Ben Casey

1. S01E01To the PureOctober 2, 1961—Dr. Ben Casey is at odds with the medical board, particularly Dr. Zorba and Dr. Jensen, because of his manner toward interns. Under a repri
2. S01E02But Linda Only SmiledOctober 9, 1961—Little Cathy Reed is brought to the hospital for emergency treatment after an auto accident. Casey prepares a blood transfusion, but her mot
3. S01E03The Insolent HeartOctober 16, 1961—Dr. Michael Waldman, a former professor of Casey's and a former colleague of Zorba's, comes to the hospital with a cardiovascular ailment di
4. S01E04I Remember a Lemon TreeOctober 23, 1961—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—
5. S01E05An Expensive Glass of WaterOctober 30, 1961—Casey has Walter Tyson for a patient, the president of a large corporation in difficulties, who makes treatment impossible by ordering him a
6. S01E06The Sound of LaughterNovember 6, 1961—Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.
7. S01E07A Few Brief Lines for DaveNovember 13, 1961—Dr. Dave Taylor returns to the hospital to do research, but Dr. Casey diagnoses him as a ""hospital bum"" afraid of competition, and also tr
8. S01E08Pavane for a Gentle LadyNovember 20, 1961—By degrees to the bare facts.
9. S01E09My Good Friend KrikorNovember 27, 1961—Orderly Nick Kanavaris' good friend Krikor Dakopian is committed by his family to the psychiatric ward. Dr. Casey, however, thinks the ailm
10. S01E10The Sweet Kiss of MadnessDecember 4, 1961—Dr. Alan Reynolds' mental state is not improved by constant pressure from his wife to be a successful neurosurgeon. The strain increases wh
11. S01E11A Certain Time, a Certain DarknessDecember 11, 1961—Expectant mother Ellen Parker loses her child after an auto accident. Casey examines her and finds that she is subject to chronic seizures,
12. S01E12A Dark Night for Billy HarrisDecember 18, 1961—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
13. S01E13And If I DieJanuary 1, 1962—""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
14. S01E14A Memory of Candy StripesJanuary 8, 1962—Recollections.
15. S01E15Imagine a Long, Bright CorridorJanuary 15, 1962—A clean, well-lighted place.
16. S01E16A Story to Be Softly ToldJanuary 22, 1962—Between you, me and the nurse's station.
17. S01E17The Big Trouble with CharlieJanuary 29, 1962—He's not quite himself, or is he?
18. S01E18Give My Hands an EpitaphFebruary 5, 1962—Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
19. S01E19Victory Wears a Cruel SmileFebruary 12, 1962—From another point of view.
20. S01E20Odyssey of a Proud SuitcaseFebruary 19, 1962—A piece of baggage.
21. S01E21Behold a Pale HorseFebruary 26, 1962—""And his name that sat on him was Death.""
22. S01E22For the Ladybug, One Dozen RosesMarch 5, 1962—A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.
23. S01E23To a Grand and Natural FinaleMarch 12, 1962—A consummation devoutly to be wished.
24. S01E24Monument to an Aged HunterMarch 19, 1962—Souvenirs and trophies.
25. S01E25All the Clocks are TickingMarch 26, 1962—As time goes by.
26. S01E26Among Others a Girl Named AbileneApril 2, 1962—Dr. Casey spends a Saturday on Outside Medical Relief while the Neurosurgical staff, thinking Casey needs money, take up a collection for hi
27. S01E27A Pleasant Thing for the EyesApril 16, 1962—A vision of loveliness.
28. S01E28And Eve Wore a Veil of TearsApril 23, 1962—Sorrow and pity.
29. S01E29Preferably, the Less-Used ArmApril 30, 1962—Might and main.
30. S01E30An Uncommonly Innocent KillingMay 7, 1962—Gene Bilstrom is a leading business man of the community but a series of incidents causes his family concern. Bilstrom is admitted to the ho
31. S01E31So Oft It Chances in Particular MenMay 21, 1962—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, Sin
32. S01E32When You See an Evil ManMay 28, 1962—The patient and the ill.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud WatcherOctober 1, 1962—""But one thing is needful.""
2. S02E02The Night That Nothing HappenedOctober 8, 1962—It's a long shift that has no surgery.
3. S02E03In the Name of Love, a Small CorruptionOctober 15, 1962—A painstaking diagnosis.
4. S02E04Legacy from a StrangerOctober 22, 1962—How do you repay such a debt?
5. S02E05Go Not Gently into the NightOctober 29, 1962—""Brave in his burning pride.""
6. S02E06Behold! They Walk an Ancient RoadNovember 5, 1962—To hell and gone.
7. S02E07Of All Save Pain BereftNovember 12, 1962—Last straws.
8. S02E08And Even Death Shall DieNovember 19, 1962—The tautological imperative.
9. S02E09The Fireman Who Raised RabbitsNovember 26, 1962—A gentle occupation.
10. S02E10Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious SeasonDecember 3, 1962—""Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...""
11. S02E11I Hear America SingingDecember 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 car
12. S02E12Pack Up All My Cares and WoesDecember 17, 1962—""Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me.""
13. S02E13Saturday, Surgery and Stanley ShultzDecember 31, 1962—A sabbath diversion.
14. S02E14I'll Be Alright in the MorningJanuary 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 faithfulnes
15. S02E15A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)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 m
16. S02E16A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2)January 21, 1963—
17. S02E17Use Neon for My EpitaphJanuary 28, 1963—The business has its allure.
18. S02E18He Thought He Saw an AlbatrossFebruary 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
19. S02E19A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.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
20. S02E20A Hundred More PipersFebruary 18, 1963—The great rouse.
21. S02E21Suffer the Little ChildrenFebruary 25, 1963—""Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.""
22. S02E22Rigadoon for Three PianosMarch 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
23. S02E23The White Ones Are DolphinsMarch 11, 1963—The ones that got away...
24. S02E24Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud?March 18, 1963—A circle of admirers.
25. S02E25For I Will Plait Thy Hair with GoldMarch 25, 1963—A wandering minstrel, he, with some disfigurement.
26. S02E26Father Was an InternApril 1, 1963—The occupant and the resident.
27. S02E27Rage Against the Dying LightApril 15, 1963—""Do not go gentle into that good night."" (Dylan Thomas)
28. S02E28La Vie, La Vie IntérieureApril 22, 1963—The well-furnished habitation.
29. S02E29My Enemy is a Bright Green SparrowApril 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
30. S02E30Lullaby for Billy DignanMay 6, 1963—Homage to Millet's Angelus.
31. S02E31Hang No Hats on DreamsMay 13, 1963—Castles in Spain.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01For This Relief, Much ThanksSeptember 9, 1963—A father assaults his son over a youthful fascination with Nazism.
2. S03E02Justice to a MicrobeSeptember 18, 1963—The long arm of the law of nature.
3. S03E03With the Rich and Mighty, Always a Little PatienceSeptember 25, 1963—""That's an old Spanish proverb.""
4. S03E04AllieOctober 2, 1963—A character out of the movies.
5. S03E05If There Were Dreams to SellOctober 9, 1963—If there were dreams to sell,       What would you buy? Some cost a passing bell;       Some a light sigh, That shakes from Life's f
6. S03E06The Echo of a Silent Cheer (1)October 16, 1963—""Unfelt, unheard, unseen..."" (Keats)
7. S03E07The Echo of a Silent Cheer (2)October 23, 1963—""Love doth know no fullness nor no bounds."" (Keats)
8. S03E08Little Drops of Water, Little Grains of SandOctober 30, 1963—Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. So the little moments, Humble though the
9. S03E09Light Up the Dark CornersNovember 6, 1963—Fear of the unknown.
10. S03E10Six Impossible Things Before BreakfastNovember 13, 1963—Alice laughed. ""There's no use trying,"" she said: ""one CAN'T believe impossible things."" ""I daresay you haven't had much practice,"" s
11. S03E11Fire in a Sacred Fruit TreeNovember 20, 1963—""A fence around the void.""—Hawaiian saying
12. S03E12Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the ThroneNovember 27, 1963—The title is reportedly the command of King Admetos in Gluck's Alceste.
13. S03E13My Love, My LoveDecember 4, 1963—Irreducible affinities.
14. S03E14From Too Much Love of LivingDecember 11, 1963—From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives
15. S03E15It Is Getting Dark... and We Are LostDecember 18, 1963—The indeterminate.
16. S03E16The Last Splintered Spoke on the Old Burlesque WheelDecember 25, 1963—Those caissons go rolling along.
17. S03E17The Light that Loses, the Night that WinsJanuary 1, 1964—Dr. Ernest Farrow, a once brilliant neurosurgeon, is sent to County General for a refresher course. Learning that Farrow is paralyzed by sel
18. S03E18I'll Get on My Ice Floe and Wave GoodbyeJanuary 8, 1964—A chip off the old block.
19. S03E19The Only Place Where They Know My NameJanuary 15, 1964—The imponderables of personality.
20. S03E20There Was Once a Man in the Land of UzJanuary 22, 1964—... whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
21. S03E21One Nation IndivisibleJanuary 29, 1964—Rare blood demands a coast-to-coast search.
22. S03E22Goodbye to Blue Elephants and SuchFebruary 5, 1964—Student nurse Kathy Evans becomes the victim of an assault in a park near County General. The police are stymied in their search for the per
23. S03E23The Bark of a Three-Headed HoundFebruary 12, 1964—MRS. MALAPROP: You are not like Cerberus, three gentlemen at once, are you? Sheridan, The Rivals
24. S03E24The Sound of One Hand ClappingFebruary 19, 1964—Life and the ""stinking fist"".
25. S03E25A Falcon's Eye, a Lion's Heart, and a Girl's HandFebruary 26, 1964—Rx for a medico.
26. S03E26The Lonely OnesMarch 4, 1964—Isolation.
27. S03E27Keep Out of Reach of AdultsMarch 11, 1964—Wise in their own conceits.
28. S03E28Dress My Doll PrettyMarch 18, 1964—A peculiar treatment plan.
29. S03E29Onions and Mustard Seed Will Make Her WeepMarch 25, 1964—The seed of Mustard is the smallest grain, And yet the force thereto is very great, It hath a present power to purge the brain, It add
30. S03E30Make Me the First AmericanApril 1, 1964—An original.
31. S03E31Heap Logs and Let the Blaze Laugh OutApril 8, 1964—Caroline Bulllard, a dynamic businesswoman, fears her illness is terminal. She decides to liquidate the assets of her company to use as an e
32. S03E32For a Just Man Falleth Seven TimesApril 15, 1964—...and riseth up again.
33. S03E33Evidence of Things Not SeenApril 22, 1964—The substance of things hoped for.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01August is the Month Before ChristmasSeptember 14, 1964—It being reckoned that Jesus was actually born in September.
2. S04E02A Bird in the Solitude SingingSeptember 21, 1964—From the wreck of my past, which hath perish'd,    Thus much I at least may recall, It hath taught me that which I most cherish'd   
3. S04E03But Who Shall Beat the Drums?September 28, 1964—""There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?"" (Charles Lamb)
4. S04E04Autumn Without Red LeavesOctober 5, 1964—""The summer is over...""
5. S04E05You Fish or You Cut BaitOctober 12, 1964—The proverb put to the test.
6. S04E06For Jimmy, the Best of EverythingOctober 19, 1964—The power of personality.
7. S04E07Woods Full of Question MarksOctober 26, 1964—The punctuated forest. Autism and deafness in children.
8. S04E08A Thousand Words are MuteNovember 9, 1964—A picture is most eloquent.
9. S04E09Money, a Horse, and a Knowledge of LatinNovember 16, 1964—The classical Rx, yet Dr. Swanson fails to inspire respect.
10. S04E10A Disease of the Heart Called LoveNovember 23, 1964—L'amour et la mort.
11. S04E11Kill the Dream, but Spare the DreamerNovember 30, 1964—The Freudian prescription.
12. S04E12Courage at 3 A.M.December 7, 1964—""As to moral courage, he [Napoleon] had very rarely found it, he said, that of two hours past midnight; which is to say, courage unawares."
13. S04E13This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing WorldDecember 14, 1964—The whirligig of 3/4 time.
14. S04E14A Boy is Standing Outside the DoorJanuary 4, 1965—The threshold of knowledge.
15. S04E15Where Does the Boomerang Go?January 11, 1965—Australian veterinarian Dr. Geoffrey Collicott inspires his ward mates at County General. Although diagnosed himself with a terminal illness
16. S04E16Pas de DeuxJanuary 18, 1965—A romantic ballet.
17. S04E17Every Other Minute, It's the End of the WorldJanuary 25, 1965—Working in the hospital milieu.
18. S04E18A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water ClocksFebruary 1, 1965—Cleopatra and the clepsydra.
19. S04E19When I am Grown to Man's EstateFebruary 8, 1965—Looking Forward When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with
20. S04E20A Man, a Maid, and a MarionetteFebruary 22, 1965—Various strings and attachments.
21. S04E21A Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned WellMarch 1, 1965—Wesley Boone, a strapping dockworker and the sole breadwinner for his parents and brother, is admitted to County General suffering from musc
22. S04E22A Little Fun to Match the SorrowMarch 8, 1965—Dr. Green practices the best medicine, but Dr. Zorba and Dr. Casey are rather saturnine on his manner.
23. S04E23Minus That Rusty Old HacksawMarch 15, 1965—Modern medicine.
24. S04E24Eulogy in Four FlatsMarch 22, 1965—The key of mourning.
25. S04E25Three Li'l LambsMarch 29, 1965—""To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure."" (George Herbert)
26. S04E26A Slave is On the ThroneApril 12, 1965—Casey's colleague, surgeon Dr. Bill Justin, finds his work affected by several personal problems including his wealthy but inattentive wife
27. S04E27Journeys End in Lovers MeetingApril 19, 1965—Euthanasia. ""Journeys end in lovers' meeting, Every wise man's son doth know.""—Twelfth Night
28. S04E28The Day They Stole County GeneralApril 26, 1965—A change of management.
29. S04E29Did Your Mother Come From Ireland, Ben Casey?May 3, 1965—A son of the auld sod.
30. S04E30From Sutter's Crick...and Beyond FarewellMay 10, 1965—A memorable rapprochement.
31. S04E31A Horse Named StravinskyMay 17, 1965—A mount with a legendary moniker.

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01War of NervesSeptember 13, 1965—The surgeon's secret.
2. S05E02O the Big Wheel Turns by FaithSeptember 20, 1965—
3. S05E03A Nightingale Named NathanSeptember 27, 1965—""Were I a nightingale, I would act like one."" (Epictetus)
4. S05E04Run For Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices HereOctober 4, 1965—Le Médecin Malgré Lui
5. S05E05Because of the Needle, the Haystack was LostOctober 11, 1965—A proverb of great pith.
6. S05E06What to Her is Plato?October 18, 1965—An academic debate.
7. S05E07Francini? Who is Francini?October 25, 1965—Introduction and variations.
8. S05E08Then I, and You, and All of Us Fall DownNovember 1, 1965—Rules of the game.
9. S05E09No More, Cried the Rooster—There Will Be TruthNovember 8, 1965—A lifetime of hard work seems undesirable for an intern.
10. S05E10The Importance of Being 65937November 15, 1965—It couldn't be called ungentle, But how thoroughly departmental. Frost
11. S05E11When Givers Prove UnkindNovember 22, 1965—Rich gifts wax poor, to the noble mind.
12. S05E12The Man from QuasiliaNovember 29, 1965—Another county heard from.
13. S05E13Why Did the Day Go Backwards?December 6, 1965—To see the night before.
14. S05E14If You Really Want to Know What Goes On In a Hospital...December 20, 1965—""Like a patient etherized upon a table.""
15. S05E15If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a LoserDecember 27, 1965—""Tell the truth or trump—but get the trick."" (Twain)
16. S05E16In Case of Emergency, Cry HavocJanuary 6, 1966—""And let slip the dogs of war.""
17. S05E17Meantime, We Shall Express our Darker PurposeJanuary 20, 1966—Meantime we shall express our darker purpose. Give me the map there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom: and 'tis our fast i
18. S05E18For San Diego, You Need a Different BusJanuary 17, 1966—You can get there from here.
19. S05E19Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols of PainJanuary 24, 1966—The agony and the estimate: trigeminal neuralgia, the tic douloureux.
20. S05E20Fun and Games and Other Tragic ThingsJanuary 31, 1966—Whistling in the dark.
21. S05E21Weave Nets To Catch The WindFebruary 7, 1966—Courts adieu, and all delights, All bewitching appetites; Sweetest breath, and clearest eye, Like perfumes go out and die; And conse
22. S05E22Lullaby for a Wind-Up ToyFebruary 16, 1966—The unmoved mover.
23. S05E23Where Did All the Roses Go?February 21, 1966—""No gardener has died within rosaceous memory."" (Beckett)
24. S05E24Twenty-Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak, A, B, C, D ...February 28, 1966—You pays your money and you takes your choice.
25. S05E25Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes The Cold Wind Of TruthMarch 14, 1966—Self-diagnosis.
26. S05E26Then, Suddenly, PanicMarch 21, 1966—""Fear in a handful of dust."" (Eliot)

Season 5 ranked & reviewed