Medical Center Season 3, Episode 5: Idolmaker

1

Blood Line

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

60 min

2

The Corrupted

A character study of an ambitious surgeon (Steve Lawrence).

60 min

3

The Imposter

A highly respected country doctor's (Forrest Tucker) long career as a bogus physician is about to be exposed.

60 min

4

Double Jeopardy

Artificial insemination plays a part in the story of a heart patient who risks her life to protect her sterile husband's pride.

60 min

5

Idolmaker

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

60 min

6

Circle of Power

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

60 min

7

The Shattered Man

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

60 min

8

The Albatross

A drama about mental retardation.

60 min

9

Martyr

An iron-willed lady (Jo Van Fleet) is determined to spend her life in a wheelchair.

60 min

10

Suspected

A surgeon's (Earl Hilliman) past comes back to haunt him: the once-convicted sex offender is now charged with child molesting.

60 min

11

The Loser

A student nurse (Susan Strasberg) is plagued by a bad marriage and a mysterious respiratory illness.

60 min

12

The Pawn

Medical quackery is the target of a drama in which a charming fraud (George Maharis) is risking the life of a young patient.

60 min

13

Conspiracy

A lung-cancer victim (Suzanne Pleshette) is determined to keep her nightmare a secret.

60 min

14

The Nowhere Child

An 11-year-old orphan's chance for adoption is threatened by a mysterious illness.

60 min

15

Shock! (1)

Change-of-pace suspense drama about Gannon's involvement with an ailing tycoon and his conflict-ridden household. First of two parts.

60 min

16

Shock! (2)

Dr. Lochner's sister is the prime suspect in the conclusion of a murder story.

60 min

17

Fatal Decision

Gannon's romance with a woman doctor is plagued by a secret past.

60 min

18

Terror

Bubonic plague is the villain in a medical conflict over the unidentified victim.

60 min

19

Secret

A doctor (Michael Callan) is driven back to alcoholism by the fear of losing his dying wife.

60 min

20

The Choice

A doctor (Monte Markham) is torn between a career in hospital administration and a return to surgical practice.

60 min

21

Deadlock

A surgeon is offered a grim choice: his kidnapped wife will be saved if he can arrange the death of a certain patient.

60 min

22

Awakening

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.

60 min

23

Confession

A woman (Ida Lupino) mysteriously turns against Gannon after he saves her husband's life.

60 min

24

Conflict

A rape-murder mystery takes a grim twist with a confession by a young intern's fiance.

60 min