Providence Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

Providence: Season 5 (2002)

Providence: Season 4 (2001 - 2002)

  • Season 4 Episode 22: Out of Control

    With her stalker closing in on her, Syd finds herself trapped in the hospital as a fire breaks out. Drama, starring Melina Kanakaredes and Mike Farrell

  • Season 4 Episode 21: Smoke and Mirrors

    A dog-show diva (Melissa Gilbert) brings her pooch to the Hansen clinic for emergency grooming; Syd moves in with Owen (George Newbern) for protection from a schizophrenic patient who has become obsessed with her.

  • Season 4 Episode 20: Things Have Changed

    Syd and Owen's romance hots up, while Joanie and Jackson explore the joys of college life together. Elsewhere, Jim is forced to make a choice after he goes on a date in Meredith's absence. Drama, starring Melina Kanakarades and Mike Farrell

  • Season 4 Episode 19: Great Expectations

    Syd becomes involved in an intense debate when she offers to help a deaf girl, and Jim falls for a free-spirited flirt. Drama, starring Melina Kanakarades

  • Season 4 Episode 18: Gotcha

    Syd feels under more pressure than ever before, but plans for a charity water pistol game provide her with an outlet for her tension. Meanwhile, Joanie returns to college, but struggles to fit in with a younger crowd. Drama, guest starring George Newbern, with Melina Kanakarades and Mike Farrell

  • Season 4 Episode 17: The Whole Truth

    Syd goes to court as the medical malpractice trial finally gets under way, fearing her career as a physician may be over. A bored Joanie weighs up her options, and considers returning to college to add a little zest to her humdrum life. Drama, starring Melina Kanakarades and Mike Farrell

  • Season 4 Episode 16: Limbo

    Syd continues to feel like her life is adrift after being banned from practicing medicine. Morgan Fairchild guest stars

  • Season 4 Episode 15: Act Naturally

    Syd sets off with Joanie to deliver a speech to a group of medical students in Los Angeles, leading to a chance encounter with a former boyfriend. Drama, starring Melina Kanakaredes

  • Season 4 Episode 14: All the King's Men

    Syd's efforts to help a gang member result in her being implicated in a shooting, and she worries that this further brush with the law can only harm her case in the impending malpractice suit. Drama, starring Milina Kanakarades and Mike Farrell

  • Season 4 Episode 13: The Good Fight

    Syd meets her attorney to discuss the malpractice suit, but a clash of egos puts her defence in jeopardy when she realises he is even more stubborn than she is. George Newbern guest stars

  • Season 4 Episode 12: Shadow Play

    Syd feels oppressed in the aftermath of the malpractice suit and Jim returns to full-time work under Sam's watchful eye. Tina seeks professional advice about childbirth, and learns she may have to undergo surgery to conceive

  • Season 4 Episode 11: The Start of Something Big

    Syd faces a malpractice suit from a high-risk pregnancy patient and begins to doubt her decision to end her therapy sessions. Joanie and Phil go on a purely platonic date : but soon find their feelings getting in the way of their friendship. Ashley Johnson and Isabella Hoffman guest star

  • Season 4 Episode 10: The Mating Dance

    Robbie sells his skis to buy a new sewing machine for Tina, and Joanie becomes a contestant on the American version of TV show Blind Date, while Syd follows her therapist's advice and participates in an evening of 'speed dating'

  • Season 4 Episode 9: Gobble Gobble

    Jim accepts a lift with an assortment of dubious characters and doesn't return home on time, leaving Syd fretting over what's become of him

  • Season 4 Episode 8: Rocky Road

    Syd has second thoughts about seeing her new therapist; Jim helps a friend at the rehab center who is making little progress in his recovery.

  • Season 4 Episode 7: The Honeymoon is Over

    Travel problems stall Robbie and Tina's honeymoon; Jim returns to rehabilitation.

  • Season 4 Episode 6: Best Man

    Chaos abounds as Robbie and Tina prepare to tie the knot, prompting Hannah to play Cupid for Joanie

  • Season 4 Episode 5: Civil Unrest

    Sydney decides whether to continue her romance with Joe Connelly, little Pete sets his bedroom on fire, and as election day draws near, Syd begins to question Joe's integrity

  • Season 4 Episode 4: You Can Count on Me

    Syd considers moving to Washington if Joe (Steven Eckholdt) wins the election; a young patient must recover from an accident before he can donate bone marrow to his dying sister.

  • Season 4 Episode 3: Impulse Control

    Syd becomes better acquainted with Joe's estranged wife, and the two women discover they like each other.

  • Season 4 Episode 2: Home Sweet Home

    Syd struggles to reconcile a patient with his estranged father, and Robbie busies himself with DIY projects at Tina's apartment. Drama, starring Melina Kanakaredes

  • Season 4 Episode 1: Dad

    Jim returns home to recover from his injuries, leaving Syd, Joanie and Robbie to clash over each other's reactions to the changes in their father

Providence: Season 3 (2000 - 2001)

  • Season 3 Episode 22: Falling

    Robbie and Tina are embarrassed by a waiter during dinner, and Syd has an embarrassing run-in with the estranged wife of a congressman she's seeing, while Joanne bumps into ex-fiance Burt in a restaurant : much to her delight. Drama, starring Melinda Kanakaredes and Mike Farrell

  • Season 3 Episode 21: Rule Number One

    Syd finds herself attracted to a handsome, married congressman as they battle a major pharmaceutical firm. Meanwhile, Tina's ex-husband threatens to exploit her relationship with Robbie to gain custody of their son, and Fearless the pup finds a huge cache of cocaine. Melinda Kanakaredes stars

  • Season 3 Episode 20: Trial and Error

    Syd campaigns for the production of a wonder drug capable of curing a deadly childhood disease, while Robbie is distressed to discover his girlfriend is attempting a reconciliation with her ex-husband. Melinda Kanakaredes stars

  • Season 3 Episode 19: Meet Joe Connelly

    Syd fights the system to save a baby boy whose life is being jeopardised by the intricacies of interdepartmental procedure. Drama, starring Melinda Kanakaredes and Mike Farrell

  • Season 3 Episode 18: The Magician

    Syd, Joanie and Robbie are surprised by the appearance of their rich grandfather, who promises them a hefty cash sum if they agree to work for him. Drama, starring Melina Kanakaredes and Mike Farrell

  • Season 3 Episode 17: Exposure

    Syd meets an old medical school friend on leave from a rural African hospital, but he soon shows symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus, forcing the health department to clamp a quarantine around Syd's clinic and the Hansen household where a children's party is in full swing. Melina Kanakaredes stars

  • Season 3 Episode 16: Love Story

    Syd starts seeing a single father, only to discover he has a serious heart condition. An uncertain Joanie poses as her gay assistant Elliot's girlfriend to secure a building expansion loan, while Robbie's romance with the unpredictable Tina proves to be eventful

  • Season 3 Episode 15: Parenthood

    Syd meets a mysterious man who claims to be her father, while Jim treats a dog that refuses to eat. Melina Kanakaredes and Mike Farrell star

  • Season 3 Episode 14: The Invisible Man

    Syd tries to help the lighthouse keeper venture out after his plastic surgery, while Joanie drowns her sorrows with booze. Drama, starring Melina Kanakaredes

  • Season 3 Episode 13: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    Joanie withdraws from society as the full impact of the miscarriage takes hold, and Syd attempts to persuade a recluse to have plastic surgery when she discovers he is about to be evicted

  • Season 3 Episode 12: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

    Syd begins to understand the source of Graham's unspeakable pain after she is stranded in a storm with him. Elsewhere, Joanie and Burt make an impulsive decision which ends in disaster. Melina Kanakardes stars

  • Season 3 Episode 11: Saved By the Bell

    Syd tries to help a hideously disfigured man, while Joanie excitedly makes preparations for her wedding. Melina Kanakaredes and Mike Farrell star

  • Season 3 Episode 10: The Gun

    Syd attempts to help a paper boy who has been shot in suspicious circumstances. Drama, starring Melina Kanakaredes and Mike Farrell

  • Season 3 Episode 9: Big Night

    Syd is forced to recall a repressed childhood memory of her late mother Lynda as she nurses a dying patient, and Joanie is jailed after impersonating her sister at a pharmaceuticals convention

  • Season 3 Episode 8: The Gift

    Syd becomes concerned for the long-term welfare of an elderly woman who stubbornly refuses to have a growth removed from her throat because she's afraid it might prevent her from singing in her church choir at a Christmas concert. Mike Farrell stars

  • Season 3 Episode 7: The Thanksgiving Story : Part Two

    Part two of two. Thanksgiving spirit prevails in the argumentative Hansen household, as the family put their differences aside to shelter a lost child and Joanie thinks she's pregnant again

  • Season 3 Episode 6: The Thanksgiving Story : Part One

    Part one. Thanksgiving spirit prevails in the argumentative Hansen household, as the family put their differences aside to shelter a lost child. Melina Kanakaredes stars

  • Season 3 Episode 5: The Unsinkable Sydney Hansen

    Just as Syd's romance with her handsome physical therapist begins to bloom, she's dumbstruck to learn his recent uneasy behaviour is tied to his clandestine meetings with a beautiful blonde. Mike Farrell stars

  • Season 3 Episode 4: Rescue Me

    Syd is moved to act when she meets an illegal immigrant with a severe cleft palate

  • Season 3 Episode 3: The Good Doctor

    At the request of her handsome physical therapist, Syd encourages a dancer to abandon her dreams for the sake of her health

  • Season 3 Episode 2: Trick or Treat

    As Hallowe'en approaches, a recovering Syd prescribes a dose that almost kills a girl, making her fear she may have returned to work too soon. To make matters worse, she also suspects her substitute, Dr Roberts, is conspiring to take over the clinic

  • Season 3 Episode 1: Safe at Home

    Sydney arrives home from hospital, but has doubts about the treatment recommended to her by a handsome new-age physical therapist

Providence: Season 2 (1999 - 2000)

  • Season 2 Episode 23: Paradise Inn

    Syd has an out-of-body experience as Jim keeps a bedside vigil by her side. Elsewhere, Robbie is caught up in a potential scandal and firefighter Burt attempts to comfort a distraught Joanne

  • Season 2 Episode 22: Syd in Wonderland

    A terrible headache leaves Syd experiencing bizarre hallucinations, where she encounters the characters from Alice in Wonderland. Joanie and fireman Burt look forward to a relaxing weekend away together : but find that their hosts at the remote B&B have other plans for them

  • Season 2 Episode 21: Love is in the Air

    Syd is upset to learn Jim and Monica have grown closer and Joanie is rescued from a smoke-filled bakery by a handsome fireman. Robbie's streak of good luck on the game show shows no sign of running out as he continues to win huge cash prizes

  • Season 2 Episode 20: Taking a Chance on Love

    Jim begins spending time with a friend of Syd's who is also a photo-journalist : but she and Joanie are quick to interfere

  • Season 2 Episode 19: Family Ties

    Robbie fills in for Heather at the clinic and Syd attempts to bring about a reconcilation between a pregnant woman and her estranged family

  • Season 2 Episode 18: Don't Go Changin'

    The Hansen clan throw a surprise party for Jim's 60th birthday and try to talk him out of retiring while Syd is asked to perform ritual surgery so a man can convert to Judaism

  • Season 2 Episode 17: The Storm

    A storm pounds Providence, while a state inspection threatens to close the clinic; Syd works to save a pregnant Cambodian; a fallen tree traps Joanie.

  • Season 2 Episode 16: Do the Right Thing

    Donna and Robbie make plans to disrupt Heather and Charlie's wedding and Syd helps an apparently destitute man, little suspecting he's a cunning con artist. Mike Farrell stars

  • Season 2 Episode 15: Sibling Rivalry

    Syd treats a woman whose mother, grandmother and sister all suffered breast cancer and is prepared to undergo radical surgery to avoid the same fate. Victoria Principal guest stars

  • Season 2 Episode 14: The Apartment

    Syd moves house, while Heather's engagement provokes an argument with her mother, who very definitely disapproves - and poor old Robbie finds himself caught in the crossfire. Victoria Principal guest stars

  • Season 2 Episode 13: The Reunion

    Syd has mixed feelings before a high-school reunion as she awaits the return home of her high-flying best friend whose seemingly perfect life could be a cover for a mental health disorder

  • Season 2 Episode 12: Mother and Child

    Syd mistakenly believes a patient is the victim of Munchausen's syndrome and Heather's ex-boyfriend returns to town, jeopardising her budding romance with Robbie

  • Season 2 Episode 11: The Kiss

    Syd is wooed by a handsome 19-year-old Russian prodigy whose grandmother has kept him hidden in an attic since childhood, while Joanie searches for the amorous mystery man dressed as Zorro who kissed her passionately at a costume party before disappearing into the night

  • Season 2 Episode 10: Home for the Holidays

    Syd arrives home for the Christmas holidays, and begins to reflect on whether her return to Providence means anything : until a dream about what the town would be like without her convinces her she has made a difference

  • Season 2 Episode 9: Thank You Providence : Part Two

    Part two. Syd struggles to make it back home when she forms a bond with three women while travelling back for Thanksgiving

  • Season 2 Episode 8: Thank You, Providence : Part One

    Syd tries to make it home from Los Angeles in time for a traditional family feast, but a series of mishaps threaten to thwart her plans. Luckily, she meets three other female passengers who help to make the journey more bearable

  • Season 2 Episode 7: Sail Away

    Kyle decides he needs to get away from family and friends, whose over-solicitous behaviour is delaying his recovery, while Jim is upset at being dropped from his TV show

  • Season 2 Episode 6: The Phantom Menace

    Sydney discovers Kyle's sexy therapist has taken a special interest in him and Joanie has serious doubts about her father's pulling power as a cable TV presenter

  • Season 2 Episode 5: He's Come Undone

    Kyle develops a potentially fatal infection and learns his arm may have to be amputated, while Syd discovers a seemingly perfect new doctor is actually hiding a disturbing secret. Melina Kanakaredes stars

  • Season 2 Episode 4: You Can't Hurry Love

    Kyle pesters Syd to go camping with him in the Grand Canyon, but she is more concerned with a homeless woman's welfare. Robbie plays matchmaker for a friend and Joanie becomes increasingly suspicious of Doug

  • Season 2 Episode 3: The Birthday Party

    While making preparations for baby Hannah's first birthday party, Joanie is pleased to learn that Ritchie, the girl's father, will be in town to join in with the celebrations. Unfortunately, she doesn't plan on him bringing a special guest of his own

  • Season 2 Episode 2: The Letter

    On the anniversary of Lynda's death, Jim causes uproar by confessing that a letter he wrote may have contributed to the tragedy

  • Season 2 Episode 1: The Third Thing

    Syd is held at gunpoint by a mentally disturbed woman and an out-of-control car smashes through the wall of the clinic

Providence: Season 1 (1999)

  • Season 1 Episode 17: Heaven Can Wait

    Heather causes concern by announcing she's quitting her job, while Kyle returns to Providence on a fleeting visit and seeks medical advice from Sydney

  • Season 1 Episode 16: Guys and Dolls

    Paul decides to go public about his relationship with Syd : who has her hands full struggling to treat a boy whose symptoms are unaccountably at odds with his blood test. Melina Kanakaredes stars

  • Season 1 Episode 15: Two to Tango

    Syd realises her patient's supposed stomach flu is actually the result of slow poisoning by his wife, while Michael intervenes with the authorities on the clinic's behalf and stops the eviction

  • Season 1 Episode 14: Good Fellows

    Syd treats a high-school runner, driven to win at any cost, and is courted by the charming son of a Mob boss. Joanie discovers she is a gourmet cook : for the animals

  • Season 1 Episode 13: Family Tree

    Syd takes in a troublesome teenager whose carelessness jeopardises the safety of the entire Hansen household. Joanie plans on striking up a relationship with her business partner and Jim comes to the rescue of a stray dog. Guest starring Nicky Aycox and Michael Reilly Burke

  • Season 1 Episode 12: Pig in Providence

    Sydney eagerly anticipates taking her relationship with dishy Dr Marcus to the next level, but bargains without his deep, dark secret. Jim and Robbie cook up a plan to prevent a pig mascot becoming the first course at a company dinner and Joanie considers marketing her chowder

  • Season 1 Episode 11: Saint Syd

    Sydney becomes increasingly involved in the life of a troublesome teenager who has run away from her foster home, while Joanie receives overtures from a major food retailer eager to market her chowder

  • Season 1 Episode 10: You Bet Your Life

    Syd is staggered by the indecent proposal of an eccentric, elderly but lustful millionaire who offers her cash-starved medical clinic a fortune if she'll spend 48 hours travelling with him. Meanwhile, Robbie urges his girlfriend to drop out of the college basketball game, then secretly bets against her team. Henry Gibson guest stars

  • Season 1 Episode 9: A Taste of Providence

    Syd tries to help a stripper who needs a breast reduction, Joanie enters one of her mother's culinary masterpieces in a cookery contest and Robbie's gambling success threatens to cost him dear

  • Season 1 Episode 8: Blind Faith

    Jim has hallucinatory conversations with a talking dog, while Sydney goes on a blind date with a wealthy New Age guru and reacts badly to a doctor who stands in the way of a successful career in plastic surgery

  • Season 1 Episode 7: If Memory Serves

    Sydney and Joanie discover their father has been seeing a mysterious woman, while Robbie falls for a student on the basketball team. With guest star Michelle Phillips

  • Season 1 Episode 6: Tying the Not

    Syd tries to be supportive to Joanie and helps her with the wedding even thought she has doubts about it, while Jim treats a stray dog brought in off the street by an equally scruffy street urchin.

  • Season 1 Episode 5: Runaway Sydney

    Jim faces temptation and Kyle is offered a job in Portland, while Syd misdiagnoses a baby's illness, bringing the full weight of the parents' anger down on her head

  • Season 1 Episode 4: Sisters

    Syd receives a video valentine from an ex-boyfriend and attempts to help a friend of Joanie's : a drug addict who could be HIV positive. Jim enlists Robbie's help and Kyle fulfils a high-school dream. Drama, starring Melina Kanakaredes

  • Season 1 Episode 3: All Good Dogs Go to Heaven

    Sydney improvises with inadequate equipment to save a wheezing woman at the clinic; Jim bonds with a weak dog; a soap opera star wants to see Sydney.

  • Season 1 Episode 2: Home Again

    Syd starts work at the clinic, but is troubled at having to move back to Providence. Luckily, her spirits are soon lifted by the return of an old flame. Meanwhile, Joanie decides on a name for her daughter. Drama, starring Melina Kanakaredes and Mike Farrell

  • Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

    Pilot episode of the drama, starring Melina Kanakaredes as a plastic surgeon forced to reassess her life after a tragic accident. Deciding her current career is shallow and unfulfilling, she turns her back on the glamour of Los Angeles to take up a more down-to-earth role in her home town