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- Medical Center
- Season 5
- Episode 22
The World's a Balloon
Medical Center - S5 - E22
An impoverished ventriloquist may lose custody of his orphaned nephew when the boy develops a serious heart condition.
Medical Center: Season 5 - 24 Episode s
5x1 - The Guilty
September 10, 1973
A young woman is stricken with hysterical paralysis after seeing her mother with a lover.
5x2 - Time of Darkness
September 17, 1973
An emergency call to a mountain community leads Gannon to a patient guarded by mysterious, gun-toting townsfolk.
5x3 - Broken Image
September 24, 1973
Bent on proving his virility, an aging surgeon becomes involved with a young patient.
5x4 - Impasse
October 1, 1973
A lesbian psychiatrist is plagued by prejudice against her life style.
5x5 - Clash of Shadows
October 8, 1973
The horror of crib death is explored in this story about a couple who lose their 4-month-old child.
5x6 - The Casualty
October 22, 1973
Romance ends for Gannon when his girlfriend's husband, missing for six years in Vietnam, comes home to reclaim his wife and son.
5x7 - Stranger in Two Worlds
October 29, 1973
A champion diver is ignoring an illness that could end her career.
5x8 - Child of Violence
November 12, 1973
A wounded child from war-torn Northern Ireland baffles Gannon by showing no desire to get well.
5x9 - Woman for Hire
November 19, 1973
An idealistic young resident falls in love with an ailing prostitute.
5x10 - A Life at Stake
November 26, 1973
Compulsive gambling is ruining the life of a once-fine surgeon.
5x11 - Nightmare
December 3, 1973
Gannon is receiving bloodcurdling murder threats that contain only one clue: the would-be killer is someone on the hospital staff.
5x12 - Deadly Game
December 10, 1973
A derelict fakes her way into the hospital for free room and board, unaware that she is suffering from a serious disease.
5x13 - Web of Intrigue
January 7, 1974
An arrogant young resident refuses to submit to authority.
5x14 - Trial by Knife
January 14, 1974
Sparks fly when Gannon and the newly-appointed chief of surgery begin to clash on medical opinions.
5x15 - Choice of Evils
January 21, 1974
A proud man must decide whether to live with a dangerous illness, or submit to surgery which might cause impotence.
5x16 - No Escape
January 28, 1974
Gannon's patient needs a kidney transplant, and her only hope of a compatible donor is her father — a convict who is serving time for murder.
5x17 - Dark Warning
February 11, 1974
A seriously ill surgeon tries to hide his condition long enough to perform lifesaving surgery on his ex-wife.
5x18 - Girl from Bedlam
February 18, 1974
While investigating conditions in a mental hospital, Gannon falls in love with an amnesiac whose blinding headaches have gone untreated by the staff.
5x19 - Spectre
February 25, 1974
Determined to save a critically ill patient, a surgeon is hiding his own serious malady from his colleagues.
5x20 - The Enemies
March 4, 1974
A young genius becomes the center of a custody battle between his critically ill mother and a wealthy, would-be benefactress.
5x21 - The Conspirators
March 11, 1974
An accused rapist may not live to see a fair trial. The victim's boyfriend has already beaten him severely, and is waiting to finish the job.
5x22 - The World's a Balloon
March 25, 1974
An impoverished ventriloquist may lose custody of his orphaned nephew when the boy develops a serious heart condition.
5x23 - Hexed
April 1, 1974
A staff doctor thinks a patient's baffling symptoms are the result of a voodoo curse.
5x24 - Appointment with Danger
April 15, 1974
A critically ill scientist is determined to attend an important European conference, despite Gannon's warnings that the trip might kill her.