Dr. Kristine Lipton finds that something strange is happening in the hospital she works for when a friend is strangled by an elderly patient, who runs away but has an accident and dies. Kristine tries to find out more about this man, but discovers that all the personnel (including the hospital's director), are hiding something.
Acting
Melissa Gilbert commits to every absurd medical revelation.
Production
Peak 1990 made-for-TV aesthetic, down to the lighting.
Writing
Dialogue that treats hospital bureaucracy like a spy thriller.
Director
Larry Shaw
Melissa Gilbert
Dr. Kristine Lipton
Jack Scalia
Dr. Eugene Kesselman
Pernell Roberts
Dr. Simon Martingale
Wendy Hughes
Dr. Farrell
Gregory Sierra
Hector Aliosa
Marc Lawrence
Ben Beloit
Michael Boatman
Arnold
Hari Rhodes
Harry
Carol Ann Susi
Berlinetti
Virginia Capers
Mrs. Mantley
Larry Cedar
Roger Ebersole
Gail Fisher
Secretary
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Larry Shaw also helmed multiple episodes of The X-Files, which explains the paranoid institutional atmosphere.
This aired during the peak era of 'killer hospital' TV movies, riding the wave of medical malpractice anxiety in post-80s America.
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