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.
Showing Season 1 of 5
1989
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1989-09-19
Doogie passes one test to get his driver's license, but he must pass another when he treats a critically ill boy.
1989-09-20
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."
1989-09-27
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.
1989-10-04
His parents' trip signals party time for Doogie and friends, whose plans include drinking beer while Doogie is on call.
1989-10-11
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.
1989-10-18
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.
1989-10-25
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.
1989-11-01
Doogie's hectic schedule prevents him from spending time with Wanda, a situation that renders him more sympathetic to a patient.
1989-11-08
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.
1989-11-15
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.
1989-11-22
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.
1989-11-29
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.
1989-12-13
Doogie feigns illness to get out of working the night shift on Christmas Eve so he can go to a party.
1990-01-03
Greedy friends and family have a hand out as Doogie makes the finals of a quiz show offering cash and prizes galore.
1990-01-10
Jealousy comes between Doogie and Wanda, and it also brings a silence between Dr. and Mrs. Howser.
1990-01-17
A scare involving the results of her mammogram has Katherine intent on reviving her '60s singing career at a nightclub's open-mike night.
1990-01-31
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.
1990-02-07
Vinnie doesn't understand his father's urgency to involve him in the family shower-head business.
1990-02-14
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.
1990-02-28
An embittered gang member holds Vinnie and Doogie hostage during a botched convenience-store holdup in which Doogie is left to ponder prejudice.
1990-03-14
When Doogie's dad decides to retire, discouraged that his research failed to make a splash in medical journals, Doogie prescribes an attitude adjustment.
1990-03-25
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.
1990-03-28
Doogie and McGuire put their friendship on the line while competing for the Resident of the Year award.
1990-04-04
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.
1990-04-25
Now free to date other women, Doogie enjoys a few evenings with a trendy philosophy student before realizing that something's missing: Wanda.
1990-05-02
Vinnie is nervous about his "first time" with Janine; Doogie feels unexpected emotions over Wanda's announcement.