Island Son

Season 1

1989 · 18 episodes · 18h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Heart and Soul

   19 Sept 1989 · 60 min

   Daniel witnesses a drunken accident that leaves a little girl severely injured.

2. 2

   2. Sometimes They're Zebras

   24 Sept 1989 · 60 min

   Metzger suspects an elderly patient's family of abuse; Daniel's son visits and decides to make it permanent.

3. 3

   3. Fathers and Sons

   26 Sept 1989 · 60 min

   Daniel's son falls for a patient facing a fatal prognosis; a resident falters before his prominent mother's determination that he follow her into cardiac medicine.

4. 4

   4. Gifts

   3 Oct 1989 · 60 min

   A tourist protests the age of her physician when Caitlin gets her case, and Daniel's budding romance is nipped by illness and her past.

5. 5

   5. Painkillers

   10 Oct 1989 · 60 min

   Daniel suspects the new head of cardiology is addicted to pills, and an orderly's illiteracy nearly kills a patient.

6. 6

   6. Life Sentence

   24 Oct 1989 · 60 min

   Daniel tries to protect his patient, a convicted rapist, from the media mob surrounding the hospital; Sam falls for a crafty hitchiker.

7. 7

   7. The State vs. John Kulani

   31 Oct 1989 · 60 min

   A doctor has Daniel's father arrested for performing a Hawaiian healing ceremony in the hospital; Caitlin worries about a furtive admirer.

8. 8

   8. Role Models

   7 Nov 1989 · 60 min

   Fushida becomes a difficult patient when he develops a dangerous infection; Daniel battles to have a patient admitted for critical surgery despite insurance problems; a diabetic friend of Sam's risks his health.

9. 9

   9. Everyday People

   14 Nov 1989 · 60 min

   Veronica returns with a proposition, but Daniel's distracted by his patients: a dying talk-show host and a paraplegic fighting to keep his home.

10. 10

    10. Hihia

    14 Dec 1989 · 60 min

    Sam is paralyzed with caison disease after lying his way into a deep sea diving job with his uncle, which touches off a bitter fight between the brothers; racism cripples Metzger's romance with a Japanese-American.

11. 11

    11. The Christmas Story

    21 Dec 1989 · 60 min

    A group of men dressed as elves are admitted with symptoms of plague; Dr. Fushida is adamant that he wants a natural son despite the diagnosis that a pregnancy would kill his wife.

12. 12

    12. Falling Stars

    4 Jan 1990 · 60 min

    Metzger's confidence is shaken when he disastrously misdiagnoses a patient; Daniel tries to reconcile the estranged Fushidas; Sam befriends an elderly man.

13. 13

    13. Icarus Falling

    11 Jan 1990 · 60 min

    A pilot refuses to be tested for the source of his blackouts; a teenager resists his girlfriend's decision to put their baby up for adoption.

14. 14

    14. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

    1 Feb 1990 · 60 min

    A teenage volunteer attempts suicide after confiding a terrible secret to Sam. Increasingly unable to cope with terminal cases, Margaret betrays a patient when he returns to the hospital after a recurrence of his cancer.

15. 15

    15. Janine Returns

    8 Feb 1990 · 60 min

    Daniel's former wife stirs up trouble when she arrives to celebrate their son's birthday. Parents of a dying infant worry that a doctor whose child has an identical health problem will receive preferential treatment in an organ donor program.

16. 16

    16. Viruses

    15 Feb 1990 · 60 min

    Daniel discovers that Tess's little friend is HIV-positive; Margaret tries to help an ailing former movie star.

17. 17

    17. Moving Targets

    22 Feb 1990 · 60 min

    A serial killer who targets prostitutes poses a threat to James's fiancé, a former call girl; Fushida's disapproval of Margaret's office romance hurts their working relationship.

18. 18

    18. Separations

    29 Mar 1990 · 60 min

    Nina hesitates when Daniel proposes, a man uses his illness to blackmail his daughter, and Caitlin murders a patient when she disagrees with his family's decision to fight his liver disease.