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The New Temperatures Rising Show Season 2 Episodes

Season 2 Episode Guide

20 Episodes 1973 - 1974

Episode 1

The Misguided Appendectomy

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.

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Episode 2

The Oldest Living American

Tue, Oct 2, 197330 mins

Dr. Claver brings Luke Shaw, a 125-year-old Civil War veteran, into Capital Hospital for a physical.

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Episode 3

The Strike

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.

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Episode 4

A Classic Case

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.

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Episode 5

We Ain't Got Nobody

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.

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Episode 6

The Mothers

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.

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Episode 7

Gonna Getcha

Tue, Nov 13, 197330 mins

Dr. Mercy starts to receive anonymous threats against his life.

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Episode 8

The Night Shift

Tue, Nov 20, 197330 mins

When Dr. Mercy tries working late he is beset by bizarre interruptions.

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Episode 9

Mercy, the Surgeon

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.

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Episode 10

The Physical

Tue, Dec 11, 197330 mins

Dr. Paul Mercy's physical has him singing the VD blues.

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Episode 11

The Donation

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.

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Episode 12

Four of a Kind

Tue, Dec 25, 197330 mins

Mercy plans to reap a public relations windfall for Capital Hospital from the birth of quadruplets.

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Episode 13

Operation Mercy

Tue, Jan 8, 197430 mins

Dr Mercy must have minor throat surgery and his fear makes him a terrible patient.

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Episode 14

Big Brother

Thu, Jul 18, 197430 mins

Dr. Mercy spies on the staff with a television surveillance system.

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Episode 15

Is There a Lady Doctor in the House?

Thu, Jul 25, 197430 mins

Chauvinist Dr. Mercy falls for a liberated female doctor (Corinne Comacho).

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Episode 16

Kid Genius

Thu, Aug 1, 197430 mins

The hospital is sued when a precocious and obnoxious child concert pianist is frightened into a traumatic state.

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Episode 17

The Three Faces of Edwina

Thu, Aug 8, 197430 mins

Edwina borrows money from her brother for plastic surgery that she is convinced is necessary.

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Episode 18

Healer Man

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.

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Episode 19

Shafted

Thu, Aug 22, 197430 mins

A pregnant woman who is about to deliver becomes trapped when a hospital elevator breaks down.

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Episode 20

Mercy Beaucoup

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.

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