Medical Center
Medical Center: Season 2

Air Date

September 16, 1970

Episodes

24 episodes

Medical Center

Season 2

Episodes

1. Brink of Doom

September 16, 1970
60 min

A surgeon's (George Grizzard) career may be ended by multiple sclerosis.

2. Undercurrent

September 23, 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

September 30, 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

October 7, 1970
60 min

A brooding young doctor (Gary Lockwood) is suspected of murdering a woman on hospital grounds.

5. The Clash

October 14, 1970
60 min

A woman doctor (Vera Miles) battles male prejudice.

6. Ghetto Clinic

October 21, 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

October 28, 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

November 4, 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

November 11, 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

November 18, 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

November 25, 1970
60 min

Blinded in an attack, Gannon is still being stalked by a would-be killer.

12. Accused

December 2, 1970
60 min

A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.

13. Crisis

December 9, 1970
60 min

Gannon is accused of shielding a seriously injured cop who allegedly shot a student without provocation.

14. Man at Bay

December 16, 1970
60 min

A brash, long-haired surgeon (Gary Lockwood) runs afoul of his colleagues.

15. The Savage Image

December 30, 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

January 6, 1971
60 min

An intern who thinks his fiancee is ""wholesome"" doesn't know she contracted syphilis before they met.

17. Web of Darkness

January 13, 1971
60 min

A deadly story of sibling conflict.

18. Danger Point

January 27, 1971
60 min

A missing radium implant could contaminate the entire hospital.

19. Secret Heritage

February 3, 1971
60 min

A mentally disabled teenager (Pamela Franklin) has been abandoned by her mother.

20. Edge of Violence

February 10, 1971
60 min

The story of a troubled former vaudeville star (Jack Carter).

21. Countdown

February 17, 1971
60 min

The high cost of hospital care is dramatized.

22. Perfection of Vices

February 24, 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

March 3, 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

March 10, 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.