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Ben Casey - Season 1

Episode List

To the Pure
E1 - To the Pure

Aired: October 02, 1961

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.

But Linda Only Smiled
E2 - But Linda Only Smiled

Aired: October 09, 1961

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.

The Insolent Heart
E3 - The Insolent Heart

Aired: October 16, 1961

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.

I Remember a Lemon Tree
E4 - I Remember a Lemon Tree

Aired: October 23, 1961

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.

An Expensive Glass of Water
E5 - An Expensive Glass of Water

Aired: October 30, 1961

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.

The Sound of Laughter
E6 - The Sound of Laughter

Aired: November 06, 1961

Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.

A Few Brief Lines for Dave
E7 - A Few Brief Lines for Dave

Aired: November 13, 1961

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.

Pavane for a Gentle Lady
E8 - Pavane for a Gentle Lady

Aired: November 20, 1961

By degrees to the bare facts.

My Good Friend Krikor
E9 - My Good Friend Krikor

Aired: November 27, 1961

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.

The Sweet Kiss of Madness
E10 - The Sweet Kiss of Madness

Aired: December 04, 1961

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.

A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness
E11 - A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness

Aired: December 11, 1961

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.

A Dark Night for Billy Harris
E12 - A Dark Night for Billy Harris

Aired: December 18, 1961

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.

And If I Die
E13 - And If I Die

Aired: January 01, 1962

""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)

A Memory of Candy Stripes
E14 - A Memory of Candy Stripes

Aired: January 08, 1962

Recollections.

Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor
E15 - Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor

Aired: January 15, 1962

A clean, well-lighted place.

A Story to Be Softly Told
E16 - A Story to Be Softly Told

Aired: January 22, 1962

Between you, me and the nurse's station.

The Big Trouble with Charlie
E17 - The Big Trouble with Charlie

Aired: January 29, 1962

He's not quite himself, or is he?

Give My Hands an Epitaph
E18 - Give My Hands an Epitaph

Aired: February 05, 1962

Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.

Victory Wears a Cruel Smile
E19 - Victory Wears a Cruel Smile

Aired: February 12, 1962

From another point of view.

Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase
E20 - Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase

Aired: February 19, 1962

A piece of baggage.

Behold a Pale Horse
E21 - Behold a Pale Horse

Aired: February 26, 1962

""And his name that sat on him was Death.""

For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
E22 - For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses

Aired: March 05, 1962

A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.

To a Grand and Natural Finale
E23 - To a Grand and Natural Finale

Aired: March 12, 1962

A consummation devoutly to be wished.

Monument to an Aged Hunter
E24 - Monument to an Aged Hunter

Aired: March 19, 1962

Souvenirs and trophies.

All the Clocks are Ticking
E25 - All the Clocks are Ticking

Aired: March 26, 1962

As time goes by.

Among Others a Girl Named Abilene
E26 - Among Others a Girl Named Abilene

Aired: April 02, 1962

A Texas rose.

A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes
E27 - A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes

Aired: April 16, 1962

A vision of loveliness.

And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears
E28 - And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears

Aired: April 23, 1962

Sorrow and pity.

Preferably, the Less-Used Arm
E29 - Preferably, the Less-Used Arm

Aired: April 30, 1962

Might and main.

An Uncommonly Innocent Killing
E30 - An Uncommonly Innocent Killing

Aired: May 07, 1962

Qualifications for the deed.

So Oft It Chances in Particular Men
E31 - So Oft It Chances in Particular Men

Aired: May 21, 1962

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

When You See an Evil Man
E32 - When You See an Evil Man

Aired: May 28, 1962

The patient and the ill.