Ben Casey - Season 2

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Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud Watcher

1 - Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud Watcher

Air Date: October 1, 1962

""But one thing is needful.""

The Night That Nothing Happened

2 - The Night That Nothing Happened

Air Date: October 8, 1962

It's a long shift that has no surgery.

In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption

3 - In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption

Air Date: October 15, 1962

A painstaking diagnosis.

Legacy from a Stranger

4 - Legacy from a Stranger

Air Date: October 22, 1962

How do you repay such a debt?

Go Not Gently into the Night

5 - Go Not Gently into the Night

Air Date: October 29, 1962

""Brave in his burning pride.""

Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road

6 - Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road

Air Date: November 5, 1962

To hell and gone.

Of All Save Pain Bereft

7 - Of All Save Pain Bereft

Air Date: November 12, 1962

Last straws.

And Even Death Shall Die

8 - And Even Death Shall Die

Air Date: November 19, 1962

The tautological imperative.

The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits

9 - The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits

Air Date: November 26, 1962

A gentle occupation.

Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season

10 - Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season

Air Date: December 3, 1962

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

I Hear America Singing

11 - I Hear America Singing

Air Date: December 10, 1962

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

Pack Up All My Cares and Woes

12 - Pack Up All My Cares and Woes

Air Date: December 17, 1962

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

Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Shultz

13 - Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Shultz

Air Date: December 31, 1962

A sabbath diversion.

I'll Be Alright in the Morning

14 - I'll Be Alright in the Morning

Air Date: January 7, 1963

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

A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)

15 - A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)

Air Date: January 14, 1963

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)

A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2)

16 - A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2)

Air Date: January 21, 1963

Use Neon for My Epitaph

17 - Use Neon for My Epitaph

Air Date: January 28, 1963

The business has its allure.

He Thought He Saw an Albatross

18 - He Thought He Saw an Albatross

Air Date: February 4, 1963

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

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

19 - A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.

Air Date: February 11, 1963

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.

A Hundred More Pipers

20 - A Hundred More Pipers

Air Date: February 18, 1963

The great rouse.

Suffer the Little Children

21 - Suffer the Little Children

Air Date: February 25, 1963

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

Rigadoon for Three Pianos

22 - Rigadoon for Three Pianos

Air Date: March 4, 1963

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.

The White Ones Are Dolphins

23 - The White Ones Are Dolphins

Air Date: March 11, 1963

The ones that got away...

Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud?

24 - Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud?

Air Date: March 18, 1963

A circle of admirers.

For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold

25 - For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold

Air Date: March 25, 1963

A wandering minstrel, he, with some disfigurement.

Father Was an Intern

26 - Father Was an Intern

Air Date: April 1, 1963

The occupant and the resident.

Rage Against the Dying Light

27 - Rage Against the Dying Light

Air Date: April 15, 1963

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

La Vie, La Vie Intérieure

28 - La Vie, La Vie Intérieure

Air Date: April 22, 1963

The well-furnished habitation.

My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow

29 - My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow

Air Date: April 29, 1963

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

Lullaby for Billy Dignan

30 - Lullaby for Billy Dignan

Air Date: May 6, 1963

Homage to Millet's Angelus.

Hang No Hats on Dreams

31 - Hang No Hats on Dreams

Air Date: May 13, 1963

Castles in Spain.