Ben Casey
Gritty realistic hospital drama featuring manly Dr. Casey against the medical establishment, at first, under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba, and later under the thumb of Chief of Surgery Dr. Freeland.
- 1961-1966
- 5 seasons
- ABC
- Drama
Gritty realistic hospital drama featuring manly Dr. Casey against the medical establishment, at first, under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba, and later under the thumb of Chief of Surgery Dr. Freeland.
Season 2 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 1962 - 1963
Episode 1
Mrs McBroom and the Cloud Watcher
Mon, Oct 1, 1962 60 mins
A hysterectomy patient bonds with an orphaned girl who needs brain surgery and overcomes the fear of getting close after having lost two children of her own.
Episode 2
The Night That Nothing Happened
Mon, Oct 8, 1962 60 mins
While Dr. Casey is in charge for a night in the Main Admitting Room, there is a city-wide blackout that affects the treatment of several patients, including a woman about to give birth.
Episode 3
In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption
Mon, Oct 15, 1962 60 mins
World wanderer Charles Dirkson comes back with a brain tumor and reunites with his three estranged daughters.
Episode 4
Legacy from a Stranger
Mon, Oct 22, 1962 60 mins
Casey's ward includes convicted criminal Ollie Burdick, in the final stages of a terminal illness, and Illyana Trivas, a young woman whose blindness has resulted in own life being over. Burdick agrees to will his corneas to Illyana so that she might want to live again; however, they each accuse Ben of playing God.
Episode 5
Go Not Gently Into the Night
Mon, Oct 29, 1962 60 mins
Young Joey Farnum is accidentally injured during a tennis match. Ben believes the boy is suffering from a brain tumor and wants to perform surgery. However, Joey's parents refuse to give their consent until the results from a pathology test, which indicate malignancy. Ben uncharacteristically hopes for Joey's condition to deteriorate in order to force an operation.
Episode 6
Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road
Mon, Nov 5, 1962 60 mins
Dying priest and rabbi help an ill race car driver make a decision about a life-changing operation.
Episode 7
Of All Save Pain Bereft
Mon, Nov 12, 1962 60 mins
Connie Dawson's wedding anniversary takes a strange turn when her husband Joe gives her a bracelet engraved with the name of another woman. Joe, having been amnesiac for eight years, seeks help from Dr. Rossi in restoring his memory and reconciling his past, which includes another wife.
Episode 8
And Even Death Shall Die
Mon, Nov 19, 1962 60 mins
David Duncan, a young archaeology student with a bright future, is stricken with illness just as he prepares to wed. He refuses to contemplate life ahead without reassurance that he can be cured. Ben is faced with the unenviable dilemma of delivering a terminal diagnosis to him.
Episode 9
The Firemen Who Raised Rabbits
Mon, Nov 26, 1962 60 mins
Calvin Ross, a man with the intellect of a child, is a beloved mascot for his local firehouse. After being injured and hospitalized, the fireman decide to remove him from the hospital in an effort to prevent his sister from having him institutionalized. Ben looks the other way but finds himself professionally censured for aiding in Ross's "abduction."
Episode 10
Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season
Mon, Dec 3, 1962 60 mins
During the hectic holiday season, Ben hires elderly Mrs. Plumduff, a nurse with an excellent reputation. Her eccentricities, including serving homemade plum pudding to the patients, soon begin to compromise established hospital routines. However, the situation becomes even more untenable when Mrs. Plumduff decides to isolate an injured young motorcyclist and a salty bronco rider.
Episode 11
I Hear America Singing
Mon, Dec 10, 1962 60 mins
Traveling salesman O.B. Dodson inadvertently hits Rose Hill, a local vagrant, with his car. Ben attempts to prevent Dodson from taking advantage of Rose when he arrives at the hospital with the intention of cajoling her into absolving him of any legal responsibility for the accident. The situation becomes more complicated when romantic feelings develop.
Episode 12
Pack Up All My Care and Woe
Mon, Dec 17, 1962 60 mins
Criminal attorney Bradley Hunt represents Lester Partridge, a prisoner convicted thirty years ago for murder. When a tumor is discovered in Partridge's brain, Hunt compels Ben to testify that an operation could possibly alter his client's personality and consequently provide a good argument for parole.
Episode 13
Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Schultz
Mon, Dec 31, 1962 60 mins
Stanley Schultz, an aging vaudevillian, believes his old routines will rally patients. He commandeers Ben's ward to use as his theater of good cheer, but his good intentions become harsh disappointments when his act fails to elicit the response he wanted.
Episode 14
I'll Be All Right in the Morning
Mon, Jan 7, 1963 60 mins
Casey's colleague Dr. Keith Bernard suffers from severe balance issues that affect his ability to work. Although Ben recommends surgery, Bernard refuses, opting instead for physical therapy from polio victim Laura Saunders, another doctor who has developed romantic feelings for her patient.
Episode 15
A Cardinal Act of Mercy: Part 1
Mon, Jan 14, 1963 60 mins
A successful but arrogant lawyer, one of the few women to make it to the very top in a male profession, enters the hospital, and it turns out that she's hiding an addiction to heroin.
Episode 16
A Cardinal Act of Mercy: Part 2
Mon, Jan 21, 1963 60 mins
Having discovered Faith Parsons's excuse of a back injury to feed her addiction to morphine, Zorba demands that Casey make changes in her treatment. Faith then cleverly exploits the attention of a young hospital visitor to help her procure the drug she craves.
Episode 17
Use Neon for My Epitaph
Mon, Jan 28, 1963 60 mins
During the filming of a major motion picture, leading actor Miles Houghton is rushed to County General with a medical emergency. Casey must break the news that further work will quite literally kill Houghton. He must retire, despite the fact that the film's producer stands to lose millions of dollars if his star quits.
Episode 18
He Thought He Saw an Albatross
Mon, Feb 4, 1963 60 mins
Following the loss of her newborn baby, Jane Demarest begins to lose touch with reality. Although Casey recommends surgical intervention, psychiatrist Walter Kulik professes confidence in his ability to cure her through therapy. His dogged determination ultimately begins to affect his own psychological health.
Episode 19
A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.
Mon, Feb 11, 1963 60 mins
James Peabody, an eager beaver young physician, bites off far more than he can chew.
Episode 20
A Hundred More Pipers
Mon, Feb 18, 1963 60 mins
Dr. Alvin Mackenzie, a brilliant but cold surgeon, is consumed with pathological hatred for his ex-wife Anna. When he is faced with the prospect of performing the surgery that will save her life, Mackenzie's bitterness intensifies, prompting Casey to intervene.
Episode 21
Suffer the Little Children
Mon, Feb 25, 1963 60 mins
Casey and a hospital radiologist are at loggerheads over the death of a thirteen month old child. He suspects the infant's death and serious injuries to the child's sister were not an accident, and sets out to prove their parents, John and Helen Randall, are the perpetrators.
Episode 22
Rigadoon for Three Pianos
Mon, Mar 4, 1963 60 mins
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.
Episode 23
The White Ones Are Dolphins
Mon, Mar 11, 1963 60 mins
City Councilman York receives treatment from Casey at County General, while outside the hospital, a group of protesters create a disturbance. Student nurse Michael Ann Bowersox is embarrassed to discover that her eccentric father is among the protesters targeting York.
Episode 24
Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud
Mon, Mar 18, 1963 60 mins
Professional quarterback Terry Dunne (Neville Brand) is hospitalized with an unknown, but debilitating, illness. When he is diagnosed with a serious, but perhaps operable, brain tumor, Dunne decides that his team's life insurance policy makes him more valuable dead than alive (but unable to participate in sports). Can Dr. Casey convince this talented, well-educated, and intelligent man that he is worth more than money AND that life after football may be more rewarding to his family than a financially secure, but fatherless home?
Episode 25
For I Will Plait thy Hair with Gold
Mon, Mar 25, 1963 60 mins
Two patients face brain surgery with completely different outlooks. Disfigured Bartholomew looks forward to perhaps a better future. Beautiful Julie facing potential blindness and lengthy recovery, is unsure of fiance Carter.
Episode 26
Father Was an Intern
Mon, Apr 1, 1963 60 mins
A middle-aged man's decision to give up everything to become a doctor has some major implications for and effects on his family.
Episode 27
Rage Against the Dying Light
Mon, Apr 15, 1963 60 mins
Two cases of paralysis confront Ben Casey. First, he clashes with Dr. Charles Freel, another young neurosurgeon, over the treatment of a stricken laborer. He also tackles the case of Burton Strang, a celebrated architect whose illness interferes with his ultimate quest to build a cathedral.
Episode 28
La Vie, La Vie Interieure
Mon, Apr 22, 1963 60 mins
Casey diagnoses temperamental French chanteuse Madeline Marossi with a brain lesion. Although her condition proves to be terminal, the headstrong singer insists upon carrying out her commitment to perform at an upcoming concert for servicemen.
Episode 29
My Enemy Is a Bright Green Sparrow
Mon, Apr 29, 1963 60 mins
Casey's patient Robert Anderson responds to surgical treatment with only partial success, and he disagrees with psychiatrist Dr. Laura Chappelle, who theorizes Anderson's problem is rooted in a repressed incident experienced during the war. As Dr. Chappelle decides to use truth serum to uncover unpleasant memories, she must face her own.
Episode 30
Lullaby for Billy Dignan
Mon, May 6, 1963 60 mins
James and Martha Dignan's infant foster son Billy must undergo surgery. Although the procedure will save the child's life, the costly post-operative care is likely to completely exhaust the family's finances. Casey is caught in the middle when one parent consents, and the other insists upon returning Billy to the adoption agency.
Episode 31
Hang No Hats on Dreams
Mon, May 13, 1963 60 mins
Dr. Malcolm Flanders declines Casey's prescription of neurological surgery to treat his spinal tumor. Meanwhile, Flanders' daughter Gloria rekindles a former romance with Dr. Hoffman, but their relationship is endangered by Dr. Flanders's domination of his daughter.