Medical Center 1969
Season 1 Episode Guide
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26
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Episode Directory
Season 1 episodes
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Episode
1
The Last 10 Yards
Sep 24, 1969
O. J. Simpson plays a character he is familiar with, an All-American football player and No. 1 draft choice of the pros with a potential million do...
Episode
2
Victim
Oct 1, 1969
Young doctor Joe Gannon (Chad Everett) believes a child patient is the victim of a beating and has a run-in with the kid's father, Robert Lansing....
Episode
3
Emergency in Ward E
Oct 8, 1969
A wounded college senior who has been under the influence of drugs staggers through the hospital's emergency entrance. There is lots going on in th...
Episode
4
A Life is Waiting
Oct 15, 1969
Guest star Barbara Rush portrays Nora Caldwell, a famed author's wife, who learns that her first pregnancy may be endangered by her heart condition.
Episode
5
The Battle of Lily Wu
Oct 22, 1969
Lily Wu, an injured Vietnamese girl, is brought to the United States for treatment, then resists it.
Episode
6
The Crooked Circle
Oct 29, 1969
Tim Considine stars as a college student whose admission to the hospital for treatment of an internal ailment results in the discovery that he is a...
Episode
7
Thousands and Thousands of Miles
Nov 12, 1969
The teenage daughter of a university professor suffers a kidney injury in an auto accident. Thousands of miles separates 19-year-old Jenny Webb fro...
Episode
8
The Sharpest Edge
Nov 19, 1969
Dr. Roger Farrell takes over as hospital chief of surgery and immediately overrules Joe Gannon's opinion concerning one of his patients.
Episode
9
Jeopardy
Nov 26, 1969
Sorenson, a student (Michael Burns) makes an apparently unprovoked attack on a psychology professor. When the boy's behavior continues to be a prob...
Episode
10
The Fallen Image
Dec 3, 1969
Big name guest stars Walter Pidgeon and Viveca Lindfors add a touch of glamor to the hospital atmosphere. Pidgeon plays an ambassador with a bad ti...
Episode
11
The Loner
Dec 10, 1969
A two-hankie show. In for a thyroid examination, a rich widow meets a cute Mexican kid whose mother was killed in a crosswalk accident. The widow i...
Episode
12
24 Hours
Dec 17, 1969
Doc Gannon hasn't had time for nurses this season, but in this episode he extends a helping hand to a student, with a feeling for her trouble. Beli...
Episode
13
The Adversaries
Dec 31, 1969
A behlnd-the-scenes look at interns competing for valuable residency posts. Doc Gannon plays mother hen, and is upset when a talented young woman d...
Episode
14
The Deceived
Jan 7, 1970
Gannon gets a mysterious turndown when he asks the mother of a girl needing a kidney transplant to become her daughter's donor. He then discusses t...
Episode
15
Moment of Decision
Jan 14, 1970
Dr. Paul Lochner faces one of the most difficult assignments of his career when he must tell his daughter Jennifer that she has a serious arterial...
Episode
16
Runaway
Jan 21, 1970
Fans see another side of hero Doc Gannon in this episode when he puts up a runaway kid in his apartment. Gannon displays sympathy listening to the...
Episode
17
Fright and Flight
Feb 4, 1970
Dr. Gannon has a dilemma seldom experienced on "Medical Center." A girl's blindness is brought to his attention after she had been in a motorcycle...
Episode
18
A Duel with Doom
Feb 11, 1970
Martin Sheen guest stars as a young minister whose heart condition flares up to jeopardize his chances of maintaining a foundation for parolees.
Episode
19
A Matter of Tomorrow
Feb 25, 1970
Marj Bowen is a veteran nurse who faces surgery and the fact that her job, to which she was dedicated, will no longer be possible for her to carry...
Episode
20
Care is No Cure
Mar 4, 1970
Medical Center doesn't stray too far from its basic premise for a love story. The girl in Dr. Gannon's life is played by Shelby Grant. She is a tou...
Episode
21
The Professional
Mar 11, 1970
Doctor Gannon begins to treat his boyhood football idol and is startled to discover that ailing Ollie Wayne (Forrest Tucker) does not really seem t...
Episode
22
The Combatants
Mar 18, 1970
Dr. Gannon locks horns with a co- worker when he insists on more tests on a purported cancer cure before using it on a 19-year old patient.
Episode
23
The V.D. Story
Mar 25, 1970
Gannon squares off against angry father Carl Betz. Gannon has a Tartar in Betz who brings Joe before the medical board. With his forceful manner, B...
Episode
24
His Brother's Keeper
Apr 1, 1970
One of Doctor Gannon's associates whose son is a strong candidate for the Olympic diving team finds it difficult to believe that the young athlete...
Episode
25
The Rebel in White
Apr 8, 1970
This one is an interesting drama about a young resident doctor, a talented black who is denied a research grant. The resident suspects Doc Gannon l...
Episode
26
Between Dark and Daylight
Apr 15, 1970
This series does its best with good guest performers, and in this episode, it's Sharon Farrell's turn to spark the hour. She plays a teaching assis...
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