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
A fugitive (William Windom) is torn between freedom and love for his anemic son.
The Imposter
Sep 29, 1971
A highly respected country doctor's (Forrest Tucker) long career as a bogus physician is about to be exposed.
Double Jeopardy
Oct 6, 1971
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
Character studies of two critically ill patients who are jeopardizing their lives.
Circle of Power
Oct 20, 1971
A distinguished surgeon (Barry Sullivan) is losing the use of his hands.
The Shattered Man
Oct 27, 1971
A troubled husband (Bradford Dillman) is being treated for psychological impotence.
Martyr
Nov 10, 1971
An iron-willed lady (Jo Van Fleet) is determined to spend her life in a wheelchair.
Suspected
Nov 17, 1971
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
A student nurse (Susan Strasberg) is plagued by a bad marriage and a mysterious respiratory illness.
The Pawn
Dec 1, 1971
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
A lung-cancer victim (Suzanne Pleshette) is determined to keep her nightmare a secret.
The Nowhere Child
Dec 15, 1971
An 11-year-old orphan's chance for adoption is threatened by a mysterious illness.
Shock! (1)
Dec 29, 1971
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
Dr. Lochner's sister is the prime suspect in the conclusion of a murder story.
Fatal Decision
Jan 19, 1972
Gannon's romance with a woman doctor is plagued by a secret past.
Terror
Jan 26, 1972
Bubonic plague is the villain in a medical conflict over the unidentified victim.
Secret
Feb 2, 1972
A doctor (Michael Callan) is driven back to alcoholism by the fear of losing his dying wife.
The Choice
Feb 9, 1972
A doctor (Monte Markham) is torn between a career in hospital administration and a return to surgical practice.
Deadlock
Feb 16, 1972
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
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
A woman (Ida Lupino) mysteriously turns against Gannon after he saves her husband's life.
Conflict
Mar 8, 1972
A rape-murder mystery takes a grim twist with a confession by a young intern's fiance.