Mike is pushed nearly over the edge by his pressing partners, a girlfriend who wants to move, a missing patient and the pressure of promoting his first novel, Panacea.

Mike has problems reconciling his medical methods, such as house calls, with his father and his partners, which puts his part of the partnership in critical condition.

Mike's novel gets rave reviews, but doesn't sell and his first day as a TV doctor is marred by an incident involving a jelly doughnut and the Heimleich maneuver. Mike's try at a practicing on his own gets a slow start.

While having a heart attack, Mike's landlord persuades him to buy the house his apartment is in. Mike's TV career continues to get a shaky start as well getting back with the partners.

As a favor to Dierdre, Mike makes a house call to a cantankerous patient, who turns out to be her bitter father. Grant makes an appearance with Mike on Wake Up Providence....

Her shot as a nurse in Mike's office, Mike's mother responds well, but the arrangement has a bad effect on his father, who wants her back at home.