Episode guide
Ben Casey: Season 1
32 episodes · premiered Oct 2, 1961
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- Episode 1: To the Pure Oct 2, 1961 · 1h 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…
- Episode 2: But Linda Only Smiled Oct 9, 1961 · 1h 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, 1961 · 1h 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…
- Episode 4: I Remember a Lemon Tree Oct 23, 1961 · 1h 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…
- Episode 5: An Expensive Glass of Water Oct 30, 1961 · 1h 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…
- Episode 6: The Sound of Laughter Nov 6, 1961 · 1h 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, 1961 · 1h 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, 1961 · 1h By degrees to the bare facts.
- Episode 9: My Good Friend Krikor Nov 27, 1961 · 1h 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, 1961 · 1h 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…
- Episode 11: A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness Dec 11, 1961 · 1h 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…
- Episode 12: A Dark Night for Billy Harris Dec 18, 1961 · 1h 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, 1962 · 1h ""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
- Episode 14: A Memory of Candy Stripes Jan 8, 1962 · 1h Casey puts a new patient, an alcoholic former doctor, to work doing blood tests while a volunteer candy striper learns not to become too attached to another patient.
- Episode 15: Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor Jan 15, 1962 · 1h A clean, well-lighted place.
- Episode 16: A Story to Be Softly Told Jan 22, 1962 · 1h Between you, me and the nurse's station.
- Episode 17: The Big Trouble with Charlie Jan 29, 1962 · 1h He's not quite himself, or is he?
- Episode 18: Give My Hands an Epitaph Feb 5, 1962 · 1h Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
- Episode 19: Victory Wears a Cruel Smile Feb 12, 1962 · 1h From another point of view.
- Episode 20: Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase Feb 19, 1962 · 1h A piece of baggage.
- Episode 21: Behold a Pale Horse Feb 26, 1962 · 1h ""And his name that sat on him was Death.""
- Episode 22: For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses Mar 5, 1962 · 1h A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.
- Episode 23: To a Grand and Natural Finale Mar 12, 1962 · 1h A consummation devoutly to be wished.
- Episode 24: Monument to an Aged Hunter Mar 19, 1962 · 1h Souvenirs and trophies.
- Episode 25: All the Clocks are Ticking Mar 26, 1962 · 1h As time goes by.
- Episode 26: Among Others a Girl Named Abilene Apr 2, 1962 · 1h 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, 1962 · 1h A vision of loveliness.
- Episode 28: And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears Apr 23, 1962 · 1h Sorrow and pity.
- Episode 29: Preferably, the Less-Used Arm Apr 30, 1962 · 1h Might and main.
- Episode 30: An Uncommonly Innocent Killing May 7, 1962 · 1h 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…
- Episode 31: So Oft It Chances in Particular Men May 21, 1962 · 1h 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…
- Episode 32: When You See an Evil Man May 28, 1962 · 1h The patient and the ill.