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The Worst Episodes of Medical Center

Every episode of Medical Center ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Medical Center!

Worst episode
S6E10 Heel of the Tyrant
5.48 votes
Best episode
S2E19 Secret Heritage
8.820 votes
Top season
Season 1
8.0avg
Binge time
7d 2h
170 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Medical Center Season 6 Episode 10 - Heel of the Tyrant
    5.4/10(8 votes)

    S6:E10

    A Jewish researcher is harassed by young anti-Semites who are led by a hospital orderly (David Macklin).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Medical Center Season 1 Episode 18 - A Duel with Doom
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    S1:E18

    The director of a foundation for teenage parolees lays his life on the line to save one of his charges.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Medical Center Season 6 Episode 2 - Demi-God
    5.8/10(9 votes)

    S6:E2

    A cancer patient doesn't know whether to believe her faith-healer husband's assurances that he can cure her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Medical Center Season 4 Episode 1 - Vision of Doom
    6.1/10(11 votes)

    S4:E1

    A doctor (William Windom) has a premonition that his wife will die in surgery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Medical Center Season 2 Episode 15 - The Savage Image
    6.4/10(15 votes)

    S2:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 4 - Impasse
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    S5:E4

    A lesbian psychiatrist is plagued by prejudice against her life style.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Medical Center Season 3 Episode 1 - Blood Line
    6.6/10(12 votes)

    S3:E1

    A fugitive (William Windom) is torn between freedom and love for his anemic son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 13 - Web of Intrigue
    6.6/10(9 votes)

    S5:E13

    An arrogant young resident refuses to submit to authority.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Medical Center Season 3 Episode 5 - Idolmaker
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    S3:E5

    Character studies of two critically ill patients who are jeopardizing their lives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 2 - Time of Darkness
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    S5:E2

    An emergency call to a mountain community leads Gannon to a patient guarded by mysterious, gun-toting townsfolk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Medical Center Season 6 Episode 24 - Ripoff
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    S6:E24

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 17 - Dark Warning
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    S5:E17

    A seriously ill surgeon tries to hide his condition long enough to perform lifesaving surgery on his ex-wife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Medical Center Season 2 Episode 3 - Junkie
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    S2:E3

    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

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  14. Medical Center Season 1 Episode 5 - The Battle of Lily Wu
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    S1:E5

    A Vietnamese war victim (France Nuyen) is being treated at the medical center.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Medical Center Season 3 Episode 7 - The Shattered Man
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    S3:E7

    A troubled husband (Bradford Dillman) is being treated for psychological impotence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Medical Center Season 1 Episode 1 - The Last 10 Yards
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    S1:E1

    Bru Wiley, a college football star up for Heisman honors and a top pro career, ignores his failing health.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 6 - The Casualty
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    S5:E6

    Romance ends for Gannon when his girlfriend's husband, missing for six years in Vietnam, comes home to reclaim his wife and son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Medical Center Season 2 Episode 12 - Accused
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    S2:E12

    A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Medical Center Season 4 Episode 16 - Question of Guilt
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    S4:E16

    A woman convict's bitterness is threatening her success in a medical training program.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Medical Center Season 1 Episode 16 - Runaway
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    S1:E16

    Dr. Gannon tries to bridge a gap between a 17-year-old and his gruff immigrant father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Medical Center Season 4 Episode 11 - No Sanctuary
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    S4:E11

    A nun has secrets that are hindering her recovery from a beating and rape.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Medical Center Season 7 Episode 1 - The Fourth Sex (1)
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    S7:E1

    A famed surgeon (Robert Reed) shocks family and colleagues by requesting a sex-change operation. First of two parts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 19 - Spectre
    7.1/10(9 votes)

    S5:E19

    Determined to save a critically ill patient, a surgeon is hiding his own serious malady from his colleagues.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Medical Center Season 2 Episode 6 - Ghetto Clinic
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    S2:E6

    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

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  25. Medical Center Season 3 Episode 6 - Circle of Power
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    S3:E6

    A distinguished surgeon (Barry Sullivan) is losing the use of his hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Heel of the Tyrant" is the worst rated episode of Medical Center. It scored 5.4/10 from 8 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on November 18, 1974. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Duel with Doom".

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