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The Best Episodes of Medical Center Season 5

Every episode of Medical Center Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Medical Center Season 5!

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Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Medical Center Season 5 Episode 1 - The Guilty
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #1 - The Guilty

    S5:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 2 - Time of Darkness
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Time of Darkness

    S5:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 3 - Broken Image
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Broken Image

    S5:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 4 - Impasse
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Impasse

    S5:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 5 - Clash of Shadows
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Clash of Shadows

    S5:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 6 - The Casualty
    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #6 - The Casualty

    S5:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 7 - Stranger in Two Worlds
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Stranger in Two Worlds

    S5:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 8 - Child of Violence
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Child of Violence

    S5:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 9 - Woman for Hire
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Woman for Hire

    S5:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 10 - A Life at Stake
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #10 - A Life at Stake

    S5:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 11 - Nightmare
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Nightmare

    S5:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 12 - Deadly Game
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Deadly Game

    S5:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 13 - Web of Intrigue
    6.7/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Web of Intrigue

    S5:E13

    An arrogant young resident refuses to submit to authority.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 14 - Trial by Knife
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Trial by Knife

    S5:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 15 - Choice of Evils
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Choice of Evils

    S5:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 16 - No Escape
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #16 - No Escape

    S5:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 17 - Dark Warning
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Dark Warning

    S5:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 18 - Girl from Bedlam
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Girl from Bedlam

    S5:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 19 - Spectre
    7.1/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Spectre

    S5:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 20 - The Enemies
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Enemies

    S5:E20

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 21 - The Conspirators
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Conspirators

    S5:E21

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 22 - The World's a Balloon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The World's a Balloon

    S5:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 23 - Hexed
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Hexed

    S5:E23

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Medical Center Season 5 Episode 24 - Appointment with Danger
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Appointment with Danger

    S5:E24

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Guilty" is the best rated episode of "Medical Center" season 5. It scored 7.6/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/10/1973. This episode is rated 7.6 points higher than the second-best, "Time of Darkness".