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. Blood Line
Aired 15 September 1971 • 60 min
A fugitive (William Windom) is torn between freedom and love for his anemic son.
2. The Corrupted
Aired 22 September 1971 • 60 min
A character study of an ambitious surgeon (Steve Lawrence).
3. The Imposter
Aired 29 September 1971 • 60 min
A highly respected country doctor's (Forrest Tucker) long career as a bogus physician is about to be exposed.
4. Double Jeopardy
Aired 6 October 1971 • 60 min
Artificial insemination plays a part in the story of a heart patient who risks her life to protect her sterile husband's pride.
5. Idolmaker
Aired 13 October 1971 • 60 min
Character studies of two critically ill patients who are jeopardizing their lives.
6. Circle of Power
Aired 20 October 1971 • 60 min
A distinguished surgeon (Barry Sullivan) is losing the use of his hands.
7. The Shattered Man
Aired 27 October 1971 • 60 min
A troubled husband (Bradford Dillman) is being treated for psychological impotence.
8. The Albatross
Aired 3 November 1971 • 60 min
A drama about mental retardation.
9. Martyr
Aired 10 November 1971 • 60 min
An iron-willed lady (Jo Van Fleet) is determined to spend her life in a wheelchair.
10. Suspected
Aired 17 November 1971 • 60 min
A surgeon's (Earl Hilliman) past comes back to haunt him: the once-convicted sex offender is now charged with child molesting.
11. The Loser
Aired 24 November 1971 • 60 min
A student nurse (Susan Strasberg) is plagued by a bad marriage and a mysterious respiratory illness.
12. The Pawn
Aired 1 December 1971 • 60 min
Medical quackery is the target of a drama in which a charming fraud (George Maharis) is risking the life of a young patient.
13. Conspiracy
Aired 8 December 1971 • 60 min
A lung-cancer victim (Suzanne Pleshette) is determined to keep her nightmare a secret.
14. The Nowhere Child
Aired 15 December 1971 • 60 min
An 11-year-old orphan's chance for adoption is threatened by a mysterious illness.
15. Shock! (1)
Aired 29 December 1971 • 60 min
Change-of-pace suspense drama about Gannon's involvement with an ailing tycoon and his conflict-ridden household. First of two parts.
16. Shock! (2)
Aired 5 January 1972 • 60 min
Dr. Lochner's sister is the prime suspect in the conclusion of a murder story.
17. Fatal Decision
Aired 19 January 1972 • 60 min
Gannon's romance with a woman doctor is plagued by a secret past.
18. Terror
Aired 26 January 1972 • 60 min
Bubonic plague is the villain in a medical conflict over the unidentified victim.
19. Secret
Aired 2 February 1972 • 60 min
A doctor (Michael Callan) is driven back to alcoholism by the fear of losing his dying wife.
20. The Choice
Aired 9 February 1972 • 60 min
A doctor (Monte Markham) is torn between a career in hospital administration and a return to surgical practice.
21. Deadlock
Aired 16 February 1972 • 60 min
A surgeon is offered a grim choice: his kidnapped wife will be saved if he can arrange the death of a certain patient.
22. Awakening
Aired 23 February 1972 • 60 min
A car-crash victim (Craig Stevens) awakes from a three-year coma to a nightmare: the crash killed his daughter and left him with an unforgiving wife.
23. Confession
Aired 1 March 1972 • 60 min
A woman (Ida Lupino) mysteriously turns against Gannon after he saves her husband's life.
24. Conflict
Aired 8 March 1972 • 60 min
A rape-murder mystery takes a grim twist with a confession by a young intern's fiance.