Medical Center
Season 1
Episodes
1. The Last 10 Yards
Bru Wiley, a college football star up for Heisman honors and a top pro career, ignores his failing health.
2. Victim
Although the father of a 7-year-old with severe internal injuries insists the child fell off an embankment, Dr. Gannon suspects the child was beaten.
3. Emergency in Ward E
Focuses on the psychological interplay between two patients in serious shape.
4. A Life is Waiting
The question of a therapeutic abortion divides Nora Caldwell (Barbara Rush) and her husband Dan (John McMartin).
5. The Battle of Lily Wu
A Vietnamese war victim (France Nuyen) is being treated at the medical center.
6. The Crooked Circle
A story about drug addiction.
7. Thousands and Thousands of Miles
Jenny Webb (Brooke Bundy), with a hemorrhaging kidney and a baby on the way, is rejected by her angry father and uncaring boyfriend.
8. The Sharpest Edge
An intradepartmental dispute pits Gannon against the new acting chief of surgery (John Marley).
9. Jeopardy
Dr. Gannon tries to prove that the suddenly violent behavior of student Greg Soreson stems from an organic ailment.
10. The Fallen Image
A U.S. ambassador (Walter Pidgeon) has a heart condition that could jeopardize a crucial meeting.
11. The Loner
A patient (Lee Grant) learns a lesson about life from a little boy (Fabian Gregory).
12. 24 Hours
Gannon stakes his reputation on the integrity of a student nurse (Belinda Montgomery).
13. The Adversaries
Interns Steve Seagren and Katherine Kenter are both being considered for a much-prized residency.
14. The Deceived
A student facing kidney failure gets no comfort from her alienated family or her disinterested ex-husband.
15. Moment of Decision
Dr. Lochner's emotions conflict with his professional judgment when he faces a crisis concerning his own daughter.
16. Runaway
Dr. Gannon tries to bridge a gap between a 17-year-old and his gruff immigrant father.
17. Fright and Flight
A blind student's recovery depends on recalling the horrible event that caused her loss of sight.
18. A Duel with Doom
The director of a foundation for teenage parolees lays his life on the line to save one of his charges.
19. A Matter of Tomorrow
The story of a dedicated head nurse (Mercedes McCambridge).
20. Care is no Cure
A sensitive story about Gannon's love for an incurably ill woman (Shelby Grant).
21. The Professional
A former gridiron idol (Forrest Tucker) finds living with his own legend unbearable.
22. The Combatants
A research specialist (William Shatner) clashes with Gannon over a possible cancer cure.
23. The V.D. Story
A story about the need to treat venereal disease as a medical problem divorced from social stigma.
24. His Brother's Keeper
Dr. Martin Lambert is blind to the fact that his older son suffers from a muscular disorder and that he has neglected his younger son.
25. The Rebel in White
An ambitious black resident (Georg Stanford Brown) is convinced that Gannon is preventing him from performing surgery.
26. Between Dark And Daylight
The story of a marriage tormented by lack of children.
