Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestRafferty must attend to a group of Indians with pneumonic plague trapped in a raging fire.
Rafferty is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 5 to November 28, 1977. The series stars Patrick McGoohan as Doctor Sid Rafferty, a former army doctor running his own private practice in Los Angeles and helping out part time at City General Hospital.
Acting
McGoohan's controlled fury barely contained beneath white coat professionalism.
Production
Authentic 1977 LA hospital grit before ER made it glossy.
Creator
James Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
McGoohan developed Rafferty himself after years of development hell following The Prisoner's controversial finale. He wanted to prove he could play accessible humanity — CBS disagreed.
This was one of several 'difficult genius doctor' pilots that bombed in 1977; the concept wouldn't succeed until St. Elsewhere and House refined the formula. Rafferty was simply too early.
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