Medical Center
Season 2
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.
Where to Watch Season 2
24 Episodes
- Brink of DoomE1
Episode 1Brink of DoomA doctor knows he is exhibiting the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, but is hoping to postpone diagnosis until after he performs necessary surgery on his patient, a young man suffering from thyroid cancer. But it is becoming apparent that he'd be risking the patient's life by performing the surgery himself. - Scream of SilenceE7
Episode 7Scream of SilenceThe problems of parents with mentally disabled children are explored in this episode. Dr. Gannon recommends treatment for Jenny, an abnormally active little girl. What do you do with a gifted child? Doc Gannon believes in a school for exceptional youngsters, and since he is the godfather of the child, he pushes a bit. Gannon's adversary is Mom, who takes an opposing position, and the friction between the two sparks the hour. - Witch HuntE9
Episode 9Witch HuntA girl is found to be suffering from Addison's Disease (adrenal insufficiency) after going into a panic and collapsing at the university. Gannon finds a strange pendant in her hand, and she suddenly leaves the hospital after a visit from a woman who seems to hold a strange control over her. Both Gannon and a superstitious intern investigate, fearing for the girl's health and suspecting the woman of being into witchcraft. - Deadly EncounterE10
Episode 10Deadly EncounterThe problems of a patient who may face radical surgery. Doc Gannon demonstrates his noble side for the ladies, protecting Sandra Polk, a patient, when her husband becomes jealous. Suspicious professor Tink Polk flares up over his wife's appointments with Gannon while Joe, of course, remains Simon pure, merely keeping his patient's illness from her husband at her request. - Trial by Terror
E11Episode 11Trial by TerrorJust before he is supposed to perform a life-saving operation on a young woman who is counting on him, Gannon is blinded in a car accident after his brakes fail. And he does not realize that the orderly whom he trusts and requests to work with him is the one working against him. - Man at BayE14
Episode 14Man at BayThe unconventional Dr. Carl Webson frankly informs a young woman suffering from spreading gangrene that her leg may have to be amputated. The girl is far more accepting of this than are her father, or the very conventional Dr. Garson, both of whom want to see Webson dismissed when he performs the amputation. - The Savage ImageE15
Episode 15The Savage ImageA young Indian hoping to be accepted into the physician's assistant program deals with prejudice among doctors and patients, as well as the conflict between modern medicine and his tribe's traditions, which his ailing grandfather still holds more faith in. - Web of DarknessE17
Episode 17Web of DarknessYoung executive Maggi Spencer is seriously injured while horse riding with her younger sister. Gannon diagnoses a resulting aortic aneurysm, and is forced to operate when she loses consciousness. But after surgery Maggi is unable to move her legs, though no doctors can find any reason for the paralysis. - Danger PointE18
Episode 18Danger PointA woman being treated for cervical cancer, unable to accept the death of her newborn baby, removes a radium implant and leaves it somewhere in the hospital after running from her room. Until she can accept her baby's death she has no memory of where she put the implant, which could result in radiation poisoning for the entire hospital if it is broken and must be located. - Secret HeritageE19
Episode 19Secret HeritageA girl from an institution for the severely retarded is admitted to the hospital after suffering minor injuries in a fight. Gannon begins to suspect that the girl is not as severely retarded as is thought and can be helped, but he finds resistance from the doctor and nurse at the institution, and from the girl's own mother. - Edge of ViolenceE20
Episode 20Edge of ViolenceA former comic who now entertains patients at the hospital tries to help a young woman who has tried to commit suicide. But he has problems as well: he is suffering from violent spells which he loses all memory of afterward. The two wind up having to help each other. - CountdownE21
Episode 21CountdownTom Desmond abruptly quits his job as an orderly, even though he has a sick wife and a baby daughter to support. And his prospects for finding a new source of income keep falling through, in part because of his past record and in part because of his chip-on-shoulder attitude. - The Man in HidingE23
Episode 23The Man in HidingA once-brilliant surgeon (Richard Kiley) has become totally withdrawn. Dr—Thomas Patton, once a brilliant surgeon, now specializes in pathology, where he works only with the dead. Nor can anything reawaken his interest in the living, not even the needs of his critically ill ex-wife.
