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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Season 4
Episode 2

Is This Operation Necessary?

September 26, 1972

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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors - S4 - E2

Gritty story of an aging gynecologist, portrayed credibly by Richard Basehart, who is accused by Dr. Hunter(David Hartman)of performing unnecessary operations. Dr. McLain, the besieged doctor, is promoting lake side property investments which requires substantial capital. Dr. Craig (E.G. Marshall) is a long time friend of Dr. McLain and defends the renown surgeon until it becomes evident that his practice must end. Dorothy Malone plays Basehart's wife and Vic Tayback is featured as a man who loses his wife when she is subjected to an unnecessary operation.

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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors: Season 4 - 16 Episode s

4x1 - Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (II)
September 19, 1972
While in Los Angeles to testify for a trial against gangster Frank Harmon, Ed is shot and falls off the balcony of his hotel room. He is then taken to the Craig Institute where he undergoes emergency surgery. Although the bullet wounds were non-life threatening, Ed suffers a broken back in the fall and some damage to his spine. The scarring leaves him paralyzed and only an experimental surgical procedure is the only option to regaining his mobility. Also, even though all the evidence points to Harmon, Ironside has doubts that he was the person responsible for the attempted hit. Also, the chief begins having flashbacks to the night he was shot and paralyzed. The crossover starts on Ironside S04E01 Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (I).
4x2 - Is This Operation Necessary?
September 26, 1972
Gritty story of an aging gynecologist, portrayed credibly by Richard Basehart, who is accused by Dr. Hunter(David Hartman)of performing unnecessary operations. Dr. McLain, the besieged doctor, is promoting lake side property investments which requires substantial capital. Dr. Craig (E.G. Marshall) is a long time friend of Dr. McLain and defends the renown surgeon until it becomes evident that his practice must end. Dorothy Malone plays Basehart's wife and Vic Tayback is featured as a man who loses his wife when she is subjected to an unnecessary operation.
4x3 - A Nation of Human Pincushions
October 3, 1972
4x4 - Time Bomb in the Chest
October 10, 1972
4x5 - A Standard For Manhood
October 17, 1972
4x6 - A Substitute Womb
October 24, 1972
4x7 - A Very Strange Triangle
October 31, 1972
4x8 - A Quality of Fear
November 14, 1972
Dr. Hunter interacts with cancer patients with different attitudes toward their disease which are not always commensurate with the patients' prognoses while dealing with medical professionals not always in alignment with the doctor.
4x9 - An Inalienable Right to Die
November 28, 1972
4x10 - A Purge of Madness
December 5, 1972
4x11 - End Theme
December 12, 1972
4x12 - The Velvet Prison
December 19, 1972
A story about a child hemophiliac.
4x13 - Terminal Career
January 2, 1973
4x14 - A Tightrope to Tomorrow
January 9, 1973
4x15 - The Night Crawler
January 16, 1973
4x16 - And Other Things I May Not See
May 4, 1973

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors: All seasons

S1: Season 1
10 Episode s
S2: Season 2
8 Episode s
S3: Season 3
11 Episode s
S4: Season 4
16 Episode s

4x1 - Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (II)

4x2 - Is This Operation Necessary?

4x3 - A Nation of Human Pincushions

4x4 - Time Bomb in the Chest

4x5 - A Standard For Manhood

4x6 - A Substitute Womb

4x7 - A Very Strange Triangle

4x8 - A Quality of Fear

4x9 - An Inalienable Right to Die

4x10 - A Purge of Madness

4x11 - End Theme

4x12 - The Velvet Prison

4x13 - Terminal Career

4x14 - A Tightrope to Tomorrow

4x15 - The Night Crawler

4x16 - And Other Things I May Not See

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4