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Cutter to Houston

Drama, Medical · 1983

Last aired: S1 E7, The Life You Save · 1983-12-31

Cutter to Houston is set at Cutter Community Hospital in the small town of Cutter, Texas, sixty miles from Houston. The series follows surgeon Dr. Beth Gilbert, Dr. Andy Fenton, and Dr. Hal Wexler, a GP under probation for writing illegal prescriptions.

Cast

Jim Metzler Dr. Andy Fenton

Shelley Hack Dr. Beth Gilbert

Alec Baldwin Dr. Hal Wexler

K Callan Connie Buford

Noble Willingham Mayor Warren Jarvis

Season 1

E1 Pilot 1983-10-01 · 60 min The show is about a small-town clinic in Cutter, Texas. The three doctors who run the clinic (Jim Metzler, Shelley Hack and Alec Baldwin) and sometimes find themselves embroiled in the politics of the town's life, work well together. Their contrasting outlooks on life, their assignments and the people and town of Cutter are shown in this series. The three doctors have their skills tested when an oil rig explodes and they encounter suspicious town-people.

E2 In the Eye of the Hurricane 1983-10-08 · 60 min Beth and Hal find themselves lacking the necessary blood type for a patient while a killer hurricane approaches.

E3 From the Smallest Crystal, From the Smallest Stone 1983-10-17 · 60 min A baby's life is at stake when an Indian healer refuses to let Dr. Gilbert treat his grandson unless she undergoes a tribal ritual; Dr. Wexler tries to deal with a young man who wants to die after a car accident leaves him paralyzed.

E4 It Ain't Braggin' If You Done It 1983-12-10 · 60 min Beth runs into trouble with the coach (Clu Gulager) of the high school football team when she sidelines a star player for a sore toe. The star kicker for the high-school football team is sidelined with a foot infection just before the big game. Meanwhile, Hal and Sally's horseback outing becomes a race for survival when Sally is bitten by a coral snake.

E5 Race for Life 1983-12-17 · 60 min A stubborn race-car driver risks his life, with Dr. Wexler In pursuit; the mayor's wife needs surgery that could save her life.

E6 Tell Me a Riddle, Daddy 1983-12-24 · 60 min A bloody feud between Texas and Vietnamese fishermen jeopardize a teen-age girl in dire need of a kidney transplant.

E7 The Life You Save 1983-12-31 · 60 min Beth is terrified by a would-be rapist and Hal's vacation turns into a puzzling medical encounter

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