Ben Casey
Season 1
196132 episodes
Episode 1
To the Pure
Oct 2, 19611h
Dr. Ben Casey is at odds with the medical board, particularly Dr. Zorba and Dr. Jensen, because of his manner toward interns. Under a reprimand, Casey tries to persuade the board to approve neurosurgery on nine-year-old Pete Salazar. After the first of three operations on the boy, Casey is accidentally jabbed with a needle while administering a rabies test to a female patient. During his thirty-day wait for a life-or-death prognosis, he is given permission to resume the surgery.
Episode 2
But Linda Only Smiled
Oct 9, 19611h
Little Cathy Reed is brought to the hospital for emergency treatment after an auto accident. Casey prepares a blood transfusion, but her mother won't consent.
Episode 3
The Insolent Heart
Oct 16, 19611h
Dr. Michael Waldman, a former professor of Casey's and a former colleague of Zorba's, comes to the hospital with a cardiovascular ailment diagnosed as fatal. Casey and Zorba want to try a new surgery on him, but the medical board is opposed.
Episode 4
I Remember a Lemon Tree
Oct 23, 19611h
Dr. Karl Anders is a brilliant surgeon, and Zorba wants to keep him on at the hospital. But Anders is concerned with illnesses of his own—he's addicted to morphine, and suffers from leukemia.
Episode 5
An Expensive Glass of Water
Oct 30, 19611h
Casey has Walter Tyson for a patient, the president of a large corporation in difficulties, who makes treatment impossible by ordering him about. Zorba and Dr. Jensen try to dissuade him from withdrawing, because his patient is a big donor to the hospital.
Episode 6
The Sound of Laughter
Nov 6, 19611h
Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.
Episode 7
A Few Brief Lines for Dave
Nov 13, 19611h
Dr. Dave Taylor returns to the hospital to do research, but Dr. Casey diagnoses him as a ""hospital bum"" afraid of competition, and also treats a woman's hypochondria.
Episode 8
Pavane for a Gentle Lady
Nov 20, 19611h
By degrees to the bare facts.
Episode 9
My Good Friend Krikor
Nov 27, 19611h
Orderly Nick Kanavaris' good friend Krikor Dakopian is committed by his family to the psychiatric ward. Dr. Casey, however, thinks the ailment is likely to be responsive to neurosurgery.
Episode 10
The Sweet Kiss of Madness
Dec 4, 19611h
Dr. Alan Reynolds' mental state is not improved by constant pressure from his wife to be a successful neurosurgeon. The strain increases when he treats an abused 10-year-old boy. Dr. Casey forestalls an unnecessary operation, and tries to persuade Dr. Reynolds to receive treatment.
Episode 11
A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness
Dec 11, 19611h
Expectant mother Ellen Parker loses her child after an auto accident. Casey examines her and finds that she is subject to chronic seizures, and these, not the accident, are responsible for the loss of her baby.
Episode 12
A Dark Night for Billy Harris
Dec 18, 19611h
Dr. Casey operates on Billy Harris, a holdup man shot and paralyzed, but he's also concerned about the policeman, who may have been too keen and might be mentally hampered.
Episode 13
And If I Die
Jan 1, 19621h
""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
Episode 14
A Memory of Candy Stripes
Jan 8, 19621h
Recollections.
Episode 15
Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor
Jan 15, 19621h
A clean, well-lighted place.
Episode 16
A Story to Be Softly Told
Jan 22, 19621h
Between you, me and the nurse's station.
Episode 17
The Big Trouble with Charlie
Jan 29, 19621h
He's not quite himself, or is he?
Episode 18
Give My Hands an Epitaph
Feb 5, 19621h
Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
Episode 19
Victory Wears a Cruel Smile
Feb 12, 19621h
From another point of view.
Episode 20
Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase
Feb 19, 19621h
A piece of baggage.
Episode 21
Behold a Pale Horse
Feb 26, 19621h
""And his name that sat on him was Death.""
Episode 22
For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
Mar 5, 19621h
A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.
Episode 23
To a Grand and Natural Finale
Mar 12, 19621h
A consummation devoutly to be wished.
Episode 24
Monument to an Aged Hunter
Mar 19, 19621h
Souvenirs and trophies.
Episode 25
All the Clocks are Ticking
Mar 26, 19621h
As time goes by.
Episode 26
Among Others a Girl Named Abilene
Apr 2, 19621h
Dr. Casey spends a Saturday on Outside Medical Relief while the Neurosurgical staff, thinking Casey needs money, take up a collection for him.
Episode 27
A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes
Apr 16, 19621h
A vision of loveliness.
Episode 28
And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears
Apr 23, 19621h
Sorrow and pity.
Episode 29
Preferably, the Less-Used Arm
Apr 30, 19621h
Might and main.
Episode 30
An Uncommonly Innocent Killing
May 7, 19621h
Gene Bilstrom is a leading business man of the community but a series of incidents causes his family concern. Bilstrom is admitted to the hospital for a complete mental evaluation but there is a fear of the stigma involved.
Episode 31
So Oft It Chances in Particular Men
May 21, 19621h
So oft it chances in particular men That (for some vicious mole of nature in them, As in their birth, wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin) By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit, that too much o'erleavens The form of plausive manners—that (these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star) Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault. The dram of evil Doth all the noble substance of a doubt, To his own scandal. Hamlet
Episode 32
When You See an Evil Man
May 28, 19621h
The patient and the ill.