Season 3

E1. Blood Line

Sep 15, 1971 · 60m

A fugitive (William Windom) is torn between freedom and love for his anemic son.

E2. The Corrupted

Sep 22, 1971 · 60m

A character study of an ambitious surgeon (Steve Lawrence).

E3. The Imposter

Sep 29, 1971 · 60m

A highly respected country doctor's (Forrest Tucker) long career as a bogus physician is about to be exposed.

E4. Double Jeopardy

Oct 6, 1971 · 60m

Artificial insemination plays a part in the story of a heart patient who risks her life to protect her sterile husband's pride.

E5. Idolmaker

Oct 13, 1971 · 60m

Character studies of two critically ill patients who are jeopardizing their lives.

E6. Circle of Power

Oct 20, 1971 · 60m

A distinguished surgeon (Barry Sullivan) is losing the use of his hands.

E7. The Shattered Man

Oct 27, 1971 · 60m

A troubled husband (Bradford Dillman) is being treated for psychological impotence.

E8. The Albatross

Nov 3, 1971 · 60m

A drama about mental retardation.

E9. Martyr

Nov 10, 1971 · 60m

An iron-willed lady (Jo Van Fleet) is determined to spend her life in a wheelchair.

E10. Suspected

Nov 17, 1971 · 60m

A surgeon's (Earl Hilliman) past comes back to haunt him: the once-convicted sex offender is now charged with child molesting.

E11. The Loser

Nov 24, 1971 · 60m

A student nurse (Susan Strasberg) is plagued by a bad marriage and a mysterious respiratory illness.

E12. The Pawn

Dec 1, 1971 · 60m

Medical quackery is the target of a drama in which a charming fraud (George Maharis) is risking the life of a young patient.

E13. Conspiracy

Dec 8, 1971 · 60m

A lung-cancer victim (Suzanne Pleshette) is determined to keep her nightmare a secret.

E14. The Nowhere Child

Dec 15, 1971 · 60m

An 11-year-old orphan's chance for adoption is threatened by a mysterious illness.

E15. Shock! (1)

Dec 29, 1971 · 60m

Change-of-pace suspense drama about Gannon's involvement with an ailing tycoon and his conflict-ridden household. First of two parts.

E16. Shock! (2)

Jan 5, 1972 · 60m

Dr. Lochner's sister is the prime suspect in the conclusion of a murder story.

E17. Fatal Decision

Jan 19, 1972 · 60m

Gannon's romance with a woman doctor is plagued by a secret past.

E18. Terror

Jan 26, 1972 · 60m

Bubonic plague is the villain in a medical conflict over the unidentified victim.

E19. Secret

Feb 2, 1972 · 60m

A doctor (Michael Callan) is driven back to alcoholism by the fear of losing his dying wife.

E20. The Choice

Feb 9, 1972 · 60m

A doctor (Monte Markham) is torn between a career in hospital administration and a return to surgical practice.

E21. Deadlock

Feb 16, 1972 · 60m

A surgeon is offered a grim choice: his kidnapped wife will be saved if he can arrange the death of a certain patient.

E22. Awakening

Feb 23, 1972 · 60m

A car-crash victim (Craig Stevens) awakes from a three-year coma to a nightmare: the crash killed his daughter and left him with an unforgiving wife.

E23. Confession

Mar 1, 1972 · 60m

A woman (Ida Lupino) mysteriously turns against Gannon after he saves her husband's life.

E24. Conflict

Mar 8, 1972 · 60m

A rape-murder mystery takes a grim twist with a confession by a young intern's fiance.