Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
1. Thy Kingdom Come
First aired: 3/3/2004 Production Code: 101Artist Peter Rickman is jogging and run down by a stoned, two-time loser driving a minivan. He is admitted comatose to Kingdom Hospital, but not before encountering a frightening, ghostly figure whose mission is to use him to rid the hospital of malevolence, both human and inhuman, and to free its nine-year old mistress, Mary, from the hospital's haunted halls. When he awakens in an altered state with newfound but not necessarily welcome telepathic powers, Rickman finds he can communicate with the spirits, good and evil, man and beast, inhabiting the hospital. Mrs. Druse, an elderly patient with psychic gifts, is the first to hear the cries of the trapped ghost and attempts to persuade brilliant, eccentric surgeon Dr. Hook to join her quest to identify it. She is opposed in this effort by the hopelessly arrogant and mean-spirited chief neurologist Dr. Stegman, and the ebullient but vacuous hospital administrator, Dr. Jesse James, who is concerned only with the hospital's image.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Ronald Selmour (The Firecracker Man), Ty Olsson (Danny), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta), Antony Holland (Lenny Stillmach), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton), Bill Meilen (Narrator) , Cameron Cowles (Sid), Allan Grant (Game Show Guest), Claudette Mink (Celeste Daldry), Don Thompson (Soda Pop), Lorena Gale (MRI Tech), Richard Zeman (Deputy Downs), Ryan Robbins (Dave Hooman, Charlie (Voice)), Charles Martin Smith (Earl Swinton), Wanda Sturtevant (Nurse Elsa/Neuro Nurse), Peter Shinkoda (Anesthesiologist), Penelope Corrin (Julie), Mark Brandon (Game Show Host), Tygh Runyan (Idler #2), Jerry Rector (Crow)
2. Death's Kingdom
First aired: 3/10/2004 Production Code: 102Mrs. Druse holds a séance to put the little girl's ghost to rest. However, Dr. Stegman interrupt when he orders Dr. Hook to discharge her. Meanwhile, the man who put Peter in the hospital is brought in by the paramedics and has problems of his own as the same spirits target him. Elmer pursues Dr. Massingale romantically.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Tygh Runyan (Idler #2), Ronald Selmour (The Firecracker Man), Emily Tennant (Mona Klingerman), Antony Holland (Lenny Stillmach), Ty Olsson (Danny), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Penelope Corrin (Julie), Bill Meilen (Narrator/Dr. Gottreich), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton) , Alan Scarfe (Dr. Henry Havens), Richard Zeman (Deputy Downes), Ryan Robbins (Dave Hooman, Charlie (Voice)), Jimmy Herman (Greg), Peter Shinkoda (Anesthesiologist), Wanda Sturtevant (Nurse Elsa/Neuro Nurse)
3. Goodbye Kiss
First aired: 3/17/2004 Production Code: 103After seeing a girl and finding a toy doll in the elevator shaft, Dr. Hook is convinced to help Druse stay in the hospital while she tries to find the source of the haunting. Meanwhile, a prisoner and his girlfriend plan out a suicide pact at separate locations, but it goes wrong when he is saved by the Kingdom Hospital staff. More information is revealed about the malpractice case against Dr. Stegman and that he killed a patient while in surgery at his last job in Boston, and is now being accused of messing up another surgery with a young girl. The mother now plans to sue for malpractice. And finally, Peter Rickman is visited in his mind by the beast in his painting, and also comes in contact with Mary and Paul.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Emily Tennant (Mona Klingerman), Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Antony Holland (Lenny Stillmach), Ty Olsson (Danny), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Ronald Selmour (The Firecracker Man), Jim Shield (Rolf Pedersen), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton) , Dalias Blake (Jail Guard), Lenore Zann (Harriet), Tygh Runyan (Idier #2), Rebecca Jenkins (Renay Klingerman), Peter MacNeill (Johnny B. Goode/"Hawk")
4. West Side of Midnight
First aired: 3/24/2004 Production Code: 104Dr. Traff's ex-wife Emma dies from a heart attack while under his care, while his son Elmer has a dream involving the anteater Antubis. Lenny passes onto the other side, and tries to help Druse find out more about Mary. After a night of anger and harassment, Stegman goes off the deep end and starts trying to find out who defaced his car. Finally, while Druse finds out through Lenny that Rickman knows what's going on in the hospital, Paul starts to use Pedersen to make sure Druse doesn't find out.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Ty Olsson (Danny), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Ronald Selmour (The Firecracker Man), Jim Shield (Rolf Pedersen), Tygh Runyan (Idler #2), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton), Antony Holland (Lenny Stillmach) , Abraham Jedidiah (Mr. Sugarly), Christine Willes (Emma Warburton), Lenore Zann (Harriet)
5. Hook's Kingdom
First aired: 3/31/2004 Production Code: 105Mrs. Druse is called in to assist with her psychic abilities when the trapped evil spirit of a tortured teenaged boy wreaks havoc on the staff, patients and innocent spirits inhabiting Kingdom Hospital. Meanwhile Dr. Hook forges a relationship of the mortal variety.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Penelope Corrin (Julie), Christopher Heyerdahl (Reverend Jimmy Criss), Paul Perri (Frank Schweigen), Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta), Ronald Selmour (The Firecracker Man), Jim Shield (Rolf Pederson), Emily Tennant (Mona Klingerman), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton) , Michael Adamthwaite (Deputy Carl Anderson), Philip Granger (Jack/Wino), Dee Jay Jackson (Ragged Reader #3), Klodyne Rodney (Ragged Reader #1), Xantha Radley (Orderly), Gary Sekhon (MRI Technician/Digit), Peter Shinkoda (Anesthesiologist), Chang Tseng (Jackie Gleason)
6. The Young and the Headless
First aired: 4/8/2004 Production Code: 106Mrs. Druse and Hook use Peter's drawings to make contact with Mary and her nemesis, Paul, and begin to navigate through the trenches of Kingdom Hospital's horrifying past. Meanwhile, Dr. Traff's attempt at a love prank on sleep psychologist Dr. Lona Massingale goes terrifyingly wrong.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Bill Meilen (Dr. Egas Gottreich), Ty Olsson (Danny), Paul Perri (Frank Schweigen), Gerard Plunkett (Richard Shwartzton), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta), Jim Shield (Rolf Pederson), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton) , Stephen King (Man on telephone (uncredited)), William B. Davis (Bertram Swinton), Sheila Paterson (Old Woman), David Quinlan (ICU Technician), John Shaw (Dr. Harold Kelp)
7. Black Noise
First aired: 4/15/2004 Production Code: 107Peter is trapped in his coma but gets a message to Dr. Hook and Mrs. Druse warning that he knows of Mary. Meanwhile, a lawyer with a heart condition is checked in and becomes Pedersen's new roommate. An alcoholic earthquake expert is Peter's new roommate, and Stegman is distracted by the recent earthquakes.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Andy Geller (Recap Announcer), Ty Olsson (Danny), Paul Perri (Frank Schweigen), Gerard Plunkett (Richard Shwartzton), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta), Jim Shield (Rolf Pedersen), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton) , Stephen Bridgewater (Judge Grant), Alan Scarfe (Henry Havens), Norman Armour (Myron Overdick), Karen Austin (Mrs. Powell), Lynda Boyd (Mrs. Sullivan), John Cassini (Geoffrey Wilkster), Herbert Duncanson (The Bailiff), Gwen Meyre (Melinda), Shea Hampton (Eileen Goebel), Kathryn Kirkpatrick (Janice McManus), Michael Lerner (Sheldon Fleischer), Rhys Lloyd (Harmon Killebrew), Suzanne Ristic (Dolores Hellstrom), Kathryn Witt (Kitty Fleischer)
8. Heartless
Community Score
| 8.1 Great |
An attorney in need of a heart transplant rues the day he checked into Kingdom Hospital. Meanwhile, Peter discovers newspaper clippings inside Mary's doll that reveal the horrific details of the 1869 Gates Falls Mills fire that killed scores of children on the very ground where the hospital now stands.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Andy Geller (Recap Announcer), Gerard Plunkett (Richard Shwartzton), Tygh Runyan (Idler #2), Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta), Ronald Selmour (The Firecracker Man), Jim Shield (Rolf Pederson), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton) , Michael Adamthwaite (Deputy Carl Anderson), Kwesi Ameyaw (Celeste's Camera Man), Cameron Cowles (Sid), Eric Keenleyside (Hagarty), Michael Lerner (Sheldon Fleischer), Evangeline Lilly (Benton's Girlfriend), Claudette Mink (Celeste Daldry), Peter Shinkoda (Anesthesiologist), Neil Vipond (Benjamin Bates), Peter Wingfield (Benton Knight), Kathryn Witt (Kitty Fleischer)
9. Butterfingers
Community Score
| 7.7 Good |
When a retired major league baseball player attempts to take his own life and is admitted to Kingdom Hospital, he begins a chain reaction that opens up some horrific old wounds and changes history for those--living and dead--who inhabit the hospital.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Andy Geller (Recap Announcer), Christopher Heyerdahl (Reverend Jimmy Criss), Ty Olsson (Danny), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Tygh Runyan (Idler #2), Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta) , Carmen Aguirre (Landlady), Lia Renee Clarke (Mission Piano Player), John Dadey (Teacher), Michael Daingerfield (Policeman), Lorena Gale (MRI Technician), David Purvis (Drunk), Callum Keith Rennie (Earl Candleton), Chilton Crane (Earl's Girlfriend/Marie), Dick Smothers (Todd)
10. On the Third Day
First aired: 6/24/2004 Production Code: 110When Reverend Jimmy Criss of the Christ-Only-Christ mission is killed, new life resurges in and around Kingdom Hospital and the mystery behind Mary's death is revealed. Meanwhile, maintenance man Jack Handlemann delivers a destructive blow to Stegman's ego and most prized possession, and the hospital staff work to free workers trapped in a collapse from another earthquake.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Penelope Corrin (Julie), Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Andy Geller (Recap Announcer), Christopher Heyerdahl (Reverend Jimmy Criss), Ty Olsson (Danny), Gerard Plunkett (Dr. Richard Shwartzton), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Tygh Runyan (Idler #2), Ronald Selmour (The Firecracker Man), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton) , Wayne Newton (Jack Handlemann), Kwesi Ameyaw (Celeste's Camera Man), Douglas Arthurs (Construction Boss), Lia Renee Clark (Mission Piano Player), Jennifer Copping (Andrea), Tom Heaton (Wheelchair Guy), Brenda McDonald (Parkinson's Patient), Claudette Mink (Celeste Daldry), Peter New (Delivery Guy), Ron Small (Disabled Man)
11. Seizure Day
Community Score
| 8.1 Great |
When two different patients have seizures, they awaken to frightening visions of the living dead haunting Kingdom Hospital's halls. Meanwhile, the reverberations from Mona Klingerman's seizure brings Dr. Stegman's worst nightmares to the surface. Elmer and Abelson each try to acquire the Klingerman anesthesia report for their own purposes.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Andy Geller (Recap Announcer), Bill Meilen (Dr. Egas Gottreich), Paul Perri (Frank Schweigen), Gerard Plunkett (Dr. Richard Shwartzton), Tygh Runyan (Idler #2), Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta), Ronald Selmour (The Firecracker Man), Emily Tennant (Mona Klingerman), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton) , Kwesi Ameyaw (Celeste's Camera Man), Norman Armour (Myron Overdick), John Cassini (Geoffrey Wilkster), William MacDonald (Muldoon), Claudette Mink (Celeste Daldry), Daniel Quentin Rebert (Puppeteer), Neil Vipond (Benjamin Bates), Alex Zahara (Sol Tarus)
12. Shoulda' Stood in Bed
Community Score
| 7.7 Good |
Peter Rickman has yet another seizure and witnesses the eventual fate of Kingdom Hospital, making a tangible connection with its frightening past. When Peter awakens, his drawings help Mrs. Druse make a direct connection to Mary, and serve as the key to correcting evil deeds done by the Kingdom's forefathers. Meanwhile, Brenda and Dr. Hook finally publicize Stegman's guilt in the Mona Klingerman medical malpractice incident --and send him on a crazed and violent quest for vengeance.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Penelope Corrin (Julie), Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman), Andy Geller (Recap Announcer), Bill Meilen (Dr. Egas Gottreich/Klaus Gottriech), Ty Olsson (Danny), Paul Perri (Frank Schweigen), Gerard Plunkett (Dr. Richard Shwartzton), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta), Emily Tennant (Mona Klingerman), Janet Wright (Liz Hinton) , Norman Armour (Myron Overdick), Bruce Harwood (Fred Beagle), Adam Henderson (Mack Saplinger), Neil Maffin (Limo Driver), Daniel Quentin Rebert (Puppeteer), Alex Zahara (Sol Tarus)
13. Finale
First aired: 7/15/2004 Production Code: 113Peter, Dr. Hook, Antubis and Sally Druse join forces to uncover the real answers to Kingdom Hospital's horrifying history and forever alter its future. A séance held by Sally Druse sends Dr. Hook and Peter back to the Old Kingdom. When they finally return with answers to buried secrets of the Gates Falls Mill fire, Mary's trapped spirit is freed and the future of Kingdom Hospital is altered forever. Meanwhile, when a vengeful Dr. Stegman finally catches up with the real Johnny B. Goode and Antubis, his most terrifying visions of The Old Kingdom are realized.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Guest star: Andy Geller (Recap Announcer), Antony Holland (Lenny Stillmach), Bill Meilen (Dr. Egas Gottreich/Klaus Gottriech), Ty Olsson (Danny), Gerard Plunkett (Dr. Richard Shwartzton), Benjamin Ratner (Ollie), Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta), Emily Tennant (Mona Klingerman) , Bob Bruner (Reporter #1), Justin Callen (James), Cameron Cowles (Sid), Richard Fitzpatrick (Ebenezer Gottreich), Eric Keenleyside (Hagarty), Stephen King (Johnny B. Goode), Frank C. Turner (Store Keeper), Duncan Minett (Reporter #2)
