Kingdom Hospital season 1 Hook's Kingdom - Metacritic

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ABC
Mar 31, 2004
41 m

ABC
Mar 31, 2004
41 m

Summary Using the Danish miniseries "Riget" (a.k.a. "The Kingdom") as a point of inspiration, master of horror Stephen King gives Kingdom Hospital a unique and menacing American touch. Kingdom is a hospital whose bizarre population includes a brilliant surgeon who lives in the basement, a nearly blind security guard and a nurse who regularly fai...

Directed By: Craig R. Baxley

Written By: Richard Dooling, Stephen King, Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier

ABC
Mar 31, 2004
41 m

ABC
Mar 31, 2004
41 m

Kingdom Hospital

S1 • Episode 5

Hook's Kingdom

Air Date: Mar 31, 2004

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Summary Using the Danish miniseries "Riget" (a.k.a. "The Kingdom") as a point of inspiration, master of horror Stephen King gives Kingdom Hospital a unique and menacing American touch. Kingdom is a hospital whose bizarre population includes a brilliant surgeon who lives in the basement, a nearly blind security guard and a nurse who regularly fai...

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Episode 1 • Mar 3, 2004 • 2 h

Thy Kingdom Come

Talented artist Peter Rickman is run over by a junkie and taken to a mysterious Maine hospital with quirky staff and a lot of supernatural phenomena.

Episode 2 • Mar 10, 2004 • 1 h

Death's Kingdom

Eccentric elderly psychic Sally Druse becomes convinced that Kingdom Hospital is haunted; meanwhile Peter gets a new roommate - the very same junkie who ran him over with his van.

Episode 3 • Mar 17, 2004 • 1 h

Dr. Hook starts to believe Sally. A vicious killer is brought in for treatment and music arrives with him. The Pompous Dr. Stegman faces the angry mother of his former patient, Mona, a little girl severely impaired by a botched surgery.

Episode 4 • Mar 24, 2004 • 41 m

The West Side of Midnight

A malevolent ghost resembling a hideous teenage boy begins to plot Peter's death using the killer. Sally comforts her dying friend and tries to learn the little ghost girl's name. Dr. Elmer loses his mother.

Episode 5 • Mar 31, 2004 • 41 m

Stegman attempts dangerous brain surgery on a street bum with a brain tumor. Meanwhile Dr. Hook shows Dr. Christine Draper a dark hobby of his which he keeps in the basement.

Episode 6 • Apr 8, 2004 • 42 m

The Young and the Headless

Dr. Stegman is hurt during his initiation into the Keepers of the Kingdom. Mary takes Peter into the netherworld of Swedenborgian Space to save the life of the giant anteater, Anubis, who originally saved him. The killer makes his move.

Episode 7 • Apr 15, 2004 • 40 m

A sleazy lawyer, who is being accused of statutory rape, suffers a heart attack and arrives in Kingdom Hospital. Sally contacts Peter and his wife. Dr. Elmer gets reprimanded for his severed head prank gone wrong.

Episode 8 • Apr 22, 2004 • 42 m

Antubis decides to help the lawyer get a new donor heart with a little help from Otto's seeing eye dog, Blondi. Hook learns about the 1869 and the 1939 fires. Dr. Elmer and his crush Dr. Lona have an out of body experience.

Episode 9 • Apr 29, 2004 • 41 m

An ex baseball player tormented for 15 years by his angry fans for costing the New England Robins the World Series in 1987 attempts suicide and becomes trapped in his own private hell in Swedenborgian Space. Mary and Peter try to help.

Episode 10 • Jun 24, 2004 • 41 m

The Passion of Reverend Jimmy

After a priest crucified like Jesus by some junkies apparently starts performing miracles after death, media frenzy begins as crowds gather to await for his resurrection. An earthshake traps Otto, Lona and Dr. Havens under some rubble.

Episode 11 • Jul 1, 2004 • 42 m

Patients at Kingdom Hospital begin having inexplicable divine seizures. Malevolent spirit of Dr. Gottreich kills the hospital librarian. Hook obtains proof of Stegman's malpractice. Dr. Shwartzton warns Hook of an upcoming earthquake.

Episode 12 • Jul 8, 2004 • 41 m

Shoulda' Stood in Bed

Natalie Rickman and Mrs. Druse plan to gather their friends together to break into the spirit world. Meanwhile Stegman is humiliated when incriminating and embarrassing posters of his malpractice begin circulating.

Episode 13 • Jul 15, 2004 • 1 h 18 m

Chief of maintenance, Johnny B. Goode, finally appears. Peter, Sally, Hook and all their friends go back in time to learn the truth behind the deadly mill fire and prevent it. Evil ghost, Paul, convinces unhinged Stegman to shoot them all.

Episode 14 • Jul 15, 2004

Episode 15 • Jul 15, 2004

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