Medical Center: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
The Guilty
Sep 10, 1973 · 60 min
A young woman is stricken with hysterical paralysis after seeing her mother with a lover.
Time of Darkness
Sep 17, 1973 · 60 min
An emergency call to a mountain community leads Gannon to a patient guarded by mysterious, gun-toting townsfolk.
Broken Image
Sep 24, 1973 · 60 min
Bent on proving his virility, an aging surgeon becomes involved with a young patient.
Impasse
Oct 1, 1973 · 60 min
A lesbian psychiatrist is plagued by prejudice against her life style.
Clash of Shadows
Oct 8, 1973 · 60 min
The horror of crib death is explored in this story about a couple who lose their 4-month-old child.
The Casualty
Oct 22, 1973 · 60 min
Romance ends for Gannon when his girlfriend's husband, missing for six years in Vietnam, comes home to reclaim his wife and son.
Stranger in Two Worlds
Oct 29, 1973 · 60 min
A champion diver is ignoring an illness that could end her career.
Child of Violence
Nov 12, 1973 · 60 min
A wounded child from war-torn Northern Ireland baffles Gannon by showing no desire to get well.
Woman for Hire
Nov 19, 1973 · 60 min
An idealistic young resident falls in love with an ailing prostitute.
A Life at Stake
Nov 26, 1973 · 60 min
Compulsive gambling is ruining the life of a once-fine surgeon.
Nightmare
Dec 3, 1973 · 60 min
Gannon is receiving bloodcurdling murder threats that contain only one clue: the would-be killer is someone on the hospital staff.
Deadly Game
Dec 10, 1973 · 60 min
A derelict fakes her way into the hospital for free room and board, unaware that she is suffering from a serious disease.
Web of Intrigue
Jan 7, 1974 · 60 min
An arrogant young resident refuses to submit to authority.
Trial by Knife
Jan 14, 1974 · 60 min
Sparks fly when Gannon and the newly-appointed chief of surgery begin to clash on medical opinions.
Choice of Evils
Jan 21, 1974 · 60 min
A proud man must decide whether to live with a dangerous illness, or submit to surgery which might cause impotence.
No Escape
Jan 28, 1974 · 60 min
Gannon's patient needs a kidney transplant, and her only hope of a compatible donor is her father — a convict who is serving time for murder.
Dark Warning
Feb 11, 1974 · 60 min
A seriously ill surgeon tries to hide his condition long enough to perform lifesaving surgery on his ex-wife.
Girl from Bedlam
Feb 18, 1974 · 60 min
While investigating conditions in a mental hospital, Gannon falls in love with an amnesiac whose blinding headaches have gone untreated by the staff.
Spectre
Feb 25, 1974 · 60 min
Determined to save a critically ill patient, a surgeon is hiding his own serious malady from his colleagues.
The Enemies
Mar 4, 1974 · 60 min
A young genius becomes the center of a custody battle between his critically ill mother and a wealthy, would-be benefactress.
The Conspirators
Mar 11, 1974 · 60 min
An accused rapist may not live to see a fair trial. The victim's boyfriend has already beaten him severely, and is waiting to finish the job.
The World's a Balloon
Mar 25, 1974 · 60 min
An impoverished ventriloquist may lose custody of his orphaned nephew when the boy develops a serious heart condition.
Hexed
Apr 1, 1974 · 60 min
A staff doctor thinks a patient's baffling symptoms are the result of a voodoo curse.
Appointment with Danger
Apr 15, 1974 · 60 min
A critically ill scientist is determined to attend an important European conference, despite Gannon's warnings that the trip might kill her.