Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

A Very Special Sailfish

Tue, Sep 22, 197060 mins

Cathy Cullen is a pretty high school senior girl comes out of her shell after a successful diet. Shedding her former wallflower self, Cathy quickly becomes popular with boys ... too popular, as she soon contracts a venereal disease. Welby presses for answers as Cathy continually resists treatment and refuses to reveal from where she may have transmitted VD.

Episode 2

The Worth of a Man

Tue, Sep 29, 197060 mins

A brilliant trial attorney named Corday - an old Navy friend of Welby's - refuses to interrupt a landmark case for treatment of cancerous lymph nodes. Corday's stubbornness rubs off on his junior partner, who is also suffering from health issues of his own ... and it may cost them much more than a judgment in their favor.

Episode 3

Warn the World About Mike

Tue, Oct 6, 197060 mins

Dr. Kiley's brother believes he is dying and refuses to seek help.

Episode 4

Epidemic

Tue, Oct 13, 197060 mins

The efforts of Welby and Kiley to battle a flu epidemic are complicated by a rich hypochondriac.

Episode 5

To Get Through the Night

Tue, Oct 20, 197060 mins

Episode 6

Daisy in the Shadows

Tue, Oct 27, 197060 mins

The mother of a mentally handicapped child is forced to realize that she must allow the child to live with foster parents.

Episode 7

Labyrinth

Tue, Nov 10, 197060 mins

Scientist Rick Rivera suffers from the physical and psychological after-effects of ingesting hallucinogenic drugs during a trip to Mexico. It is up to Welby to help Rivera cope and force him off the drugs.

Episode 8

The Girl from Rainbow Beach

Tue, Nov 17, 197060 mins

Just before her marriage, a young woman discovers she is a victim of a form of leprosy.

Episode 9

Aura to a New Tomorrow

Tue, Nov 24, 197060 mins

A young epileptic's effort to hide his affliction endangers his life.

Episode 10

Sounding Brass

Tue, Dec 1, 197060 mins

A proud young father refuses to bring his supposedly mentally challenged son to a free clinic for treatment.

Episode 11

To Carry the Sun in a Golden Cup

Tue, Dec 8, 197060 mins

Dr. Welby suspects a young nurse is suffering from a hereditary muscular disease.

Episode 12

All the Golden Dandelions Are Gone

Tue, Dec 15, 197060 mins

A father with mononucleosis endangers his life by not following Welby's advice.

Episode 13

Brave on a Mountain Top

Tue, Dec 22, 197060 mins

Dr. Welby urges a young American Indian with emphysema to return to the clean air of the reservation.

Episode 14

Another Buckle for Wesley Hill

Tue, Jan 5, 197160 mins

A man who prided himself on his physical condition and active life must come to terms with the fact that his illness will eventually mean the complete loss of his independence.

Episode 15

False Spring

Tue, Jan 19, 197160 mins

Kiley falls for a married woman who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, after realizing that the woman's husband is emotionally distant with her. Getting the man to come to terms with his wife's condition and realize the seriousness of her condition uncovers some deep-seated secrets of his past.

Episode 16

A Passing of Torches

Tue, Jan 26, 197160 mins

A former teacher who is dying and a confused medical student complicate efforts to honor the educator.

Episode 17

A Woman's Place

Tue, Feb 2, 197160 mins

Dr. Welby tries to help an alcoholic orthopedic surgeon.

Episode 18

A Spanish Saying I Made Up

Tue, Feb 16, 197160 mins

Dr. Welby's nurse Consuelo falls in love with a rich man with old-fashioned principles.

Episode 19

Cynthia

Tue, Feb 23, 197160 mins

Despite repeated warnings by Kiley and Welby, a young woman insists on surgery to cure her paralysis. When the doctors stand firm, she sues them for malpractice, hoping to proceed with the surgery. Instead, secrets about her strained relationship with her estranged father rise to the surface.

Episode 20

Don't Kid a Kidder

Tue, Mar 2, 197160 mins

Problems occur after Dr. Welby helps a blind woman arrange plastic surgery for her big-eared son.

Episode 21

Elegy for a Mad Dog

Tue, Mar 9, 197160 mins

Kiley begins seeing Sister Mary Ellen, whose church is working at a group home for mentally challenged and at-risk youths. One of Mary Ellen's charges is an autistic teen-aged boy named Dougie, whose only companion and friend is a dog. One day, Welby - during a visit to the home - is attacked by Dougie's dog, and the dog is immediately quarantined under suspicion that it might be rabid. Dougie is deeply upset when he is told that the dog may have to be destroyed (after it begins showing signs that it indeed is rabid). As Welby recovers and Dougie's younger brothers - who lack the understanding about what rabies is - make cruel jokes about what might happen to the dog, Mary Ellen seeks to find a way to reach out to Dougie before he makes a mistake ... only to learn from Kiley that Dougie is a burglary suspect at the animal shelter where his beloved dog is being kept. In the end, just as the dog is about to turn on Dougie, Kiley has no choice but to destroy the dog, leaving Mary Ellen to console a deeply grieving Dougie. Kiley ends up giving Dougie a new dog from the pound ... and Welby makes a full recovery.

Episode 22

The Contract

Tue, Mar 16, 197160 mins

Dr. Welby becomes involved in a strained marriage when he assists the wife of a musician who becomes ill on a flight to Los Angeles.

Episode 23

The Windfall

Tue, Mar 23, 197160 mins

A young girl develops an ulcer because she feels her rich parents don't love her.

Episode 24

The House of Alquist

Tue, Mar 30, 197160 mins

Dr. Welby urges a young woman to break with her despotic father and marry the man she loves.