6.6/1011 votes#1 - Blood Line
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1971
A fugitive (William Windom) is torn between freedom and love for his anemic son.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/109 votes
#2 - The Corrupted
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1971
A character study of an ambitious surgeon (Steve Lawrence).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1010 votes
#3 - The Imposter
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1971
A highly respected country doctor's (Forrest Tucker) long career as a bogus physician is about to be exposed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1012 votes
#4 - Double Jeopardy
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1971
Artificial insemination plays a part in the story of a heart patient who risks her life to protect her sterile husband's pride.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1011 votes
#5 - Idolmaker
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1971
Character studies of two critically ill patients who are jeopardizing their lives.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1012 votes
#6 - Circle of Power
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1971
A distinguished surgeon (Barry Sullivan) is losing the use of his hands.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1012 votes
#7 - The Shattered Man
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1971
A troubled husband (Bradford Dillman) is being treated for psychological impotence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1013 votes
#8 - The Albatross
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1971
A drama about mental retardation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1013 votes
#9 - Martyr
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1971
An iron-willed lady (Jo Van Fleet) is determined to spend her life in a wheelchair.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1011 votes
#10 - Suspected
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1971
A surgeon's (Earl Hilliman) past comes back to haunt him: the once-convicted sex offender is now charged with child molesting.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1010 votes
#11 - The Loser
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1971
A student nurse (Susan Strasberg) is plagued by a bad marriage and a mysterious respiratory illness.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1012 votes
#12 - The Pawn
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1971
Medical quackery is the target of a drama in which a charming fraud (George Maharis) is risking the life of a young patient.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1015 votes
#13 - Conspiracy
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1971
A lung-cancer victim (Suzanne Pleshette) is determined to keep her nightmare a secret.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1013 votes
#14 - The Nowhere Child
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1971
An 11-year-old orphan's chance for adoption is threatened by a mysterious illness.
Director: Chad Everett
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1010 votes
#15 - Shock! (1)
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1971
Change-of-pace suspense drama about Gannon's involvement with an ailing tycoon and his conflict-ridden household. First of two parts.
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: Don Brinkley
- 8.7/109 votes
#16 - Shock! (2)
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1972
Dr. Lochner's sister is the prime suspect in the conclusion of a murder story.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/109 votes
#17 - Fatal Decision
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1972
Gannon's romance with a woman doctor is plagued by a secret past.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1011 votes
#18 - Terror
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1972
Bubonic plague is the villain in a medical conflict over the unidentified victim.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1013 votes
#19 - Secret
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1972
A doctor (Michael Callan) is driven back to alcoholism by the fear of losing his dying wife.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1010 votes
#20 - The Choice
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1972
A doctor (Monte Markham) is torn between a career in hospital administration and a return to surgical practice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/109 votes
#21 - Deadlock
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1972
A surgeon is offered a grim choice: his kidnapped wife will be saved if he can arrange the death of a certain patient.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/107 votes
#22 - Awakening
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1972
A car-crash victim (Craig Stevens) awakes from a three-year coma to a nightmare: the crash killed his daughter and left him with an unforgiving wife.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Confession
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1972
A woman (Ida Lupino) mysteriously turns against Gannon after he saves her husband's life.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/108 votes
#24 - Conflict
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1972
A rape-murder mystery takes a grim twist with a confession by a young intern's fiance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Medical Center Season 3
Every episode of Medical Center Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Medical Center Season 3!
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 3 Ratings Summary
"Blood Line" is the best rated episode of "Medical Center" season 3. It scored 6.6/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/15/1971. This episode is rated 1.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Corrupted".