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Season 8: Episode 6

Premiere date: May 5, 2019

Lucille cares for an unmarried teen mother and Valerie helps her grandmother with an embarrassing medical problem. Mother Mildred arrives to help pitch in, but ruffles feathers everywhere she goes. Nurse Crane’s back troubles return with a vengeance.

Season 8: Episode 6

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Nurse Crane's Back Trouble

Sister Julienne convinces Phyllis to head to the hospital for help with back pain.

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