Medical Center Season 2, Episode 8: Death Grip

1

Brink of Doom

A surgeon's (George Grizzard) career may be ended by multiple sclerosis.

60 min

2

Undercurrent

A dedicated research scientist's vital work on a new drug is threatened when anonymous letters accuse him of being a homosexual.

60 min

3

Junkie

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.

60 min

4

Assailant

A brooding young doctor (Gary Lockwood) is suspected of murdering a woman on hospital grounds.

60 min

5

The Clash

A woman doctor (Vera Miles) battles male prejudice.

60 min

6

Ghetto Clinic

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.

60 min

7

Scream of Silence

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.

60 min

8

Death Grip

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.

60 min

9

Witch Hunt

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)

60 min

10

Deadly Encounter

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.

60 min

11

Trial by Terror

Blinded in an attack, Gannon is still being stalked by a would-be killer.

60 min

12

Accused

A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.

60 min

13

Crisis

Gannon is accused of shielding a seriously injured cop who allegedly shot a student without provocation.

60 min

14

Man at Bay

A brash, long-haired surgeon (Gary Lockwood) runs afoul of his colleagues.

60 min

15

The Savage Image

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.

60 min

16

Woman in Question

An intern who thinks his fiancee is ""wholesome"" doesn't know she contracted syphilis before they met.

60 min

17

Web of Darkness

A deadly story of sibling conflict.

60 min

18

Danger Point

A missing radium implant could contaminate the entire hospital.

60 min

19

Secret Heritage

A mentally disabled teenager (Pamela Franklin) has been abandoned by her mother.

60 min

20

Edge of Violence

The story of a troubled former vaudeville star (Jack Carter).

60 min

21

Countdown

The high cost of hospital care is dramatized.

60 min

22

Perfection of Vices

An insight into Lochner's personal life with his ex-wife (Dina Merrill) and daughter (Charlotte Stewart).

60 min

23

The Man in Hiding

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.

60 min

24

Crossroads

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.

60 min