Hugh Beale was a psychiatry attending during season 1. He later has a fling with Annie Cavenero, but is gone without explanation as season 2 begins. Eligius (after having spent time in the Peace Corps), and they renew their relationship, but ultimately it does not work out, as the factors that led them to break up the first time again become apparent. Toward the end of season 1, his former lover arrives at St. Eligius, some of whom he cannot even remember.) He is, however, compassionate and cares greatly about his patients (particularly a nine-year old boy whom he bonds with, who later dies after a routine surgery). (In the pilot episode, he learns that he has contracted gonorrhea, and is forced to break the news with his many sex partners at St. Good looking and well liked, though a bit of a cad, Samuels was a surgeon who seemed to spend as much time pursuing his female colleagues as treating patients. However, in the final scene of the series, it is implied that he is actually Westphall's father and Tommy's grandfather, and is alive and well. A severe stroke (not related to his cancer) finally claimed his life in the final episode. He often served as a confidant and mentor to Westphall as well as, occasionally, to Craig. However, he underwent an intensive course of chemotherapy during season 2 and into season 3, which sent his cancer into remission. He had been diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer shortly before the series began, and his long term survival was not expected. Fair and kind, he was well thought of by nearly everyone at St. Eligius, and had ties to the hospital from its very beginning. Auschlander was the Chief of Services at St. Note - In 1999 TV Guide ranked him number 41 on it's '50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time' list. Together, he says, the two would read the final lines of the book, "I do so like green eggs and ham! Thank you! Thank you! Sam-I-am!" Holding his son's heart, he spoke tenderly of the times - long ago- when he used to read Green Eggs and Ham to his son. Craig witnessed the autopsy of his only son, from whom he had been estranged due to his own autocratic ways and his son's drug abuse problem. In one of the most-compelling moments on the show, Dr. The failure of the heart brings a fleeting moment of self-reflection to the otherwise supremely confident doctor. Craig develops an artificial heart which he eventually tests on a human subject. Craig would not hesitate to toss a bullying and sarcastic barb at any doctor, nurse, administrator or patient who happened to pass his way. He stays, however, to act as mentor and tormentor to young doctors. Eligius to take a position at rival Boston General but chose not. An arrogant but brilliant heart surgeon who could easily have left the halls of St. Mark Craig was the hospital's lone superstar. Elsewhere) was, in fact, just the product of his autistic son Tommy's imagination. However, the final scene of the episode implied that "Dr. Westphall returned for the series finale some months later, when he was asked to take charge of the hospital again. Westphall quit by declaring that his corporate bosses could, "kiss ass", accompanied by a shot of him with his pants down and his rump exposed. In one of the most famous and controversial scenes in American television, Dr. Westphall quit his job and left the hospital in 1987. Feeling burnt out and being pressured by the new hospital owners, Dr. Raising two children alone after the death of his wife (seven years before the series began, though her death was recounted in flashback in season 4's "Time Heals" episode), Westphall struggled to keep up with the demands his colleagues, staff and residents placed on him, while still trying to be a good father. Westphall started his association with the hospital as a troubled youth under the influence of hospital founder Fr. He was the one other characters went to for a kindly word and a pat on the back. Westphall was Director of Medicine, and was regarded as the heart of St. Portrayed by Ed Flanders (1982–1987 (regular cast member) 1987-1988 (recurring))
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