Shelley's second foray into series TV was Cutter to Houston. It was about three young doctors who were recruited to run a small hospital in the fictional rural town of Cutter, Texas. When they encountered problems their facility couldn't handle, they got in touch with a big city hospital in Houston, Texas, via computer and helicopter - hence, the title. Jim Metzler and Alec Baldwin played the other two doctors. Jim played idealistic GP Dr. Andy Fenton, who grew up in Cutter and was glad to be home. Alec played internist/ladies man Dr. Hal Wexler, who was 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 who aspired to be a heart surgeon in Houston.
