Rafferty (TV series)

*Rafferty*
Rafferty
Genre	Medical drama
Created by	James Lee
Starring	Patrick McGoohan; John Getz; Millie Slavin
Theme music composer	Leonard Rosenman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (3 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Jerry Thorpe
Producers	Norman S. Powell; Robert van Scoyk
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 5 –; November 28, 1977

Rafferty is an American drama series starring Patrick McGoohan^[1] that aired on CBS^[2] from September 28 until November 28, 1977. McGoohan played a former army doctor named Sid Rafferty who has retired and moved into private practice. Also seen regularly were John Getz as Rafferty's junior partner, Dr. Daniel Gentry, and Millie Slavin as the medical office's nurse, Vera Wales. Episodes often dealt with the gruff, egotistical and driven Rafferty, a brilliant diagnostician with almost no social skills or bedside manner, working to identify his patients' unusual and life-threatening ailments. One reviewer considers this series a forerunner to House, M.D.^[3]

It only lasted one season for 10 out of 13 episodes, and McGoohan was apparently very unhappy with the series, reportedly saying: "...a disaster ... the most miserable job I've ever done in my life ... a total frustration from start to finish.."^[4]

Cast

Patrick McGoohan as Dr. Sid Rafferty^[5]
John Getz as Dr. Daniel Gentry
Millie Slavin as Nurse Vera Wales

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Barry Crane	James Lee	September 5, 1977 (1977-09-05)
2	"Brothers & Sons"	Barry Crane	S : Jerry De Bono T : Arthur Heinemann & James Lee	September 12, 1977 (1977-09-12)
3	"A Point of View"	Alexander Singer	James Lee	September 19, 1977 (1977-09-19)
4	"The Cutting Edge"	Barry Crane	John Meredyth Lucas	September 26, 1977 (1977-09-26)
5	"The Narrow Thread"	Barry Crane	Unknown	October 3, 1977 (1977-10-03)
6	"The Epidemic"	Barry Crane	David P. Lewis	October 17, 1977 (1977-10-17)
7	"The Wild Child"	Patrick McGoohan	Sue Milburn	October 31, 1977 (1977-10-31)
8	"The Will to Live"	Edward H. Feldman	S : Arthur Joel Katz S/T : Sue Milburn	November 7, 1977 (1977-11-07)
9	"Walking Wounded"	Arnold Laven	James Lee	November 14, 1977 (1977-11-14)
10	"Death Out of a Blue Sky"	Barry Crane	Robert Van Scoyk	November 28, 1977 (1977-11-28)
11	"No Yesterday and No Tomorrow"	Arnold Laven	S : Rift Fournier T : James Menzies	N/A
12	"The Price of Pain"	Arnold Laven	S : Rift Fournier T : James Menzies & John Meredyth Lucas	N/A
13	"The Burning Man"	Barry Crane	Sue Milburn	N/A

Cultural impact

The lyrics of the single "Sleeping Gas" by the post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes express displeasure at the series: "You can watch Rafferty turn into a serial / Just like a cartoon by AAP".^[6]

References

^ "An MD with a new form of fee-splitting". Newsday. September 5, 1977. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "An Old Format, The TV Doctor, Gets New Life With McGoohan". The Tampa Tribune. September 18, 1977. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ TV.com: Rafferty
^ Patrick McGoohan biography page,IMDB
^ Witbeck, Charles (September 18, 1977). "McGoohan has Rafferty down pat". Sunday News. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/4474623/The+Teardrop+Explodes ^{[bare URL]}

External links

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[1] "An MD with a new form of fee-splitting". Newsday. September 5, 1977. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[2] "An Old Format, The TV Doctor, Gets New Life With McGoohan". The Tampa Tribune. September 18, 1977. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[3] TV.com: Rafferty

[4] Patrick McGoohan biography page,IMDB

[5] Witbeck, Charles (September 18, 1977). "McGoohan has Rafferty down pat". Sunday News. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[6] ttps://www.lyrics.com/lyric/4474623/The+Teardrop+Explodes ^{[bare URL]}

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