Medical Story (Season 1)

Medical Story (Episode 1)

Writer: Abby Mann

Air date: 1975-09-04

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: A special two-hour drama starring Beau Bridges, Jose Ferrer, Carl Reiner, and Claude Akins. The question of whether a young actress (Harriet Karr) should have a hysterectomy pits a young intern (Bridges) against three established doctors (Ferrer, Reiner. and Akins). Shirley Knight also guest stars.

The Right to Die (Episode 2)

Air date: 1975-09-11

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Juliet Mills stars as a nurse who defends an elderly patient's right to die with dignity. The terminally ill woman is being pressured into an operation that will either restore her health or leave her a helpless invalid.

The God Syndrome (Episode 3)

Air date: 1975-09-18

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A brilliant but seemingly unfeeling surgeon has a coldly impersonal approach to his patients.

Test Case (Episode 4)

Air date: 1975-09-25

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Vince Edwards stars as a gynecologist who becomes the center of an anti-abortion controversy.

A Life in the Balance (Episode 5)

Air date: 1975-10-02

Runtime: 60 min

An Air Full of Death (Episode 6)

Air date: 1975-10-09

Runtime: 60 min

Million Dollar Baby (Episode 7)

Air date: 1975-10-23

Runtime: 60 min

The Moonlight Heater (Episode 8)

Air date: 1975-10-30

Runtime: 60 min

Wasteland (Episode 9)

Air date: 1975-11-13

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A young resident is horrified by an obstetrician who pressures his low income patients into having sterilization operations.

Up Against the World (Episode 10)

Air date: 1975-12-04

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Three Female interns face a variety of problems in a busy hospital: the agonizing death of a young leukemia patient; the prejudices of a brilliant, but chauvinisic surgeon; and the violent tantrums of an emotionally unstable child.

Woman in White (Episode 11)

Air date: 1975-12-11

Runtime: 60 min

The Quality of Mercy (Episode 12)

Air date: 1976-01-08

Runtime: 60 min