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20 Episodes 1973 - 1974
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 25, 197330 mins
Paul Lynde as Dr. Paul Mercy joins Cleavon Little and a revamped supporting cast in the second season where Noland removes the appendix of a thief and Mercy searches the hospital for him.
Episode 2
Tue, Oct 2, 197330 mins
Dr. Claver brings Luke Shaw, a 125-year-old Civil War veteran, into Capital Hospital for a physical.
Episode 3
Tue, Oct 9, 197330 mins
A strike is threatened by the nurses and orderlies if Dr. Mercy doesn't meet their demand for higher pay.
Episode 4
Tue, Oct 16, 197330 mins
When a healthy patient is put in traction due to a misread X-ray Dr. Mercy fears a malpractice suit against Capital Hospital.
Episode 5
Tue, Oct 30, 197330 mins
In order to get an emergency crash cart for the hospital Dr. Noland creates a mythical heart patient that dies and then blames the death on a lack of equipment. The ploy appears to work until an autopsy is ordered on the fictional corpse.
Episode 6
Tue, Nov 6, 197330 mins
Mercy's fondest dream is to have his mother move out and retire to the country but Dr. Noland's most mother intervenes.
Episode 7
Tue, Nov 13, 197330 mins
Dr. Mercy starts to receive anonymous threats against his life.
Episode 8
Tue, Nov 20, 197330 mins
When Dr. Mercy tries working late he is beset by bizarre interruptions.
Episode 9
Tue, Dec 4, 197330 mins
After boasting to Judge Trager that he is a great heart surgeon the judge comes to him for an operation.
Episode 10
Tue, Dec 11, 197330 mins
Dr. Paul Mercy's physical has him singing the VD blues.
Episode 11
Tue, Dec 18, 197330 mins
When the father of a wealthy family decides to leave his body to medical science Dr. Mercy fears the loss of their financial support.
Episode 12
Tue, Dec 25, 197330 mins
Mercy plans to reap a public relations windfall for Capital Hospital from the birth of quadruplets.
Episode 13
Tue, Jan 8, 197430 mins
Dr Mercy must have minor throat surgery and his fear makes him a terrible patient.
Episode 14
Thu, Jul 18, 197430 mins
Dr. Mercy spies on the staff with a television surveillance system.
Episode 15
Thu, Jul 25, 197430 mins
Chauvinist Dr. Mercy falls for a liberated female doctor (Corinne Comacho).
Episode 16
Thu, Aug 1, 197430 mins
The hospital is sued when a precocious and obnoxious child concert pianist is frightened into a traumatic state.
Episode 17
Thu, Aug 8, 197430 mins
Edwina borrows money from her brother for plastic surgery that she is convinced is necessary.
Episode 18
Thu, Aug 15, 197430 mins
A country-western singer who was treated by Mercy for a broken leg suffered in a motorcycle accident writes a song in the doctor's honor.
Episode 19
Thu, Aug 22, 197430 mins
A pregnant woman who is about to deliver becomes trapped when a hospital elevator breaks down.
Episode 20
Thu, Aug 29, 197430 mins
Dr. Mercy initially turns down a promotion overseeing a chain of 23 hospitals, but rethinks the offer when he believes the staff does not want him to stay.