Episode 1
Bru Wiley, a college football star up for Heisman honors and a top pro career, ignores his failing health.
Episode 2
Although the father of a 7-year-old with severe internal injuries insists the child fell off an embankment, Dr. Gannon suspects the child was beaten.
Episode 3
Focuses on the psychological interplay between two patients in serious shape.
Episode 4
The question of a therapeutic abortion divides Nora Caldwell (Barbara Rush) and her husband Dan (John McMartin).
Episode 5
A Vietnamese war victim (France Nuyen) is being treated at the medical center.
Episode 6
A story about drug addiction.
Episode 7
Jenny Webb (Brooke Bundy), with a hemorrhaging kidney and a baby on the way, is rejected by her angry father and uncaring boyfriend.
Episode 8
An intradepartmental dispute pits Gannon against the new acting chief of surgery (John Marley).
Episode 9
Dr. Gannon tries to prove that the suddenly violent behavior of student Greg Soreson stems from an organic ailment.
Episode 10
A U.S. ambassador (Walter Pidgeon) has a heart condition that could jeopardize a crucial meeting.
Episode 11
A patient (Lee Grant) learns a lesson about life from a little boy (Fabian Gregory).
Episode 12
Gannon stakes his reputation on the integrity of a student nurse (Belinda Montgomery).
Episode 13
Interns Steve Seagren and Katherine Kenter are both being considered for a much-prized residency.
Episode 14
A student facing kidney failure gets no comfort from her alienated family or her disinterested ex-husband.
Episode 15
Dr. Lochner's emotions conflict with his professional judgment when he faces a crisis concerning his own daughter.
Episode 16
Dr. Gannon tries to bridge a gap between a 17-year-old and his gruff immigrant father.
Episode 17
A blind student's recovery depends on recalling the horrible event that caused her loss of sight.
Episode 18
The director of a foundation for teenage parolees lays his life on the line to save one of his charges.
Episode 19
The story of a dedicated head nurse (Mercedes McCambridge).
Episode 20
A sensitive story about Gannon's love for an incurably ill woman (Shelby Grant).
Episode 21
A former gridiron idol (Forrest Tucker) finds living with his own legend unbearable.
Episode 22
A research specialist (William Shatner) clashes with Gannon over a possible cancer cure.
Episode 23
A story about the need to treat venereal disease as a medical problem divorced from social stigma.
Episode 24
Dr. Martin Lambert is blind to the fact that his older son suffers from a muscular disorder and that he has neglected his younger son.
Episode 25
An ambitious black resident (Georg Stanford Brown) is convinced that Gannon is preventing him from performing surgery.
Episode 26
The story of a marriage tormented by lack of children.