Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.
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- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes aired
- 97
- Latest aired
- S04E22
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1989 – May 1990 26 episodes
- Season 2 September 1990 – May 1991 25 episodes
- Season 3 September 1991 – May 1992 24 episodes
- Season 4 September 1992 – March 1993 22 episodes
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S01E01 Pilot
September 19 find the promo
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Doogie passes one test to get his driver's license, but he must pass another when he treats a critically ill boy.
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S01E02 The Ice Queen Cometh
September 20 find the promo
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Doogie freezes in disbelief when he's asked out to dinner by Victoria Burke, the new radiology chief, known in some circles as "the Ice Queen."
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S01E03 A Stitch Called Wanda
September 27 find the promo
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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.
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S01E04 Frisky Business
October 4 find the promo
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His parents' trip signals party time for Doogie and friends, whose plans include drinking beer while Doogie is on call.
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S01E05 The Short Goodbye
October 11 find the promo
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Moving out of his parents' house proves to be an eye-opening experience for Doogie. Meanwhile, a rock star is admitted to the hospital for vocal-cord surgery.
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S01E06 Simply Irresistible
October 18 find the promo
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After a grueling 48-hour shift amid hothouse conditions, Doogie is tempted to switch loyalties to an upscale pediatrics group eager to woo him away from Eastman.
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S01E07 Vinnie Video Vici
October 25 find the promo
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Vinnie is no fly on the wall as he observes Doogie's personal and professional life while shooting a documentary on a day in the life of a teenage doctor.
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S01E08 Blood and Remembrance
November 1 find the promo
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Doogie's hectic schedule prevents him from spending time with Wanda, a situation that renders him more sympathetic to a patient.
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S01E09 She Ain't Heavy, She's My Cousin
November 8 find the promo
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Vinnie is stuck on a blind date with Wanda's "big-boned" cousin, a girl with a self-image problem not unlike a plastic-surgery patient at the hospital, who's willing to pay through the nose for a perfect body.
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S01E10 My Old Man and the Sea
November 15 find the promo
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Doogie is invited to spend the weekend in Palm Springs with Wanda and her family, but it's the same weekend that his father picked for their annual fishing trip.
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S01E11 Tonight's the Night
November 22 find the promo
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Doogie and Wanda are pressured by peers to get intimate; and Doogie has trouble leaving work problems at work as he deals with an unwed teenage mother.
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S01E12 Every Dog Has His Doogie
November 29 find the promo
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At the hospital, the homeless are being turned away to make room for paying patients; and Doogie bucks the system by arranging surgery for a youngster's pet dog.
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S01E13 Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer
December 13 find the promo
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Doogie feigns illness to get out of working the night shift on Christmas Eve so he can go to a party.
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S01E14 Greed Is Good
January 3 find the promo
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Greedy friends and family have a hand out as Doogie makes the finals of a quiz show offering cash and prizes galore.
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S01E15 Attack of the Green-Eyed Monster
January 10 find the promo
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Jealousy comes between Doogie and Wanda, and it also brings a silence between Dr. and Mrs. Howser.
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S01E16 It Ain't Over Till Mrs. Howser Sings
January 17 find the promo
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A scare involving the results of her mammogram has Katherine intent on reviving her '60s singing career at a nightclub's open-mike night.
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S01E17 Tough Guys Don't Teach
January 31 find the promo
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Teaching a safe-sex class in high school isn't intimidating for Dr. Doogie, but one of the students is a beefy bruiser who wants to fight Doogie after class.
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S01E18 I Never Sold Shower Heads for My Father
February 7 find the promo
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Vinnie doesn't understand his father's urgency to involve him in the family shower-head business.
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S01E19 Doogie's Awesome, Excellent Adventure
February 14 find the promo
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Doogie is just about as cool as a guy can get, thanks to fashion advice from the super-cool Griffin, who also thinks it's cool when Doogie "borrows" his father's BMW.
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S01E20 Use a Slurpy, Go to Jail
February 28 find the promo
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An embittered gang member holds Vinnie and Doogie hostage during a botched convenience-store holdup in which Doogie is left to ponder prejudice.
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S01E21 Whose Mid-Life Crisis Is It Anyway
March 14 find the promo
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When Doogie's dad decides to retire, discouraged that his research failed to make a splash in medical journals, Doogie prescribes an attitude adjustment.
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S01E22 Vinnie's Blind Date
March 25 find the promo
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Vinnie's date with Doogie's young patient takes a romantic turn, but Vinnie fears it won't last if a cornea transplant restores her vision.
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S01E23 And the Winner Is...
March 28 find the promo
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Doogie and McGuire put their friendship on the line while competing for the Resident of the Year award.
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S01E24 Breaking Up Is Hard to Doogie
April 4 find the promo
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After sitting in on a marriage-counseling session, Doogie and Wanda wonder if their relationship will improve with age; McGuire defends Spaulding's honor to a boastful rival.
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S01E25 The Grass Ain't Always Greener
April 25 find the promo
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Now free to date other women, Doogie enjoys a few evenings with a trendy philosophy student before realizing that something's missing: Wanda.
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S01E26 Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Grand
May 2 find the promo
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Vinnie is nervous about his "first time" with Janine; Doogie feels unexpected emotions over Wanda's announcement.