Three out of four doctors recommend having tissues ready for the Season 2 finale of the comedy on April 6. That is actually not true, but this is the Internet and you can apparently say anything you want. Still, Season 2 of NBC’s tremendously lovable St. Denis Medical is signing off this week with a heart-tugging episode that puts the adage “Physician, heal thyself” to the test. And along the way, David Alan Grier once again proves to be a National treasure capable of getting us to crack up and choke up in the span of a single scene.

“He has so much range,” agrees showrunner Eric Ledgin. “I think about what a fan I was of his sketch comedy from when I was very young, and then the most recent thing I had seen him in [before St. Denis] was The Patient, where he was totally playing a dramatic role. I think there was something about his role on that FX show that clicked with me and I went like, ‘This guy can really do everything.’ And that’s what we’re asking him to do here.”

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