EscapePod
Sign in
EscapePod TV

What's on tonight, and what's next for your shows.

KO

CBS · Ended

Kay O'Brien

Drama, Medical · 1986

Last aired: S1 E13, Stop and Smell the Linen · 1986-12-18

Kay O'Brien is a surgical resident who copes with the challenge of surviving in a field dominated by men,

Cast

Season 1

E1 Kayo on Call 1986-09-25 · 60 min In the first episode, Dr. Kay O'Brien is scolded vehemently by a surly colleague Dr. Mark Doyle for making an improper judgement, wins unspoken approval from surgery chief Dr. Josef Wallach, befriends a sick orphan, and returns home to discover her boy friend has left her. (PK)
E2 Don't Bother Kayo, It's Only Chinatown 1986-10-02 · 60 min A Chinatown tradesman is critically wounded in a shoot-out and requires a kidney transplant, and his brain-dead attacker may be the only suitable donor. Meanwhile Dr. Kay O'Brien's parents breeze into town, adding to her already hectic schedule.
E3 Big Vacation 1986-10-09 · 60 min Dr. Kay O'Brien makes critical decisions on a pair of emergency patients: a young woman who refuses surgery due to her parent's religious beliefs; and a terminally ill photojournalist who wants to get the most out of his remaining days.
E4 Taking the Heat 1986-10-16 · 60 min Nurse Rosa's friendship is tested when Kayo sides with a doctor who gives arrogant orders to the staff.
E5 A Foreign Concept 1986-10-23 · 60 min Dr. Wallach's pal undergoes a mild stroke on the tennis court but stubbornly maintains he's much too healthy to be confined in a hospital and misunderstandings abound with a Sri Lankan physician anxious to learn about American surgical procedures.
E6 Lessons Learned 1986-10-30 · 60 min Kayo has difficulty dealing with the loss of her first patient on the operating table.
E7 Princess of the City 1986-11-06 · 60 min A rich suitor brings excitement into Kayo's social life; Margolist is upset when a psychiatrist shows special interest in his genes.
E8 Dollars and Sense 1986-11-13 · 60 min Kayo fights to perform heart surgery on a patient (Miriam Colon) who's not insured. Her son challenges Dr Doyle to a fistfight after the physician insults the lady.
E9 Behind Closed Doors 1986-11-20 · 60 min The ER is quarantined, which prevents Kayo from going to her sister's wedding, detains Doyle's accountant and jeopardizes a sick runaway.
E10 Wreck the Halls 1986-11-27 · 60 min A department-store explosion creates a major disaster as patients are rushed to Manhattan General during the midst of the Christmas season.
E11 Little White Lies 1986-12-04 · 60 min Cliff puts a patient's life at risk when, concentrating more on his social life than on work, he fails to prescribe an essential medication, and Kayo takes the blame.
E12 Reunion 1986-12-11 · 60 min Kayo faces a dilemma in obstetrics: whether to save the life of her patient or the patient's unborn child.
E13 Stop and Smell the Linen 1986-12-18 · 60 min A workaholic clothing designer refuses treatment after collapsing at the hospital; without official sanction, Nat sets up shop in the linen closet to sell imported goods.

TV listings and show data from TVmaze.