Kay O'Brien Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Pilot - Kayo on Call

First aired: Sep/25/1986
Writer: Brad Markowitz, Bryce Zabel
Director: Richard Michaels
Guest star: Victor Arnold (Detective Ashman), Paul Bates (Danny)

Surgical resident Kay OBrien must cope with the loss of her boyfriend as well as her humiliation by a sexist male colleague after a risky trauma surgery.

2 :01x02 - Don't Bother Kayo, It's Only Chinatown

First aired: Oct/02/1986
Writer: Brad Markowitz, Bryce Zabel
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest star: John McMartin (Mr. O'Brien), Ben Lin (Tom Woo), Scotty Bloch (Mrs. O'Brien)

Kayo encounters the code of the Chinese warlord when she tries to arrange a kidney transplant for a victim of a Chinatown shootout.

3 :01x03 - Big Vacation

First aired: Oct/09/1986
Director: Mike Vejar
Guest star: Arlen Dean Snyder (Bret Richardson), Michael Hogan (Sean McCandliss), Trini Alvarado (Sarah Avery)

Kayo is placed on temporary suspension pending a lawsuit after a young woman denies giving verbal permission for emergency surgery.

4 :01x04 - Taking the Heat

First aired: Oct/16/1986
Writer: Daniel Freudenberger
Director: Richard Compton
Guest star: David O'Brien (Dr. Clinton Forrestal), Walker Boone (Lee Villaneuva)

Kay's loyalties are torn when Dr. Wallach suspends Rosa for her refusal to administer a drug prescribed by the emergency room doctor.

5 :01x05 - Princess of the City

First aired: Nov/06/1986
Writer: Cliff Gould
Director: Richard Colla
Guest star: Tricia O'Neil (The psychiatrist), Frances Hyland (Dr. Sarah McDonovan)

While flattered by the romantic attentions of a wealthy real-estate magnate, Kay feels uncomfortable with her suitor's playboy image.

6 :01x06 - Dollars and Sense

First aired: Nov/13/1986
Writer: Kimmer Ringwald
Director: Mike Vejar
Guest star: Miriam Colon (Vera), Alex Paez (Santino)

While being teased for her relationship with a male nurse, Kayo fights to provide a welfare recipient with a needed heart operation.

7 :01x07 - Lessons Learned

First aired: Unaired
Guest star: Peggy Mahon (Mrs. Bender)

Unable to come to terms with losing a 15-year-old in surgery, Kayo isolates herself emotionally from family, friends and patients.

8 :01x08 - Little White Lies

First aired: Unaired

Kayo takes the blame when one of her patients is endangered after preoccupied Dr. Margolis forgets to prescribe proper medication.

9 :01x09 - Reunion

First aired: Unaired
Guest star: Kristin Griffith (Paula), Lee Wallace (Dr. Garth), Dale Carman (Joey)

Kayo's rotation in obstetrics becomes complicated when it becomes impossible to save an unborn baby without ending the mother's life.

10 :01x10 - Stop and Smell the Linen

First aired: Unaired
Guest star: Sam Freed (Kevin), Rose Arrick (Zelda), Debra Engle (Dinah)

Kayo is forced to re-evaluate her commitment to a career when she encounters a female patient whose life is also dominated by work.

11 :01x11 - Wreck the Halls

First aired: Unaired

Christmas celebrations are postponed as Manhattan General is inundated with victims of an explosion at a major department store.

12 :01x12 - Behind Closed Doors

First aired: Unaired
Guest star: Noëlle Parker (Billie), Anthony Heald (Bert Hammond), Richard C. Backus (Carl Stark)

Moffitt and Kwan must keep things going while Kayo, Doyle and an extremely contagious patient are quarantined in the emergency room.