8.7/1018 votes#1 - Brink of Doom
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1970
A surgeon's (George Grizzard) career may be ended by multiple sclerosis.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Writer: Dick Nelson
- 8.5/1016 votes
#2 - Undercurrent
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1970
A dedicated research scientist's vital work on a new drug is threatened when anonymous letters accuse him of being a homosexual.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Writer: Robert M. Young
- 6.8/1015 votes
#3 - Junkie
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1970
A story about the feelings of parents whose teenagers are drug addicts. Gannon tries to save a 16-year-old girl from heroin addiction. His efforts are continually frustrated by her father, a professor who refuses to acknowledge the problem.
Director: Murray Golden
Writer: Anthony Lawrence
- 7.9/1019 votes
#4 - Assailant
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1970
A brooding young doctor (Gary Lockwood) is suspected of murdering a woman on hospital grounds.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: Oliver Crawford
- 7.5/1013 votes
#5 - The Clash
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1970
A woman doctor (Vera Miles) battles male prejudice.
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writer: Cliff Gould
- 7.4/1018 votes
#6 - Ghetto Clinic
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1970
William Devane guests as the maverick director of a free clinic. The maverick director of a ghetto clinic endangers its future by his refusal to follow rules in making reports on his patients to the police.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Writer: Oliver Crawford
- 8.3/1018 votes
#7 - Scream of Silence
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1970
The problems of parents with mentally disabled children are explored in this episode. Dr. Gannon recommends treatment for Jenny, an abnormally active little girl. What do you do with a gifted child? Doc Gannon believes in a school for exceptional youngsters, and since he is the godfather of the child, he pushes a bit. Gannon's adversary is Mom, who takes an opposing position, and the friction between the two sparks the hour.
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writer: Robert M. Young
- 9.1/1017 votes
#8 - Death Grip
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1970
The problems of a doctor who has trouble adjusting to civilian life after serving in Vietnam. Dr. Eric Canford, a brilliant surgeon, comes back from war service with a drinking problem but refuses to admit it is affecting his work.
Director: Harvey Hart
Writer: Jackson Gillis
- 8.0/1015 votes
#9 - Witch Hunt
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1970
Modern medicine clashes with black magic as Gannon tries to save a girl afflicted with Addison's Disease-and a belief in the all-pervading, healing powers of Satan. (60 mins)
Director: N/A
Writer: Ed Adamson
- 8.8/1014 votes
#10 - Deadly Encounter
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1970
The problems of a patient who may face radical surgery. Doc Gannon demonstrates his noble side for the ladies, protecting Sandra Polk, a patient, when her husband becomes jealous. Suspicious professor Tink Polk flares up over his wife's appointments with Gannon while Joe, of course, remains Simon pure, merely keeping his patient's illness from her husband at her request.
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1013 votes
#11 - Trial by Terror
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1970
Blinded in an attack, Gannon is still being stalked by a would-be killer.
Director: Harvey Hart
Writer: Mann Rubin
- 7.2/1013 votes
#12 - Accused
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1970
A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1013 votes
#13 - Crisis
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1970
Gannon is accused of shielding a seriously injured cop who allegedly shot a student without provocation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1014 votes
#14 - Man at Bay
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1970
A brash, long-haired surgeon (Gary Lockwood) runs afoul of his colleagues.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1012 votes
#15 - The Savage Image
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/30/1970
Gannon tries to save the life of a seriously ill Indian chief and enroll the chief's son in a physician's-assistant training program.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1013 votes
#16 - Woman in Question
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1971
An intern who thinks his fiancee is ""wholesome"" doesn't know she contracted syphilis before they met.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1017 votes
#17 - Web of Darkness
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1971
A deadly story of sibling conflict.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1012 votes
#18 - Danger Point
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1971
A missing radium implant could contaminate the entire hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.2/1015 votes
#19 - Secret Heritage
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1971
A mentally disabled teenager (Pamela Franklin) has been abandoned by her mother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1012 votes
#20 - Edge of Violence
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1971
The story of a troubled former vaudeville star (Jack Carter).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1010 votes
#21 - Countdown
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1971
The high cost of hospital care is dramatized.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/109 votes
#22 - Perfection of Vices
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1971
An insight into Lochner's personal life with his ex-wife (Dina Merrill) and daughter (Charlotte Stewart).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/109 votes
#23 - The Man in Hiding
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1971
A once-brilliant surgeon (Richard Kiley) has become totally withdrawn. Dr—Thomas Patton, once a brilliant surgeon, now specializes in pathology, where he works only with the dead. Nor can anything reawaken his interest in the living, not even the needs of his critically ill ex-wife.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Barry Oringer
- 8.0/108 votes
#24 - Crossroads
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1971
An aging doctor mistakenly believes that his medical practice is as good as ever. Pat Hingle as Dr. Farrring, a septuagenarian heart-transplant recipient whose mistaken faith in his new-found stamina could have tragic consequences for a young cancer patient.
Director: Al C. Ward
Writer: Don Brinkley
The Best Episodes of Medical Center Season 2
Every episode of Medical Center Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Medical Center Season 2!
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 2 Ratings Summary
"Brink of Doom" is the best rated episode of "Medical Center" season 2. It scored 8.7/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Daniel Petrie and written by Dick Nelson, it aired on 9/16/1970. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Undercurrent".