Medical Center Season 5, Episode 24: Appointment with Danger

1

The Guilty

A young woman is stricken with hysterical paralysis after seeing her mother with a lover.

60 min

2

Time of Darkness

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

60 min

3

Broken Image

Bent on proving his virility, an aging surgeon becomes involved with a young patient.

60 min

4

Impasse

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

60 min

5

Clash of Shadows

The horror of crib death is explored in this story about a couple who lose their 4-month-old child.

60 min

6

The Casualty

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

60 min

7

Stranger in Two Worlds

A champion diver is ignoring an illness that could end her career.

60 min

8

Child of Violence

A wounded child from war-torn Northern Ireland baffles Gannon by showing no desire to get well.

60 min

9

Woman for Hire

An idealistic young resident falls in love with an ailing prostitute.

60 min

10

A Life at Stake

Compulsive gambling is ruining the life of a once-fine surgeon.

60 min

11

Nightmare

Gannon is receiving bloodcurdling murder threats that contain only one clue: the would-be killer is someone on the hospital staff.

60 min

12

Deadly Game

A derelict fakes her way into the hospital for free room and board, unaware that she is suffering from a serious disease.

60 min

13

Web of Intrigue

An arrogant young resident refuses to submit to authority.

60 min

14

Trial by Knife

Sparks fly when Gannon and the newly-appointed chief of surgery begin to clash on medical opinions.

60 min

15

Choice of Evils

A proud man must decide whether to live with a dangerous illness, or submit to surgery which might cause impotence.

60 min

16

No Escape

Gannon's patient needs a kidney transplant, and her only hope of a compatible donor is her father — a convict who is serving time for murder.

60 min

17

Dark Warning

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

60 min

18

Girl from Bedlam

While investigating conditions in a mental hospital, Gannon falls in love with an amnesiac whose blinding headaches have gone untreated by the staff.

60 min

19

Spectre

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

60 min

20

The Enemies

A young genius becomes the center of a custody battle between his critically ill mother and a wealthy, would-be benefactress.

60 min

21

The Conspirators

An accused rapist may not live to see a fair trial. The victim's boyfriend has already beaten him severely, and is waiting to finish the job.

60 min

22

The World's a Balloon

An impoverished ventriloquist may lose custody of his orphaned nephew when the boy develops a serious heart condition.

60 min

23

Hexed

A staff doctor thinks a patient's baffling symptoms are the result of a voodoo curse.

60 min

24

Appointment with Danger

A critically ill scientist is determined to attend an important European conference, despite Gannon's warnings that the trip might kill her.

60 min