screen captures from the Cutter to Houston pilot episode, 1983
Shelley's second foray into series TV was Cutter to Houston. It was about three young doctors from the world-famous Texas Medical Center in Houston who were recruited to run a small hospital in the fictional rural town of Cutter, Texas. Jim Metzler and Alec Baldwin played the other two doctors. Jim played idealistic GP Dr. Andy Fenton, who grew up in Cutter and is glad to be home. Alec played internist/ladies man Dr. Hal Wexler, who is getting through his probation, having been relegated to Cutter for being a little too fast and free with his prescriptions. And Shelley played Dr. Beth Gilbert, an ambitious surgeon on temporary assignment in Cutter and aspires to be a heart surgeon in Houston.
more screen captures from the Cutter to Houston pilot episode, 1983
To continue, as Hal removes the cast he put on Carl Tollhouse's hand, he tries to get to know him, and Carl seems a bit responsive. Hal replaces the cast with a bandage and tells Carl about his relationship with Sally. Carl tell Hal to stay away from his sister and leaves in a huff. Andy enters the room and Asks Hal what that was all about. Hal declines to talk about. Beth joins her colleagues to tell them about Ginny's pregnancy. She's worried about her because she's under a lot of stress.
