Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
24 episodes
E01
The Quality of Mercy
The doctors deal with a patient bent on suicide; a monk who has cancer; a go-go girl with an injured foot.
E02
Death Wish
Pooch Hardin's growing involvement with a young heroin addict concerns Dr. Goldstone.
E03
Some Things Don't Change
Dr. Goldstone tries to save the hospital's free clinic; Greg is concerned with a young patient whose boyfriend insists she have an abortion; Sam counsels a middle-aged couple who want a baby.
E04
An Afternoon in the Fall
Intern Sam Marsh saves the life of a woman shot by a madman ... then finds himself stalked by the gunman.
E05
Eyes of the Beholder
To better understand the problems of the sightless, Dr. Greg Pettit poses as a patient in a difficult pilot therapy program.
E06
Miss Knock-A-Bout
An acrobatic clown sues three doctors for $1,000,000; Dr. Thorpe cures a colleague of misogyny.
E07
The Price of Life
A 26-year-old construction worker is dying of kidney failure because he can't afford the life-saving dialysis machine which costs $20,000.
E08
The Oath
Dr. Marsh is concerned with two patients a man who attempted rape and the would-be victim - Dr. Marsh's wife.
E09
Act of God
A car accident on a remote country road seriously injured four hitchhikers picked up by intern Greg Pettit. Problem: how to give medical care to the hitchhikers while trying to find help.
E10
Mondays Can Be Fatal
Pooch Hardin is charged with murder following a wild party he can't remember. The hostess died of a drug overdose - and Hardin's medical bag was found next to the body.
E11
The Fever
A strange fever threatens the life of Dr. Sam Marsh, and the diagnosis becomes a race against time.
E12
The Prisoner Project
An unidentified girl who won't talk and a convict who refuses medical help are candidates for psychodrama therapy.
E13
Dancy
Traumatized by the death of a teenage addict, Dr. Marsh begins an extensive probe into the drug world.
E14
Changes
A bomb scare at a hospital threatens the life of a police lieutenant's son who's scheduled for open-heart surgery.
E15
The Secret
Greg faces a dilemma. The police want to know what an accident witness said while he was in Greg's care. If Greg tells, he's violating the Hippocratic oath; if he remains silent, he goes to jail.
E16
Tasha
Tasha, a mental patient refuses to communicate with anyone. Tasha is dying of a mysterious illness that will go unchecked unless doctors can get her to talk and confirm their diagnosis.
E17
Metamorphosis
Multiple personalities cause a young woman anguish.
E18
The Challenger
A billiards champions' hand is amputated by Greg during emergency surgery. Hit by a lawsuit, Greg's only hope is to convince the champ that he can compete with an artificial hand.
E19
Casualty
An expose writer whose current target is New North Hospital, where her brother is dying of leukaemia.
E20
Heart Trouble
A distraught housewife and her critically ill husband as Sam tries to help the woman adjust, but his efforts backfire when her husbandmisinterprets Sam's intentions.
E21
The Guardian
The conflict between the impersonal Dr. Holt and Goldstone's interns, who are sure that Holt is after Goldstone's job.
E22
The Manly Art
A veteran boxer stages a surprising comeback.
E23
Castle of the Lion
A distressed mother whose daughter will die of renal failure unless a kidney donor can be found.
E24
The Choice
Dr. Lydia Thorpe must choose between marriage and a career. She's dedicated to medicine - but her fiance wants a full-time wife.
Cast
Broderick Crawford
as Dr. Peter Goldstone
Stephen Brooks
as Dr. Gregg Pettit
Christopher Stone
as Dr. Pooch Hardin
Mike Farrell
as Dr. Sam March
Sandra Smith
as Dr. Lydia Thorpe
Hal Frederick
as Dr. Cal Barrin
Elaine Giftos
as Bobbe March
Skip Homeier
as Dr. Hugh Jacoby
