The Interns

Season 1 Episode Guide

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24

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Season 1 episodes

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Episode

1

The Quality of Mercy

Sep 18, 1970

The doctors deal with a patient bent on suicide; a monk who has cancer; a go-go girl with an injured foot.

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2

Death Wish

Sep 25, 1970

Pooch Hardin's growing involvement with a young heroin addict concerns Dr. Goldstone.

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3

Some Things Don't Change

Oct 2, 1970

Dr. Goldstone tries to save the hospital's free clinic; Greg is concerned with a young patient whose boyfriend insists she have an abortion; Sam co...

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4

An Afternoon in the Fall

Oct 9, 1970

Intern Sam Marsh saves the life of a woman shot by a madman ... then finds himself stalked by the gunman.

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5

Eyes of the Beholder

Oct 16, 1970

To better understand the problems of the sightless, Dr. Greg Pettit poses as a patient in a difficult pilot therapy program.

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6

Miss Knock-A-Bout

Oct 23, 1970

An acrobatic clown sues three doctors for $1,000,000; Dr. Thorpe cures a colleague of misogyny.

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7

The Price of Life

Oct 30, 1970

A 26-year-old construction worker is dying of kidney failure because he can't afford the life-saving dialysis machine which costs $20,000.

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8

The Oath

Nov 6, 1970

Dr. Marsh is concerned with two patients a man who attempted rape and the would-be victim - Dr. Marsh's wife.

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9

Act of God

Nov 20, 1970

A car accident on a remote country road seriously injured four hitchhikers picked up by intern Greg Pettit. Problem: how to give medical care to th...

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10

Mondays Can Be Fatal

Nov 27, 1970

Pooch Hardin is charged with murder following a wild party he can't remember. The hostess died of a drug overdose - and Hardin's medical bag was fo...

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11

The Fever

Dec 4, 1970

A strange fever threatens the life of Dr. Sam Marsh, and the diagnosis becomes a race against time.

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12

The Prisoner Project

Dec 11, 1970

An unidentified girl who won't talk and a convict who refuses medical help are candidates for psychodrama therapy.

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13

Dancy

Dec 18, 1970

Traumatized by the death of a teenage addict, Dr. Marsh begins an extensive probe into the drug world.

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14

Changes

Jan 1, 1971

A bomb scare at a hospital threatens the life of a police lieutenant's son who's scheduled for open-heart surgery.

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15

The Secret

Jan 22, 1971

Greg faces a dilemma. The police want to know what an accident witness said while he was in Greg's care. If Greg tells, he's violating the Hippocra...

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16

Tasha

Jan 29, 1971

Tasha, a mental patient refuses to communicate with anyone. Tasha is dying of a mysterious illness that will go unchecked unless doctors can get he...

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17

Metamorphosis

Feb 5, 1971

Multiple personalities cause a young woman anguish.

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18

The Challenger

Feb 12, 1971

A billiards champions' hand is amputated by Greg during emergency surgery. Hit by a lawsuit, Greg's only hope is to convince the champ that he can...

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19

Casualty

Feb 19, 1971

An expose writer whose current target is New North Hospital, where her brother is dying of leukaemia.

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20

Heart Trouble

Feb 26, 1971

A distraught housewife and her critically ill husband as Sam tries to help the woman adjust, but his efforts backfire when her husband misinterpret...

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21

The Guardian

Mar 5, 1971

The conflict between the impersonal Dr. Holt and Goldstone's interns, who are sure that Holt is after Goldstone's job.

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22

The Manly Art

Mar 12, 1971

A veteran boxer stages a surprising comeback.

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23

Castle of the Lion

Mar 19, 1971

A distressed mother whose daughter will die of renal failure unless a kidney donor can be found.

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24

The Choice

Mar 26, 1971

Dr. Lydia Thorpe must choose between marriage and a career. She's dedicated to medicine - but her fiance wants a full-time wife.

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