The Interns

Episode 1

The Quality of Mercy

Fri, Sep 18, 1970 60 mins

The doctors tend to a trio of patients: a cancer-stricken monk who has previously been cloistered for 40 years, a stripper who's suffering from a bone spur and a despondent wife who begs for the mercy killing of her dying husband.

Episode 2

Death Wish

Fri, Sep 25, 1970 60 mins

While treating a girl patient who is critically ill, Dr. Pooch Hardin refuses to believe warning signs that she is a heroin addict who will stop at nothing to get drugs. She breaks out of the hospital to join a band of fellow drug users.

Episode 3

Some Things Don't Change

Fri, Oct 2, 1970 60 mins

A man fearful of inheriting a brain disease demands that his girl have an abortion. He then becomes jealous of the doctor and unwittingly endangers the operation.

Episode 4

An Afternoon in the Fall

Fri, Oct 9, 1970 60 mins

Sam's wife, Bobbie, and a nurse are taken hostage by a psychotic killer.

Episode 5

Eyes of the Beholder

Fri, Oct 16, 1970 60 mins

Dr. Pettit decides to take drastic action to make group therapy work for the seeing impaired. He pretends to be blind but finds the negative attitude of one girl is ruining the experience for everyone.

Episode 6

Miss Knock-A-Bout

Fri, Oct 23, 1970 60 mins

An acrobatic clown feels their career is ruined after medical treatment and sues 3 of the doctors for a million dollars. Dr. Thorpe refuses to accept a colleague's sexist remarks and teaches him a lesson.

Episode 7

The Price of Life

Fri, Oct 30, 1970 60 mins

A 26 year old construction worker Fred Chalmers is refused a life saving kidney procedure because of the cost. The young man decides to take his revenge on Dr. Goldstone.

Episode 8

The Oath

Fri, Nov 6, 1970 60 mins

Dr. Sam Marsh finds it difficult to treat a patient when he learns the man has beaten his wife.

Episode 9

Act of God

Fri, Nov 20, 1970 60 mins

A car accident on a remote country road seriously injures four hitchhikers picked up by intern Greg Pettitt, who must give medical care while trying to find help.

Episode 10

Mondays Can Be Fatal

Fri, Nov 27, 1970 60 mins

Dr. Hardin finds himself suspected of murdering the hostess at a party he can't remember because he was served drugged punch. He's told that the one witness who could back up his story has disappeared.

Episode 11

The Fever

Fri, Dec 4, 1970 60 mins

With a mysterious fever sweeping the city Dr. Goldstone has everyone at New North take necessary precautions. But Dr. Sam Marsh goes to a music festival where he comes down with the bubonic plague.

Episode 12

The Prisoners

Fri, Dec 11, 1970 60 mins

While doing research at the state penitentiary, Dr. Greg Pettit gets caught up in a riot led by a badly-scarred killer.

Episode 13

Dancy

Fri, Dec 18, 1970 60 mins

When a young girl dies of an overdose Dr. Sam Marsh takes it hard. He takes a leave from the program to clear his head and wonder if he is making the right choices.

Episode 14

Changes

Fri, Jan 1, 1971 60 mins

Everyone is on edge as a strike threatens New North Hospital. A explosion occurs which injures Dr. Harrin and Dr. Goldstone orders the evacuation of all but the most critical of patients.

Episode 15

The Secret

Fri, Jan 22, 1971 60 mins

Congressman Del Denning and his reckless playboy brother Beau are involved in a drunk driving accident that leaves a man dead, but a patient confession to Dr. Pettit throws his career in jeopardy.

Episode 16

Tasha

Fri, Jan 29, 1971 60 mins

Dr. Pooch Hardin sees a long term mental patient Tasha who refuses to speak. The more he delves into the case the more Pooch believes she may be faking.

Episode 17

Metamorphosis

Fri, Feb 5, 1971 60 mins

Mousy hospital librarian Jeanne is shocked to discover she's pregnant and the answer to her mysterious pregnancy is revealed through an intense hypnosis session with Dr. Jacoby.

Episode 18

The Challenger

Fri, Feb 12, 1971 60 mins

Dr. Pettit is sued for malpractice after he performs an emergency amputation on Joe Calico, the world's foremost billiards champion, when his arm is stuck in a malfunctioning elevator.

Episode 19

Casualty

Fri, Feb 19, 1971 60 mins

A woman author writing a book about the hospital astonishes everyone with her callous attitude when she learns her brother has leukemia.

Episode 20

Heart Trouble

Fri, Feb 26, 1971 60 mins

Sam tries to help a distraught housewife adjust to her critically ill husband, but it backfires when his efforts are misinterpreted by the husband regarding his intentions.

Episode 21

The Guardian

Fri, Mar 5, 1971 60 mins

A famed heart specialist antagonizes the interns with his by-the-book approach, and stirs resentment at the hospital when he's rumored as the successor to ailing Dr. Goldstone.

Episode 22

The Manly Art

Fri, Mar 12, 1971 60 mins

The trainer of a professional boxer has no compunctions about secretly giving his fighter amphetamines before each match.

Episode 23

Castle of the Lion

Fri, Mar 19, 1971 60 mins

Episode 24

The Choice

Fri, Mar 26, 1971 60 mins

Dr. Lydia Thorpe finds herself torn by a choice between her career and marriage when her fiancee asks her to give up medicine just as she undertakes a heavy workload at a ghetto clinic.