About this season
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
Episodes (24)
1. Brink of Doom
Aired 16 September 1970 • 60 min
A surgeon's (George Grizzard) career may be ended by multiple sclerosis.
2. Undercurrent
Aired 23 September 1970 • 60 min
A dedicated research scientist's vital work on a new drug is threatened when anonymous letters accuse him of being a homosexual.
3. Junkie
Aired 30 September 1970 • 60 min
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. Assailant
Aired 7 October 1970 • 60 min
A brooding young doctor (Gary Lockwood) is suspected of murdering a woman on hospital grounds.
5. The Clash
Aired 14 October 1970 • 60 min
A woman doctor (Vera Miles) battles male prejudice.
6. Ghetto Clinic
Aired 21 October 1970 • 60 min
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. Scream of Silence
Aired 28 October 1970 • 60 min
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. Death Grip
Aired 4 November 1970 • 60 min
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. Witch Hunt
Aired 11 November 1970 • 60 min
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. Deadly Encounter
Aired 18 November 1970 • 60 min
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. Trial by Terror
Aired 25 November 1970 • 60 min
Blinded in an attack, Gannon is still being stalked by a would-be killer.
12. Accused
Aired 2 December 1970 • 60 min
A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.
13. Crisis
Aired 9 December 1970 • 60 min
Gannon is accused of shielding a seriously injured cop who allegedly shot a student without provocation.
14. Man at Bay
Aired 16 December 1970 • 60 min
A brash, long-haired surgeon (Gary Lockwood) runs afoul of his colleagues.
15. The Savage Image
Aired 30 December 1970 • 60 min
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. Woman in Question
Aired 6 January 1971 • 60 min
An intern who thinks his fiancee is ""wholesome"" doesn't know she contracted syphilis before they met.
17. Web of Darkness
Aired 13 January 1971 • 60 min
A deadly story of sibling conflict.
18. Danger Point
Aired 27 January 1971 • 60 min
A missing radium implant could contaminate the entire hospital.
19. Secret Heritage
Aired 3 February 1971 • 60 min
A mentally disabled teenager (Pamela Franklin) has been abandoned by her mother.
20. Edge of Violence
Aired 10 February 1971 • 60 min
The story of a troubled former vaudeville star (Jack Carter).
21. Countdown
Aired 17 February 1971 • 60 min
The high cost of hospital care is dramatized.
22. Perfection of Vices
Aired 24 February 1971 • 60 min
An insight into Lochner's personal life with his ex-wife (Dina Merrill) and daughter (Charlotte Stewart).
23. The Man in Hiding
Aired 3 March 1971 • 60 min
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. Crossroads
Aired 10 March 1971 • 60 min
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.