Episode 1: Medical Story

1975-09-04

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.

Runtime: 120 min

Episode 2: The Right to Die

1975-09-11

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.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 3: The God Syndrome

1975-09-18

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 4: Test Case

1975-09-25

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

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 5: A Life in the Balance

1975-10-02

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 6: An Air Full of Death

1975-10-09

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 7: Million Dollar Baby

1975-10-23

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 8: The Moonlight Heater

1975-10-30

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 9: Wasteland

1975-11-13

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

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 10: Up Against the World

1975-12-04

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.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 11: Woman in White

1975-12-11

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 12: The Quality of Mercy

1976-01-08

Runtime: 60 min