Medical Center: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Medical Center Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Brink of Doom
Sep 16, 1970
A surgeon's (George Grizzard) career may be ended by multiple sclerosis.
Undercurrent
Sep 23, 1970
A dedicated research scientist's vital work on a new drug is threatened when anonymous letters accuse him of being a homosexual.
Junkie
Sep 30, 1970
A story about the feelings of parents whose teenagers are drug addicts. Gannon tries to save a 16-year-old girl from heroin addiction. His efforts are continually frustrated by her
Assailant
Oct 7, 1970
A brooding young doctor (Gary Lockwood) is suspected of murdering a woman on hospital grounds.
Ghetto Clinic
Oct 21, 1970
William Devane guests as the maverick director of a free clinic. The maverick director of a ghetto clinic endangers its future by his refusal to follow rules in making reports on h
Scream of Silence
Oct 28, 1970
The 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 wi
Death Grip
Nov 4, 1970
The problems of a doctor who has trouble adjusting to civilian life after serving in Vietnam. Dr. Eric Canford, a brilliant surgeon, comes back from war service with a drinking pro
Witch Hunt
Nov 11, 1970
Modern medicine clashes with black magic as Gannon tries to save a girl afflicted with Addison's Disease-and a belief in the all-pervading, healing powers of Satan. (60 mins)
Deadly Encounter
Nov 18, 1970
The 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.
Trial by Terror
Nov 25, 1970
Blinded in an attack, Gannon is still being stalked by a would-be killer.
Accused
Dec 2, 1970
A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.
Crisis
Dec 9, 1970
Gannon is accused of shielding a seriously injured cop who allegedly shot a student without provocation.
Man at Bay
Dec 16, 1970
A brash, long-haired surgeon (Gary Lockwood) runs afoul of his colleagues.
The Savage Image
Dec 30, 1970
Gannon tries to save the life of a seriously ill Indian chief and enroll the chief's son in a physician's-assistant training program.
Woman in Question
Jan 6, 1971
An intern who thinks his fiancee is ""wholesome"" doesn't know she contracted syphilis before they met.
Danger Point
Jan 27, 1971
A missing radium implant could contaminate the entire hospital.
Secret Heritage
Feb 3, 1971
A mentally disabled teenager (Pamela Franklin) has been abandoned by her mother.
Edge of Violence
Feb 10, 1971
The story of a troubled former vaudeville star (Jack Carter).
Perfection of Vices
Feb 24, 1971
An insight into Lochner's personal life with his ex-wife (Dina Merrill) and daughter (Charlotte Stewart).
The Man in Hiding
Mar 3, 1971
A 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.
Crossroads
Mar 10, 1971
An aging doctor mistakenly believes that his medical practice is as good as ever. Pat Hingle as Dr. Farrring, a septuagenarian heart-transplant recipient whose mistaken faith in hi