Doogie besteht seinen Führerscheintest, aber er muss einen anderen bestehen, als er einen schwerkranken Jungen behandelt.
Doogie erstarrt ungläubig, als er von Victoria Burke, der neuen Radiologie-Chefin, die in einigen Kreisen als "die Eiskönigin" bekannt ist, zum Abendessen eingeladen wird.
Wanda ist zu einem Date mit Doogie verabredet, erleidet einen Blinddarmandurchbruch und wird zur Notoperation ins Krankenhaus gebracht.
Die Reise seiner Eltern ist der Startschuss für die Partyzeit von Doogie und seinen Freunden, während Doogie auf Rufbereitschaft ist.
Der Auszug aus dem Haus seiner Eltern erweist sich für Doogie als ein Erlebnis, das ihm die Augen öffnet. Inzwischen wird ein Rockstar in das Krankenhaus für Stimmbandoperationen eingeliefert.
Nach einer anstrengenden 48-Stunden-Schicht ist Doogie versucht, zu einerelitären Pädiatrie-Gruppe zu wechseln, die ihn von Eastman abwerben möchte.
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.
Doogie's hectic schedule prevents him from spending time with Wanda, a situation that renders him more sympathetic to a patient.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Doogie täuscht eine Krankheit vor, um aus der Nachtschicht an Heiligabend wegzukommen, damit er auf eine Party gehen kann.
Greedy friends and family have a hand out as Doogie makes the finals of a quiz show offering cash and prizes galore.
Jealousy comes between Doogie and Wanda, and it also brings a silence between Dr. and Mrs. Howser.
A scare involving the results of her mammogram has Katherine intent on reviving her '60s singing career at a nightclub's open-mike night.
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.
Vinnie doesn't understand his father's urgency to involve him in the family shower-head business.
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.
An embittered gang member holds Vinnie and Doogie hostage during a botched convenience-store holdup in which Doogie is left to ponder prejudice.
When Doogie's dad decides to retire, discouraged that his research failed to make a splash in medical journals, Doogie prescribes an attitude adjustment.
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.
Doogie and McGuire put their friendship on the line while competing for the Resident of the Year award.
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.
Now free to date other women, Doogie enjoys a few evenings with a trendy philosophy student before realizing that something's missing - Wanda.
Vinnie is nervous about his "first time" with Janine; Doogie feels unexpected emotions over Wanda's announcement.