History Characters / StElsewhere

* NWordPrivileges: After learning Caldwell has AIDS in ''Family Affair'' he says he didn't know Caldwell was a "fag". Caldwell is briefly incensed as a result.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After the events of ''Cheek to Cheek'' he scathingly blasts Westphall for his community outreach program failure by citing Morrison's rape as proof of its failure.
* [[UsedToBeASweetKid Used To Be A Sweet Doctor]]: If ''Time Heals'' is any indication, he was much more like Ehrlich in his earlier years before going to Boston General and his return to St. Eligius.

!!Actor: Oliver Clark

!!Actor: Ellen Bry

* DudeNotFunny: She pulls what appears to be a gun on a patient waiting after the patient gets irate in ''Murder, She Wrote'', but then afterwards turns the gun on Morrison, with it later revealing to be a BANG!-type prop gun. She even says if anyone can take a joke before [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaving in disgust]].

* PlayingBothSides: Done this in season 4 with both Novino and Birch.

* SmugSnake: Griffin at least started out this way, particularly when he tried to pit fellow first year residents Carol Novino and Susan Birch against each other. Birch ends up taking the fall for a patient death for which Griffin was responsible and is kicked out of the residency program.

* RealityWarper: If you count his daydreams within the finale as this with regards to the snowglobe, very much so.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Wayne Fiscus throughout the series.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Says it to Morrison in one point to the series and tells him to stop second-guessing himself in season 4.

* StoolPigeon: He reports Luther to Westphall in ''Brand New Bag'' simply because [[ForTheEvulz he could]] and to simply be an obstacle in Luther's progress up St. Eligius.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Dr. Martin returns to work [[spoiler: after her stay in the psych ward following her second rape]], he manages to be even more insulting while apologizing for his past behavior.

* PetTheDog: After the events of ''Cheek to Cheek'' he scathingly blasts Westphall for his community outreach program failure by citing Morrison's rape as proof of its failure.

* HealingHands: On the receiving end of them from Fr. Joseph McCabe in ''Where There's Hope, There's Crosby''. They're enough to calm him into serenity.

* BitchSlap: She receives an '''epic''' one from Helen Rosenthal when she pushes Rosenthal's BerserkButton about her family problems too far in ''Watch the Skies''.
* ConflictKiller: She originally sues Rosenthal for the slap that resulted from her pushing Rosenthal's buttons, but later decides to kill the lawsuit and go on vacation. Later on she and Rosenthal get along once more near the end of season 4.

* HatesEveryoneEqually: Always more than willing to denigrate the doctors if given an inch, as she's repeatedly done with Fiscus, Ehrlich, Morrison, Axelrod and even extending to Chandler, Craig, Caldwell and Auschlander... but is NOT above denigrating Daniels at one point and later Rosenthal after her transfer back to her original post. She even overlaps this with NWordPrivileges at one point by calling every male doctor 'retarded' at one point.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Dr. Fiscus in Season Six.

* RescueRomance: He and Cathy Martin fall in love at the end of season 3.

* PutOnABus: At the end of season 3.
* RescueRomance: In her final episode in season 3 she falls in love with Kochar, who equally returns the feelings.

* TheEmpath: An early version of it, which sometimes costs him dearly with him regarding his friends. It also doesn't make him well-liked by Chandler, Craig or Caldwell, as he does not espouse to their politics, either.

* {{Jerkass}}: Whether it's towards Luther at one point, at Morrison in another, a Vietnamese patient that he's throwing their history back at the poor man or even being a jerk in general at Novino for one-upping him when she re-joins St. Eligius at the near end of season 4, Chandler and his own mouth earned himself nothing but trouble afterwards. It's been in root even before he comes back from Ecumena's corporate training in the final season.

* {{Jerkass}}: Whether it's towards Luther at one point, at Morrison in another or if it's a Vietnamese patient that he's throwing their history back at the poor man, Chandler and his own mouth earned himself nothing but trouble afterwards. It's been in root even before he comes back from Ecumena's corporate training in the final season.

* TookALevelInBadass: In the season 4 premiere he punches a heckler with his bare hands. Caldwell soon joins in to help him out.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: He once tried to woo Penny. Luther was the better of the two, earning him his hatred due to his carefree attitude and being a nicer guy than Chandler is. It seems to be over with by the time season 4 rolls around with Chandler and Hawkins being friendly once again, with Hawkins also becoming a paramedic as well.

* BusCrash: Mark Harmon left the show near the end of season 4 after the episode ''Family Affair'', with the characters learning of his death in season 6's ''Heaven's Skate''.

* TookALevelInBadass: In the season 4 premiere by helping Chandler fight off some hecklers bothering him, Fiscus and Ehrlich. He takes another level later in season 4 by calling Craig [[TheNapoleon a little bastard]] and that he's '''not''' leaving St. Eligius until he's unable to work anymore, leaving Craig stunned and speechless.

* NWordPrivileges: After learning Caldwell has AIDS in ''Family Affair'' he says he didn't know Caldwell was a "fag", earning a rare TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Caldwell explaining he isn't leaving St. Eligius until he can no longer work.

* BusCrash: Mark Harmon left the show halfway through season 4 when his character contracted AIDS. The characters receive word that Dr. Caldwell has died in season 6's "Heaven's Skate".

* TookALevelInBadass: In the season 4 premiere by helping Chandler fight off some hecklers bothering him, Fiscus and Ehrlich. He throws one onto a bar table.
** He takes another level in it by telling Craig off after Craig thinks of him as a [[NWordPrivileges fag]] in ''Family Affair'' that he's '''not''' leaving until he's unable to work anymore.