Ben Casey (Season 2)

  • Poster for Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud Watcher

    Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud Watcher (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1962-10-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: ""But one thing is needful.""

  • Poster for The Night That Nothing Happened

    The Night That Nothing Happened (Episode 2)

    Writer: Oliver Crawford

    Air date: 1962-10-08

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: It's a long shift that has no surgery.

  • Poster for In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption

    In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption (Episode 3)

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

    Air date: 1962-10-15

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A painstaking diagnosis.

  • Poster for Legacy from a Stranger

    Legacy from a Stranger (Episode 4)

    Writer: Jack Laird

    Air date: 1962-10-22

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: How do you repay such a debt?

  • Poster for Go Not Gently into the Night

    Go Not Gently into the Night (Episode 5)

    Air date: 1962-10-29

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: ""Brave in his burning pride.""

  • Poster for Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road

    Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road (Episode 6)

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

    Air date: 1962-11-05

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: To hell and gone.

  • Poster for Of All Save Pain Bereft

    Of All Save Pain Bereft (Episode 7)

    Writer: Jack Laird

    Air date: 1962-11-12

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Last straws.

  • Poster for And Even Death Shall Die

    And Even Death Shall Die (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1962-11-19

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The tautological imperative.

  • Poster for The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits

    The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits (Episode 9)

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

    Air date: 1962-11-26

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A gentle occupation.

  • Poster for Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season

    Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season (Episode 10)

    Writer: Jack Laird

    Air date: 1962-12-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: ""Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...""

  • Poster for I Hear America Singing

    I Hear America Singing (Episode 11)

    Air date: 1962-12-10

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear; Those of mechanics—each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong; The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work; The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat—the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck; The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench—the hatter singing as he stands; The wood-cutter's song—the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission, or at sundown; The delicious singing of the mother—or of the young wife at work—or of the girl sewing or washing—Each singing what belongs to her, and to none else; The day what belongs to the day—at night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs. Come! some of you! still be flooding The States with hundreds and thousands of mouth-songs fit for The States only. Walt Whitman, Leaves of Gr

  • Poster for Pack Up All My Cares and Woes

    Pack Up All My Cares and Woes (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1962-12-17

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: ""Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me.""

  • Poster for Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Shultz

    Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Shultz (Episode 13)

    Air date: 1962-12-31

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A sabbath diversion.

  • Poster for I'll Be Alright in the Morning

    I'll Be Alright in the Morning (Episode 14)

    Air date: 1963-01-07

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Lamentations

  • Poster for A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)

    A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1) (Episode 15)

    Air date: 1963-01-14

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Dr. Casey tries to help a lawyer kick her morphine habit, but encounters resistance, lies and manipulation when she gets a guileless young man to smuggle dope into her hospital room. He is visiting his mother, who is in the hospital for treatment of injuries received in a beating. (Part 1 of 2)

  • Poster for A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2)

    A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2) (Episode 16)

    Air date: 1963-01-21

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Use Neon for My Epitaph

    Use Neon for My Epitaph (Episode 17)

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

    Air date: 1963-01-28

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The business has its allure.

  • Poster for He Thought He Saw an Albatross

    He Thought He Saw an Albatross (Episode 18)

    Writer: Don Brinkley

    Air date: 1963-02-04

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: He thought he saw an Albatross    That fluttered round the lamp: He looked again, and found it was    A Penny-Postage Stamp. ""You'd best be getting home,"" he said:    ""The nights are very damp!"" ... He thought he saw an Argument    That proved he was the Pope: He looked again, and found it was    A Bar of Mottled Soap. ""A fact so dread,"" he faintly said,    ""Extinguishes all hope!"" Lewis Carroll, The Mad Gardener's Song

  • Poster for A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.

    A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D. (Episode 19)

    Air date: 1963-02-11

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Although he's still an intern, Jimmy Peabody is raising funds to finance a medical clinic of his own, and one of the sources he's depending on is wealthy Adam Garrett, an elderly patient at County General.

  • Poster for A Hundred More Pipers

    A Hundred More Pipers (Episode 20)

    Air date: 1963-02-18

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The great rouse.

  • Poster for Suffer the Little Children

    Suffer the Little Children (Episode 21)

    Air date: 1963-02-25

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: ""Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.""

  • Poster for Rigadoon for Three Pianos

    Rigadoon for Three Pianos (Episode 22)

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

    Air date: 1963-03-04

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Greta Bauer wants to marry fiancé Kevin Blake; however, her mother opposes the marriage and insists that Greta concentrate on a career as a concert pianist.

  • Poster for The White Ones Are Dolphins

    The White Ones Are Dolphins (Episode 23)

    Air date: 1963-03-11

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The ones that got away...

  • Poster for Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud?

    Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud? (Episode 24)

    Air date: 1963-03-18

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A circle of admirers.

  • Poster for For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold

    For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold (Episode 25)

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

    Air date: 1963-03-25

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A wandering minstrel, he, with some disfigurement.

  • Poster for Father Was an Intern

    Father Was an Intern (Episode 26)

    Air date: 1963-04-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The occupant and the resident.

  • Poster for Rage Against the Dying Light

    Rage Against the Dying Light (Episode 27)

    Air date: 1963-04-15

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: ""Do not go gentle into that good night."" (Dylan Thomas)

  • Poster for La Vie, La Vie Intérieure

    La Vie, La Vie Intérieure (Episode 28)

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

    Air date: 1963-04-22

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The well-furnished habitation.

  • Poster for My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow

    My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow (Episode 29)

    Air date: 1963-04-29

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The Sparrow in the Zoo No bars are set too close, no mesh too fine To keep me from the eagle and the lion, Whom keepers feed that I may freely dine. This goes to show that if you have the wit To be small, common, cute, and live on shit, Though the cage fret kings, you may make free with it. Howard Nemerov

  • Poster for Lullaby for Billy Dignan

    Lullaby for Billy Dignan (Episode 30)

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

    Air date: 1963-05-06

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Homage to Millet's Angelus.

  • Poster for Hang No Hats on Dreams

    Hang No Hats on Dreams (Episode 31)

    Air date: 1963-05-13

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Castles in Spain.

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