Gideon's Crossing

Season 1 Episode 7: The Lottery

Nov 22, 2000 TV-PG 1h 7.6

Gideon has developed a drug that could revolutionize treatment for melanoma. The drug is given approval for trials and he offers it to one of his patients before learning that trial subjects must be chosen by a lottery.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Gift

1. The Gift

Aired: Oct 10, 2000

While coping with his wife's death from cancer, Dr. Ben Gideon deals with an ...

Episode 2 The Way

2. The Way

Aired: Oct 18, 2000

Gideon tries to help a breast-cancer patient who doesn't trust Western medici...

Episode 3 A Routine Case

3. A Routine Case

Aired: Oct 25, 2000

A cleaning lady Gideon has known for years comes to the hospital with leukemia.

Episode 4 The Race

4. The Race

Aired: Oct 31, 2000

The mayor of Boston, a patient of Gideon's, is diagnosed with cancer, so he h...

Episode 5 The Mistake

5. The Mistake

Aired: Nov 7, 2000

A man comes to the hospital on a Saturday morning, gets treated by six reside...

Episode 6 Freak Show

6. Freak Show

Aired: Nov 14, 2000

Gideon has developed a drug that could revolutionize treatment for melanoma. ...

Episode 7 The Lottery

7. The Lottery

Aired: Nov 21, 2000

Gideon has developed a drug that could revolutionize treatment for melanoma. ...

Episode 8 Father Knows Best

8. Father Knows Best

Aired: Dec 5, 2000

A rich woman with a blood disease picks on the staff, including Gideon and Ca...

Episode 10 Clinical Enigma

10. Clinical Enigma

Aired: Dec 26, 2000

A man whom Gideon once treated for cancer comes back to the hospital with a f...

Episode 11 Hinkytown

11. Hinkytown

Aired: Jan 14, 2001

Staffers look for bacteria that are causing infections in patients who have n...

Episode 13 Orphans

13. Orphans

Aired: Jan 28, 2001

A deaf 14-year-old girl asks for a cochlear implant, but her parents, who are...

Episode 14 Life Sentences

14. Life Sentences

Aired: Feb 4, 2001

A frequent drug-test volunteer to whom Ollie has gotten close is diagnosed wi...

Episode 15 Prodigal Dad

15. Prodigal Dad

Aired: Feb 11, 2001

Boies' father comes to the hospital as a visitor, then ends up as a patient a...

Episode 16 The Others

16. The Others

Aired: Mar 4, 2001

Cabranes has a psychiatric session with a multiple-personality disorder patie...

Episode 17 Flashpoint

17. Flashpoint

Aired: Mar 11, 2001

Ellenor Frutt is brought to Metropolitan General after collapsing and tells B...

Episode 19 The Crash

19. The Crash

Aired: Apr 2, 2001

Gideon is having a bad day. His son Eli has hit another boy in the head with ...

Episode 20 Heart of Glass

20. Heart of Glass

Aired: Apr 9, 2001

Gideon gets severe heartburn and faints in an exam room. His EKG results are ...

Info about Gideon's Crossing

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Genres: Drama