Series Description

The Medical Center TV show was a drama series about life and business at a university hospital in the Los Angeles area. The two main characters were Doctor Paul Lochner (James Daly) who was the hospital's chief of staff and Doctor Joe Gannon, a young associate professor of surgery. The university concept allowed for a wide range of script ideas due to the dual purposes of treating patients and teaching student Doctors.

Cast

James Daly .... Doctor Paul Lochner
Chad Everett .... Doctor Joe Gannon
Chris Hutson .... Nurse Courtland
Barbara Baldavin .... Nurse Holmby
Martin E. Brooks .... Lieutenant Samuels
Ed Hall .... Doctor Bricker
Audrey Totter .... Nurse Wilcox
Jayne Meadows .... Nurse Chambers
Corinne Camacho .... Doctor Jeanne Bartlett
Jane Dulo .... Nurse Murphy
Virginia Hawkins .... Nurse Canford

Opening Narrative

Operator: "Medical Center. I'll ring."
Female: "Computer medicine."
Male: "Blood pressure dropping 100 over 60."
Operator: "Dr. Lochner report to cardio-pulmonary, Inhalation therapist to Emergency Room.
Male: Increase the Hydra cortasone."
Female: "Red Blanket."
Male: "It's a massive pulmonary embolism."
Operator: "Operator ... Medical Center."
Female: "Carbon tetrachloride poisoning."
Male: "Start cardiac massage."
Male: "Aortic stenosis with probable insufficiency."
Female: "Stat call!"
Operator: "Dr. Joseph Gannon."

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

1. The Last 10 Yards (9/24/1969)
2. Victim (10/1/1969)
3. Emergency In Ward E (10/8/1969)
4. A Life is Waiting (10/15/1969)
5. The Battle Of Lily Wu (10/22/1969)
6. The Crooked Circle (10/29/1969)
7. Thousands And Thousands Of Miles (11/12/1969)
8. The Sharpest Edge (11/19/1969)
9. Jeopardy (11/26/1969)
10. The Fallen Image (12/3/1969)
11. The Loner (12/10/1969)
12. 24 Hours (12/17/1969)
13. The Adversaries (12/31/1969)
14. The Deceived (1/7/1970)
15. Moment Of Decision (1/14/1970)
16. Runaway (1/21/1970)
17. Fright And Flight (2/4/1970)
18. A Duel with Doom (2/11/1970)
19. A Matter Of Tomorrow (2/25/1970)
20. Care is No Cure (3/4/1970)
21. The Professional (3/11/1970)
22. The Combatants (3/18/1970)
23. The V.D. Story (3/25/1970)
24. His Brother's Keeper (4/1/1970)
25. The Rebel In White (4/8/1970)
26. Between Dark And Daylight (4/15/1970)

Season 2

27. Brink Of Doom (9/16/1970)
28. Undercurrent (9/23/1970)
29. Junkie (9/30/1970)
30. Assailant (10/7/1970)
31. The Clash (10/14/1970)
32. Ghetto Clinic (10/21/1970)
33. Scream Of Silence (10/28/1970)
34. Death Grip (11/4/1970)
35. Witch Hunt (11/11/1970)
36. Deadly Encounter (11/18/1970)
37. Trial by Terror (11/25/1970)
38. Accused (12/2/1970)
39. Crisis (12/9/1970)
40. Man at Bay (12/16/1970)
41. The Savage Image (12/30/1970)
42. Woman In Question (1/6/1971)
43. Web Of Darkness (1/13/1971)
44. Danger Point (1/27/1971)
45. Secret Heritage (2/3/1971)
46. Edge Of Violence (2/10/1971)
47. Countdown (2/17/1971)
48. Perfection Of Vices (2/24/1971)
49. The Man In Hiding (3/3/1971)
50. Crossroads (3/10/1971)

Season 3

51. Blood Line (9/15/1971)
52. The Corrupted (9/22/1971)
53. The Imposter (9/29/1971)
54. Double Jeopardy (10/6/1971)
55. Idolmaker (10/13/1971)
56. Circle Of Power (10/20/1971)
57. The Shattered Man (10/27/1971)
58. The Albatross (11/3/1971)
59. Martyr (11/10/1971)
60. Suspected (11/17/1971)
61. The Loser (11/24/1971)
62. The Pawn (12/1/1971)
63. Conspiracy (12/8/1971)
64. The Nowhere Child (12/15/1971)
65. Shock! - Part 1 (12/29/1971)
66. Shock! - Part 2 (1/5/1972)
67. Fatal Decision (1/19/1972)
68. Terror (1/26/1972)
69. Secret (2/2/1972)
70. The Choice (2/9/1972)
71. Deadlock (2/16/1972)
72. Awakening (2/23/1972)
73. Confession (3/1/1972)
74. Conflict (3/8/1972)

Season 4

75. Vision Of Doom (9/20/1972)
76. Cycle Of Peril (9/27/1972)
77. Condemned (10/4/1972)
78. Wall Of Silence (10/11/1972)
79. The Torn Man (10/18/1972)
80. Betrayed (10/25/1972)
81. Doctor And Mr. Harper (11/1/1972)
82. The Fallen (11/8/1972)
83. Tico Taco, MD (11/15/1972)
84. The Outcast (11/22/1972)
85. No Sanctuary (11/29/1972)
86. Gladiator (11/6/1972)
87. No Way Out (12/13/1972)
88. A Game for One Player (12/20/1972)
89. Pressure Point (1/3/1973)
90. Question Of Guilt (1/10/1973)
91. Judgement (1/17/1973)
92. End Of The Line (1/24/1973)
93. Between 2 Fires (1/31/1973)
94. Night Cry (2/7/1973)
95. No Margin for Error (2/14/1973)
96. Impact (2/21/1973)
97. Fatal Memory (2/28/1973)
98. Vortex (3/7/1973)

Season 5

99. The Guilty (9/10/1973)
100. Time Of Darkness (9/17/1973)
101. Broken Image (9/24/1973)
102. Impasse (10/1/1973)
103. Clash Of Shadows (10/8/1973)
104. The Casualty (10/22/1973)
105. Stranger In Two Worlds (10/29/1973)
106. Child Of Violence (11/12/1973)
107. Woman for Hire (11/19/1973)
108. A Life at Stake (11/26/1973)
109. Nightmare (12/3/1973)
110. Deadly Game (12/10/1973)
111. Web Of Intrigue (1/7/1974)
112. Trial by Knife (1/14/1974)
113. Choice Of Evils (1/21/1974)
114. No Escape (1/28/1974)
115. Dark Warning (2/11/1974)
116. Girl from Bedlam (2/18/1974)
117. Spectre (2/25/1974)
118. The Enemies (3/4/1974)
119. The Conspirators (3/11/1974)
120. The World's a Balloon (3/25/1974)
121. Hexed (4/1/1974)
122. Appointment with Danger (4/15/1974)

Season 6

123. Adults Only (9/9/1974)
124. Demi-God (9/16/1974)
125. The Faces Of Peril (9/23/1974)
126. Three-Cornered Cage (9/30/1974)
127. The Shattered Mask (10/7/1974)
128. May God Have Mercy (10/21/1974)
129. The Prisoners (10/28/1974)
130. The Bribe (11/4/1974)
131. Tainted Lady (11/11/1974)
132. Heel Of The Tyrant (11/18/1974)
133. Three on a Tightrope (11/25/1974)
134. Midwife (12/2/1974)
135. Kiss And Kill (12/9/1974)
136. Saturday's Child (12/16/1974)
137. The Hostile Heart (12/30/1974)
138. No Way Home (1/6/1975)
139. Captives (1/13/1975)
140. Crown Of Thorns (2/3/1975)
141. The Invisible Wife (2/10/1975)
142. If Mine Eye Offends Me (2/24/1975)
143. Survivors (3/3/1975)
144. Aftershock (3/10/1975)
145. Half a Life (3/17/1975)

Season 7

146. The Fourth Sex - Part 1 (9/8/1975)
147. The Fourth Sex - Part 2 (9/15/1975)
148. Torment (9/22/1975)
149. No Hiding Place (9/29/1975)
150. The Velvet Knife (10/6/1975)
151. Title Unknown (10/9/1975)
152. Street Girl (10/20/1975)
153. The Price Of a Child (10/27/1975)
154. Too Late for Tomorrow (11/3/1975)
155. The Last Performance (11/10/1975)
156. Two Against Death (11/17/1975)
157. One Last Rebellion (11/24/1975)
158. The Eighth Deadly Sin (12/1/1975)
159. Gift from a Killer (12/8/1975)
160. The High Cost Of Winning (12/15/1975)
161. The Silent Witness (12/29/1975)
162. A Very Private War (1/12/1976)
163. You Can't Annul My Baby (1/19/1976)
164. Child Of Conflict (2/2/1976)
165. The Stranger (2/9/1976)
166. A Touch Of Sight (2/16/1976)
167. Life, Death, And Mrs. Armbruster (2/23/1976)
168. Major Annie, M.D. (3/1/1976)
169. The Happy State Of Depression (3/8/1976)
170. If Wishes Were Horses (3/15/1976)