Medical Center
Season 1
196926 episodes
Episode 1
The Last 10 Yards
Sep 24, 19691h
Bru Wiley, a college football star up for Heisman honors and a top pro career, ignores his failing health.
Episode 2
Victim
Oct 1, 19691h
Although the father of a 7-year-old with severe internal injuries insists the child fell off an embankment, Dr. Gannon suspects the child was beaten.
Episode 3
Emergency in Ward E
Oct 8, 19691h
Focuses on the psychological interplay between two patients in serious shape.
Episode 4
A Life is Waiting
Oct 15, 19691h
The question of a therapeutic abortion divides Nora Caldwell (Barbara Rush) and her husband Dan (John McMartin).
Episode 5
The Battle of Lily Wu
Oct 22, 19691h
A Vietnamese war victim (France Nuyen) is being treated at the medical center.
Episode 6
The Crooked Circle
Oct 29, 19691h
A story about drug addiction.
Episode 7
Thousands and Thousands of Miles
Nov 12, 19691h
Jenny Webb (Brooke Bundy), with a hemorrhaging kidney and a baby on the way, is rejected by her angry father and uncaring boyfriend.
Episode 8
The Sharpest Edge
Nov 19, 19691h
An intradepartmental dispute pits Gannon against the new acting chief of surgery (John Marley).
Episode 9
Jeopardy
Nov 26, 19691h
Dr. Gannon tries to prove that the suddenly violent behavior of student Greg Soreson stems from an organic ailment.
Episode 10
The Fallen Image
Dec 3, 19691h
A U.S. ambassador (Walter Pidgeon) has a heart condition that could jeopardize a crucial meeting.
Episode 11
The Loner
Dec 10, 19691h
A patient (Lee Grant) learns a lesson about life from a little boy (Fabian Gregory).
Episode 12
24 Hours
Dec 17, 19691h
Gannon stakes his reputation on the integrity of a student nurse (Belinda Montgomery).
Episode 13
The Adversaries
Dec 31, 19691h
Interns Steve Seagren and Katherine Kenter are both being considered for a much-prized residency.
Episode 14
The Deceived
Jan 7, 19701h
A student facing kidney failure gets no comfort from her alienated family or her disinterested ex-husband.
Episode 15
Moment of Decision
Jan 14, 19701h
Dr. Lochner's emotions conflict with his professional judgment when he faces a crisis concerning his own daughter.
Episode 16
Runaway
Jan 21, 19701h
Dr. Gannon tries to bridge a gap between a 17-year-old and his gruff immigrant father.
Episode 17
Fright and Flight
Feb 4, 19701h
A blind student's recovery depends on recalling the horrible event that caused her loss of sight.
Episode 18
A Duel with Doom
Feb 11, 19701h
The director of a foundation for teenage parolees lays his life on the line to save one of his charges.
Episode 19
A Matter of Tomorrow
Feb 25, 19701h
The story of a dedicated head nurse (Mercedes McCambridge).
Episode 20
Care is no Cure
Mar 4, 19701h
A sensitive story about Gannon's love for an incurably ill woman (Shelby Grant).
Episode 21
The Professional
Mar 11, 19701h
A former gridiron idol (Forrest Tucker) finds living with his own legend unbearable.
Episode 22
The Combatants
Mar 18, 19701h
A research specialist (William Shatner) clashes with Gannon over a possible cancer cure.
Episode 23
The V.D. Story
Mar 25, 19701h
A story about the need to treat venereal disease as a medical problem divorced from social stigma.
Episode 24
His Brother's Keeper
Apr 1, 19701h
Dr. Martin Lambert is blind to the fact that his older son suffers from a muscular disorder and that he has neglected his younger son.
Episode 25
The Rebel in White
Apr 8, 19701h
An ambitious black resident (Georg Stanford Brown) is convinced that Gannon is preventing him from performing surgery.
Episode 26
Between Dark And Daylight
Apr 15, 19701h
The story of a marriage tormented by lack of children.