Rachel Gunn, R.N. aired from June until September 1992 on FOX.
The elective surgery floor of Little Innocence Hospital in Nebraska was the setting for this medical comedy. Sarcastic Rachel Gunn ( Christine Ebersole) was the unit's dedicated hard working and underpaid head nurse. The prime target of her vitriol was arrogant young Dr. David Dunkle ( Kevin Conroy), a talented but selfish surgeon whose condescending attitude toward patients and staff was a constant thorn in her side. In an ironic twist, since he needed inexpensive housing following a costly divorce and she needed a tenant for the duplex apartment she owned, Rachel became his landlord. Other regulars were Becky ( Megan Mullally), a young naive and overly enthusiastic new nurse on the floor; Zac ( Bryan Brightcloud), a Native American male nurse whose service in Vietnam had prepared him well for Rachel's disciplined unit; Dane ( Dan Tullis ,Jr.), the black orderly whose aspiration to become a nurse was somewhat in doubt since he was afraid of blood; Sister Joan ( Kathleen Mitchell), the peppy black nun who ministered to both patients and staff; and Jeannette(Lois Foraker), the hospital's obnoxious fat dietitian.
A Review from Variety
Rachel Gunn R.N. the House of Rachel
((Sun.(28), 8:30-9 p.m., FBC))
By TONY SCOTT
Filmed at Sunset Gower Studios by Columbia Pictures TV. Exec producer-writer-creator, Katherine Green; supervising producer, Russell Marcus; producers, Jon Spector, Jack Bernstein, Kim Weiskopf; director, John Whitesell.
New nurses sitcom features Christine Ebersole as a sassy head lady-in-white in a Nebraska hospital, with "Rachel Gunn R.N." actors flicking their not-so-funny lines to the wings in approved summer stock fashion. Lordy, Ebersole wins applause on her upstage entry; even Julie Andrews didn't merit that.
Gunn's able-bodied, attractive and flippant as she plays to subordinates and against divorced Dr. David Dunkle (Kevin Conroy) in what's bound to be a running feud between them. But writer Kathleen Green arms Gunn and staff with blatant lines and tired situations aimed at reaping laughs; they mostly miss.
Second-string players include Megan Mullally as zippy young nurse Becky Jo; Bryan Brightcloud as an American Indian nurse supposedly the butt of lots of knee-slapping Indian gags; Kathleen Mitchell as Sister Joan, who's not too bright; Lois Foraker as a dietician who adores junk food; Dane Grey as an orderly who's involved in something obscene with a potato.
Gunn owns a duplex she rents to nemesis Dunkle before she learns that handsome hunk Thor (Timothy J. Wrightman) is seeking a place to hang his muscles. Trying to renege on her agreement with Dunkle, Gunn finds herself with the short end of the deal.
Innuendoes, muscles and Indian jokes and medical one-liners pass unabashedly through Green's thin script in which Thor's banished from the storyline on the weakest of excuses. John Whitesell has directed the determinedly cheerful first of 13 programs with community theater results; for summer, it should earn its own way.
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