When her mother dies unexpectedly in a car accident, Wanda keeps her distance from Doogie.
Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.
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When her mother dies unexpectedly in a car accident, Wanda keeps her distance from Doogie.
The hospital agrees to let Vinnie film a documentary about Doogie. However, his annoying techniques and intrusive behavior annoy Doogie who must tell a family that their daughter might have cancer.
Doogie, upset at the hospital's lack of compassion and adherence to a strict budget, decides to sneak in a dog with a broken leg and operate on it. When he gets caught, his job becomes at risk.
Doogie makes a mistake during a surgery and starts to doubt himself. Vinnie agonizes over the presidential election.
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