Dr. Sydney "Syd" Hansen, a cosmetic surgeon, returns to her family in Providence, Rhode Island, for her pregnant sister's wedding, but the ceremony is ruined by their chain-smoking mother dropping dead. Syd returns to California to find her boyfriend cheating on her, and flies back to Providence again just in time to deliver her sister's baby. This time she decides to stay.

Sydney tries to help a battered mother (Ann Dowd) with her autistic child (Mika Boorem); Joanie names her baby; Kyle reenters Syd's life.

Sydney bonds with a young woman (Renée Humphrey) whose condition worsens, Jim sympathizes with a dog that lost its master, and Joanie meets a soap star (Charlene Blaine).

Sydney tries to treat an addict (Alanna Ubach); Jim kidnaps a chimpanzee from the zoo. An uncredited Howie Mandel guest stars as himself.

Sydney is denied treatment of a baby after botching a spinal tap, her ex-boyfriend (Bradford Tatum) visits, and Jim is tempted by a client.

Joanie wants to marry her newborn child's father (Eric Bruskotter), while her older sister Sydney suppresses her doubts; Jim treats a mangy stray dog brought in by an equally scruffy street urchin.

Sydney's patient's (Beth Grant) husband (Michael Fairman) claims to have a brain tumor; Sydney and Joanie see that their father has been seeing another woman (Michelle Phillips); Robbie is smitten with an athletic coed.

Sydney's hospital job is jeopardized by a surly surgeon and a blind date with an offbeat person (Michael McKean) who gets struck bu lightning; a flu-ridden Jim believes a seeing-eye dog (voiced by Jay Leno) can talk.

Sydney helps a stripper (Nikita Ager) leave the business after requesting a breast reduction surgery, drawing fire from Dr. Marcus and the dancers angry lover; Joanie makes a splash at a cooking contest; Robbie gets involved with a bookie. Buddy Cianci guest stars.

Sydney is staggered by the indecent proposal of an eccentric, elderly but lustful millionaire (Henry Gibson) who offers her cash-starved medical clinic a fortune if she'll spend 48-hours traveling with him; a debt-ridden Robbie gets in deeper when he urges his injured girlfriend (Lori Rom) not to play in a key college basketball game while he secretly bets against her team; Joanie begins cooking school and falls for a mysterious fellow student who admires her "aphrodisiacal" clam chowder; Jim hires a klutzy veterinary assistant at the clinic.

Sydney discovers Dr. Marcus' secret; self-destructive teen patient isn't truthful with Sydney; Jim tries to save 400-pound pig from a luau roast.

Sydney's attempt to help a wayward teen complicates the girl's relationship with her new foster parents; Joanie gets a business offer to go to Japan.

Syd takes in Lilly after her foster parents (Patricia Gaul & Gary Bullock) return her without permission; Robbie offers his boss's establishment as a showcase for Joanie's chowder.

Sydney treats an injured high-school runner whose coach/father drives him to win; the handsome son of a mob boss courts Sydney, as Jim treats the father's dog.

Sydney discourages a romantic prospect who has mob connections; Joanie's boyfriend shows little interest in her daughter.

Sydney and Jim clash over her involvement with Paul when the District Attorney's office investigates Paul's alleged mob ties; Joanie films her own television ad for the Bakery.

Sydney reunites with Kyle who seeks her medical advice; a family celebration turns tragic when a friend from Lilly's past arrives.

An out-of-control Mercedes smashes through the wall of the clinic; a mentally disturbed woman holds Sydney at gunpoint.

On the anniversary of Lynda's death, Jim reveals that a letter he wrote may have contributed to her calamity.

Joanie gets an unpleasant surprise when Hannah's father comes to her birthday party with a new bride; Sydney offers the guest house to Kyle while he undergoes chemotherapy.

Kyle urges Sydney to camp with him in the Grand Canyon, but she focuses on the welfare of a homeless woman.

Kyle fears he will lose his arm to an infection; Sydney learns a disturbing secret about a seemingly perfect doctor helping out in the clinic.

Sydney sees Kyle's sexy therapist taking a special interest in him; Joanie and Robbie fear having their father appear on a television program.

A recuperating Kyle decides to continue his recovery away from his friends and family; Jim gets replaced on the television vet show.

Sydney's trip back from Los Angeles hits numerous snags, so she bonds with three wayward travelers who are also having trouble getting home for the holidays.

Sydney's trip back from Los Angeles hits numerous snags, so she bonds with three wayward travelers who are also having trouble getting home for the holidays.

Sydney discovers a Russian art prodigy who has been kept hidden by his grandmother out of fear of deportation.

Sydney mistakenly thinks a youth is a victim of Muchausen syndrome by proxy; an old boyfriend of Robbie's new love interest comes to town.

Sydney's best friend from high school, a celebrity author and television host, visits for their 15-year high-school reunion.

Robbie gets caught in the middle of Heather's feud with her mother, who is against Heather's engagement.

A patient considers radical surgery to decrease her chances of breast cancer; Sydney and Joanie become rivals in romance.

An embezzler tricks Sydney into believing he is an indigent; Heather and Charlie walk down the wedding aisle.

A storm pounds Providence, while a state inspection threatens to close the clinic; Sydney works to save a pregnant Cambodian; a fallen tree traps Joanie.

The Hansens celebrate Jim's 60th birthday; Sydney is asked to perform a ritual surgery; Robbie and Heather look at their relationship; Joanie gives Dog Boy confidence.

Sydney helps bring a broken family together during a crisis; Robbie fills in for Heather at the clinic; Dog Boy leaves Providence for good.

Jim starts spending time with Sydney's photojournalist friend; Robbie auditions to be a contestant on a game show.

Things heat up between Jim and Monica; a firefighter rescues Joanie; Robbie continues his winning streak as a game show contestant.

Sydney's chronic headache leads to hallucinations that resemble "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland.".

Comatose Sydney passes through a portal to a resort-like place where she must decide whether to return to consciousness.

Sydney returns home after battling encephalitis, but has doubts about her handsome physical therapist's treatment recommendations; Robbie is stalked by an angry producer.

As Halloween approaches, recovering Sydney misjudges and prescribes a dose that nearly kills a young girl; a game-show producer tries to blackmail Robbie.

Sydney counsels a ballerina whose ankle risks permanent injury; Robbie takes pity on his jailed tormentor.

Sydney takes pity on a poor, severely disfigured boy, who is an illegal immigrant.

Sydney discovers her new beau may be interested in a beautiful blonde, and helps a teen who was mistakenly prescribed Ritalin.

Near Thanksgiving Day, Sydney shelters a lost Chinese girl who got separated from her parents, who are illegal immigrants.

Sydney worries about an elderly patient who refuses throat surgery in favor of singing in a Christmas concert; Robbie finds an unusual assistant for his charity shopping spree.

Memories Sydney would rather forget come flooding back when she tries to help an elderly patient survive long enough to reconcile with her daughter.

Sydney is unaware that someone has hidden a gun in a box of toys at the Hansens; Joanie hire a profession organizer to ride the house of clutter.

Sydney reaches out to a patient whose face is severely scarred; Joanie prepares for her marriage to Burt despite his parents' obvious displeasure.

While Sydney is stranded with Graham in a lighthouse during a storm, she begins to understand where his terrible pain comes from.

Sydney tries to convince a recluse to undergo plastic surgery for his facial deformities; Joanie withdraws after her miscarriage.

Sydney convinces her reclusive lighthouse keeper to go out in public following his plastic surgery; Jim refuses to stop working while he is sick.

Sydney applies for a grant and meets a man who claims to be her father; Robbie's romance with the mother of one of his youth hockey players heats up.

Sydney learns that her new love interest has a congenital heart condition that will someday lead to sudden death.

Sydney's clinic and the Hansen house are put under quarantine when a visiting physician shows signs of the deadly Ebola virus.

Sydney, Joanie and Robbie are surprised by a visit from their wealthy grandfather, who makes them a suspicious offer.

Sydney fights a pharmaceutical company in hopes of attaining a drug to save the life of a deathly ill infant; Joanie encourages Elliot to come out to his mother.

Sydney urges a pharmaceutical company to continue testing a drug that could cure a deadly childhood disease.

Sydney fights attraction to a married congressman (Steven Eckholdt) when she goes to Washington to urge drug research.

Revealing photos and an estranged wife threaten Sydney's relationship with a married congressman (Steven Eckholdt).

Sydney, Joanie and Robbie clash over one another's reactions to the changes their father has undergone sine he was shot.

Joe invites Sydney out for a night on the town; Sydney struggles to reconcile an AIDs patient and his estranged father.

Sydney becomes better acquainted with Joe's estranged wife, and the two women discover they like each other.

Sydney considers moving to Washington if Joe wins the election; a young patient must recover from an accident before he can donate bone marrow to his dying sister.

As election day nears, Joe's campaign tactics prompt Sydney to question his integrity; Robbie saves Pete from an apartment fire.

Jim accidentally hits Robbie during his wedding toast; Sydney and Robbie have mutual disagreements; Hannah tries to find Joanie a man.

Robbie and Tina's honeymoon sours when airline troubles arise; Jim heads back to rehab and makes some painful revelations.

Sydney has second thoughts about seeing her new therapist; Jim helps a friend at the rehabilitation center who is making little progress in their recovery.

On Thanksgiving Day, Jim does a good deed for a bus driver's grandmother, but his tardiness causes Sydney to worry.

Sydney's therapist advises her to participate in speed dating; Joanie is selected to be a contestant on the show Blind Date.

A high-risk pregnancy patient stuns Sydney by slapping her with a malpractice lawsuit; Joanie has Phil climbing walls.

A hospital board member shadows Sydney in the wake of her malpractice suit; Tina seeks medical advice from Sydney regarding her ability to conceive a child.

Sydney meets her defense attorney for the malpractice suit -- an attractive man (George Newbern) with a stronger will than her own.

Sydney tries to help a young man escape a street gang, but is mistakenly implicated in the crime when he is shot; Joanie re-examines her relationship with Phil.

While in Los Angeles, Sydney meets with her ex-boyfriend (Patrick Fabian), a hotshot at a television network, and Joanie joins the cast of a horror movie.

Banned from practicing medicine, Sydney feels adrift and dreams she's being sold off at rock-bottom prices by a cable television shopping show host.

Owen coaxes stressed-out Sydney to participate in a water-pistol game; Joanie tries to fit in with younger culture as she returns to college.

Sydney debates with a deaf girl's estranged parents about getting the child a cochlear implant; a free-spirited woman (Marilu Henner) catches Jim's eye.

Romance blooms between Sydney and Owen (George Newbern); Jim must decide whether he would rather be with Georgia or with Meredith (Marcia Strassman).

A dog show diva (Melissa Gilbert) brings her pooch to the Hansen clinic for emergency grooming; Sydney moves in with Owen for protection from a schizophrenic patient who has become obsessed with her.

Sydney stays in Owen's apartment when her problems with Kevin persist; Tina has a medical emergency and gives birth prematurely.

Sydney works under a demanding boss at a acute-care clinic while truing to raise money to rebuild Saint Clare's.

Sydney starts to notice attractive men everywhere, including a globe-trotting doctor (Jeffrey Nordling).

Sydney meets Owen's enigmatic parents (Sally Kellerman, John Bennett Perry); Joanie tries to find out the identity of a flirtatious caller; Jim is arrested at a rally, making him late to Sydney and Owen's engagement party.

Bob Eubanks and Fabio appear in Sydney's dream about The Newlywed Game; Joanie interviews and animal expert on the radio.

Sydney misplaces her engagement ring, while Izzy says she does not want to leave the ER; Dr. Augustine mandates that Sydney work a double shift on Halloween night.

Sydney tries to prevent a pregnant prisoner's (Lauren Holly) extradition to Florida; and eccentric woman (Betty White) brings her flea-bitten dog to the clinic.

Sydney feels guilty about kissing Dr. Baylor (Jeffrey Nordling) as she heads to the county clerk's office with Owen to obtain a marriage license.

Mayhem ensues when the dog gobbles up the Hansen's Thanksgiving turkey; Sydney works all weekend and misses her wedding show.

Owen rushes Sydney to the emergency room; Robbie signs up for dance lessons without consulting Tina; Rebecca Lynn Howard performs at the college.

Sydney responds to a tornado crisis in Tennessee; Joanie hires Owen to help fight a company that says it owns the rights to the name, "Joanie's Barkery."

A shooting victim's father takes the emergency room hostage; a Chicago firm offers Owen a partnership; Sydney gets cold feet on the eve of her wedding.