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The Best Episodes of Medic Season 2

Every episode of Medic Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Medic Season 2!

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Medic is an American medical drama that aired on NBC beginning in 1954. Medic was television's first doctor drama to focus attention on medical procedures. Created by its principal writer James E. Moser, Medic tried to

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Medic Season 2 Episode 1 - All the Lonely Night
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #1 - All the Lonely Night

    S2:E1

    Pretty, young Helen has a collapsing colon. Unless she consents to surgery to open up a new elimination canal and container bag, she will die. But what will that mean to a young woman's self-image and life style. Daring topic for its time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Medic Season 2 Episode 2 - Walk with Lions
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Walk with Lions

    S2:E2

    Unaware that he has developed diabetes, a struggling young prizefighter who is also a gifted artist endangers his life by continuing to push himself in order to earn the money needed to further his education.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Medic Season 2 Episode 3 - And Then There Was Darkness and Then There Was Light (1)
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #3 - And Then There Was Darkness and Then There Was Light (1)

    S2:E3

    Immediately after giving birth to her fourth child, Frances Dunbar develops a severe case of postpartum depression and becomes convinced that she can (and will) violently murder the baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Medic Season 2 Episode 4 - And Then There Was Darkness and Then There Was Light (2)
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #4 - And Then There Was Darkness and Then There Was Light (2)

    S2:E4

    After unsuccessfully attempting to kill her baby, Frances Dunbar voluntarily admits herself to a state psychiatric institution where she receives treatment that slowly helps her to realize the reasons for her troubled mental state.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Medic Season 2 Episode 5 - A Room, a Boy and Mr. Bodine
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #5 - A Room, a Boy and Mr. Bodine

    S2:E5

    A young boy, neglected by his wealthy parents, builds a dream world of his own with the help of his tattered teddy bear, Mr. Bodine. This aggravates his asthmatic condition, as he is allergic to the teddy bear.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Medic Season 2 Episode 6 - When I Was Young
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #6 - When I Was Young

    S2:E6

    When Gwen Kellogg becomes depressed, modern treatment helps restore her to health

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Medic Season 2 Episode 7 - When Mama Says Jump
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #7 - When Mama Says Jump

    S2:E7

    Dr. Styner offers advice and support when a 17-year-old track star develops severe acne and chronic fatigue due to stresses caused by his demanding mother's determination to see him achieve his father's dream of Olympic stardom.

    Director:Jack Gage
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Medic Season 2 Episode 8 - Candle of Hope
    6.9/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Candle of Hope

    S2:E8

    A citrus farmer gets married at age 45. He then wants a son but is unable to have one. He visits the doctor to get help.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Medic Season 2 Episode 9 - Black Friday
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Black Friday

    S2:E9

    Little known but true story about an Army doctor who tried to save Abraham Lincoln's life. Dr. Charles A. Leale was in the audience at Ford's Theater when John Wilkes Booth fired the fatal shot at President Lincoln. For 12 hours Leale and two other doctors worked desperately against death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Medic Season 2 Episode 10 - Glass of Fear
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Glass of Fear

    S2:E10

    Comic strip artist Dick Hooper does a nationally syndicated feature called "Salty", but he can't make his due dates for finished cartoons because he's become obsessed with germs and various muscle and stomach pains that doctors can't locate. He's become a raging hypochondriac that's about to lose his wife and career.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Medic Season 2 Episode 11 - Pray Judgement
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #11 - Pray Judgement

    S2:E11

    A county coroner's investigation will exonerate or incriminate a distraught spinsterish woman who was alone with her younger sister's baby boy when the infant died suddenly and unexpectedly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Medic Season 2 Episode 12 - The World So High
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #12 - The World So High

    S2:E12

    During World War Two, pilots are able to take aircraft higher and higher, but they keep fainting out when parachuting out. A young doctor proceeds to do experiments back in the states on the most likely of these pilots to falter. Controlled high altitude simulations prove dangerous, but necessary.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Medic Season 2 Episode 13 - A Time for Sleep
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #13 - A Time for Sleep

    S2:E13

    The story of the contribution of the anesthesiologist to medicine. An elderly woman must undergo a thyroid operation. A large part of the success of such an operation is in the deft hands and decisions of the anesthesiologist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Medic Season 2 Episode 14 - The Laughter and the Weeping
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #14 - The Laughter and the Weeping

    S2:E14

    Due to circumstances at home, a young man needs to help take care of his mom and ailing father. He can't finish college and resorts to Professional Wrestling to make money. Can he restore his appearance and his dignity?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Medic Season 2 Episode 15 - Just Like Your Father
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Just Like Your Father

    S2:E15

    An elderly judge who has no close relatives is taken seriously ill. After he collapses, his ailment is diagnosed as a pancreatic tumor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Medic Season 2 Episode 16 - If Tomorrow Be Sad
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #16 - If Tomorrow Be Sad

    S2:E16

    A successful photographer's model is told she is a victim of multiple sclerosis. Her unsympathetic husband decides he now wants a divorce.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Medic Season 2 Episode 17 - The Homecoming
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #17 - The Homecoming

    S2:E17

    Leprosy victim Allan Connolly is finally pronounced healthy and fit to resume a productive life in normal society, but he and his wife are unprepared for the rejection and irrational fear evinced by their friends and neighbors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Medic Season 2 Episode 18 - Who Search for Truth
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #18 - Who Search for Truth

    S2:E18

    This is the story of Alexis St. Martin, a young fur trapper who was shot in the side and was used by Dr. William Beaumont for research into the function of the human digestive system.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Medic Season 2 Episode 19 - The Glorious Red Gallagher
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Glorious Red Gallagher

    S2:E19

    A troubled woman has given birth to a baby by Caesarian section and has lost the will to live. She is put in the care of nurse Clara Mary Gallagher, who is retiring the next day after 39 years of service.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Medic Season 2 Episode 20 - My Best Friend, My Guilty Friend
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - My Best Friend, My Guilty Friend

    S2:E20

    This is the story of years of research to discover the cause of blindness in prematurely born infants.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Medic Season 2 Episode 21 - Awake to Spring
    7.5/10(14 votes)

    #21 - Awake to Spring

    S2:E21

    An old man is the only family left for his crippled grandson. He's worried about his ability to carry on, and after a painful heart incident, he's convinced he'll soon be dead and his helpless charge will be doomed, so he decides they should go together and leaves the gas pipe open as they sleep.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Medic Season 2 Episode 22 - Don't Count the Stars
    6.2/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Don't Count the Stars

    S2:E22

    An arrogant and self-aggrandizing singer's relentless drive for success is unceremoniously halted when he learns that his hoarseness is not due to vocal overwork, but to a potentially malignant cancer of the larynx.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Medic Season 2 Episode 23 - The Inconstant Heart
    6.6/10(10 votes)

    #23 - The Inconstant Heart

    S2:E23

    Although resigned to the fact that he had an incurable heart ailment, a man is badgered by his wife into going to a doctor. Tonight's story concerns radiology, and viewers see the UCLA medical center and its cancer-treating cobalt bomb.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Medic Season 2 Episode 24 - Someday We'll Laugh
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Someday We'll Laugh

    S2:E24

    A father, grateful to a doctor for saving his daughter's life, offers to finance the much-needed equipment for his office.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Medic Season 2 Episode 25 - To the Great, a Most Seldom Gift
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #25 - To the Great, a Most Seldom Gift

    S2:E25

    Navy surgeon saves life of sailor injured in sea explosion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"All the Lonely Night" is the best rated episode of "Medic" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/5/1955. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Walk with Lions".