Medical Center Season 6, Episode 18: Crown of Thorns

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After learning that his wife is a pornographic-movie star, a gifted surgeon wants to leave the hospital.

60 min

Demi-God

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

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The Faces of Peril

A patient refuses to divulge information about herself that might prevent a deadly epidemic.

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Three-Cornered Cage

A husband anguishes over the responsibility he feels toward his ill wife and the love he feels for her best friend.

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The Shattered Mask

A mechanic is oddly reluctant to consent to an operation for his wheelchair-bound daughter (Deborah Winters).

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May God Have Mercy

A former priest (Tim O'Connor) is captivated by a second-rate nightclub singer (Rita Moreno) who faces a dangerous operation.

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The Prisoners

A convict who agrees to participate in a cancer-research experiment tries to sabotage the project.

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The Bribe

A socialite (Vera Miles) tries to bribe a handsome tennis pro (Peter Coffield) into romancing her dying daughter (Pamela Franklin).

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Tainted Lady

Job and social discrimination against cured cancer patients is the theme of this story about a woman (Shirley Knight) who undergoes a mastectomy.

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Heel of the Tyrant

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

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Three on a Tightrope

A heart patient's recovery is endangered when she falls in love with a mentally disabled young man.

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Midwife

A pregnant young widow (Brooke Bundy), arrested for unlawful midwifery, learns that she has cervical cancer.

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Kiss and Kill

A conniving young patient (Belinda J. Montgomery) tries to drive a wedge between a wealthy woman (Kim Hunter) and her clinging son (David Soul).

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Saturday`s Child

An adolescent girl needs surgery, but she won't help Gannon locate her parents so he can get their consent.

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The Hostile Heart

An orphan's need for open-heart surgery may frighten away prospective parents.

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No Way Home

A former movie star's will to live is undermined by a failing marriage and ill health.

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Captives

A pregnant nurse dosen't want to raise a second child without the help of her errant husband.

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The Invisible Wife

The ailing and neglected wife of a charismatic politician asks Gannon to keep her presence in the hospital a secret.

60 min

If Mine Eye Offends Me

A convicted child molester will be granted parole only if he takes a drug that might cause impotence.

60 min

Survivors

Camaraderie turns to rivalry when 12 medical students compete for seven internships.

60 min

Aftershock

A hospital explosion traps Gannon and five others in the basement.

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Half a Life

A woman is torn between her desire to live with her lover in Greece, and her duty to her brother, who needs transfusions of her blood.

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Ripoff

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