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Medical Center

Season 2

1970 · 24 episodes

  1. 1. Brink of Doom

    1970-09-16 · 60m

    A surgeon's (George Grizzard) career may be ended by multiple sclerosis.

  2. 2. Undercurrent

    1970-09-23 · 60m

    A dedicated research scientist's vital work on a new drug is threatened when anonymous letters accuse him of being a homosexual.

  3. 3. Junkie

    1970-09-30 · 60m

    A story about the feelings of parents whose teenagers are drug addicts. Gannon tries to save a 16-year-old girl from heroin addiction. His efforts are continually frustrated by her father, a professor who refuses to acknowledge the problem.

  4. 4. Assailant

    1970-10-07 · 60m

    A brooding young doctor (Gary Lockwood) is suspected of murdering a woman on hospital grounds.

  5. 5. The Clash

    1970-10-14 · 60m

    A woman doctor (Vera Miles) battles male prejudice.

  6. 6. Ghetto Clinic

    1970-10-21 · 60m

    William Devane guests as the maverick director of a free clinic. The maverick director of a ghetto clinic endangers its future by his refusal to follow rules in making reports on his patients to the police.

  7. 7. Scream of Silence

    1970-10-28 · 60m

    The problems of parents with mentally disabled children are explored in this episode. Dr. Gannon recommends treatment for Jenny, an abnormally active little girl. What do you do with a gifted child? Doc Gannon believes in a school for exceptional youngsters, and since he is the godfather of the child, he pushes a bit. Gannon's adversary is Mom, who takes an opposing position, and the friction between the two sparks the hour.

  8. 8. Death Grip

    1970-11-04 · 60m

    The problems of a doctor who has trouble adjusting to civilian life after serving in Vietnam. Dr. Eric Canford, a brilliant surgeon, comes back from war service with a drinking problem but refuses to admit it is affecting his work.

  9. 9. Witch Hunt

    1970-11-11 · 60m

    Modern medicine clashes with black magic as Gannon tries to save a girl afflicted with Addison's Disease-and a belief in the all-pervading, healing powers of Satan. (60 mins)

  10. 10. Deadly Encounter

    1970-11-18 · 60m

    The problems of a patient who may face radical surgery. Doc Gannon demonstrates his noble side for the ladies, protecting Sandra Polk, a patient, when her husband becomes jealous. Suspicious professor Tink Polk flares up over his wife's appointments with Gannon while Joe, of course, remains Simon pure, merely keeping his patient's illness from her husband at her request.

  11. 11. Trial by Terror

    1970-11-25 · 60m

    Blinded in an attack, Gannon is still being stalked by a would-be killer.

  12. 12. Accused

    1970-12-02 · 60m

    A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.

  13. 13. Crisis

    1970-12-09 · 60m

    Gannon is accused of shielding a seriously injured cop who allegedly shot a student without provocation.

  14. 14. Man at Bay

    1970-12-16 · 60m

    A brash, long-haired surgeon (Gary Lockwood) runs afoul of his colleagues.

  15. 15. The Savage Image

    1970-12-30 · 60m

    Gannon tries to save the life of a seriously ill Indian chief and enroll the chief's son in a physician's-assistant training program.

  16. 16. Woman in Question

    1971-01-06 · 60m

    An intern who thinks his fiancee is ""wholesome"" doesn't know she contracted syphilis before they met.

  17. 17. Web of Darkness

    1971-01-13 · 60m

    A deadly story of sibling conflict.

  18. 18. Danger Point

    1971-01-27 · 60m

    A missing radium implant could contaminate the entire hospital.

  19. 19. Secret Heritage

    1971-02-03 · 60m

    A mentally disabled teenager (Pamela Franklin) has been abandoned by her mother.

  20. 20. Edge of Violence

    1971-02-10 · 60m

    The story of a troubled former vaudeville star (Jack Carter).

  21. 21. Countdown

    1971-02-17 · 60m

    The high cost of hospital care is dramatized.

  22. 22. Perfection of Vices

    1971-02-24 · 60m

    An insight into Lochner's personal life with his ex-wife (Dina Merrill) and daughter (Charlotte Stewart).

  23. 23. The Man in Hiding

    1971-03-03 · 60m

    A once-brilliant surgeon (Richard Kiley) has become totally withdrawn. Dr—Thomas Patton, once a brilliant surgeon, now specializes in pathology, where he works only with the dead. Nor can anything reawaken his interest in the living, not even the needs of his critically ill ex-wife.

  24. 24. Crossroads

    1971-03-10 · 60m

    An aging doctor mistakenly believes that his medical practice is as good as ever. Pat Hingle as Dr. Farrring, a septuagenarian heart-transplant recipient whose mistaken faith in his new-found stamina could have tragic consequences for a young cancer patient.

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