Medical Center: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
Vision of Doom
Sep 20, 1972 · 60 min
A doctor (William Windom) has a premonition that his wife will die in surgery.
Cycle of Peril
Sep 27, 1972 · 60 min
A woman refuses an emergency operation for fear it will endanger her pregnancy.
Condemned
Oct 4, 1972 · 60 min
The story of a growing attachment between an injured teenager and his critically ill roommate.
The Torn Man
Oct 18, 1972 · 60 min
Tragedy for a 42-year-old intern: he's fallen in love with a critically ill patient.
Betrayed
Oct 25, 1972 · 60 min
A hospital volunteer (Geraldine Page) has a horrifying secret.
Doctor and Mr. Harper
Nov 1, 1972 · 60 min
A drama about an unemployed man married to a doctor.
The Fallen
Nov 8, 1972 · 60 min
The ugly-duckling story is no fairy tale to a patient who thinks she's so second-rate that she wants to die.
Tico Taco, M.D.
Nov 15, 1972 · 60 min
Superstition vs. science as a critically ill woman refuses medical help.
The Outcast
Nov 22, 1972 · 60 min
A brilliant researcher is taking great pains to conceal his past.
No Sanctuary
Nov 29, 1972 · 60 min
A nun has secrets that are hindering her recovery from a beating and rape.
Gladiator
Dec 6, 1972 · 60 min
Problems for a college football hero include a drug habit, a serious illness and a disabled wife.
No Way Out
Dec 13, 1972 · 60 min
A doctor's puzzling spells of fatigue are hampering her work.
A Game for One Player
Dec 20, 1972 · 60 min
A tortured relationship evolves between a lonely widow and the doctor who blames himself for her husband's death.
Pressure Point
Jan 3, 1973 · 60 min
The success of a new surgical procedure is threatened by the surgeon's worry over his wife's erratic behavior.
Question of Guilt
Jan 10, 1973 · 60 min
A woman convict's bitterness is threatening her success in a medical training program.
Judgement
Jan 17, 1973 · 60 min
The story of a desperately lonely hospital volunteer (Ruth Buzzi).
End of the Line
Jan 24, 1973 · 60 min
A high-wire performer's illness might kill her if she continues her career.
Between Two Fires
Jan 31, 1973 · 60 min
A surgeon's new procedure might save his dying wife, if he can conquer his drug addiction in time to operate.
Night Cry
Feb 7, 1973 · 60 min
Drama about the future of an illegitimate child whose father has been critically injured.
No Margin for Error
Feb 14, 1973 · 60 min
A famous doctor's (Celeste Holm) own vital surgery must be delayed to help a man with a live bomb lodged in his chest.
Impact
Feb 21, 1973 · 60 min
An ailing boy's divorced parents can't agree whether to permit surgery.
Fatal Memory
Feb 28, 1973 · 60 min
A woman (Stefanie Powers) refuses to admit symptoms of a serious illness.
Vortex
Mar 7, 1973 · 60 min
Dr. Lochner's one-time fiancee has a beautiful daughter who's gravely ill.