One of Doctor Gannon's associates whose son is a strong candidate for the Olympic diving team finds it difficult to believe that the young athlete has a muscular disease that could end chances for the International championships.

This one is an interesting drama about a young resident doctor, a talented black who is denied a research grant. The resident suspects Doc Gannon lacks confidence in him and pressures our hero for the chance to perform a gallstone operation. Gannon gives in and then doubts his decision in the climatic surgery scenes.

This series does its best with good guest performers, and in this episode, it's Sharon Farrell's turn to spark the hour. She plays a teaching assistant who wants sterilization, which requires a bit of digging into her background by our own Doc Gannon.