Dr. Ruth - April 25, 1985 

Sam leaps into the sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, plays matchmaker for a couple on the staff of her radio show and helps a woman deal with sexual harassment.

Director:

Stuart Margolin

Writers:

Donald P. Bellisario (created by), Robin Bernheim (as Robin Jill Bernheim)

Stars:

Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Peter Spears

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Scott Bakula	...	Dr. Sam Beckett
Dean Stockwell	...	Admiral Al Calavicci
Peter Spears	...	Doug Bridges / Reiser
Anita Barone	...	Debbie Schaefer
James McDonnell	...	Jonathan
Robyn Lively	...	Annie Wilkins
Ruth Westheimer	...	Self (as Dr. Ruth Westheimer)
Ellen Albertini Dow	...	Grandma
Paul Roache	...	Cab Driver
Mary Scheer	...	Other Woman
Bridget Morrow	...	Anita
Robert MacKenzie	...	Nigel Corrington

Storyline

Sam leaps into Dr. Ruth Westheimer the well-known sex therapist just as she is in the middle of her radio call-in show. Al tells him he's there to help two of Dr. Ruth's staff, Doug and Debbie, to stick together. Sam thinks he's there to help a young woman, Annie Wilkins, who called into the show to say she was being pressured by her boss, Jonathan, to have sex. Sam convinces her to quit her job and Jonathan says Annie is just fantasizing. In the blue room meanwhile, the real Dr. Ruth has advice for Al who, she says, seems to go out of his way to sabotage all of his relationships.

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Plot Keywords:

sex therapist | sexual harassment | radio show | character says oh boy | year 1985 | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the original history, Doug Bridges and Debbie Schaefer never got back together after they broke up for the fourth time. Doug eloped with Brenda Jacobs but she divorced him after six months as she only married him to help her career. Debbie got a job as a television presenter but she bombed on her first assignment and was relegated to writing for a retirement newspaper.

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Goofs

Near the end of the episode, Al is telling Sam the wrap up. In the background, you can plainly see the phone off the hook from the earlier struggle. Next, Annie comes into the room telling Sam/Dr. Ruth that the police are on the way. Unless Annie has a second phone line in her NY apartment (or a very rare cell phone in 1985), the line would've been 'dead' and she could not have called the police.

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Quotes

Sam: [whenever Sam's mind merges with Dr Ruth's] Now, we are getting somewhere.

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Connections

Spoofs Dr. Ruth Westheimer (1984)

User Reviews

WTF?

I gave this 4 stars making it the worst episode out of a total of 97. Don't waste your time.

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 1993 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belisarius Productions, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1