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 is on. Hal, who wants to impress Sally Tollhouse, has been practicing his pitch. It's the final inning, and Sally's brother Carl steps up to the plate. Hal knows he has to impress him as well. Sally arrives on horseack to watch the game. Hal pitches and manages to strike Carl out and win the game for his team. He comes over to shake Carl's hand but is rejected. Andy, who is Hal's catcher, tells him that Carl will come around. Beth approaches the two and congratulates them. Sally smiles at Hal. It looks like she was impressed by what she saw. Beth and Andy kid him about it.
