newly rehabilitated gang member who once held him hostage in a robbery.  Doogie invites him home for dinner and gets him a job at the hospital.

Season 2, Episode 2: Guess Who's Coming to Doogie's

Original Air Date—19 September 1990
Doogie is surprised when Raymond, the former gang member who once held him hostage, shows up at the hospital. Impressed by Raymond's transformation into a responsible person, Doogie invites him to dinner and gets him a job at the hospital.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 3 -- Doogie tapes public service health spots for a television music channel and becomes a media sensation overnight.

Season 2, Episode 3: Ask Dr. Doogie

Original Air Date—26 September 1990
"Dr. Doogie" becomes an overnight sensation after he appears in public service announcements on a popular music channel. However, when his fame gets in the way of his job and normal life, he must choose whether he wants to keep up the hectic schedule.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 4 -- Vinnie is failing French class and soon finds himself trapped in an elevator with his pregnant French teacher... who suddenly goes into labor.

Season 2, Episode 4: C'est la Vinnie

Original Air Date—3 October 1990
While trying to talk his pregnant French teacher into helping him improve his failing grade, Vinnie ends up stuck in an elevator with her. She starts to go into labor and he is forced to call Doogie for help.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 5 -- Dr. Howser will not allow Doogie to buy the car of his dreams -- a 1957 Chevy convertible.  Meanwhile, a retarded patient at the hospital refuses to have an operation he is desperately in need of.

Season 2, Episode 5: Car Wars

Original Air Date—10 October 1990
Doogie argues with his dad over whether he can buy a 1957 Chevy convertible. At the hospital, Doogie tries to get through to a mentally retarded patient who refuses treatment for a potentially fatal illness.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 6 -- Doogie admits a homeless man into the hospital who turns out to be legendary blues singer, Blind Otis Lemon.

Season 2, Episode 6: Doogie Sings the Blues

Original Air Date—17 October 1990
Doogie admits a homeless man to the hospital who turns out to be Blind Otis Lemon, a legendary blues player long thought to be dead. When Otis is scheduled for surgery to remove a tumor that could possibly leave him deaf, Vinnie and Raymond sneak him out of the hospital for one last gig.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 7 -- Doogie is faced with having to create a fictional illness for a rich hypochondriac who makes large contributions to the hospital when she is cured of her ills.  Vinnie decides to drop out of high school.

Season 2, Episode 7: Academia Nuts

Original Air Date—24 October 1990
Doogie is asked to make up an illness for a rich hypochondriac who gives large donations to the hospital. Struggling with his grades, Vinnie decides to drop out of high school.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 8 -- Vinnie is making a slasher film and Doogie is given the responsibility of deciding if a 13-year-old genius is a suitable candidate for medical school.

Season 2, Episode 8: Revenge of the Teenage Dead

Original Air Date—31 October 1990
Vinnie has problems finding someone to play a chainsaw killer in his slasher film. Doogie must spend time with an uptight 13-year old prodigy to determine if he is a good candidate for medical school.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 9 -- Doogie is jealous when Wanda becomes enamored with the nude male model in her life drawing class.  A pretty young model with an eating disorder is admitted into the hospital.  Doogie is asked to participate in the hospital's annual bachelor auction.

Season 2, Episode 9: Nautilus for Naught

Original Air Date—7 November 1990
Doogie is jealous when Wanda becomes friends with a male nude model in her art class. At the hospital, Doogie suspects that a pretty young model is bulimic. The hospital holds its annual bachelor auction with Doogie participating for the first time.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 10 -- Janine tells Vinnie that her parents have offered to buy her a car if she breaks up with him, and she is considering it.  Mrs. Howser's parents visit for Thanksgiving, reigniting an old battle between her father and Dr. Howser.

Season 2, Episode 10: Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down

Original Air Date—14 November 1990
Vinnie is depressed when he learns that Janine's parents offered her a car if she would break up with him. Katherine's parents come to visit for Thanksgiving which causes tension with David who never felt they accepted him as their son-in-law.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 11 -- Spaulding strikes up a romance with Dr. Canfield, and Doogie is excited to be among the few doctors chosen to work with a renowned reconstructive surgeon.

Season 2, Episode 11: Oh Very Young

Original Air Date—28 November 1990
After being dumped by McGuire, Curly starts dating the newly divorced Dr. Canfield. Doogie is chosen as one of five doctors to work with a highly-respected reconstructive surgeon.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 12 -- Vinnie is looking for someone to write a recommendation letter for his application to N.Y.U. Film School.  Coincidentally, the head of ABC-TV programming has just been admitted to the hospital.

Season 2, Episode 12: TV or Not TV

Original Air Date—5 December 1990
Needing a recommendation to get into NYU film school, Vinnie poses as an orderly to try and meet the head of ABC television who is staying at the hospital. Meanwhile, Doogie's first poker night with the guys at the hospital is memorable for all the wrong reasons.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 13 -- Doogie is attracted to Lisa, a nursing student at the hospital, and asks her out on a date without telling Wanda.  A patient who checks into the hospital has two wives, each unknown to the other.

Season 2, Episode 13: A Woman Too Far

Original Air Date—12 December 1990
Doogie is attracted to a nursing student who he asks out behind Wanda's back. A man who is staying at the hospital is married to two different women without each one knowing about the other. He asks Doogie to try and prevent each one from seeing the other.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 14 -- Doogie and Vinnie are faced with a dilemma:  Do they tell Dr. Howser that Vinnie had an accident with Doogie's car?

Season 2, Episode 14: Presumed Guilty

Original Air Date—2 January 1991
When Vinnie takes Doogie's car out for a spin, it gets smashed by a falling piano. Doogie, Vinnie, and Mrs. Howser agree not tell Dr. Howser who secretly finds out via a phone call from the auto mechanic. At the hospital, Doogie tries to order tests for a star college basketball player who refuses to seek treatment for fear that will damage his chances to play professionally.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 15 -- Plans for the class formal are dashed when Wanda's mother is killed in an automobile accident.

Season 2, Episode 15: To Live and Die in Brentwood

Original Air Date—9 January 1991
When her mother dies unexpectedly in a car accident, Wanda keeps her distance from Doogie.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 16 -- Doogie reluctantly agrees to play in the big championship basketball game with St. Michael's Hospital, despite the fact that he is far from an athlete.

Season 2, Episode 16: Air Doogie

Original Air Date—23 January 1991
Doogie, realizing that he has no athletic skills, fakes an injury so he doesn't have to play in an exhibition basketball game against a rival hospital. Raymond tries overly hard to impress a woman staying at the hospital, even though she has no interest in him.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 17 -- The hospital's board of directors is very pleased with the mural project it has instituted at the medical center for children patients -- until it is discovered that the artist has AIDS.

Season 2, Episode 17: A Life in Progress

Original Air Date—30 January 1991
The hospital hires an artist to decorate a mural inside the children's center. When it is found that the artist has AIDS, he is dismissed amid public concerns.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 18 -- Vinnie manages to convince Doogie and Dr. Howser to take him along on their annual father-son vacation.

Season 2, Episode 18: My Two Dads

Original Air Date—6 February 1991
Upset that his father won't spend any time with him, Vinnie convinces Doogie and his dad to take them on their annual fishing trip.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 19 -- Mrs. Howser's parents, Don and Irene, drop by for a surprise visit while the Howsers are having their kitchen remodeled.  Don promptly offends the contractor, who quits on the spot.

Season 2, Episode 19: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition

Original Air Date—13 February 1991
Katherine's parent make a surprise visit to the house while it is being remodeled. Her father quickly makes his presence known by offending the contractor who promptly quits on the spot. At the hospital, Doogie tells a couple with a family history of miscarriages that they're having a baby.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 20 -- Dealing with the loss of her mother, Wanda no longer has time to go out with Doogie.  So he asks a student nurse to attend the hospital's Monte Carlo Night with him.

Season 2, Episode 20: Fatal Distraction

Original Air Date—20 February 1991
Still grieving over the death of her mother, Wanda has no time to go out with Doogie. She allows him to go to the hospital's annual Monte Carlo night with someone else. So Doogie asks a student nurse to go as his "date".

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 21 -- Mrs. Howser gets a job as a patient advocate at the hospital, and Doogie and his father have mixed feelings about it.

Season 2, Episode 21: The Doctor, the Wife, her Son and the Job

Original Air Date—13 March 1991
Doogie's mom takes a job as a patient advocate at the hospital. Doogie, upset because she is causing him embarrassment, and his dad, upset about not having dinner cooked, both think she should quit.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 22 -- McGuire resigns from Eastman and joins the Physicians Flying Service, where he feels his work will be of greater importance.  Meanwhile, Doogie is frantic to find a date for the annual hospital dance when Michele dumps him.

Season 2, Episode 22: Planet of the Dateless

Original Air Date—20 March 1991
Jack comes back from a two-week trip in the Mexican rain forest as a changed man with the hospital no longer part of his plans. Doogie desperately scrambles to get a date for the Eastman dance.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 23 -- Vinnie is nervous about being accepted to film school. Doogie is excited that the Hollisters are finally having a baby.

Season 2, Episode 23: Doogie's Wager

Original Air Date—3 April 1991
Vinnie is nervous about possibly not getting accepted into film school. Doogie gets worried when the baby of a couple that has been trying to conceive for 12 years is born premature.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 24 -- Vinnie cheats on Janine. Janine winds up in a passionate kiss with Doogie.  Raymond meets his estranged father at the hospital.

Season 2, Episode 24: A Kiss Ain't Just a Kiss

Original Air Date—24 April 1991
A scorned Janine turns to Doogie. Raymond's estranged father is admitted to the hospital.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 2: Episode 25 -- Vinnie and Janine convince Doogie to ask Wanda to the prom.  Doogie is impressed by a young girl with a strong will to live who is awaiting a heart transplant.

Season 2, Episode 25: Dances with Wanda

Original Air Date—1 May 1991
Vinnie and Janine convince Doogie to ask Wanda to the prom. At the hospital, Doogie is amazed by the positive attitude of a girl awaiting a heart transplant.

Season 3


"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 1 -- Doogie turns 18, and hopes to lose his virginity—with Wanda—for his birthday.

Season 3, Episode 1: The Summer of '91

Original Air Date—25 September 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 2 -- Doogie and Vinnie move out of their parent's homes and share their own apartment, but they are soon on each other's nerves.

Season 3, Episode 2: Doogie Has Left the Building: Part 1

Original Air Date—2 October 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 3 -- Doogie decides to give up the new apartment, just as the Howsers try to adopt to the "Empty Nest Syndrome".

Season 3, Episode 3: Doogie Has Left the Building: Part 2

Original Air Date—9 October 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 4 -- Because her parents will not let Janine date Vinnie, she decides they should elope.

Season 3, Episode 4: It's a Damm Shaman

Original Air Date—16 October 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 5 -- A girl in Vinnie’s film class comes on strong to him.  Meanwhile, Janine confesses to Vinnie that she is not a virgin.

Season 3, Episode 5: The Cheese Stands Alone

Original Air Date—23 October 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 6 -- Doogie is excited to find that Wanda is coming home from school for an art show, but is devastated when he sees her there with another boy.

Season 3, Episode 6: Lonesome Doog

Original Air Date—30 October 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 7 -- Doogie and Vinnie argue about a Civil War screenplay they are writing.  Doogie and Dr. Howser argue over their respective tactics of dealing with patients.

Season 3, Episode 7: When Doogie Comes Marching Home

Original Air Date—13 November 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 8 -- Vinnie convinces Doogie to drive to Chicago and surprise Wanda for her birthday.  But the '57 Chevy overheats in the desert, stranding them.

Season 3, Episode 8: Doogstruck

Original Air Date—20 November 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 9 -- Doogie is miffed when his parents ask him to contribute to room and board.  An intern at the hospital grows squeamish at the sight of blood.

Season 3, Episode 9: Room and Broad

Original Air Date—27 November 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 10 -- Doogie and Wanda have a fight on the phone.  Vinnie and Janine are not seeing eye to eye either.

Season 3, Episode 10: Doogiesomething

Original Air Date—4 December 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 11 -- Doogie has his eyes on Cecilia, the hospital librarian, but is put off by the size of her nose.

Season 3, Episode 11: Truth and Consequences

Original Air Date—11 December 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 12 -- Doogie is upset when Vinnie spends time with his pretentious film school buddies analyzing the art of Jerry Lewis films.

Season 3, Episode 12: It's a Wonderful Laugh

Original Air Date—18 December 1991

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 13 -- Mrs. Howser reunites with her old college boyfriend, Wally “Howlin’ Wolf” Goldstein, before their twentieth college reunion.

Season 3, Episode 13: Dangerous Reunions

Original Air Date—8 January 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 14 -- Vinnie becomes nervous when Doogie tells him that he will be examining a 3,000-year-old mummy at the hospital.

Season 3, Episode 14: Mummy Dearest

Original Air Date—22 January 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 15 -- After arguing about how tough their respective days were, Vinnie bets Doogie that the he would not last a weekend working with him at Burger Baby.

Season 3, Episode 15: Double Doogie with Cheese

Original Air Date—5 February 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 16 -- The star of television’s “L.A. Med” observes Doogie at the hospital to give his character more dimension.

Season 3, Episode 16: The Show Mustn't Go On

Original Air Date—12 February 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 17 -- Doogie discovers that the woman whom he has been dating for two months has a four-year-old son she has not told him about.

Season 3, Episode 17: If This Is Adulthood, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia

Original Air Date—19 February 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 18 -- A self-confident, patronizing medical student gets on Doogie's nerves.  Doogie and Spaulding share an intimate moment and he wonders what it means.

Season 3, Episode 18: What You See Ain't Necessarily What You Get

Original Air Date—11 March 1992
Doogie has an intimate moment with Nurse Spaulding. A arrogant medical student gets under Doogie's skin.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 19 -- Confused about what area of medicine to specialize in, Doogie decides he would like to go into practice with his father.

Season 3, Episode 19: My Father, My Self

Original Air Date—19 March 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 20 -- Janine’s parents think she is going to college every day, but in reality, she has dropped out and is working in a department store.

Season 3, Episode 20: Educating Janine

Original Air Date—1 April 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 21 -- When Vinnie discovers that Janine is enjoying herself alone during spring break in Palm Springs; he drags Doogie along to confront her.

Season 3, Episode 21: Sons of the Desert

Original Air Date—22 April 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 22 -- Wanda returns home from school and is unhappy that her father has a new girlfriend.  Vinnie is upset over the fact that he is short.

Season 3, Episode 22: That's What Friends Are For

Original Air Date—29 April 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 23 -- Vinnie’s film school assignment is a video essay entitled “Who Am I?”

Season 3, Episode 23: Thanks for the Memories

Original Air Date—6 May 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 3: Episode 24 -- Doogie and Dr. Howser decide to perform medical work in the poor villages of Honduras for their annual father-son vacation.

Season 3, Episode 24: Club Medicine

Original Air Date—13 May 1992

Season 4


"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 1 -- Doogie recounts his experiences—both professional and personal—during the Los Angeles riots.

Season 4, Episode 1: There's a Riot Going On

Original Air Date—23 September 1992
April 29, 1992. Doogie, Vinnie and the hospital staff deal with the aftermath of the L.A. Riots.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 2 -- Mrs. Howser is shocked to find Doogie and her boss, Suzanne Rogers, skinny dipping in the back yard pool.

Season 4, Episode 2: Look Ma, No Pants

Original Air Date—30 September 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 3 -- When Doogie and Vinnie are robbed at gunpoint, Doogie decides to buy a gun for protection.

Season 4, Episode 3: Doogie Got a Gun

Original Air Date—7 October 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 4 -- Doogie decides to move out of his parents’ home.  Vinnie tells the Howsers that his parents are getting divorced.

Season 4, Episode 4: Doogie Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Original Air Date—14 October 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 5 -- At Canfield’s request, Doogie becomes a patient at the hospital and is forced to share a room wit Elena Spencer. Vinnie becomes smitten with a bride-to-be.

Season 4, Episode 5: The Patient in Spite of Himself

Original Air Date—21 October 1992
Doogie has to learn how it feels to be a patient. So he checks in and subjected to all the tests that his patients are subjected to.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 6 -- Doogie suffers from nightmares after he makes an error during an operation.  Vinnie wrestles with the responsibility of voting in the elections.

Season 4, Episode 6: To Err Is Human, to Give Up Isn't a Bad Idea

Original Air Date—28 October 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 7 -- Doogie challenges a young deaf woman who is given the chance of having her hearing partially restored.  Vinnie must produce a student film, but is daunted by its minuscule budget.

Season 4, Episode 7: Doogie, Can You Hear Me?

Original Air Date—November 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 8 -- Doogie is incredulous when a cute student nurse finds Vinnie more desirable than himself.  Raymond passes his exam as an emergency technician, but still feels inferior to his fellow workers

Season 4, Episode 8: Nothing Compares 2 U

Original Air Date—11 November 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 9 -- Vinnie becomes perplexed when Janine attempts to reestablish their relationship.  Doogie must decide if a patient should lose his high status as a heart-transplant recipient when he catches the man smoking.

Season 4, Episode 9: Do the Right Thing... If You Can Figure Out What It Is

Original Air Date—18 November 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 10 -- As Thanksgiving approaches, Vinnie suffers from insomnia brought on by stress.  Doogie fears that he is becoming a workaholic.

Season 4, Episode 10: The Big Sleep... Not!

Original Air Date—25 November 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 11 -- Doogie and his father clash over the diagnosis of a young boy who may or may not have been the victim of child abuse.

Season 4, Episode 11: Will the Real Dr. Howser Please Stand Up

Original Air Date—9 December 1992
Doogie and his father disagree on whether a child is a victim of child abuse. Doogie and Vinnie try video dating.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 12 -- Mrs. Howser substitutes for her ailing husband on Doogie’s annual father-son fishing trip.

Season 4, Episode 12: The Mother of All Fishing Trips

Original Air Date—16 December 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 13 -- Doogie allows a gorgeous model to move in with him after she produces another lease to the loft.

Season 4, Episode 13: Roommate with a View

Original Air Date—30 December 1992

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 14 -- Doogie receives a taste of his own medicine after he lies to his colleagues that he made love to Michele.  Vinnie is shocked when he discovers that his new roommate is gay.

Season 4, Episode 14: Spell It 'M-A-N'

Original Air Date—6 January 1993

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 15 -- David Howser considers accepting the position as Head of Family Medicine at the hospital.  Vinnie is stunned when his father begins dating another woman.

Season 4, Episode 15: It's a Tough Job... But Why Does My Father Have to Do It?

Original Air Date—13 January 1993
Vinnie is upset when his not yet divorced father starts dating another woman. David is offered the position of Head of Family Medicine at the hospital.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 16 -- Doogie fantasizes he is Sherlock Holmes when Michele dates another man.  Spaulding announces her engagement.

Season 4, Episode 16: The Adventures of Sherlock Howser

Original Air Date—20 January 1993

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 17 -- Vinnie and Laura make love… but Laura begins to suspect that Vinnie may have lost more than just his virginity.  Doogie treats a famous actress for a mysterious illness.

Season 4, Episode 17: Love Means Constantly Having to Say You're Sorry

Original Air Date—27 January 1993
After Vinnie loses his virginity to Laura, he feels not good enough for her and begins to behave erratically. Doogie treats a famous actress for a mysterious illness.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 18 -- Doogie meets a former baby-sitter whom he has not seen since childhood—but is still just as beautiful.  Vinnie tries to get a Hollywood director to read his script.

Season 4, Episode 18: You've Come a Long Way, Babysitter

Original Air Date—3 February 1993

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 19 -- Vinnie withdraws 16,000 dollars from his bank when a computer makes an accounting error.  A young patient develops a crush on Doogie.

Season 4, Episode 19: Love Makes the World Go 'Round... or Is It Money?

Original Air Date—24 February 1993
A young patient at the hospital develops a crush on Doogie. A computer glitch in Vinnie's bank account gives him $16,000.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 20 -- Doogie becomes the focus of a series of caricatures drawn by a newspaper cartoonist who is diagnosed with cancer.

Season 4, Episode 20: Dorky Housecall, M.D.

Original Air Date—10 March 1993
Doogie becomes enraged when a newspaper cartoonist, also a patient at the hospital, uses him as a caricature in his comic strip.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 21 -- Vinnie is selected as a jurist in an assault case.  Doogie is shocked to discover that a respected doctor at the hospital is a fake.

Season 4, Episode 21: Eleven Angry People... and Vinnie

Original Air Date—17 March 1993
Vinnie serves on a jury and angers the other jurors by casting the only dissenting vote. Doogie finds out that a well-respected doctor has never gotten his medical license.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989): Season 4: Episode 22 -- Vinnie convinces Doogie to enroll in an acting class.  Enlightened by the experience, Doogie decides he has been on the fast tract too long, and decides to resign from Eastman and travel abroad.

Season 4, Episode 22: What Makes Doogie Run

Original Air Date—24 March 1993
Feeling unsatisfied with his position in life, Doogie decides to take acting lessons.

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