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, Hal goes out on a date with Sally Tollhouse. But her disapproving brother Carl catches them. He confronts them and punches Hal on the face. Sally comforts Hal then leaves with her brother. But before they're out the door, Hal comes up with an idea. He challenges Carl to a baseball game and proposes that Sally be the wager. Disgusted, Sally storms out. Carl smiles in agreement with Hal.