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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 Worst Episode
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    Medic Season 1 Episode 13 - When Comes the Autumn
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - When Comes the Autumn

    S1:E13

    An elderly widow, who lives with her son and his family, feels unwanted. As a result, she instigates arguments in the household. Eventually her gloom leads her to drastic action.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

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

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

    #5 - 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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  6. Medic Season 1 Episode 28 - General Practitioner
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #6 - General Practitioner

    S1:E28

    Dr. Canfield is a family physician with a troubled marriage trying to balance the needs and demands of his patients with those of his family .

    Director:Bernard Girard
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #7 - 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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  8. Medic Season 1 Episode 9 - With This Ring
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #8 - With This Ring

    S1:E9

    One stormy night a soaking wet woman arrives at hospital and announces she is about to have a baby. In addition to the complications of a difficult birth she bears the secret that she is unwed and alone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #9 - 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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  10. Medic Season 1 Episode 20 - Break Through the bars
    7.1/10(16 votes)

    #10 - Break Through the bars

    S1:E20

    A quiet, sedate, middle-aged bank cashier suddenly begins to exhibit strange and disturbing behavior. After a thorough examination, a medical team decides that his problem can best be treated by electroshock therapy.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:John Meredyth Lucas

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

    #11 - 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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  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 14 - The Laughter and the Weeping
    7.1/10(12 votes)

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

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

    #15 - 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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  16. Medic Season 1 Episode 12 - Red Christmas
    7.4/10(19 votes)

    #16 - Red Christmas

    S1:E12

    A young woman is wheeled in, victim of a holiday road accident. Doctors pour over her, determining extent of injuries. The tipsy driver responsible, her employer, callously wants to get on with his life. Entry serves as holiday warning.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Medic Season 1 Episode 27 - Never Comes Sunday
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Never Comes Sunday

    S1:E27

    The blow to a child's head causes not only brain damage, but a dysfunctional family, as the members try to cope with the girl's problems.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #19 - 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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  20. Medic Season 2 Episode 26 - The Good Samaritan
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    #20 - The Good Samaritan

    S2:E26

    Dr. Styner stops to help a married couple involved in an automobile accident, but finds himself on trial for medical malpractice when the wife subsequently and surprisingly becomes addled and partially paralyzed on her left side.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Medic Season 2 Episode 28 - Reach of the Giant (2)
    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #21 - Reach of the Giant (2)

    S2:E28

    After sending his wife away, Jim falls again and his condition worsens to the point where he decides to undergo experimental surgery on his spine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Medic Season 1 Episode 22 - All My Mothers, All My Fathers
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #22 - All My Mothers, All My Fathers

    S1:E22

    An abandoned baby grows up in a hospital ward when an extensive series of surgical procedures is necessary to repair the damage caused when the infant's mother forced her to ingest caustic household lye.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #24 - 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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  25. Medic Season 2 Episode 31 - This Strange Ending
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #25 - This Strange Ending

    S2:E31

    Promising 19-year-old ballerina Laurie Allen's 1947 death from cancer becomes a personal obsession for newspaper reporter Joe Bailey, who conducts a series of interviews that he hopes will reveal the true story behind her untimely demise.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"When Comes the Autumn" is the worst rated episode of "Medic". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/27/1954. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Glorious Red Gallagher".