Gideon's Crossing

2000
Gideon's Crossing

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 The Gift Oct 10, 2000

The success of Ben's experimental treatment for kidney cancer leads to mixed feelings for both doctor and patient; Sid uncovers the simple diagnosis to a young man's perplexing symptoms, and Bruce provides the cure; Aaron faces resistance and resentment from the overwhelmed mother of sick boy; Bruce is forced to go above and beyond the call of duty to treat a hospital benefactor's loved one, when it's really the benefactor who critically needs care.

EP2 The Way Oct 18, 2000

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EP3 A Routine Case Oct 25, 2000

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EP4 The Race Nov 01, 2000

Ben's friend and patient, a career politician, is diagnosed with cancer.

EP5 The Mistake Nov 08, 2000

The staff have to tell a woman enquiring about her husband that he has died.

EP6 Freak Show Nov 15, 2000

A woman with breast cancer is strangely opposed to the treatment which Ben prescribes. Bruce is infatuated with the girlfriend of a patient, and Ben witnesses a serious accident outside his daughter's school.

EP7 The Lottery Nov 22, 2000

Excited when their antibody finally shows promise, Ben and Mike mount a clinical trial and clash over the lottery system that excludes one of Ben's patients, forcing him to pursue an alternative, less-effective therapy; fearing for his job and the financial future of the hospital, Max releases the news about the antibody to the press prematurely and incurs Ben's anger; Ollie counsels Sid after he goes on the date from hell, and provides an inspired and extremely pleasurable way to make his date regret dumping him; the post mortem after an indiscretion with a patient's wife provides Sid with just the thing to effect a cure for the man; in a series of events that Ben is at a loss to explain, the clinical trial fails and the alternative treatment his patient received instead miraculously cures his cancer.

EP8 Father Knows Best Dec 06, 2000

Ben has problems with a difficult patient who happens to be one of the hospital's major benefactors. A young woman who is terminally ill wants to be mummified.

EP9 Is There a Wise Man in the House? Dec 20, 2000

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EP10 Clinical Enigma Dec 27, 2000

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EP11 Hinkytown Jan 15, 2001

Ben and his students race to find the cause of a mysterious infection which is sweeping the hospital.

EP12 Dr. Cherry Must Be Stopped Jan 22, 2001

Bruce falls under suspicion when one of his patients commits suicide.

EP13 Orphans Jan 29, 2001

A deaf girl seeks Ben's help. Sid faces a life or death dilemma, and the Porter case is finally resolved.

EP14 Life Sentences Feb 05, 2001

Ollie tries to help an impoverished man suffering from leukemia. Bruce meets a patient with an ailment that defies conventional medical treatment.

EP15 Prodigal Dad Feb 12, 2001

Boies' father suddenly comes back into his life. Ben looks for a new way to help a hemophiliac boy.

EP16 The Others Mar 05, 2001

Cabranes faces a dangerous situation with one of his psychiatric patients. Boies' father fights cancer.

EP17 Flashpoint (II) Mar 12, 2001

Gideon's patient Ellenor Frutt is diagnosed with a disease that complicates pregnancy. She makes Gideon promise he will put the baby's life ahead of her own. This crossover starts on The Practice S05E16 Gideon's Crossing (I).

EP18 Filaments and Ligatures Mar 19, 2001

Cherry treats a girl who, due to a terrible accident becomes brain dead. He confronts the parents about taking her off life support, and when they agree, he presents the choice to donate her organs. Although the mother is willing, the father is greatly opposed. Gideon and other doctors routinely work on the priority list for a liver transplant. Whom will be the number one candidate comes down to Gideon's patient (Black male in 40's, Asian wife, three kids, on list for several years, terminal) and another doctor's patient (Gay white 30-something male, HIV positive, with 2 adoptive kids and partner, terminal). The black man's tumor sizes disqualify him. The gay man is decided to be most elligible. After pressure from the gay man's doctor, Cherry secretly lets the mother know that only one parent is needed to sign the consent form. She agrees. He is immediately plagued by guilt, and when his girlfriend, Money (Hedy Burress), tries to pragmatize the situation to him, he remarks, ""Yo

EP19 The Crash Apr 02, 2001

In the opening scene, Gideon is trying to get his son, Eli, off to school. Neither of them is in a good mood, and Eli is being extremely difficult. It's a battle every step of the way. Gideon asks Boise to perform his routine physical for insurance purposes. He eats his first of dozens of antacids eaten through the show. The questions on the lifestyle portion of the exam seem to accuse Gideon of being burnout, impatient and at risk for stress related illness. He dodges the question on alcohol consumption as ""the bear."" Frustrated with Boise's thoroughness and candidness, Gideon ends the session early with this statement ""Sometimes you eat the bear; sometimes the bear eats you."" Gideon is treating a patient with Parkinson's disease. The patient's gradual deterioration has motivated his wife to opt for the highly risky, but sometimes miraculous fetal stem-cell implant therapy. Gideon is apprehensive; the surgery is irreversible and without protocol at this hospital. She insists.

EP20 Heart of Glass Apr 09, 2001

We start where we left off, with Gideon getting off the floor. He takes his own blood pressure, collects himself, and goes out as if nothing occurred. The Coopers come in. Wyatt whispers to Cherry that his wife hasn't felt the twins in over 12 hours. Cherry takes her off calmly for a ""checkup."" Gideon's heartburn and mood are getting worse by the second. He resists Boise's pleas for a check-up for a diagnosis. Boise leaves, but is soon called back by the sound of crashing. He and several others see Gideon passed out, and they work to resuscitate him. To Wyatt's dismay, the OBGYN discovers that one twin is getting too much blood, one not enough. They have three options: to do an amniocentesis, laser surgery to direct blood flow, or...terminate the pregnancy. They decide to go with surgery. Gideon, now very awake, resists all treatment, even a simple heparin drip (a blood thinner). Cabranes and Pirandello insist; Gideon confides he had a bleeding ulcer two years ago and a blood t

EP21 The Old School Jan 01, 0001

A classmate of Ben's asks him to treat her father, who is dying from cancer. But the man, a believer in old-school medicine, doesn't want Ben's help.
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Released: 10 October 2000 Ended
Producted By: Touchstone Television
Country: United States of America
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Ben Gideon, a doctor of great skill and with a great bedside manner, heads the experimental oncology ward at a fictional teaching hospital in New England. Based on the work of Dr. Jerome Groupman, Gideon fights to inspire the next generation of doctors.

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Malette Sadly this series was doomed from the start. Great cast, good writing and an uplifting message with only a hint of preaching! Andre Braugher is as good in this, or maybe better, than his role in Homicide (Life on the Street).Network TV was simply not ready for this, and if you take it to cable, the tendency is to spice it so much it can become offensive. Like I said, doomed from the get go.The ensemble was also being used well, without the "stock character" prejudices and clichés. I suspect had this been given a really good run it would have been possible to flesh out the interns and residents as well as the nursing staff to the point of developing some outstanding story lines. This is one of a long line of shows submarined by its refusal to seek mediocrity.
dlewis-10 Good acting, as far as can be given with this rancid storyline. TV seems obsessed with the idea as medical person, or doctor as God. Ben Gideon would do much better to teach medicine, rather than give an overlong philosophical debate, aimed at high-schoolers to these boring unintelligent, god get-them-away-from-me group. If he did teach medicine, they might run into far fewer problems.1/10.
Notraxxs The high level of writing, the intricate and complex characters, and the superb cast make this show worth watching. With the exception of this show, I don't watch network tv anymore. But I make it a point to sit down every Monday night so that I can watch and admire the quality of Gideon's Crossing. Do yourself a favor and watch it to.
mattkratz I like this show. It might drag on too long in its characters' personal conflicts, but that's minor. It is the latest in a line of medical dramas which includes E/R, St. Elsewhere, and Chicago Hope. All the performances are good, and the writing is first-rate. Give it a chance. The series certainly does have potential.