SEPTEMBER 22, 1989...Kissed my first girl. Lost my first patient. Life will never be the same again...(First episode)



NOVEMBER 1, 1989...Moved out...moved back in. Met Charmagne. Ate her Nodule. Life is full.



NOVEMBER 13, 1989...$100,000, a six week vacation and my own air-conditioned office vs. Hector Gonzales...No contest.



NOVEMBER 30, 1989...They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe if we all spent a little less time beholding...we'd be alot happier.



DECEMBER 3, 1989...Went on annual fishing trip with dad. He still talks to the fish. Still does his bird calls. Still tells the same stories...I can't wait until next year.



DECEMBER 9, 1989...Tonight Wanda and I said those three little words, "Let's not doit." I love you Wanda.



JUNE 11, 1990...Why am I busting my butt as a doctor. While Wanda is strolling down the Champs Elysees? Maybe if I knew a little less, I'd have time to live a little more. Even when you're a genius, lifes a mystery.




---Personal Journal of Dr. Doogenstein---
SEPTEMBER 26, 1990...I had my dream again last night. Being a seventeen- year- old doctor is a monster. But the dream taught me that the monster can't hurt me as long as we keep dancing. Feet don't fail me now.



OCTOBER 10, 1990...Doctor Doogie died. Candace is going to live. Good trade... his death for her life.



NOVEMBER 2, 1990...Thanksgiving. Had Turkey and Pumpkin pie. Granpa ate Crow. Dad sampled the fruits of victory. Vinnie tasted sweet sadisfaction. I hope the leftovers last all year.



NOVEMBER 6, 1990...Getting away with a lie may be a good magic trick... But honesty works wonders. Vinnie and I started out in opposite directions and ended up in the same place: The truth.



JANUARY 26, 1991... The best success is ussually the one you risk the most to acheive. But tonight I learned that sometimes just taking the risk is it's own reward.



FEBUARY 11, 1991... This year, our annual father- son vacation included an extra "son". Vinnie climbed a long way with my father...to take a small step with his.



SEPTEMBER 28, 1991...Everyone has a sacred dream. Will's dream is the most sacred of all...life. I guess some sacred dreams are just more sacred then others.



OCTOBER 11, 1991...This week I butted heads with a very stubborn, closed- minded person. I'm just glad I had the sense to realize that it was me.



DECEMBER 1, 1991... Spent Saturday night proving the art of conversation is not dead... maybe just a little more expensive. A small price to pay for finding a new best friend.



DECEMBER 15, 1991... This week Vinnie introduced me to three really brilliant healers, Moe, Larry, and Curly. They taught me that medicine may heal the body, but laughter heals the soul.



MAY 4, 1992..."A riot is at bottom, the language of the unheard" -Martin Luther King. I've been taught that the best wauy to learn a language is to try and speak it. This time I better just shut up and listen.



OCTOBER 10, 1992...A physiscan searches others for signs of illness and disease. A human being searches others for signs of of hiimself. humanity is a profession we all share.



OCTOBER 18, 1992...Finally, my own place. From this moment on, I live my own life, I answer to no one. I'm finally free! Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.



NOVEMBER 3, 1992...Before my first solo surgery, Thinking I wasn't perfect was my greatest fear. But, knowing I'm not perfect has become my greatest asset.



NOVEMBER 26, 1992...The Pilgrims ventured into a new land bonded by a common past, On this Thanksgiving Vinnie and I have chossen to make an equally bold journey together into adulthood.



NOVEMBER 27, 1992...Ray and I got caught up in comparing ourselves to others. It doesn't matter weither you think too much of yourself or too little, either way you lose.



DECEMBER 12, 1992...Each time I took a second look, Someone was given a second chance. Being wrong has never felt so right.



DECEMBER 13, 1992...A mother-son relationship has many stages: unconditional love, animosity, rejection, friendship...It's alot to go through alll in one weekend.



JANUARY 1, 1993...New Years resolutions... Worry less. Party harder. Live large. And ALWAYS be kind to strangers.



JANUARY 12, 1993...Vinnie was sure he was a loser and ended up failing in love. I was sure I was a genious and almost failed in medicine. Sometimes the person who can make the biggest fool out of you is yourself.



JANUARY 20, 1993...Only pain can come to a jelous heart. I couldn't live with Michelle seeing other guys. Now i'll have to live without Michelle.



FEBUARY 5, 1993...I examined the facts to find out the truth. But, Vinnie showed me that I had to look beyond the truth to find justice.



FEBUARY 26, 1993...Tonight I did the unthinkable...I acted like a impulsive, crazy, hormonal genius.



MARCH 21, 1993... Somewhere over the Atlantic. I've spent the last nineteen years learning how to be Doogie Howser M.D. Now it's time to learn how to be just Doogie. (Final episode)