the success of hill street blues influenced everything that s came after. then, of course, you saw shows like q. st. elsewhere. you know what people call this? not st. eligias. st. elsewhere. a place you wouldn t want to send your mother-in-law. when it first came on, it was promoted as hill street hospital. you gave your patients the wrong antibiotics. you don t know what medications they re on. you write the worst progress notes. you re pathetic. pathetic! bill? what? dr. moore needs you right away. i m sorry. st. elsewhere broke every rule there was and then built some new rules. the blood bank called a little while ago. they ran a routine panel on that pint of blood. t-cell count was off. they would have tragic things happen to these characters. there was real heartache in these people s lives and you really felt for them. i ve got aids? television at its best is a mirror of society in the moment. st. elsewhere challenged people and challenged y