Overview of 'Medical Center' Season 2

Medical Center (1969)

Drama

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.

Writing:

Frank Glicksman
Al C. Ward

Stars:

Release Date: 1969-09-24
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

6.1/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 60

Season 2 Episode List

Episode 1 - Brink of Doom
Release Date: 1970-09-16
A surgeon's (George Grizzard) career may be ended by multiple sclerosis.
Episode 2 - Undercurrent
Release Date: 1970-09-23
A dedicated research scientist's vital work on a new drug is threatened when anonymous letters accuse him of being a homosexual.
Episode 3 - Junkie
Release Date: 1970-09-30
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.
Episode 4 - Assailant
Release Date: 1970-10-07
A brooding young doctor (Gary Lockwood) is suspected of murdering a woman on hospital grounds.
Episode 5 - The Clash
Release Date: 1970-10-14
A woman doctor (Vera Miles) battles male prejudice.
Episode 6 - Ghetto Clinic
Release Date: 1970-10-21
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.
Episode 7 - Scream of Silence
Release Date: 1970-10-28
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.
Episode 8 - Death Grip
Release Date: 1970-11-04
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.
Episode 9 - Witch Hunt
Release Date: 1970-11-11
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)
Episode 10 - Deadly Encounter
Release Date: 1970-11-18
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.
Episode 11 - Trial by Terror
Release Date: 1970-11-25
Blinded in an attack, Gannon is still being stalked by a would-be killer.
Episode 12 - Accused
Release Date: 1970-12-02
A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.
Episode 13 - Crisis
Release Date: 1970-12-09
Gannon is accused of shielding a seriously injured cop who allegedly shot a student without provocation.
Episode 14 - Man at Bay
Release Date: 1970-12-16
A brash, long-haired surgeon (Gary Lockwood) runs afoul of his colleagues.
Episode 15 - The Savage Image
Release Date: 1970-12-30
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.
Episode 16 - Woman in Question
Release Date: 1971-01-06
An intern who thinks his fiancee is ""wholesome"" doesn't know she contracted syphilis before they met.
Episode 17 - Web of Darkness
Release Date: 1971-01-13
A deadly story of sibling conflict.
Episode 18 - Danger Point
Release Date: 1971-01-27
A missing radium implant could contaminate the entire hospital.
Episode 19 - Secret Heritage
Release Date: 1971-02-03
A mentally disabled teenager (Pamela Franklin) has been abandoned by her mother.
Episode 20 - Edge of Violence
Release Date: 1971-02-10
The story of a troubled former vaudeville star (Jack Carter).
Episode 21 - Countdown
Release Date: 1971-02-17
The high cost of hospital care is dramatized.
Episode 22 - Perfection of Vices
Release Date: 1971-02-24
An insight into Lochner's personal life with his ex-wife (Dina Merrill) and daughter (Charlotte Stewart).
Episode 23 - The Man in Hiding
Release Date: 1971-03-03
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.
Episode 24 - Crossroads
Release Date: 1971-03-10
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.