7.3/1032 votes#1 - The Last 10 Yards
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1969
Bru Wiley, a college football star up for Heisman honors and a top pro career, ignores his failing health.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1032 votes
#2 - Victim
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1969
Although the father of a 7-year-old with severe internal injuries insists the child fell off an embankment, Dr. Gannon suspects the child was beaten.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1026 votes
#3 - Emergency in Ward E
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1969
Focuses on the psychological interplay between two patients in serious shape.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1023 votes
#4 - A Life is Waiting
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1969
The question of a therapeutic abortion divides Nora Caldwell (Barbara Rush) and her husband Dan (John McMartin).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1023 votes
#5 - The Battle of Lily Wu
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1969
A Vietnamese war victim (France Nuyen) is being treated at the medical center.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1021 votes
#6 - The Crooked Circle
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1969
A story about drug addiction.
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1021 votes
#7 - Thousands and Thousands of Miles
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1969
Jenny Webb (Brooke Bundy), with a hemorrhaging kidney and a baby on the way, is rejected by her angry father and uncaring boyfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1019 votes
#8 - The Sharpest Edge
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1969
An intradepartmental dispute pits Gannon against the new acting chief of surgery (John Marley).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1022 votes
#9 - Jeopardy
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1969
Dr. Gannon tries to prove that the suddenly violent behavior of student Greg Soreson stems from an organic ailment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1020 votes
#10 - The Fallen Image
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1969
A U.S. ambassador (Walter Pidgeon) has a heart condition that could jeopardize a crucial meeting.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1019 votes
#11 - The Loner
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1969
A patient (Lee Grant) learns a lesson about life from a little boy (Fabian Gregory).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1017 votes
#12 - 24 Hours
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1969
Gannon stakes his reputation on the integrity of a student nurse (Belinda Montgomery).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1015 votes
#13 - The Adversaries
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/31/1969
Interns Steve Seagren and Katherine Kenter are both being considered for a much-prized residency.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1016 votes
#14 - The Deceived
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1970
A student facing kidney failure gets no comfort from her alienated family or her disinterested ex-husband.
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1020 votes
#15 - Moment of Decision
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1970
Dr. Lochner's emotions conflict with his professional judgment when he faces a crisis concerning his own daughter.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1018 votes
#16 - Runaway
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1970
Dr. Gannon tries to bridge a gap between a 17-year-old and his gruff immigrant father.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1022 votes
#17 - Fright and Flight
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1970
A blind student's recovery depends on recalling the horrible event that caused her loss of sight.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1015 votes
#18 - A Duel with Doom
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/1970
The director of a foundation for teenage parolees lays his life on the line to save one of his charges.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1014 votes
#19 - A Matter of Tomorrow
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/25/1970
The story of a dedicated head nurse (Mercedes McCambridge).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1018 votes
#20 - Care is no Cure
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/4/1970
A sensitive story about Gannon's love for an incurably ill woman (Shelby Grant).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1015 votes
#21 - The Professional
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/11/1970
A former gridiron idol (Forrest Tucker) finds living with his own legend unbearable.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1018 votes
#22 - The Combatants
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/18/1970
A research specialist (William Shatner) clashes with Gannon over a possible cancer cure.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1011 votes
#23 - The V.D. Story
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/25/1970
A story about the need to treat venereal disease as a medical problem divorced from social stigma.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1018 votes
#24 - His Brother's Keeper
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 4/1/1970
Dr. Martin Lambert is blind to the fact that his older son suffers from a muscular disorder and that he has neglected his younger son.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1014 votes
#25 - The Rebel in White
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/8/1970
An ambitious black resident (Georg Stanford Brown) is convinced that Gannon is preventing him from performing surgery.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Medical Center Season 1
Every episode of Medical Center Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Medical Center Season 1!
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Last 10 Yards" is the best rated episode of "Medical Center" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/1969. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "Victim".