Medical Center 1969

Season 2 Episode Guide

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24

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Season 2 episodes

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Episode

1

Brink of Doom

Sep 16, 1970

The series opens its second season with a drama about a doctor who has symptons of multiple sclerosis. Just as surgeon Tom Forley (George Grizzard)...

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2

Undercurrent

Sep 23, 1970

Guest star Paul Burke plays a dedicated research scientist whose vital work on a new drug is threatened when he receives anonymous letters.

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3

Junkie

Sep 30, 1970

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 ack...

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4

Assailant

Oct 7, 1970

Bradford Dillman guests as a methodical police inspector who is accumulating evidence that points to Gannon's protege, resident Carl Webson, as the...

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5

The Clash

Oct 14, 1970

Vera Miles guest stars as an unbending woman doctor who clashes with Dr. Gannon after a coed's death from a bungled abortion.

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6

Ghetto Clinic

Oct 21, 1970

Maverick director of a ghetto clinic goes against the rules by shielding a stabbing victim and a young drug addict. William Devane gives a good per...

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7

Scream of Silence

Oct 28, 1970

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 fo...

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8

Death Grip

Nov 4, 1970

Dr. Eric Canford, a brilliant surgeon, comes back from war service with a dinking problem but refuses to admit it is affecting his work.

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9

Witch Hunt

Nov 11, 1970

Dana Wynter appears as a witch doctor of sorts in a spooky episode. Chad Everett is involved because of a young student who has left the hospital (...

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10

Deadly Encounter

Nov 18, 1970

Suspicious Barry Sullivan flares up over his wife's appointments with Gannon while Joe, of course, remains Simon pure, merely keeping his patient's...

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11

Trial by Terror

Nov 25, 1970

As it must to all TV heroes, blindness comes to Dr. Gannon on Medical Center . He's been in a car wreck, caused by bad brakes which, we soon learn,...

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12

Accused

Dec 2, 1970

More complications for Dr. Joe Gannon (Chad Everett), as a coed, suffering from a possible brain tumor, claims he fathered her unborn child. Of cou...

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13

Crisis

Dec 9, 1970

Roddy McDowall plays a lawyer and Keenan Wynn a cop in a drama that has Gannon accused of shielding an injured cop who allegedly shot a student wit...

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14

Man at Bay

Dec 16, 1970

A brash, long-haired surgeon runs afoul of his colleagues.

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15

The Savage Image

Dec 30, 1970

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16

Woman in Question

Jan 6, 1971

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17

Web of Darkness

Jan 13, 1971

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18

Danger Point

Jan 27, 1971

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19

Secret Heritage

Feb 3, 1971

17-year-old Baby Freitag is a mentally retarded girl who has been treated as an infant all her life.

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20

Edge of Violence

Feb 10, 1971

A hospital entertainer volunteers to help a girl who has tried to commit suicide, unaware that he himself is seriously ill.

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21

Countdown

Feb 17, 1971

Tom Desmond is at his wits' end: he has a sick wife, a 3-month-old baby, no source of income and a towering pride that rejects all help.

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22

Perfection of Vices

Feb 24, 1971

An insight into Lochner's personal life as Ruth, his ex-wife, and Bobbie, his daughter turn up at the hospital. Now widowed, Ruth Marlowe would lik...

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23

The Man in Hiding

Mar 3, 1971

A once-brilliant surgeon has become very withdrawn. The crack surgeon who retires to do research and will not come out, shares the spotlight with D...

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24

Crossroads

Mar 10, 1971

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