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. The Guilty
Aired 10 September 1973 • 60 min
A young woman is stricken with hysterical paralysis after seeing her mother with a lover.
2. Time of Darkness
Aired 17 September 1973 • 60 min
An emergency call to a mountain community leads Gannon to a patient guarded by mysterious, gun-toting townsfolk.
3. Broken Image
Aired 24 September 1973 • 60 min
Bent on proving his virility, an aging surgeon becomes involved with a young patient.
4. Impasse
Aired 1 October 1973 • 60 min
A lesbian psychiatrist is plagued by prejudice against her life style.
5. Clash of Shadows
Aired 8 October 1973 • 60 min
The horror of crib death is explored in this story about a couple who lose their 4-month-old child.
6. The Casualty
Aired 22 October 1973 • 60 min
Romance ends for Gannon when his girlfriend's husband, missing for six years in Vietnam, comes home to reclaim his wife and son.
7. Stranger in Two Worlds
Aired 29 October 1973 • 60 min
A champion diver is ignoring an illness that could end her career.
8. Child of Violence
Aired 12 November 1973 • 60 min
A wounded child from war-torn Northern Ireland baffles Gannon by showing no desire to get well.
9. Woman for Hire
Aired 19 November 1973 • 60 min
An idealistic young resident falls in love with an ailing prostitute.
10. A Life at Stake
Aired 26 November 1973 • 60 min
Compulsive gambling is ruining the life of a once-fine surgeon.
11. Nightmare
Aired 3 December 1973 • 60 min
Gannon is receiving bloodcurdling murder threats that contain only one clue: the would-be killer is someone on the hospital staff.
12. Deadly Game
Aired 10 December 1973 • 60 min
A derelict fakes her way into the hospital for free room and board, unaware that she is suffering from a serious disease.
13. Web of Intrigue
Aired 7 January 1974 • 60 min
An arrogant young resident refuses to submit to authority.
14. Trial by Knife
Aired 14 January 1974 • 60 min
Sparks fly when Gannon and the newly-appointed chief of surgery begin to clash on medical opinions.
15. Choice of Evils
Aired 21 January 1974 • 60 min
A proud man must decide whether to live with a dangerous illness, or submit to surgery which might cause impotence.
16. No Escape
Aired 28 January 1974 • 60 min
Gannon's patient needs a kidney transplant, and her only hope of a compatible donor is her father — a convict who is serving time for murder.
17. Dark Warning
Aired 11 February 1974 • 60 min
A seriously ill surgeon tries to hide his condition long enough to perform lifesaving surgery on his ex-wife.
18. Girl from Bedlam
Aired 18 February 1974 • 60 min
While investigating conditions in a mental hospital, Gannon falls in love with an amnesiac whose blinding headaches have gone untreated by the staff.
19. Spectre
Aired 25 February 1974 • 60 min
Determined to save a critically ill patient, a surgeon is hiding his own serious malady from his colleagues.
20. The Enemies
Aired 4 March 1974 • 60 min
A young genius becomes the center of a custody battle between his critically ill mother and a wealthy, would-be benefactress.
21. The Conspirators
Aired 11 March 1974 • 60 min
An accused rapist may not live to see a fair trial. The victim's boyfriend has already beaten him severely, and is waiting to finish the job.
22. The World's a Balloon
Aired 25 March 1974 • 60 min
An impoverished ventriloquist may lose custody of his orphaned nephew when the boy develops a serious heart condition.
23. Hexed
Aired 1 April 1974 • 60 min
A staff doctor thinks a patient's baffling symptoms are the result of a voodoo curse.
24. Appointment with Danger
Aired 15 April 1974 • 60 min
A critically ill scientist is determined to attend an important European conference, despite Gannon's warnings that the trip might kill her.