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Season 1

1. Pilot  

Community Score

9.4 Superb
First aired: 1/8/1999    Production Code: 63001

Dr. Sydney Hansen returns home to Rhode Island From Los Angeles after tragedy strikes.

2. Home Again  

Community Score

8.0 Great
First aired: 1/15/1999    Production Code: 63002

Sydney helps a woman with a bad home life; Joanie names her baby. Kyle reenters Syd's Life.

3. All Good Dogs Go to Heaven  

Community Score

8.0 Great
First aired: 1/22/1999    Production Code: 63003

A dying dog triggers Jim's greif; Syd races to save a teen whoose diagnosis is grave; Joanie gets into a lather after meeting Syd's Soap- Star patient.

4. Sisters  

Community Score

9.0 Superb
First aired: 1/29/1999    Production Code: 63004

Syd helps Joanie's friend whose health is as bad as her reputation: Jim and Robbie bust a sick chimp out of the zoo.

5. Runaway Sydney  

Community Score

8.7 Great
First aired: 2/5/1999    Production Code: 63005

Trouble at home & at the clinic causes Syd to pack her bags to return to LA; Jim faces a clingy client.

6. Tying the Not  

Community Score

7.5 Good
First aired: 2/12/1999    Production Code: 63006

Syd's thrilled when Joanie announces that she's marrying Richie, but Lynda plants doubts in Syd's mind weather or not the pair really love each other.

7. If Memory Serves  

Community Score

7.6 Good
First aired: 2/19/1999    Production Code: 63007

Syd's momeries confirm her fears about Jim's mystery lady; Robbie jumps through the hoops for a new lady.

8. Blind Faith  

Community Score

8.5 Great
First aired: 2/26/1999    Production Code: 63008

Syd's hospital job is jeopardized by a surly surgeon-and a blind date who gets struck by lighting; a seeing-eye dog (voice of Jay Leno) opens up to a flu-ridden Jim.

9. Taste of Providence  

Community Score

8.7 Great
First aired: 3/12/1999    Production Code: 63009

Syd helps a stripper leave the business, drawing fire from Dr. Marcus and the dancer's angry lover; Joanie makes a splash at a cooking contest; Robbie gets involved with a bookie.

10. You Bet Your Life  

Community Score

8.6 Great
First aired: 3/19/1999    Production Code: 63010

Sydney receives a proposal to fund the clinic from a dying person. Dani learns more about Robbie's gambling. Joanie receives a big offer in cooking class.

11. Pig in Providence  

Community Score

8.2 Great
First aired: 4/2/1999    Production Code: 63011

Sydney's relationship with David is put into question when David starts cheating on her. Jim helps Robbie out of a debt, only to receive the bad end of the deal.

12. Saint Syd  

Community Score

8.0 Great
First aired: 4/9/1999    Production Code: 63012

No good deed goes unpunished. Against her better judgment, Syd can't resist reaching out to help a wayward teenager, but her efforts only complicate the manipulative young woman's relationship with her new foster parents - especially when she suddenly disappears; Joanie is agog when a major food distributor wants to buy her secret chowder if she will leave her family and move to Japan to provide quality control; and resourceful Robbie borrows more trouble when he secretly volunteers one of his dad's prized poodle patients for a day-long, lucrative TV commercial shoot that backfires.

13. Family Tree  

Community Score

8.0 Great
First aired: 4/23/1999    Production Code: 63013

A wary Syd tries to do the right thing when she takes in Lilly , a troublesome teenager who is returned by her latest foster parents, but in no time, the lodger's carelessness places the entire Hansen household in jeopardy. Joanie's hopes soar when she learns that her handsome business partner has broken up with his girlfriend, but their main concern however, is finding a restaurant that will let them showcase her special chowder for food distributors. Robbie comes to the rescue and risks his job when he volunteers his place of employment while the owner is away. In addition, Sydney encounters a likable elderly patient (guest star Maxine Stuart) with hidden health problems, and Jim wants to help a bedraggled stray dog give birth to her pups.

14. Good Fellows  

Community Score

9.5 Superb
First aired: 4/30/1999    Production Code: 63014

14 A busy Syd helps an injured high school runner (guest star Brian Poth) who is driven to win at any price by his stern coach/father even as she is romanced by the handsome son of a courtly mob boss (guest star John Capodice) whose beloved pug is treated in her dad's veterinary clinic. Elsewhere, Joanie's culinary reputation takes a hit when her vaunted meatloaf is spurned by humans but makes for a tail-wagging dogfood among the canine set.

15. Two to Tango  

Community Score

7.7 Good
First aired: 5/7/1999    Production Code: 63015

Syd firmly tries to fend off the romantic advances of a handsome businessman (guest star David Lee Smith) whose family is linked to the Mob, and lavish gifts begin to wear her down while at the clinic. She diagnoses a sickly landscaper (guest star Tim Ransom) who she suspects is being poisoned by pesticides. Elsewhere among the Hansen clan: Joanie -- on the eve of her new shop opening -- becomes concerned when boyfriend/business partner shows little interest in her infant daughter; Jim indulges himself when he commits to helping Lilly rig up a Rube Goldberg contraption as part of a school project; and Robbie begins to appreciate the hidden allure of Jim's clumsy veterinary assistant in a whole new way.

16. Guys and Dolls  

Community Score

7.8 Good
First aired: 5/14/1999    Production Code: 63016

Syd and her father clash over her relationship with Paul when it's revealed that the District Attorney's office has begun a criminal investigation into Paul's alleged mob ties. Meanwhile, Robbie talks Joanie into filming her own cable TV commercial to promote the Barkery, and Syd tries to treat a teenage boy whose symptoms don't match his blood tests.

17. Heaven Can Wait  

Community Score

8.2 Great
First aired: 5/21/1999    Production Code: 63017

The series closes its first season with an emotional episode revolving around troubled teen Lilly. With Syd and the Hansens, Lilly has found a sense of security. Syd is thrilled when Kyle returns to Providence for a quick visit, but later becomes concerned when he also seeks her medical advice. Meanwhile, Jim is stunned when his assistant, Heather, quits her job, and enlists Robbie's help to convince her to stay. Joanie has a difficult time finding someone suitable to help her out at the Barkery. And, a family celebration turns tragic when a friend from Lilly's past arrives in Providence.

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