Doc Elliot

Season

1973

6.2

The cases of a city doctor now running a rural independent practice.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot

An urban physician Doc Elliot relocates to a rural area to enjoy a less hectic life. One of his first patients is a youthful man suffering from depression as he feels responsible for an accident that maimed he older brother.

S1 • E1

And All Ye Need to Know

Elliot treats Jenny, a blind woman who depends on her reclusive husband for everything. When Ben suggests an operation that will restore Jenny's eyesight the spouse opposes the procedure fearing that his wife will leave him.

S1 • E2

A Man of Importance

Paul Bartlett is an eccentric elderly man who owns valuable property that others covet. He is determined to have grandson Jamie inherit it but his behavior leaves his sanity in question. Doc Elliott is told to sign off to have him committed.

S1 • E3

The Touch of God

Doc Elliot finds himself challenged when his patients turn to a faith healer for their illnesses. Ben's years of medical training are at odds with the community's spiritual beliefs.

S1 • E4

No Place to Go

After a near collision with a car, Doc is forced at gunpoint to drive a fugitive robber to Mexico where the doctor is on an errand of mercy.

S1 • E5

A Small Hand of Friendship

One of Ben's patients is Bonnie Ames, an unmarried schoolteacher. After learning she is pregnant she knows that the community wil want her to quit her job. Doc Elliot vows to stand behind her during this difficult time.

S1 • E6

The Runner

Doc Elliot sees a young patient named Gary who has over exerted himself by constantly running. As Elliot finds out the lad has an rigid father Stuart that Gary has difficulty pleasing so escapes by exercising.

S1 • E7

The Carrier

Cases of typhoid begin occurring in the small community and Ben Elliot looks for the source. His investigation leads him to a young couple who are intent on keeping a secret.

S1 • E8

A Time to Live

Lee Barrows learns he has leukemia and returns to the town where he grew up to die. Doc Elliot consels Lee and his wife Pamela about different options while trying to make the ill man comfortable.

S1 • E9

A Time to Grow

Well known Samantha Wells is a New York actress who has relocated to Colorado for her son Robert's asthma. He chafes because of the many restrictions but finds an ally in Doc Elliot who helps his mother better understand his affliction.

S1 • E10

The Gold Mine

Emma Johnson is anxious to keep her gold mine, as the men that work it fall ill and are getting old, yet they've been unable to extract enough to pay the debts or even the payroll. Desperate to find a new vein, the miners resort to stealing supplies and creating an unsafe new tunnel.

S1 • E11

Survival

Stranded in the wilds after a plane crash, Ben and his companions face staggering odds in their fight for "Survival." One passenger is critically injured, and the pilot has been bitten by a rattlesnake while on the way to get help.

S1 • E12

Things That Might Have Been

Doc Elliot tries to help a young woman disfigured in a long ago accident. Things become complicated when she falls in love with Ben and the doc must decide how to precede getting her better.