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Ben Casey: Season 1

32 episodes Premiered Oct 2, 1961 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

To the Pure

Oct 2, 1961 · 60 min

Dr. Ben Casey is at odds with the medical board, particularly Dr. Zorba and Dr. Jensen, because of his manner toward interns. Under a reprimand, Casey tries to persuade the board

S1·E2

But Linda Only Smiled

Oct 9, 1961 · 60 min

Little Cathy Reed is brought to the hospital for emergency treatment after an auto accident. Casey prepares a blood transfusion, but her mother won't consent.

S1·E3

The Insolent Heart

Oct 16, 1961 · 60 min

Dr. Michael Waldman, a former professor of Casey's and a former colleague of Zorba's, comes to the hospital with a cardiovascular ailment diagnosed as fatal. Casey and Zorba want

S1·E4

I Remember a Lemon Tree

Oct 23, 1961 · 60 min

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—he's addicted to morphine, and suffers f

S1·E5

An Expensive Glass of Water

Oct 30, 1961 · 60 min

Casey has Walter Tyson for a patient, the president of a large corporation in difficulties, who makes treatment impossible by ordering him about. Zorba and Dr. Jensen try to dissu

S1·E6

The Sound of Laughter

Nov 6, 1961 · 60 min

Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.

S1·E7

A Few Brief Lines for Dave

Nov 13, 1961 · 60 min

Dr. Dave Taylor returns to the hospital to do research, but Dr. Casey diagnoses him as a ""hospital bum"" afraid of competition, and also treats a woman's hypochondria.

S1·E9

My Good Friend Krikor

Nov 27, 1961 · 60 min

Orderly Nick Kanavaris' good friend Krikor Dakopian is committed by his family to the psychiatric ward. Dr. Casey, however, thinks the ailment is likely to be responsive to neuros

S1·E10

The Sweet Kiss of Madness

Dec 4, 1961 · 60 min

Dr. Alan Reynolds' mental state is not improved by constant pressure from his wife to be a successful neurosurgeon. The strain increases when he treats an abused 10-year-old boy.

S1·E11

A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness

Dec 11, 1961 · 60 min

Expectant mother Ellen Parker loses her child after an auto accident. Casey examines her and finds that she is subject to chronic seizures, and these, not the accident, are respons

S1·E12

A Dark Night for Billy Harris

Dec 18, 1961 · 60 min

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 and might be mentally hampered.

S1·E13

And If I Die

Jan 1, 1962 · 60 min

""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)

S1·E21

Behold a Pale Horse

Feb 26, 1962 · 60 min

""And his name that sat on him was Death.""

S1·E26

Among Others a Girl Named Abilene

Apr 2, 1962 · 60 min

Dr. Casey spends a Saturday on Outside Medical Relief while the Neurosurgical staff, thinking Casey needs money, take up a collection for him.

S1·E30

An Uncommonly Innocent Killing

May 7, 1962 · 60 min

Gene Bilstrom is a leading business man of the community but a series of incidents causes his family concern. Bilstrom is admitted to the hospital for a complete mental evaluation

S1·E31

So Oft It Chances in Particular Men

May 21, 1962 · 60 min

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, Since nature cannot choose his origin) By