Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestMcKenzie 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.
Dr. Brian McKenzie, the chief of psychiatry at Riverview Hospital in Oakland, deals with patients while trying to juggle his own problems.
Acting
Dennehy's volcanic humanity keeps this from total obscurity.
Direction
Scott Frank's only TV creation—flawed but fascinating.
Creator
Scott Frank
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Scott Frank created this between Dead Again and Get Shorty, then never touched television again until The Queen's Gambit decades later.
Aired opposite ER's first season—this quiet, grim psychiatric drama never stood a chance against Clooney in scrubs.
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