Medical Center: Season 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
Adults Only
Sep 9, 1974 · 60 min
After learning that his wife is a pornographic-movie star, a gifted surgeon wants to leave the hospital.
Demi-God
Sep 16, 1974 · 60 min
A cancer patient doesn't know whether to believe her faith-healer husband's assurances that he can cure her.
The Faces of Peril
Sep 23, 1974 · 60 min
A patient refuses to divulge information about herself that might prevent a deadly epidemic.
Three-Cornered Cage
Sep 30, 1974 · 60 min
A husband anguishes over the responsibility he feels toward his ill wife and the love he feels for her best friend.
The Shattered Mask
Oct 7, 1974 · 60 min
A mechanic is oddly reluctant to consent to an operation for his wheelchair-bound daughter (Deborah Winters).
May God Have Mercy
Oct 21, 1974 · 60 min
A former priest (Tim O'Connor) is captivated by a second-rate nightclub singer (Rita Moreno) who faces a dangerous operation.
The Prisoners
Oct 28, 1974 · 60 min
A convict who agrees to participate in a cancer-research experiment tries to sabotage the project.
The Bribe
Nov 4, 1974 · 60 min
A socialite (Vera Miles) tries to bribe a handsome tennis pro (Peter Coffield) into romancing her dying daughter (Pamela Franklin).
Tainted Lady
Nov 11, 1974 · 60 min
Job and social discrimination against cured cancer patients is the theme of this story about a woman (Shirley Knight) who undergoes a mastectomy.
Heel of the Tyrant
Nov 18, 1974 · 60 min
A Jewish researcher is harassed by young anti-Semites who are led by a hospital orderly (David Macklin).
Three on a Tightrope
Nov 25, 1974 · 60 min
A heart patient's recovery is endangered when she falls in love with a mentally disabled young man.
Midwife
Dec 2, 1974 · 60 min
A pregnant young widow (Brooke Bundy), arrested for unlawful midwifery, learns that she has cervical cancer.
Kiss and Kill
Dec 9, 1974 · 60 min
A conniving young patient (Belinda J. Montgomery) tries to drive a wedge between a wealthy woman (Kim Hunter) and her clinging son (David Soul).
Saturday`s Child
Dec 16, 1974 · 60 min
An adolescent girl needs surgery, but she won't help Gannon locate her parents so he can get their consent.
The Hostile Heart
Dec 30, 1974 · 60 min
An orphan's need for open-heart surgery may frighten away prospective parents.
No Way Home
Jan 6, 1975 · 60 min
A former movie star's will to live is undermined by a failing marriage and ill health.
Captives
Jan 13, 1975 · 60 min
A pregnant nurse dosen't want to raise a second child without the help of her errant husband.
Crown of Thorns
Feb 3, 1975 · 60 min
A European princess (Suzy Kendall) escapes her bodyguard and winds up in Gannon's arms.
The Invisible Wife
Feb 10, 1975 · 60 min
The ailing and neglected wife of a charismatic politician asks Gannon to keep her presence in the hospital a secret.
If Mine Eye Offends Me
Feb 24, 1975 · 60 min
A convicted child molester will be granted parole only if he takes a drug that might cause impotence.
Survivors
Mar 3, 1975 · 60 min
Camaraderie turns to rivalry when 12 medical students compete for seven internships.
Aftershock
Mar 10, 1975 · 60 min
A hospital explosion traps Gannon and five others in the basement.
Half a Life
Mar 17, 1975 · 60 min
A woman is torn between her desire to live with her lover in Greece, and her duty to her brother, who needs transfusions of her blood.