About this season
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.
Episodes (24)
1. The Summer of '91
10.0Aired 25 September 1991
Doogie is obsessed with his virginity while a patient believes that he is her late husband.
2. Doogie Has Left the Building (1)
10.0Aired 2 October 1991
Doogie ponders a decision affecting the life of a young patient. (Part 1 of 2)
3. Doogie Has Left the Building (2)
10.0Aired 9 October 1991
Life at Doogie and Vinnie's pad resembles one big beer commercial, but what Doogie really needs is a listening ear. (Part 2 of 2)
4. It's a Damn Shaman
10.0Aired 16 October 1991
Vinnie's girlfriend wants to run to Las Vegas to get married. Doogie takes on a curse to save a boy's life.
5. The Cheese Stands Alone
10.0Aired 23 October 1991
A seductive classmate proves more temptation than Vinnie can handle, especially when Janine grows distant.
6. Lonesome Doog
10.0Aired 30 October 1991
Doogie is a portrait of anxiety when Wanda comes home from art school and strikes up several new friendships.
7. When Doogie Comes Marching Home
10.0Aired 13 November 1991
Doogie plays a Civil War doctor as he and Vinnie collaborate on a screenplay.
8. Doogstruck
Aired 20 November 1991
While driving to visit Wanda, Doogie's car breaks down in the desert where he meets a soul mate.
9. Room and Broad
10.0Aired 27 November 1991
Doogie's parents want him to pay room and board; Spaulding's father doesn't want a pacemaker.
10. Doogiesomething
10.0Aired 4 December 1991
Doogie and Wanda's efforts to be friends are put on hold after Wanda calls long-distance for advice on a new guy.
11. Truth and Consequences
10.0Aired 11 December 1991
Doogie takes a liking to a homely librarian only after he learns she's scheduled for plastic surgery; a youth counselor's lies trap him in a kind of prison.
12. It's a Wonderful Laugh
10.0Aired 18 December 1991
Doogie discovers the healing power of laughter after an argument with Vinnie and while treating a troubled kidney patient.
13. Dangerous Reunions
10.0Aired 8 January 1992
Katherine relives the past with her visiting first love; Raymond starts hanging out with pals from the 'hood.
14. Mummy Dearest
10.0Aired 22 January 1992
The examination of a mummy brings rumblings of a curse from the staff and has Doogie contemplating the limits of modern medicine.
15. Double Doogie with Cheese
10.0Aired 5 February 1992
Vinnie bets that Doogie can't last in a "mindless" fast-food job.
16. The Show Musn't Go On
10.0Aired 12 February 1992
An egotistical actor observes Doogie's hospital procedures to give his TV series a shot in the arm.
17. If This Is Adulthood, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia
Aired 19 February 1992
After months of dating Cecilia, Doogie discovers what she's been hiding a 4-year-old son, who stirs Doogie's paternal instincts.
18. What You See Ain't Necessarily What You Get
10.0Aired 11 March 1992
After taking Spaulding out for her 30th birthday, Doogie wonders if there's more fun in store for the two of them.
19. My Father, My Self
10.0Aired 19 March 1992
While Doogie considers a career specialty, he learns that another doctor has been invited to join his father's practice.
20. Educating Janine
10.0Aired 1 April 1992
Janine's parents split a seam when Janine forsakes college for a job in fashion.
21. Sons of the Desert
10.0Aired 22 April 1992
Spring break in Palm Springs is just what the doctor orders for Vinnie, who pursues a jealous vendetta against Janine, and Doogie, who weighs a fellowship in trauma surgery.
22. That's What Friends Are For
10.0Aired 29 April 1992
Doogie is anything but popular after he encourages Wanda to accept her dad's new gal and Vinnie to accept being short.
23. Thanks for the Memories
Aired 6 May 1992
Cherished memories get lost in the aging process for a patient who relies on Doogie to help him remember; and Vinnie takes a video journey of self-discovery.
24. Club Medicine
10.0Aired 13 May 1992
The Drs. Howser spend a father-son trip at a Honduran operating theater, where Doogie gives a thumbs-down to a wisecracking surgeon.