
MDs
2002 · ABC · 60 min · 1 season
S01E08 · Reversal of Fortune
Thu, 12 Dec, 2:00 pm
Dalgety's haunted by his past while dealing with a patient who refuses treatment for an odd---and unpleasant---diagnosis; the looming sale of the Mish sparks a war between Shelly and Donge, who gets a heartfelt lesson about cutting corners after landing in the cardiac unit.
About
Dr. Robert Dalgety, a dedicated and brilliant general surgeon, and Dr. Bruce Kellerman, head of cardiothoracic surgery, are two renegade surgeons working together in a megasized, megafrugal, aging HMO. With the help of Dr. Quinn Joyner and Dr. Maggie Yang, they buck the system any way they can in pursuit of the care patients need and deserve. On the opposing team are Shelly Pangborn, the new hospital administrator, and assistant hospital administrator, Frank Coones. Together with Nurse "Doctor" Poole, they are more concerned with the bottom line than patients' health.
Episodes
- E01
Time of Death
Thu, 26 Sept· 60 minKellerman and Dalgety rope an intern named Maggie into helping them treat an uninsured patient; Mission General's new administrator gets off to a rough start; and a heart patient refuses to undergo surgery that could save his life.
- E02
A La Casa
Thu, 3 Oct· 60 minWhen Pangborn allows an ER-set TV show to film at Mission, Kellerman gets in on the act to snag some much-needed medical equipment being used as props. Meanwhile, Quinn and Maggie square off over the treatment of a stroke patient; and Dalgety's fling with a staffer lands him in hot water after it begins to look like a case of sexual harassment.
- E03
Open Heart
Thu, 10 Oct· 60 minMatters of the heart attack, as Gina gives hers to Dalgety; Kellerman tries to save a mystic's during a botched surgery; and a car crash breaks those of the docs treating the injured. Meanwhile, Maggie has a change of heart about a terminal patient after meeting his long-suffering wife.
- E04
Heartland
Thu, 17 Oct· 60 minKellerman and Dalgety's plan to deliver Gina's heart to a patient in Vegas hits a series of snags, including an ill-fated flight and a run-in with a mad diner owner in the desert. Meanwhile, Shelly tries to handle the PR fallout from the tragedy that killed Dalgety's lady love; and Quinn, Maggie and Poole all find themselves in troublesome romantic situations.
- E05
Cruel and Unusual
Thu, 24 Oct· 60 minKellerman and Joyner clash over the ethics of giving a heart transplant to a terminal death-row inmate over a family man at the top of the recipient list. Meanwhile, Dalgety and Maggie hack into Donge's cyberdoctor program.
- E06
R.I.P.
Thu, 31 Oct· 60 minThe anniversary of a Halloween killing spree at the Mish has Maggie seeing dead people and Frank seeing Shelly in a new light after she comes to his costumed aid in the ER. Meanwhile, a pregnant woman's misdiagnosis leads to a battle between Quinn and the chief of obstetrics over Kellerman's quick---and correct---decision to operate; and Dalgety gets in over his head helping a junkie bid make peace with her late love.
- E07
Wing and a Prayer
Thu, 5 Dec· 60 minThe Mish is touched by an angel after a patient with an unusual set of implants begins to heal the sick, including a staffer whose fight for life has a miraculous effect on Poole. Meanwhile, Maggie befriends a jazz singer who winds up faced with a grim diagnosis for her nagging cough.
- E08
Reversal of Fortune
Thu, 12 Dec· 60 minDalgety's haunted by his past while dealing with a patient who refuses treatment for an odd---and unpleasant---diagnosis; the looming sale of the Mish sparks a war between Shelly and Donge, who gets a heartfelt lesson about cutting corners after landing in the cardiac unit.
- E09
Family Secrets
TBA· 60 min - E10
Connective Tissue
TBA· 60 min - E11
Risk Management
TBA· 60 min
Cast

William Fichtner
Dr. Bruce Kellerman

John Hannah
Dr. Robert Dalgety

Leslie Stefanson
Shelly Pangborn

Aunjanue Ellis
Dr. Quinn Joyner

Jane Lynch
Aileen Poole

Robert Joy
Frank Coones

Michaela Conlin
Dr. Maggie Yang