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 7 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1975 - 1976
Episode 1
The Fourth Sex: Part 1
Mon, Sep 8, 1975 60 mins
Dr. Gannon is astounded when a world-famous surgeon asks for gender reassignment surgery.
Episode 2
The Fourth Sex: Part 2
Mon, Sep 15, 1975 60 mins
Dr. Gannon is astounded when a world-famous surgeon asks for gender reassignment surgery. Second of two parts.
Episode 3
Torment
Mon, Sep 22, 1975 60 mins
Dr. Gannon probes his own past to learn how to deal with a dying patient.
Episode 4
No Hiding Place
Mon, Sep 29, 1975 60 mins
Dr. Gannon discovers that his trusted protégé is accused of conspiring in a brutal VIetnam massacre.
Episode 5
The Velvet Knife
Mon, Oct 6, 1975 60 mins
Dr. Gannon unwillingly becomes the object of a young woman's all-demanding attention.
Episode 6
Street Girl
Mon, Oct 20, 1975 60 mins
A study of teen-age prostitution: the daughter of a successful surgeon takes to the streets in a desperate bid for attention.
Episode 7
The Price of a Child
Wed, Oct 29, 1975 60 mins
The son of a wealthy Middle Eastern oil magnate upsets Medical Center operations with his "money buys everything" attitude.
Episode 8
Too Late for Tomorrow
Mon, Nov 3, 1975 60 mins
Dr. Tarkington, an esteemed surgeon, learns he has a terminal illness. He decides to spend his last days doing things he put off while pursuing his career.
Episode 9
The Last Performance
Mon, Nov 10, 1975 60 mins
Tragedy prevents Dr. Paul Lochner from reviving his youthful romance with an opera star.
Episode 10
Two Against Death
Mon, Nov 17, 1975 60 mins
A Medical Center surgeon is in conflict when he must operate on a patient whose life is the key to his own son's recovery.
Episode 11
One Last Rebellion
Mon, Nov 24, 1975 60 mins
Rebelling against the intolerable conditions in a nursing home, the residents decide to take matters into their own hands and demand Dr. Gannon's help.
Episode 12
The Eighth Deadly Sin
Mon, Dec 1, 1975 60 mins
Dr. Gannon must help a leading surgeon accept the limitations of his advanced age.
Episode 13
Gift from a Killer
Mon, Dec 8, 1975 60 mins
Dr. Gannon must convince an escaped convict to risk capture in order to save the life of a dying child.
Episode 14
The High Cost of Winning
Mon, Dec 15, 1975 60 mins
Pressured by his business associates, a young tennis pro seeks escape through surgery.
Episode 15
The Silent Witness
Mon, Dec 29, 1975 60 mins
A lonely nurse is brutally attacked but refuses to identify her assailant.
Episode 16
A Very Private War
Mon, Jan 12, 1976 60 mins
A Russian woman surgeon makes medical misjudgments--endangering the life of a patient--for political reasons.
Episode 17
You Can't Annul My Baby
Mon, Jan 19, 1976 60 mins
Dr. Gannon is caught in a father-daughter battle over the adoption of the 15-year-old girl's baby.
Episode 18
Child of Conflict
Mon, Feb 2, 1976 60 mins
While treating a former VIetnamese prostitute for a heart ailment, Dr. Gannon discovers that her missing child has found a new home with his close friends.
Episode 19
The Stranger
Mon, Feb 9, 1976 60 mins
Shirley, a victim of a series of stabbings that have been happening around campus, and her self-obsessed mother, who just wants her daughter to be pretty like her, raise suspicion at the hospital and with investigators. Questions start to arise if either of them is capable of such a violent act as the stabbings and what would be the psychological motivation behind it.
Episode 20
A Touch of Sight
Mon, Feb 16, 1976 60 mins
When a Medical Center resident is permanently blinded in an accident, Dr. Gannon, feeling indirectly responsible, tries to help him continue his career.
Episode 21
Life, Death and Mrs. Armbruster
Mon, Feb 23, 1976 60 mins
The proud mother of a Medical Center resident refuses vital surgery when Dr. Gannon is forced to fire her irresponsible son.
Episode 22
Major Annie, MD
Mon, Mar 1, 1976 60 mins
A female Army major and surgeon investigates an unauthorized military drug experiment.
Episode 23
The Happy State of Depression
Mon, Mar 8, 1976 60 mins
Ruth Buzzi and Don RIckles portray two comically depressive characters who fall in love at Medical Center.
Episode 24
If Wishes Were Horses
Mon, Mar 15, 1976 60 mins
Skill, cunning and some good-hearted larceny help three ex-Medical Center physicians keep their ramshackle community hospital operating in a tough part of town.