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Providence is an American television drama series.
Created By
John Masius
Network
NBC
Episodes
96
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Overview
Providence has 5 seasons with 96 episodes spanning 1999-2002.
Year context
Providence first aired 27 years ago in 1999.
CAST (5)
Melina Kanakaredes
Sydney Hansen
Seth Peterson
Robbie Hansen
Concetta Tomei
Lynda Hansen
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Paula Cale
Joanie Hansen
Mike Farrell
Jim Hansen
SEASONS (5 seasons, 96 episodes)
SEASON 1
01
Pilot
Dr. Sidney Hansen returns home to Rhode Island From Los Angeles after tragedy strikes.
02
Home Again
Sydney helps a woman with a bad home life; Joanie names her baby. Kyle reenters Syd's Life.
03
All Good Dogs Go to Heaven
A dying dog triggers Jim's greif; Syd races to save a teen whoose diagnosis is grave; Joanie gets into a lather after meeting Syd's Soap-…
04
Sisters
Syd helps Joanie's friend whose health is as bad as her reputation: Jim and Robbie bust a sick chimp out of the zoo.
05
Runaway Sydney
Trouble at home & at the clinic causes Syd to pack her bags to return to LA; Jim faces a clingy client.
06
Tying the Not
Syd's thrilled when Joanie announces that she's marrying Richie, but Lynda plants doubts in Syd's mind weather or not the pair really love each other.
07
If Memory Serves
Syd's momeries confirm her fears about Jim's mystery lady; Robbie jumps through the hoops for a new lady.
08
Blind Faith
Syd's hospital job is jeopardized by a surly surgeon-and a blind date who gets struck by lighting; a seeing-eye dog (voice of Jay Leno) opens…
09
Taste of Providence
Syd helps a stripper leave the business, drawing fire from Dr. Marcus and the dancer's angry lover; Joanie makes a splash at a cooking contest;…
10
You Bet Your Life
Syd is staggered by the indecent proposal of an eccentric, elderly but lustful millionaire who offers her cash-starved medical clinic a fortune if she'll spend…
11
Pig in Providence
Syd gamely tries to help a young stripper who wants to leave her profession and have her bustline reduced to alleviate a dangerous back problem…
12
Saint Syd
No good deed goes unpunished. Against her better judgment, Syd can't resist reaching out to help a wayward teenager, but her efforts only complicate the…
13
Family Tree
A wary Syd tries to do the right thing when she takes in Lilly , a troublesome teenager who is returned by her latest foster…
14
Good Fellows
14 A busy Syd helps an injured high school runner (guest star Brian Poth) who is driven to win at any price by his stern…
15
Two to Tango
Syd firmly tries to fend off the romantic advances of a handsome businessman (guest star David Lee Smith) whose family is linked to the Mob,…
16
Guys and Dolls
Syd and her father clash over her relationship with Paul when it's revealed that the District Attorney's office has begun a criminal investigation into Paul's…
17
Heaven Can Wait
The series closes its first season with an emotional episode revolving around troubled teen Lilly. With Syd and the Hansens, Lilly has found a sense…
SEASON 2
01
The Third Thing
In this season's opener, an out-of-control Mercedes smashes through a wall of the clinic; Molly, a mentally disturbed and dellusional young woman, holds Syd (Melina…
02
The Letter
On the first anniversary of Lynda's death, the Hansens agree to celebrate her life with a memorial dinner until Jim causes a family uproar when…
03
The Birthday Party
SURPRISE PARTY -- While making preparations for baby Hannah's first birthday party, Joanie (Paula Cale) is pleased to learn that Ritchie , the baby's father,…
04
You Can't Hurry Love
Syd tries to fix the past with her mom.
05
He's Come Undone
Kyle is dying of cancer.
06
The Phantom Menace
Syd helps someone pass a physical.
07
Sail Away
Kyle has lost his arm and Syd may loose everthing to help Kyle deal with the loss of his arm.
08
Thank You Providence (1)
Syd tries to make it home for Thanksgiving.
09
Thank You Providence (2)
Syd tries to make it home for Thanksgiving.
10
Home for the Holidays
Syd finds how much family means to her. When she sees what life may have been without them.
11
The Kiss
Syd meets a young man with a talent for drawing things. She also learns that the artist has been hidden away for fear of deportation…
12
Mother and Child
Syd believes that a patient she Dr. Sullivan are treating has Muchausen Syndrome which causes a mother to make a child purposely sick in order…
13
The Reunion
Syd is getting ready for her 15th high school reunion Syd is getting ready for her 15th high school reunion she runs into Kerry Kane…
14
The Apartment
Syd finds the idea of moving to an apartment rather uncomfortable because the family seems ready for Syd to leave the nest so fast. Robbie…
15
Sibling Rivalry
Syd runs into an old friend at the clinic. She asks about Karen's sister who died some months ago of breast cancer. Syd suggests that…
16
Do the Right Thing
Syd's latest patient Mr. Ellison come to the clinic for treatment for advanced cancer and won't live along. Syd is asked to keep Mr. Ellison…
17
The Storm
A city inspector comes by to check the clinic that Syd was raising money for but learns the clinic will be shut down. Robbie and…
18
Don't Go Changin'
Syd's dad is about to 60 years old and is not happy about it. Jim is mad that people are taking over a former vet's…
19
Family Ties
Heather asks for a off for Earth Day, Syd treats a mom to be but gives up a trip to New York but needs to…
20
Taking a Chance on Love
Jim begins spending time with Monica Lang a photojournalist who wants to spend more time with Jim. Syd and Joanie begin worrying if the relationship…
21
Love Is in the Air
Joanie meets a firefighter who she knew before, Jim falls in love with Monica and feels things are going to fast and misses Syd's call…
22
Syd in Wonderland
Syd's family notice her having a headache & thinking she is stuck in ""Alice in wonderland"" Mrs. Hansen takes on the life of her daughter…
23
Paradise Inn
Syd's CAT Scan is being looked at her doctor & Jim the scan shows no damage to her brain. Syd wonders if she is dead…
SEASON 3
01
Safe at Home
Syd is about to go and will need therapy to help her leg heal from Encephalitis. Syd finds out her therapist is a man not…
02
Trick or Treat
Syd awaits her fate on ""Survivor"" (in a dream.) Syd returns to work & Dr. Roberts's questions Syd's reason to come back so soon, She…
03
The Good Doctor
John Hemming asks Syd to look at former patient of his who wants to be a ballerina. Rebecca wants Syd to clear her for the…
04
Rescue Me
Robbie offers Andi a place to stay with Heather. Burt goes to the hospital for surgery for his problem, As Syd tries to help sew…
05
The Unsinkable Sydney Hansen
Syd dreams she is on The Titanic with john Hemming, Syd's mom thinks she knows why her daughter's relationship with men is bad. Syd finds…
06
The Thanksgiving Story (1)
Syd meets John Hemming's mom and later learns Mrs. Hemming doesn't like Syd. Syd takes in a little girl who leaves the hospital to find…
07
The Thanksgiving Story (2)
Syd continues to find the parents of a little girl but Syd learns Mrs. Hemming disapproves of her job. Syd learns she is up for…
08
The Gift
Syd meets Abby Franklin who has a Mass on her neck thinking it could be Cancer. Joanie pregnant with a second baby feels her dad…
09
Big Night
An anguished Syd is forced to recall a repressed childhood memory of her late mother Lynda's flirtation with a neighbor while she nurses a dying…
10
The Gun
Syd initially believes her troubled teenaged paper boy when he is seriously shot and hospitalized but he tells her that the wound is self-inflicted --…
11
Saved by the Bell
Reminded of a former school chum with muscular dystrophy, Syd reaches out to help a reclusive young man whose face is hideously scarred while she…
12
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
When a dangerous storm strands Syd after an emergency in a remote lighthouse with the mysterious and hermit-like Graham (guest star Alastair Duncan), she begins…
13
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Syd tries to compel a grieving recluse (guest star Alastair Duncan) to allow plastic surgery to correct his facial deformities when she learns that he…
14
The Invisible Man
A beaming Syd coaxes her reclusive lighthouse keeper to venture out in public after his plastic surgery, but she soon discovers that his scars are…
15
Parenthood
When Syd applies for a grant for her clinic from a prestigious medical foundation, she meets a mysterious man who claims to be her father…
16
Love Story
Syd's lovelorn life gets a needed lift when she meets a hunky young single father but their relationship is jolted when she learns that he…
17
Exposure
After Syd greets her old medical school pal on leave from a rural African hospital, he shows frightening symptoms of the super-deadly Ebola virus, forcing…
18
Magician
Hansen loyalties by the suprise vist of a family patriarch a rich, alling crumudgeon who has lucrative propositions-with strings attached.
19
Meet Joe Connelly
A critically ill infant preoccupies Syd, who's entangled with a ubiqutious politician; a romantic getaway in the wild is anything but for Robbie and Tina.
20
Trial & Error
Disclosures about politician Joe Connelly disillusion Syd, who's still battling a duplictious drug company; the Robbie-Tina romace runs a rocky road.
21
Rule Number One
Political & romantic mattars busy Syd, who's in D.C. with Rep. Connelly for a showdow with a drug company; diverse cries ensnarl Robbie, Tina -and…
22
Falling
Dirty politics intrude upon the relationship between Rep. Connelly & Syd, who gets an icy warring welcome from his wife. A bizarre stalking is capped…
SEASON 4
01
Dad
When Jim returns home to recuperate from a serious head injury after being shot in last season's finale, Syd, Joanie and Robbie clash over each…
02
Home Sweet Home
WILL SYD AND JOE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR RELATIONSHIP? - Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) is reluctant to accept Joe's (guest star Steven Ekholdt) invitaton to join him…
03
Impulse Control
FRIENDS AND LOVERS - Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) and Joe's (guest star Steven Ekholdt) relationship is strained when Syd becomes better acquainted with his estranged wife…
04
You Can Count on Me
CRESS WILLIAMS GUEST STARS; IS WASHINGTON IN SYD'S FUTURE? -- Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) begins having separation anxiety from Joe (guest star Steven Eckholdt) who is…
05
Civil Unrest
WILL SYD VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING HER ROMANCE WITH JOE CONNELLY? THINGS HEAT UP WHEN PETE (GUEST STAR ALEX D. LINZ, 'MAX KEEBLE'S BIG…
06
Best Man
CHAOS ABOUNDS AS WEDDING BELLS RING FOR ROBBIE AND TINA -- Robbie (Seth Peterson) and Tina's (Maria Pitillo) wedding is marred when best man Jim…
07
The Honeymoon's Over
THE NEWLYWEDS ATTEMPT A HONEYMOON GETAWAY AS JIM RETURNS TO REHAB; LINDSAY CROUSE ('BUFFY') GUEST STARS - Newlyweds Robbie (Seth Peterson) and Tina (Maria Pitillo)…
08
Rocky Road
ISABELLA HOFMANN GUEST-STARS -- Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) has second thoughts about seeing her new therapist (guest star Isabella Hofmann, ""Homicide: Life on the Street"") and…
09
Gobble Gobble
THANKSGIVING BRINGS OUT JIM'S GOOD DEED - MUCH TO SYD'S DISMAY -- Jim's (Mike Farrell) rehabilitation requires him to travel on a bus to do…
10
The Mating Dance
JOANIE GOES ON A 'BLIND DATE' TO FIND A MATE; SERIES HOST ROGER LODGE GUEST-STARS AS HIMSELF -- At the suggestion of her therapist, Syd…
11
The Start of Something Big
Syd is personally and professionally stunned by a malpractice suit brought on by a high-risk pregnancy patient (guest star Ashley Johnson) and in turn questions…
12
Shadow Play
LARRY MILLER (""THE PRINCESS DIARIES"") GUEST-STARS -- In the wake of her malpractice suit, Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) is shadowed at St. Clare's Clinic by one…
13
The Good Fight
WILL SYD OBJECT TO HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY? -- Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) meets the attractive, brilliant attorney Owen Frank (guest star George Newburn) who will defend…
14
All the King's Men
Syd fight to save her career.
15
Act Naturally
Hollywood is calling! Syd goes to LA to speak to students at UCLA. But her ex-boyfriend Jerry takes her on the set of his show.…
16
Limbo
Robbie thinks he has pregnancy symptoms. Jim on a date.
17
The Whole Truth
Syd's medicial trial begins.
18
Gotcha
Owen can't wait to see the front side of Syd, he gives her a list of people to squirt all over town. While eating breakfast…
19
Great Expectations
Jim has a new friend. Syd's dates with Owen get interesting.
20
Things Have Changed
Sydney's relationship with Owen continues to heat up. Meanwhile Jim is stuck between a rock and hard place when he has to choose between two…
21
Smoke and Mirrors
Syd moves in with Owen when a schizophrenic patient becomes obsessed with her.
22
Out of Control
Season Finale Syd moves in with Owen, but that is only the start. Can Owen protect Syd as her stalker gets too close when a…
SEASON 5
01
A New Beginning
Syd must face the challenge of working with a new boss Dr. Bil Augustine at an acute care clinc while trying to rasie money to…
02
It's Raining Men
Syd gets cold feet before marrying Owen, When she sees Dr. David Baylor who is everywhere. Jim tries to stop a brother and sister from…
03
Cloak and Dagger
Syd and Dr Baylor treat a suicide victim and have different views on things.
04
The Wedding Planner
AS the big day draws near for Sid and Owen, Syd dreams she is on The Newlywed Game and does badly.
05
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Syd must deal with two bomb shells She loes the engagment ring! Later she must a double shift on Halloween night and not being with…
06
The Heart of the Matter
Things aren't always what they seem Syd finds out. Syd is assigned a rotation at a prision where she meets Darla Rosario. Who is pregnant.…
07
Truth and Consequences
Syd and Qwen go to their marriage license, Syd's guilt about kissing Dr.Baylor gets to her.
08
Left-Overs
The Hansen's gather for Thanksgiving to show Owen how Thaksgiving is done in the Hansen family. Also Syd misses her wedding shower because of working…
09
The Sound of Music
Syd comes down with a little cold butthe cold gets worse and Owen must take her to the emergency room. Can Joanie get Leo's trust…
10
Eye of the Storm
Syd Decides to help Dr. Baylor after a tornado in Tennessee put a stop to the wedding plans. The danger becomes real as their car…
11
The Eleventh Hour (1)
Will Syd get to spend her wedding night Owen? She almost gets to unill a patient enters the ER with a bullet wound and the…
12
The Eleventh Hour (2)
Will Syd get to spend her wedding night Owen? She almost gets to unill a patient enters the ER with a bullet wound and the…
SERIES INFO
5
Seasons
96
Episodes
60 min/ep
Per Episode
Ended
Status
CREW
Creator
John Masius
NETWORKS (1)
NBC
DETAILS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Providence about?
Providence is an American television drama series.
How many seasons does Providence have?
Providence has 5 seasons with 96 episodes total.
Who created Providence?
Providence was created by John Masius.
Who stars in Providence?
The cast of Providence includes Melina Kanakaredes, Seth Peterson, Concetta Tomei, Paula Cale, Mike Farrell.
What is the rating of Providence?
Providence has a rating of 6.5 out of 10 based on 24 votes on TMDB.
Is Providence still running?
Providence has ended. The final episode aired on .
GENRES (1)
Drama
