Season 1

1. Medical Story

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.

1975-09-04 • 120 min

2. The Right to Die

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.

1975-09-11 • 60 min

3. The God Syndrome

1975-09-18 • 60 min

4. Test Case

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

1975-09-25 • 60 min

5. A Life in the Balance

1975-10-02 • 60 min

6. An Air Full of Death

1975-10-09 • 60 min

7. Million Dollar Baby

1975-10-23 • 60 min

8. The Moonlight Heater

1975-10-30 • 60 min

9. Wasteland

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

1975-11-13 • 60 min

10. Up Against the World

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.

1975-12-04 • 60 min

11. Woman in White

1975-12-11 • 60 min

12. The Quality of Mercy

1976-01-08 • 60 min