Medical Center: Season 3
Season 3 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 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
Blood Line
Sep 15, 1971 · 60 min
A fugitive (William Windom) is torn between freedom and love for his anemic son.
The Corrupted
Sep 22, 1971 · 60 min
A character study of an ambitious surgeon (Steve Lawrence).
The Imposter
Sep 29, 1971 · 60 min
A highly respected country doctor's (Forrest Tucker) long career as a bogus physician is about to be exposed.
Double Jeopardy
Oct 6, 1971 · 60 min
Artificial insemination plays a part in the story of a heart patient who risks her life to protect her sterile husband's pride.
Idolmaker
Oct 13, 1971 · 60 min
Character studies of two critically ill patients who are jeopardizing their lives.
Circle of Power
Oct 20, 1971 · 60 min
A distinguished surgeon (Barry Sullivan) is losing the use of his hands.
The Shattered Man
Oct 27, 1971 · 60 min
A troubled husband (Bradford Dillman) is being treated for psychological impotence.
Martyr
Nov 10, 1971 · 60 min
An iron-willed lady (Jo Van Fleet) is determined to spend her life in a wheelchair.
Suspected
Nov 17, 1971 · 60 min
A surgeon's (Earl Hilliman) past comes back to haunt him: the once-convicted sex offender is now charged with child molesting.
The Loser
Nov 24, 1971 · 60 min
A student nurse (Susan Strasberg) is plagued by a bad marriage and a mysterious respiratory illness.
The Pawn
Dec 1, 1971 · 60 min
Medical quackery is the target of a drama in which a charming fraud (George Maharis) is risking the life of a young patient.
Conspiracy
Dec 8, 1971 · 60 min
A lung-cancer victim (Suzanne Pleshette) is determined to keep her nightmare a secret.
The Nowhere Child
Dec 15, 1971 · 60 min
An 11-year-old orphan's chance for adoption is threatened by a mysterious illness.
Shock! (1)
Dec 29, 1971 · 60 min
Change-of-pace suspense drama about Gannon's involvement with an ailing tycoon and his conflict-ridden household. First of two parts.
Shock! (2)
Jan 5, 1972 · 60 min
Dr. Lochner's sister is the prime suspect in the conclusion of a murder story.
Fatal Decision
Jan 19, 1972 · 60 min
Gannon's romance with a woman doctor is plagued by a secret past.
Terror
Jan 26, 1972 · 60 min
Bubonic plague is the villain in a medical conflict over the unidentified victim.
Secret
Feb 2, 1972 · 60 min
A doctor (Michael Callan) is driven back to alcoholism by the fear of losing his dying wife.
The Choice
Feb 9, 1972 · 60 min
A doctor (Monte Markham) is torn between a career in hospital administration and a return to surgical practice.
Deadlock
Feb 16, 1972 · 60 min
A surgeon is offered a grim choice: his kidnapped wife will be saved if he can arrange the death of a certain patient.
Awakening
Feb 23, 1972 · 60 min
A car-crash victim (Craig Stevens) awakes from a three-year coma to a nightmare: the crash killed his daughter and left him with an unforgiving wife.
Confession
Mar 1, 1972 · 60 min
A woman (Ida Lupino) mysteriously turns against Gannon after he saves her husband's life.
Conflict
Mar 8, 1972 · 60 min
A rape-murder mystery takes a grim twist with a confession by a young intern's fiance.