About
Dr. Brian McKenzie, the chief of psychiatry at Riverview Hospital in Oakland, deals with patients while trying to juggle his own problems.
Cast
Brian Dennehy
as Dr. Brian McKenzie
CCH Pounder
as Nurse Lucy
Lindsay Frost
as Dr. Jessie Lane
Julio Oscar Mechoso
as Hector
John Rothman
as Dr. Alan Bergman
Jeff Williams
as Dr. Lewis Niles
Kevin J. O'Connor
as Mr. Horner
David Packer
as Dr. Zuchetti
Leslie Mann
as Nurse Mary
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Pilot
McKenzie looks for what triggered a sudden change in a teenage accident victim, and gives his chief resident the duty of cutting a staffer to meet their budget.
Crazy for You
McKenzie meets his son's new girlfriend, whose volatility leads to her becoming a patient. Meanwhile, the ward gets a new administrator and a patient whose spectacles appear to give him X-ray vision.
Plan B
A man takes the ER staff hostage to get compensation for his wife's death there. But Horner is convinced it's a full-scale invasion of the hospital.
O.C.D.P.D. Blue
A cop tells McKenzie he's having visions of shooting his partner; Horner rejects his brother who's come to take him home; Niles becomes enamored of Mary.
Grand Delusions
A new patient admits to McKenzie that he killed a man; Jesse is charged with malpractice; Zuchetti is no help to Niles in connecting with Mary.
Sons and Mudders
Niles suspects the rebellion of a politician's son stems from a dysfunctional homelife; McKenzie's ""sure-thing"" at the track has him liquidating his assets; a Polish bus driver develops a French accent after an accident.
Lower Than the Angels
McKenzie suspects a genetic illness when his nephew, a priest, confesses that God has spoken to him; staffers discover that a patient is an esteemed painter.
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