Medical Center - Season 1

Bru Wiley, a college football star up for Heisman honors and a top pro career, ignores his failing health.

Although the father of a 7-year-old with severe internal injuries insists the child fell off an embankment, Dr. Gannon suspects the child was beaten.

Focuses on the psychological interplay between two patients in serious shape.

The question of a therapeutic abortion divides Nora Caldwell (Barbara Rush) and her husband Dan (John McMartin).

A Vietnamese war victim (France Nuyen) is being treated at the medical center.

A story about drug addiction.

Jenny Webb (Brooke Bundy), with a hemorrhaging kidney and a baby on the way, is rejected by her angry father and uncaring boyfriend.

An intradepartmental dispute pits Gannon against the new acting chief of surgery (John Marley).

Dr. Gannon tries to prove that the suddenly violent behavior of student Greg Soreson stems from an organic ailment.

A U.S. ambassador (Walter Pidgeon) has a heart condition that could jeopardize a crucial meeting.

A patient (Lee Grant) learns a lesson about life from a little boy (Fabian Gregory).

Gannon stakes his reputation on the integrity of a student nurse (Belinda Montgomery).

Interns Steve Seagren and Katherine Kenter are both being considered for a much-prized residency.

A student facing kidney failure gets no comfort from her alienated family or her disinterested ex-husband.

Dr. Lochner's emotions conflict with his professional judgment when he faces a crisis concerning his own daughter.

Dr. Gannon tries to bridge a gap between a 17-year-old and his gruff immigrant father.

A blind student's recovery depends on recalling the horrible event that caused her loss of sight.

The director of a foundation for teenage parolees lays his life on the line to save one of his charges.

The story of a dedicated head nurse (Mercedes McCambridge).

A sensitive story about Gannon's love for an incurably ill woman (Shelby Grant).

A former gridiron idol (Forrest Tucker) finds living with his own legend unbearable.

A research specialist (William Shatner) clashes with Gannon over a possible cancer cure.

A story about the need to treat venereal disease as a medical problem divorced from social stigma.

Dr. Martin Lambert is blind to the fact that his older son suffers from a muscular disorder and that he has neglected his younger son.

An ambitious black resident (Georg Stanford Brown) is convinced that Gannon is preventing him from performing surgery.

The story of a marriage tormented by lack of children.