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, the annual Cutter baseball game has come up and both Andy and Hal are playing. Andy, who grew up in Cutter, is familiar with the yearly event. Hal, who has been practicing, is playing to impress Sally Tollhouse - as well as her brother and dad, Alton and Carl. Beth joins in to lend her support. She even got herself a baseball cap - with the Cutter Community Hospital logo on it. Hal is amused by Beth's fashion choice then spots Alton among the other team's players, swinging two bats. Beth spots Alton as well and is worried. Hal is worried himself.
