Medical Center
Located in the Los Angeles, California area, Medical Center was an otherwise unnamed hospital complex that was part of a large university campus. Dr. Paul Lochner (James Daly) was the chief of staff, an experienced, professional, compassionate man. Dr. Joe Gannon (Chad Everett) was a young associate professor of surgery and a close friend of Dr. Lochner.
- 1969-1976
- 7 seasons
- CBS
- Drama
Located in the Los Angeles, California area, Medical Center was an otherwise unnamed hospital complex that was part of a large university campus. Dr. Paul Lochner (James Daly) was the chief of staff, an experienced, professional, compassionate man. Dr. Joe Gannon (Chad Everett) was a young associate professor of surgery and a close friend of Dr. Lochner.
Season 4 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1972 - 1973
Episode 1
Vision of Doom
Wed, Sep 13, 1972 60 mins
Dr. Gannon suspects a noted psychic's visions of his wife's death are wishful thinking.
Episode 2
Cycle of Peril
Wed, Sep 20, 1972 60 mins
A false pregnancy threatens an anxious would-be mother and her sterile husband.
Episode 3
Condemned
Wed, Sep 27, 1972 60 mins
Dr. Gannon loses the trust of a 13-year-old patient when the boy's young roommate dies of a terminal illness.
Episode 4
Wall of Silence
Wed, Oct 4, 1972 60 mins
In seeking the cause of hysterical deafness in a 16-year-old patient, Dr. Gannon must force the boy's parents to acknowledge some deep-rooted guilt.
Episode 5
The Torn Man
Wed, Oct 11, 1972 60 mins
An intern marries a patient, knowing she is terminally ill, yet her death leaves him broken enough to quit medicine.
Episode 6
Betrayed
Wed, Oct 18, 1972 60 mins
Before he can perform life-saving surgery, Dr. Gannon must separate a rebellious teenager from her only confidante--and jeopardize her parents' marriage.
Episode 7
Doctor and Mr. Harper
Wed, Nov 1, 1972 60 mins
To save the career of a talented woman doctor, and the life of her critically ill husband, Dr. Gannon must help the man accept his limitations--and her paycheck.
Episode 8
The Fallen
Wed, Nov 1, 1972 60 mins
A young, depressed patient postpones essential surgery to go on a romantic voyage with a phony "world traveler", whom Gannon has unsuspectingly introduced to her.
Episode 9
Tio Taco, MD
Wed, Nov 8, 1972 60 mins
An Hispanic herbal healer and his son, a young M.D., clash over the treatment of a superstitious Mexican woman at Medical Center.
Episode 10
The Outcast
Wed, Nov 15, 1972 60 mins
A cancer researcher, once convicted of second-degree murder in a mercy killing, is suspected when a patient's life-support systems are cut off.
Episode 11
No Sanctuary
Wed, Nov 22, 1972 60 mins
A tough cop helps Gannon restore a young nun's faith after she is sexually assaulted.
Episode 12
Gladiator
Wed, Nov 29, 1972 60 mins
To protect the health of a football star, Gannon challenges the "win at any cost" mentality that condones the use of drugs by athletes.
Episode 13
No Way Out
Wed, Dec 6, 1972 60 mins
A young doctor suffering from an incurable disease must make a choice to marry a millionaire or spend her remaining years in medicine.
Episode 14
A Game for One Player
Wed, Dec 13, 1972 60 mins
Gannon helps a young intern overcome the guilt that motivated an unhealthy relationship with a colleague's widow.
Episode 15
Pressure Point
Wed, Dec 20, 1972 60 mins
When his wife becomes a tragic mental case, a brilliant surgeon must choose between abandoning his career and institutionalizing her.
Episode 16
Question of Guilt
Wed, Jan 3, 1973 60 mins
A female convict, recommended by Gannon to a physician's assistant's program, refuses to believe his interest is strictly professional.
Episode 17
Judgment
Wed, Jan 10, 1973 60 mins
When a young patient goes on a hunger strike, Dr. Gannon tries to persuade a lonely hospital volunteer to care for the girl's illegitimate child.
Episode 18
End of the Line
Wed, Jan 17, 1973 60 mins
A young high-wire performer with a serious heart defect tells Dr. Gannon that the show must go on to save her grandfather's circus.
Episode 19
Between 2 Fires
Wed, Jan 24, 1973 60 mins
Gannon must force a prominent surgeon through morphine withdrawal when the man is faced with operating on his own wife.
Episode 20
Night Cry
Wed, Jan 31, 1973 60 mins
Gannon confronts a hard-nosed businesswoman who refuses to help the illegitimate son of her late husband.
Episode 21
No Margin for Error
Wed, Feb 7, 1973 60 mins
A patient arrives with explosives in his chest putting the staff on edge and the hospital in lock down. The emergency postpones an operation on a noted woman physician, putting her life in danger.
Episode 22
Impact
Wed, Feb 14, 1973 60 mins
To save her son's life, Dr. Gannon must persuade a divorced mother to bare the guilty secret that destroyed her marriage.
Episode 23
Fatal Memory
Wed, Feb 21, 1973 60 mins
A free-spirited aviatrix, haunted by the accidental deaths of her husband and child, becomes suicidal--and Gannon receives a plea for help.
Episode 24
The Vortex
Wed, Feb 28, 1973 60 mins
To save the life of a 19-year-old girl, Gannon is forced to jeopardize Dr. Lochner's "September" romance with the girl's mother.