Medical Center - Season 5
24 episodes
Episode 1
The Guilty
A young woman is stricken with hysterical paralysis after seeing her mother with a lover.
Episode 2
Time of Darkness
An emergency call to a mountain community leads Gannon to a patient guarded by mysterious, gun-toting townsfolk.
Episode 3
Broken Image
Bent on proving his virility, an aging surgeon becomes involved with a young patient.
Episode 4
Impasse
A lesbian psychiatrist is plagued by prejudice against her life style.
Episode 5
Clash of Shadows
The horror of crib death is explored in this story about a couple who lose their 4-month-old child.
Episode 6
The Casualty
Romance ends for Gannon when his girlfriend's husband, missing for six years in Vietnam, comes home to reclaim his wife and son.
Episode 7
Stranger in Two Worlds
A champion diver is ignoring an illness that could end her career.
Episode 8
Child of Violence
A wounded child from war-torn Northern Ireland baffles Gannon by showing no desire to get well.
Episode 9
Woman for Hire
An idealistic young resident falls in love with an ailing prostitute.
Episode 10
A Life at Stake
Compulsive gambling is ruining the life of a once-fine surgeon.
Episode 11
Nightmare
Gannon is receiving bloodcurdling murder threats that contain only one clue: the would-be killer is someone on the hospital staff.
Episode 12
Deadly Game
A derelict fakes her way into the hospital for free room and board, unaware that she is suffering from a serious disease.
Episode 13
Web of Intrigue
An arrogant young resident refuses to submit to authority.
Episode 14
Trial by Knife
Sparks fly when Gannon and the newly-appointed chief of surgery begin to clash on medical opinions.
Episode 15
Choice of Evils
A proud man must decide whether to live with a dangerous illness, or submit to surgery which might cause impotence.
Episode 16
No Escape
Gannon's patient needs a kidney transplant, and her only hope of a compatible donor is her father — a convict who is serving time for murder.
Episode 17
Dark Warning
A seriously ill surgeon tries to hide his condition long enough to perform lifesaving surgery on his ex-wife.
Episode 18
Girl from Bedlam
While investigating conditions in a mental hospital, Gannon falls in love with an amnesiac whose blinding headaches have gone untreated by the staff.
Episode 19
Spectre
Determined to save a critically ill patient, a surgeon is hiding his own serious malady from his colleagues.
Episode 20
The Enemies
A young genius becomes the center of a custody battle between his critically ill mother and a wealthy, would-be benefactress.
Episode 21
The Conspirators
An accused rapist may not live to see a fair trial. The victim's boyfriend has already beaten him severely, and is waiting to finish the job.
Episode 22
The World's a Balloon
An impoverished ventriloquist may lose custody of his orphaned nephew when the boy develops a serious heart condition.
Episode 23
Hexed
A staff doctor thinks a patient's baffling symptoms are the result of a voodoo curse.
Episode 24
Appointment with Danger
A critically ill scientist is determined to attend an important European conference, despite Gannon's warnings that the trip might kill her.