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 practices his baseball moves with Andy. He tells Andy he'll do what it takes to win Sally. Mayor Warren Jarvis arrives and interrupts them; he came over to talk to Hal. The mayor knows about Hal's probation and warns him. Later, Hal goes over to the Tollhouse's farm to talk to Sally. She's still upset about the incident at the bar. Hal comes clean and tells her everything, including his probation. Sally is unimpressed and Hal walks away.