Birdland (1994)

Name: Birdland
Rating: 6.0

Rating: 6.0

Synopsis

Dr. Brian McKenzie, the chief of psychiatry at Riverview Hospital in Oakland, deals with patients while trying to juggle his own problems.

First Air Date: 1994-01-05

Last Air Date: 1994-04-21

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 7

Created By: Scott Frank

Networks: ABC

No overview available for this season.

Ep. 1: Pilot (1994-01-05)

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.
Ep. 2: Crazy for You (1994-01-12)

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.
Ep. 3: Plan B (1994-01-19)

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.
Ep. 4: O.C.D.P.D. Blue (1994-01-26)

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.
Ep. 5: Grand Delusions (1994-02-09)

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.
Ep. 6: Sons and Mudders (1994-04-14)

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.
Ep. 7: Lower Than the Angels (1994-04-21)

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.