Medical Center
Season 2
197024 episodes
Episode 1
Brink of Doom
Sep 16, 19701h
A surgeon's (George Grizzard) career may be ended by multiple sclerosis.
Episode 2
Undercurrent
Sep 23, 19701h
A dedicated research scientist's vital work on a new drug is threatened when anonymous letters accuse him of being a homosexual.
Episode 3
Junkie
Sep 30, 19701h
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.
Episode 4
Assailant
Oct 7, 19701h
A brooding young doctor (Gary Lockwood) is suspected of murdering a woman on hospital grounds.
Episode 5
The Clash
Oct 14, 19701h
A woman doctor (Vera Miles) battles male prejudice.
Episode 6
Ghetto Clinic
Oct 21, 19701h
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.
Episode 7
Scream of Silence
Oct 28, 19701h
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.
Episode 8
Death Grip
Nov 4, 19701h
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.
Episode 9
Witch Hunt
Nov 11, 19701h
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)
Episode 10
Deadly Encounter
Nov 18, 19701h
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.
Episode 11
Trial by Terror
Nov 25, 19701h
Blinded in an attack, Gannon is still being stalked by a would-be killer.
Episode 12
Accused
Dec 2, 19701h
A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.
Episode 13
Crisis
Dec 9, 19701h
Gannon is accused of shielding a seriously injured cop who allegedly shot a student without provocation.
Episode 14
Man at Bay
Dec 16, 19701h
A brash, long-haired surgeon (Gary Lockwood) runs afoul of his colleagues.
Episode 15
The Savage Image
Dec 30, 19701h
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.
Episode 16
Woman in Question
Jan 6, 19711h
An intern who thinks his fiancee is ""wholesome"" doesn't know she contracted syphilis before they met.
Episode 17
Web of Darkness
Jan 13, 19711h
A deadly story of sibling conflict.
Episode 18
Danger Point
Jan 27, 19711h
A missing radium implant could contaminate the entire hospital.
Episode 19
Secret Heritage
Feb 3, 19711h
A mentally disabled teenager (Pamela Franklin) has been abandoned by her mother.
Episode 20
Edge of Violence
Feb 10, 19711h
The story of a troubled former vaudeville star (Jack Carter).
Episode 21
Countdown
Feb 17, 19711h
The high cost of hospital care is dramatized.
Episode 22
Perfection of Vices
Feb 24, 19711h
An insight into Lochner's personal life with his ex-wife (Dina Merrill) and daughter (Charlotte Stewart).
Episode 23
The Man in Hiding
Mar 3, 19711h
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.
Episode 24
Crossroads
Mar 10, 19711h
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.