About this season
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC, from 1969 to 1973.
Episodes (16)
1. Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (II)
Aired 19 September 1972 • 60 min
While in Los Angeles to testify for a trial against gangster Frank Harmon, Ed is shot and falls off the balcony of his hotel room. He is then taken to the Craig Institute where he undergoes emergency surgery. Although the bullet wounds were non-life threatening, Ed suffers a broken back in the fall and some damage to his spine. The scarring leaves him paralyzed and only an experimental surgical procedure is the only option to regaining his mobility. Also, even though all the evidence points to Harmon, Ironside has doubts that he was the person responsible for the attempted hit. Also, the chief begins having flashbacks to the night he was shot and paralyzed. The crossover starts on Ironside S04E01 Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (I).
2. Is This Operation Necessary?
Aired 26 September 1972 • 60 min
Gritty story of an aging gynecologist, portrayed credibly by Richard Basehart, who is accused by Dr. Hunter(David Hartman)of performing unnecessary operations. Dr. McLain, the besieged doctor, is promoting lake side property investments which requires substantial capital. Dr. Craig (E.G. Marshall) is a long time friend of Dr. McLain and defends the renown surgeon until it becomes evident that his practice must end. Dorothy Malone plays Basehart's wife and Vic Tayback is featured as a man who loses his wife when she is subjected to an unnecessary operation.
3. A Nation of Human Pincushions
Aired 3 October 1972 • 60 min
Arthur Gravis (Carl Reiner) advances acupuncture as a treatment, while Ira Goldberg worries about the cost of medical care.
4. Time Bomb in the Chest
Aired 10 October 1972 • 60 min
5. A Standard For Manhood
Aired 17 October 1972 • 60 min
6. A Substitute Womb
Aired 24 October 1972 • 60 min
7. A Very Strange Triangle
Aired 31 October 1972 • 60 min
8. A Quality of Fear
Aired 14 November 1972 • 60 min
Dr. Hunter interacts with cancer patients with different attitudes toward their disease which are not always commensurate with the patients' prognoses while dealing with medical professionals not always in alignment with the doctor.
9. An Inalienable Right to Die
Aired 28 November 1972 • 60 min
Janice, a TV reporter, incurs permanent paralysis during a speedboat accident. Facing a future she finds hopeless, the quality of her life and medical care is debated by her husband, her doctor, and a hospital review board. The ultimate decision though belongs to Janice.
10. A Purge of Madness
Aired 5 December 1972 • 60 min
11. End Theme
Aired 12 December 1972 • 60 min
12. The Velvet Prison
Aired 19 December 1972 • 60 min
A story about a child hemophiliac.
13. Terminal Career
Aired 2 January 1973 • 60 min
14. A Tightrope to Tomorrow
Aired 9 January 1973 • 60 min
15. The Night Crawler
Aired 16 January 1973 • 60 min
16. And Other Things I May Not See
Aired 4 May 1973 • 60 min