Description: Luther and Warren do some plumbing for Craig during their temporary layoff. Papandrao leaves the picket line to help Ehrlich in an emergency operation. Caldwell tries to find new ways for the firefighters deal with their continuing pain. Martin finds herself confronting the rapist again.
Cast
Starring
Ed Flanders as Dr. Donald Westphall
and
Norman Lloyd as Dr. Daniel Auschlander
Also Starring (in alphabetical order)
Ed Begley, Jr. as Dr. Victor Ehrlich
Ellen Bry as Nurse Shirley Daniels
Stephen Furst as Dr. Elliott Axelrod
Mark Harmon as Dr. Bobby Caldwell
Terence Knox as Dr. Peter White
Eric Laneuville as Luther Hawkins
Howie Mandel as Dr. Wayne Fiscus
David Morse as Dr. Jack Morrison
Christina Pickles as Nurse Helen Rosenthal
Cynthia Sikes as Dr. Annie Cavanero
Denzel Washington as Dr. Philip Chandler
and Starring
William Daniels as Dr. Mark Craig
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ReplyDeleteI found the storyline of Cathy Martin being raped for the second time difficult and upsetting to watch. Even though the assault itself wasn't shown, her fear when confronted by the rapist was all too vivid; and in the later scene of her stumbling along a corridor, the violent brutality of the attack was all too clear. I'll be honest: in earlier seasons I didn't like Barbara Whinnery's acting as Cathy - I found the dreamy expression and little-girl-lost voice grated on me a bit, and the character too often seemed to be played for cheap laughs. But her performance in this episode - especially in the final scene when she brokenly declares "Cathy's gone now" - is devastating.
Agreed. One of St. E's strengths is that it took characters who could have been one-dimensional or comical and deepened them. Cathy's first rape was upsetting enough, but for her to be raped twice was beyond horrible. Her total retreat from reality was, as you said, devastating. Throughout it all, Whinnery is utterly convincing.
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