Episodes List
Ep.1 To the Pure
Air Date: 1961-10-02
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.
Ep.2 But Linda Only Smiled
Air Date: 1961-10-09
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.
Ep.3 The Insolent Heart
Air Date: 1961-10-16
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.
Ep.4 I Remember a Lemon Tree
Air Date: 1961-10-23
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.
Ep.5 An Expensive Glass of Water
Air Date: 1961-10-30
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.
Ep.6 The Sound of Laughter
Air Date: 1961-11-06
Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.
Ep.7 A Few Brief Lines for Dave
Air Date: 1961-11-13
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.
Ep.8 Pavane for a Gentle Lady
Air Date: 1961-11-20
By degrees to the bare facts.
Ep.9 My Good Friend Krikor
Air Date: 1961-11-27
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.
Ep.10 The Sweet Kiss of Madness
Air Date: 1961-12-04
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.
Ep.11 A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness
Air Date: 1961-12-11
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.
Ep.12 A Dark Night for Billy Harris
Air Date: 1961-12-18
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.
Ep.13 And If I Die
Air Date: 1962-01-01
""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
Ep.14 A Memory of Candy Stripes
Air Date: 1962-01-08
Recollections.
Ep.15 Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor
Air Date: 1962-01-15
A clean, well-lighted place.
Ep.16 A Story to Be Softly Told
Air Date: 1962-01-22
Between you, me and the nurse's station.
Ep.17 The Big Trouble with Charlie
Air Date: 1962-01-29
He's not quite himself, or is he?
Ep.18 Give My Hands an Epitaph
Air Date: 1962-02-05
Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
Ep.19 Victory Wears a Cruel Smile
Air Date: 1962-02-12
From another point of view.
Ep.20 Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase
Air Date: 1962-02-19
A piece of baggage.
Ep.21 Behold a Pale Horse
Air Date: 1962-02-26
""And his name that sat on him was Death.""
Ep.22 For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
Air Date: 1962-03-05
A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.
Ep.23 To a Grand and Natural Finale
Air Date: 1962-03-12
A consummation devoutly to be wished.
Ep.24 Monument to an Aged Hunter
Air Date: 1962-03-19
Souvenirs and trophies.
Ep.25 All the Clocks are Ticking
Air Date: 1962-03-26
As time goes by.
Ep.26 Among Others a Girl Named Abilene
Air Date: 1962-04-02
Dr. Casey spends a Saturday on Outside Medical Relief while the Neurosurgical staff, thinking Casey needs money, take up a collection for him.
Ep.27 A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes
Air Date: 1962-04-16
A vision of loveliness.
Ep.28 And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears
Air Date: 1962-04-23
Sorrow and pity.
Ep.29 Preferably, the Less-Used Arm
Air Date: 1962-04-30
Might and main.
Ep.30 An Uncommonly Innocent Killing
Air Date: 1962-05-07
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.
Ep.31 So Oft It Chances in Particular Men
Air Date: 1962-05-21
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
Ep.32 When You See an Evil Man
Air Date: 1962-05-28
The patient and the ill.
