Birdland is an American medical drama series created by Walter F. Parkes and Scott Frank that aired on ABC from January 5 to April 21, 1994. It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Graphic Design And Title Sequences and an Artios Award for Best Dramatic Episodic Casting.
Premise
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
- David Packer as Dr. Zuchetti
- Jeff Williams as Dr. Lewis Niles
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Mr. Horner
- Leslie Mann as Nurse Mary
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Peter Horton | Walter F. Parkes & Scott Frank | January 5, 1994 | |
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McKenzie looks into the case of a teenage accident victim. | |||||
| 2 | "Crazy for You" | Peter Horton | Nicole Yorkin & Dawn Prestwich | January 12, 1994 | |
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McKenzie's new patient is his son's new girlfriend. A patient thinks he has x-ray vision. | |||||
| 3 | "Plan B" | John David Coles | Walter F. Parkes & Scott Frank | January 19, 1994 | |
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The staff is taken hostage by a man who wants compensation for his wife's death. | |||||
| 4 | "O.C.P.D. Blues" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Toni Graphia | January 26, 1994 | |
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A cop keeps having visions about shooting his partner. Horner's brother comes to take him home. | |||||
| 5 | "Grand Delusions" | Claudia Weill | Eric Overmyer | February 9, 1994 | |
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A patient admits to killing a man. Niles tries to connect with Mary. Jessie has a malpractice suit on her hands. | |||||
| 6 | "Sons and Mudders" | Larry Shaw | Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin | April 14, 1994 | |
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Niles suspects a politician's son of having a troubled homelife. McKenzie liquidates his assets for a bet at the race track. After an accident, a Polish bus driver has suddenly developed a French accent. | |||||
| 7 | "Lower Than the Angels" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Walter F. Parkes & Eric Overmyer and Ann Powell & Rose Schacht | April 21, 1994 | |
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McKenzie thinks his nephew has a genetic illness. A patient turns out to be a talented painter. | |||||
