Doogie Howser, M.D.

A teenage genius deals with the usual problems of growing up, on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Cast:Neil Patrick Harris , Max Casella , Belinda Montgomery , Lawrence Pressman , Kathryn Layng , James Sikking , Markus Redmond , Lucy Boryer , Mitchell Anderson , Lisa Dean Ryan , Rif Hutton , Robyn Lively , Lainey Hashorva , Linda Klein , Carlease Burke , James Hong , Huck Liggett , Sami Chester

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Tue, Sep 19, 1989

Doogie passes one test to get his driver's license, but he must pass another when he treats a critically ill boy.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Ice Queen Cometh

Wed, Sep 20, 1989

Victoria Burke, the hospital's attractive new chief of radiology, wants some of Doogie's genius genes.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ A Stitch Called Wanda

Wed, Sep 27, 1989

When Wanda's appendix ruptures with her parents out of town, Doogie ignores hospital policy to operate on her. This creates tension with Dr. Canfield as well as Wanda.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Frisky Business

Wed, Oct 4, 1989

Fed up with being regarded as a 'nerd' by his peers and as a 'little kid' by his co-workers, Doogie decides to throw a party when his parents go away for the weekend.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Short Goodbye

Wed, Oct 11, 1989

After arguing with his dad about his finances, Doogie decides to go out on his own and rent an apartment. After hearing that a celebrity is staying at the hospital, Vinnie impersonates Doogie to meet her.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Simply Irresistible

Wed, Oct 18, 1989

Frustrated with the strict policies, long shifts and stressful atmosphere of Eastman, Doogie gets a lucrative offer from a group of doctors from an upscale Brentwood hospital and seriously considers taking it.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Vinnie Video Vici

Wed, Oct 25, 1989

The hospital agrees to let Vinnie film a documentary about Doogie. However, his annoying techniques and intrusive behavior annoy Doogie who must tell a family that their daughter might have cancer.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Blood and Remembrance

Wed, Nov 1, 1989

Doogie's busy schedule causes tension in his relationship with Wanda. He then sees an example of love-gone-wrong at the hospital when one of his patients needs a blood transfusion from his estranged wife who is unwilling to oblige unless he signs the divorce papers.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ She Ain't Heavy, She's My Cousin

Wed, Nov 8, 1989

Doogie fixes Vinnie up with Wanda's cousin who is much larger than everyone expected. At the hospital, Doogie comes across a patient who is obsessed with her appearance.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ My Old Man and the Sea

Wed, Nov 15, 1989

Doogie's plans to go on a weekend getaway with Wanda are spoiled when he realizes that it's the same weekend as his dad's annual fishing trip. Not wanting to hurt his dad's feelings, he agrees to go.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Tonight's the Night

Wed, Nov 22, 1989

Doogie and Wanda, feeling pressured to have sex, make plans to sleep together when Doogie's parents go away for the weekend. At the hospital, Doogie treats a 17-year old girl who gives birth and then abandons the baby on his doorstep.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Every Dog Has His Doogie

Wed, Nov 29, 1989

Doogie, upset at the hospital's lack of compassion and adherence to a strict budget, decides to sneak in a dog with a broken leg and operate on it. When he gets caught, his job becomes at risk.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Wed, Dec 13, 1989

After being forced to work a shift on Christmas Eve, Doogie fakes sickness to get out of it and go to a party with his friends.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Greed Is Good

Wed, Jan 3, 1990

Doogie goes on a game-show for geniuses only to have everyone wanting a piece of the prizes. At the hospital, he treats an ex-boxer with symptoms of glaucoma.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Attack of the Green-Eyed Monster

Wed, Jan 10, 1990

Wanda gets upset after Doogie runs into an attractive former patient at the movie theater and he does nothing to resist her flirting. Doogie's parents stop talking to each other over the same issue.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ It Ain't Over Till Mrs. Howser Sings

Wed, Jan 17, 1990

When Doogie's mom mammogram reveals a lump on her breast that turns out to be benign, she decides that she is going to start living her life to the fullest, which includes singing at a nightclub.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Tough Guys Don't Teach

Wed, Jan 31, 1990

As part of a community relations effort by the hospital, Doogie is asked to go to the high school and teach sexual education. On his first day, he is challenged to an after school fight by the captain of the football team.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ I Never Sold Shower Heads for My Father

Wed, Feb 7, 1990

Vinnie's reluctance to go into the family business creates tension with his father who may need heart surgery.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Doogie's Awesome, Excellent Adventure

Wed, Feb 14, 1990

In return for saving the life of the coolest guy in school, Doogie is rewarded by being allowed to hang around with him and his cool friends. With his newfound coolness, Doogie neglects Vinnie and disobeys his father.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Use a Slurpy, Go to Jail

Wed, Feb 28, 1990

Doogie and Vinnie are held hostage in a convenience store by a gang member.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Whose Mid-Life Crisis Is It Anyway?

Wed, Mar 14, 1990

When Doogie's dad begins to feel old and unimportant, he decides to quit his medical practice. Doogie and his mom then decide to gather many of the patients he has helped over the years in hopes of changing his mind.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Vinnie's Blind Date

Wed, Mar 21, 1990

Vinnie romances a blind girl that Doogie introduced him to at the hospital. When she gets an operation that will restore her sight, he worries that she will not find him physically attractive.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ And the Winner Is...

Wed, Mar 28, 1990

When Doogie and Jack hear a rumor that they are neck and neck for Resident of the Year, they both try to gain an advantage by trying to influence the judges which ultimately puts them in awkward positions.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Breaking Up Is Hard to Doogie

Wed, Apr 4, 1990

Realizing that his relationship with Wanda has stalled, Doogie ponders whether to break it off or keep it going and risk being unhappy. Jack gets jealous when Curly begins dating a hotshot doctor.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ The Grass Ain't Always Greener

Wed, Apr 25, 1990

Fresh off his breakup with Wanda, Doogie scores a date with a Lakers cheerleader. He soon realizes that she is too grown up for him.

26Season 1

S1.E26 ∙ Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Grand

Wed, May 2, 1990

Vinnie comes down with tonsillitis right before he is about to lose his virginity. Doogie is upset with Wanda when she tells him that she will be going away to France for the summer.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Doogenstein

Wed, Sep 12, 1990

After having an eerie dream where he is attacked by Frankenstein's Monster, Doogie goes to a psychiatrist and realizes that he is missing out on his life because of his job.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Guess Who's Coming to Doogie's

Wed, Sep 19, 1990

Doogie is surprised when Raymond, the former gang member who once held him hostage, shows up at the hospital. Impressed by Raymond's transformation into a responsible person, Doogie invites him to dinner and gets him a job at the hospital.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Ask Dr. Doogie

Wed, Sep 26, 1990

"Dr. Doogie" becomes an overnight sensation after he appears in public service announcements on a popular music channel. However, when his fame gets in the way of his job and normal life, he must choose whether he wants to keep up the hectic schedule.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ C'est la Vinnie

Wed, Oct 3, 1990

While trying to talk his pregnant French teacher into helping him improve his failing grade, Vinnie ends up stuck in an elevator with her. She starts to go into labor and he is forced to call Doogie for help.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Car Wars

Wed, Oct 10, 1990

Doogie argues with his dad over whether he can buy a 1957 Chevy convertible. At the hospital, Doogie tries to get through to a mentally retarded patient who refuses treatment for a potentially fatal illness.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Doogie Sings the Blues

Wed, Oct 17, 1990

Doogie admits a homeless man to the hospital who turns out to be Blind Otis Lemon, a legendary blues player long thought to be dead. When Otis is scheduled for surgery to remove a tumor that could possibly leave him deaf, Vinnie and Raymond sneak him out of the hospital for one last gig.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Academia Nuts

Wed, Oct 24, 1990

One of the hospital benefactors, an elderly woman comes for her annual physical. Canfield informs Doogie that she's only generous unless she's told that something is wrong with her. So he tells Doogie to make something up.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Revenge of the Teenage Dead

Wed, Oct 31, 1990

Vinnie has problems finding someone to play a chainsaw killer in his slasher film. Doogie must spend time with an uptight 13-year old prodigy to determine if he is a good candidate for medical school.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Nautilus for Naught

Wed, Nov 7, 1990

Doogie is jealous when Wanda becomes friends with a male nude model in her art class. At the hospital, Doogie suspects that a pretty young model is bulimic. The hospital holds its annual bachelor auction with Doogie participating for the first time.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down

Wed, Nov 14, 1990

Vinnie is depressed when he learns that Janine's parents offered her a car if she would break up with him. Katherine's parents come to visit for Thanksgiving which causes tension with David who never felt they accepted him as their son-in-law.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Oh Very Young

Wed, Nov 28, 1990

After being dumped by McGuire, Curly starts dating the newly divorced Dr. Canfield. Doogie is chosen as one of five doctors to work with a highly-respected reconstructive surgeon.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ TV or Not TV

Wed, Dec 5, 1990

Needing a recommendation to get into NYU film school, Vinnie poses as an orderly to try and meet the head of ABC television who is staying at the hospital. Meanwhile, Doogie's first poker night with the guys at the hospital is memorable for all the wrong reasons.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ A Woman Too Far

Wed, Dec 12, 1990

Doogie is attracted to a nursing student who he asks out behind Wanda's back. A man who is staying at the hospital is married to two different women without each one knowing about the other. He asks Doogie to try and prevent each one from seeing the other.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Presumed Guilty

Wed, Jan 2, 1991

When Vinnie takes Doogie's car out for a spin, it gets smashed by a falling piano. Doogie, Vinnie, and Mrs. Howser agree not tell Dr. Howser who secretly finds out via a phone call from the auto mechanic. At the hospital, Doogie tries to order tests for a star college basketball player who refuses to seek treatment for fear that will damage his chances to play professionally.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ To Live and Die in Brentwood

Wed, Jan 9, 1991

When her mother dies unexpectedly in a car accident, Wanda keeps her distance from Doogie.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Air Doogie

Wed, Jan 23, 1991

Doogie, realizing that he has no athletic skills, fakes an injury so he doesn't have to play in an exhibition basketball game against a rival hospital. Raymond tries overly hard to impress a woman staying at the hospital, even though she has no interest in him.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ A Life in Progress

Wed, Jan 30, 1991

The hospital hires an artist to decorate a mural inside the children's center. When it is found that the artist has AIDS, he is dismissed amid public concerns.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ My Two Dads

Wed, Feb 6, 1991

Upset that his father won't spend any time with him, Vinnie convinces Doogie and his dad to take them on their annual fishing trip.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition

Wed, Feb 13, 1991

Katherine's parent make a surprise visit to the house while it is being remodeled. Her father quickly makes his presence known by offending the contractor who promptly quits on the spot. At the hospital, Doogie tells a couple with a family history of miscarriages that they're having a baby.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Fatal Distraction

Wed, Feb 20, 1991

Still grieving over the death of her mother, Wanda has no time to go out with Doogie. She allows him to go to the hospital's annual Monte Carlo night with someone else. So Doogie asks a student nurse to go as his "date".

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ The Doctor, the Wife, her Son and the Job

Wed, Mar 13, 1991

Doogie's mom takes a job as a patient advocate at the hospital. Doogie, upset because she is causing him embarrassment, and his dad, upset about not having dinner cooked, both think she should quit.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Planet of the Dateless

Wed, Mar 20, 1991

Jack comes back from a two-week trip in the Mexican rain forest as a changed man with the hospital no longer part of his plans. Doogie desperately scrambles to get a date for the Eastman dance.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Doogie's Wager

Wed, Apr 3, 1991

Vinnie is nervous about possibly not getting accepted into film school. Doogie gets worried when the baby of a couple that has been trying to conceive for 12 years is born premature.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ A Kiss Ain't Just a Kiss

Wed, Apr 24, 1991

A scorned Janine turns to Doogie. Raymond's estranged father is admitted to the hospital.

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ Dances with Wanda

Wed, May 1, 1991

Vinnie and Janine convince Doogie to ask Wanda to the prom. At the hospital, Doogie is amazed by the positive attitude of a girl awaiting a heart transplant.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ The Summer of '91

Wed, Sep 25, 1991

Doogie is obsessed with his virginity while a patient believes that he is her late husband.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Doogie Has Left the Building: Part 1

Wed, Oct 2, 1991

Doogie and Vinnie move into an apartment. Doogie comes up with a risky solution to help a child with leukemia who has very few options for treatment and little time left.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Doogie Has Left the Building: Part 2

Wed, Oct 9, 1991

Doogie's leukemia patient undergoes a risky procedure to save his life. Doogie and Vinnie work on their roommate relationship to stay living together.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ It's a Damm Shaman

Wed, Oct 16, 1991

Vinnie girlfriend wants to run to Las Vegas to get married. Doogie takes on a curse to save a boys life.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The Cheese Stands Alone

Wed, Oct 23, 1991

Vinnie is upset and plans to do something stupid when Janine won't have sex with him, only to find out she has had sex. Little does he know the circumstances surrounding the loss of her virginity.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Lonesome Doog

Wed, Oct 30, 1991

Doogie thinks things will pick up where they left off when Wanda comes back to town, but she has other thoughts.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ When Doogie Comes Marching Home

Wed, Nov 13, 1991

When Doogie gets competitive with his father, feelings are hurt and his guilt manifests in a dream of life as a doctor during the Civil War.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Doogstruck

Wed, Nov 20, 1991

Planning to surprise Wanda in Chicago, things take a turn for Doogie when his car breaks down in the desert leading to an unexpected encounter that puts his situation into perspective.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Room and Broad

Wed, Nov 27, 1991

Due to his extravagant spending, Doogie's father makes him pay rent to learn fiscal responsibility. Curly's father comes into the ER with heart difficulties. Doogie has a girl spend the night after she's too tired to drive home.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Doogiesomething

Wed, Dec 4, 1991

Wanda wants to be able to ask relationship advice from Doogie as a friend. They argue which turns into multiple phone conversation combinations between her, Doogie, Janine and Vinnie.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Truth and Consequences

Wed, Dec 11, 1991

A patient with a 'ticking time bomb' in his head teaches Doogie about the value of truth, after Doogie asks out a co-worker after he's seen her medical records.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ It's a Wonderful Laugh

Wed, Dec 18, 1991

Vinnie and Doogie fight about the importance of their career choices when Vinnie ditches Doogie for his film classmates watching Jerry Lewis comedy instead of going to see the Bulls play. Later, Doogie uses The Three Stooges comedy to break through the tough shell of a young patient.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Dangerous Reunions

Wed, Jan 8, 1992

Mrs. Howser reunites with her old college boyfriend, Wally "Howlin Wolf" Goldstein, which worries Doogie when it appears that they might reconnect.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Mummy Dearest

Wed, Jan 22, 1992

When Eastman receives a 3,000 year old mummy from a museum for study, Vinnie tries teaching Doogie about mummies from the old movies. Lights flicker as the mummy enters the CAT scan machine. It's an earthquake and rumors fly around the hospital.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Double Doogie with Cheese

Wed, Feb 5, 1992

Doogie tries working at a fast food restaurant after Vinnie bets that his job is harder than Doogie's.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Show Mustn't Go On

Wed, Feb 12, 1992

The star actor from TV show LA Med wants to learn from Doogie how to be a more caring doctor; he's learned enough from 'old, cynical doctors'. Everyone's head is turned by the presence of the actor and the spotlight is off Doogie. Is it really jealousy he's feeling?

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ If This Is Adulthood, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia

Wed, Feb 19, 1992

When Vinnie helps Doogie score some tickets to see Harry Connick, Jr., Doogie tells Cecelia he will pick her up at her place. She's says she'll meet him there. Vinnie thinks Cecelia is hiding something. Looks like a 4-year-old secret.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ What You See Ain't Necessarily What You Get

Wed, Mar 11, 1992

Doogie has an intimate moment with Nurse Spaulding. A arrogant medical student gets under Doogie's skin.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ My Father, My Self

Thu, Mar 19, 1992

Doogie looks to choose a specialty and tries out family medicine with his father bringing back memories of his youth.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Educating Janine

Wed, Apr 1, 1992

Janine drops out of college and causes an upheaval with her parents.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Sons of the Desert

Wed, Apr 22, 1992

Spring break challenges Janine's and Vinnie's relationship. Doogie encounters the two extreme attitudes of paralyzed people.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ That's What Friends Are For

Wed, Apr 29, 1992

Wanda wants Doogie to side with her on an issue with her father.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Thanks for the Memories

Wed, May 6, 1992

Vinnie makes a movie about himself for class. An elderly Czech patient keeps bugging Doogie for answers to trivia he can't remember to the point of belligerency.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ Club Medicine

Wed, May 13, 1992

Honduras beckons to the Doctors Howser in lieu of their annual fishing trip.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ There's a Riot Going On

Wed, Sep 23, 1992

April 29, 1992. Doogie, Vinnie and the hospital staff deal with the aftermath of the L.A. Riots.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Look Ma, No Pants

Wed, Sep 30, 1992

Doogie dates Katherine's new boss. David's angioplasty patient needs to consider putting her mentally-challenged, adult daughter into a group facility.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Doogie Got a Gun

Wed, Oct 7, 1992

After Doogie lets a burglar into the house, he considers buying a gun.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Doogie Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Wed, Oct 14, 1992

When Doogie decides to get his own place, he and his parents go look at some apartments but none of them is to his liking. But when he finds a loft, he feels this is it but his father refuses to support him if he decides to take it.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Patient in Spite of Himself

Wed, Oct 21, 1992

Doogie has to learn how it feels to be a patient. So he is admitted, given some props to simulate elder difficulties, and is subjected to the same treatment and experiences as his patients.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ To Err Is Human, to Give Up Isn't a Bad Idea

Wed, Oct 28, 1992

Doogie makes a mistake during a surgery and starts to doubt himself. Vinnie agonizes over the presidential election.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Doogie, Can You Hear Me?

Thu, Nov 5, 1992

Doogie dates a deaf patient and wants to "fix" her. Vinnie tries to raise money to make his movie.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Nothing Compares 2 U

Wed, Nov 11, 1992

Vinnie snakes a girl from Doogie which bruises Doogie's ego causing him to act obnoxiously. Ray passes the EMT test and starts second guessing himself.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Do the Right Thing... If You Can Figure Out What It Is

Wed, Nov 18, 1992

Doogie battles his conscious over whether or not to report a heart transplant candidate's poor behavior. Janine returns wanting Vinnie back.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ The Big Sleep... Not!

Wed, Nov 25, 1992

Vinnie has insomnia. Doogie has no social life.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Will the Real Dr. Howser Please Stand Up

Wed, Dec 9, 1992

Doogie and his father disagree on whether a child is a victim of child abuse. Doogie and Vinnie try video dating.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ The Mother of All Fishing Trips

Wed, Dec 16, 1992

David throws out his back, and Katherine takes his place on the father-son fishing trip not to the initial delight of Doogie. Vinnie "nurses" the ailing Howser back to health.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Roommate with a View

Wed, Dec 30, 1992

Doogie is planning his New Year's celebration. He comes home and finds a girl there. He learns that the man who rented him his place also rented it out to her. They try to live together but the girl is very fancy free which drives the uptight Doogie crazy.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Spell It 'M-A-N'

Wed, Jan 6, 1993

Doogie's locker room talk embarrasses the nurse he's dating causing her to get even. Vinnie unknowingly moves into a dorm room with a gay man.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ It's a Tough Job... But Why Does My Father Have to Do It?

Wed, Jan 13, 1993

Vinnie is upset when his not yet divorced father starts dating another woman. David is offered the position of Head of Family Medicine at the hospital.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ The Adventures of Sherlock Howser

Wed, Jan 20, 1993

Nurse Faber has a date with someone else causing Doogie to deal with his hurt feelings by imagining a Sherlock Holmes scenario. Curly gets engaged.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Love Means Constantly Having to Say You're Sorry

Wed, Jan 27, 1993

After Vinnie loses his virginity to Laura, he feels not good enough for her and begins to behave erratically. Doogie treats a famous actress for a mysterious illness.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ You've Come a Long Way, Babysitter

Wed, Feb 3, 1993

Doogie learns that his former babysitter and crush, Rachel Wilson is in town. He hasn't seen her since he was 10 years old. Could his old fantasies finally come true? Vinnie attempts to get his movie script to a famous Hollywood actor, Nathan Gage.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Love Makes the World Go 'Round... or Is It Money?

Wed, Feb 24, 1993

A young patient at the hospital develops a crush on Doogie. A computer glitch in Vinnie's bank account gives him $16,000.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Dorky Housecall, M.D.

Wed, Mar 10, 1993

Doogie becomes enraged when a newspaper cartoonist, also a patient at the hospital, uses him as a caricature in his comic strip.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Eleven Angry People... and Vinnie

Wed, Mar 17, 1993

Vinnie serves on a jury and angers the other jurors by casting the only dissenting vote. Doogie finds out that a well-respected doctor has never gotten his medical license.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ What Makes Doogie Run

Wed, Mar 24, 1993

Doogie, feeling unsatisfied with his position in life, decides to take acting lessons. This develops into a real identity crisis, so Doogie decides to leave the hospital and travel the world to find himself.